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  1. Book ImageGulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

    Mary Roach

    The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside.More

  2. Book ImageLetters to a Young Scientist

    Edward O. Wilson

    Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.More

  3. Book ImageSpillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

    David Quammen

    A Booklist Top 10 Science Book of 2012, a 2012 New York Times Book Review Notable Book, and a Daily Beast "Top 11 Book of 2012"

    A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.More

  1. Book ImageThe Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World

    Trevor Cox

    Additional information is forthcoming.

  2. Book ImageThe Dynamics of Disaster

    Susan W. Kieffer

    Natural disasters bedevil our planet, and each appears to be a unique event. Leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer shows how all disasters are connected.More

  3. Book ImageShores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination

    Joyce Appleby

    An engrossing history of the voyages of exploration that ignited curiosity about nature and gave birth to modern science.More

  4. Book ImageMicrobiology: An Evolving Science

    Joan L. Slonczewski, John W. Foster

    Third Edition

    The most contemporary microbiology textbook is also the most accessible.More

  5. Book ImageThe Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed

    Nate Anderson

    Chaos and order clash in this riveting exploration of crime and punishment on the Internet.More

  6. Book ImageTouching a Nerve: The Self as Brain

    Patricia S. Churchland

    A trailblazing philosopher’s exploration of the latest brain science—and its ethical and practical implications.More

  7. Book ImageRewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection

    Ethan Zuckerman

    A rousing call to action for those who would be citizens of the world—online and off.More

  8. Book ImageAnatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body

    Hugh Aldersey-Williams

    An eye-opening, spine-tingling, heartwarming tour through the extraordinary history and secrets of the human body.More

  9. Book ImageA Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse

    Theresa Levitt

    How a scientific outsider came up with a revolutionary theory of light and saved untold numbers of lives.More

  10. Book ImageIncomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter

    Terrence W. Deacon

    “A tour de force encompassing biology, neurobiology, metaphysics, information theory, physics, and semiotics.”—Publishers WeeklyMore

  11. Book ImageLetters to a Young Scientist

    Edward O. Wilson

    Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.More

  12. Book ImageGulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

    Mary Roach

    The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside.More

  13. Book ImageThe Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

    Frans de Waal

    In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution.More

  14. Book ImagePrinciples of Animal Behavior

    Lee Alan Dugatkin

    Third Edition

    Current, balanced, and comprehensive.More

  15. Book ImagePaleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live

    Marlene Zuk

    An exposé of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today.More

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