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1. Darwin

   Charles Darwin, Philip Appleman

   Third Edition

   "The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.More

2. Rosalind Franklin and DNA

   Anne Sayre

   Rosalind Franklin's research was central to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. She never received the credit she was due during her lifetime.
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3. Clones and Clones: Facts and Fantasies About Human Cloning

   Martha C. Nussbaum, Cass R. Sunstein

   "These two dozen essays by experts ranging from Stephen Jay Gould to Andrea Dworkin are an excellent guide to the post-Dolly world." --Chicago Tribune, Choice Selections of 1998More

4. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

   Jared Diamond

   Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.More

5. Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are

   Barbara Katz Rothman

   The new genetics and race, illness, and procreation.More

6. The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain

   Terrence W. Deacon

   "A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book ReviewMore

7. Eve Spoke: Human Language and Human Evolution

   Philip Lieberman

   If we were to summon the first man and woman from their prehistoric graves, what would they—indeed, what could they—say to us?More

8. In a Desert Garden: Love and Death Among the Insects

   John Alcock, Turid Forsyth

   An elegant combination of meticulous science and nature reverie that draws its reader into the diverse, competitive, and even seductive world of desert plants and insects.More

9. Climbing Mount Improbable

   Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward

   A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker.More

10. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design

    Richard Dawkins

    "The best general account of evolution I have read in recent years."--E. O. Wilson. With a new introduction.More

11. The Mismeasure of Man

    Stephen Jay Gould

    The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.More

12. The Darwin Reader

    Charles Darwin, Mark Ridley

    Second Edition

13. Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist

    Adrian Desmond, James Moore

    "Unquestionably the finest [biography] ever written about Darwin. . . . Darwin has now become, and properly, the quintessentially socially embedded scientist. Desmond and Moore are brilliant in their pursuit of this truly unifying theme."—Stephen Jay GouldMore

14. Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

    Stephen Jay Gould

    "Lively and fascinating. . . . [Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature."—Tracy KidderMore

15. Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History

    Stephen Jay Gould

    "There is no scientist today whose books I look forward to reading with greater anticipation of enjoyment and enlightenment than Stephen Jay Gould."—Martin GardnerMore