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Biology

1. Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo

   Sean B. Carroll

   “A beautiful and very important book.”—Lewis Wolpert, American ScientistMore

2. How to Read Darwin

   Mark Ridley, Simon Critchley

   Intent on letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading classic authors, the How to Read series will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon.More

3. Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life

   Niles Eldredge

   A riveting tribute to Charles Darwin's life and ideas in celebration of his 200th birthday.More

4. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

   Donald Goldsmith, Neil deGrasse Tyson

   Drawing on the current cross-pollination of geology, biology, and astrophysics, Origins makes "the astonishing astronomical discoveries of recent years come alive (Michael D. Lemonick).More

5. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

   Sam Harris

   Natalie Angier wrote in The New York Times: "The End of Faith articulates the dangers and absurdities of organized religion so fiercely and so fearlessly that I felt relieved as I read it, vindicated....Harris writes what a sizable number of us think, but few are willing to say."More

6. Why We Do It: Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene

   Niles Eldredge

   A major refutation of the almighty status of genes in evolution and human behavior.More

7. The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis

   Sherwin B. Nuland

   "Riveting" (Houston Chronicle), "captivating" (Discover), and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle).More

8. Darwin and the Barnacle: The Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthrough

   Rebecca Stott

   "In Darwin and the Barnacle...ideas light up like matches on each page."—John Leonard, Harper's
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9. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

   Mary Roach

   "One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year....Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting."—Entertainment WeeklyMore

10. Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball

    Stephen Jay Gould, David Halberstam

    "Scientific analysis intersects with flat-out fandom. [Gould] could write, he was funny, and he loved, loved baseball."—BooklistMore

11. Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People, and Politics

    Robert S. Desowitz

    "[Desowitz's] stories...rank among the best current examples of medical detective prose."—BooklistMore

12. Of Moths and Men: An Evolutionary Tale: The Untold Story of Science and the Peppered Moth

    Judith Hooper

    "An engrossing narrative" (Wall Street Journal) that does for evolutionary biology what The Double Helix did for DNA.More

13. Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle

    Steven Vogel

    The story—and the science—of nature's greatest engine.More

14. Principles of Developmental Biology

    Sarah Hake, Fred Wilt

    Fred Wilt and Sarah Hake’s Principles of Developmental Biology is a modern new text for the undergraduate course in developmental biology, informed by the molecular and cell biology revolutions that have changed the field over the last fifteen years.More

15. The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change

    Stephen R. Palumbi

    "Palumbi has hit upon...one of the most important but widely neglected issues of our time."—Edward O. WilsonMore