Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Toward consilience Toward consilience Gerald A Cory "This book is a comprehensive effort to establish a framework for consilience - the unification of the natural and social sciences. Grounded in physics, molecular biology, and evolutionary neuroscien… OL12001260W
Evolution Evolution Ruth E. Moore Explores the concept of the kinship of all forms of life, as well as the differences that have resulted from adaptation to various environmental elements. OL120387W
The evolutionary biology of human body fatness The evolutionary biology of human body fatness Jonathan C. K. Wells "This comprehensive synthesis of current medical and evolutionary literature addresses key questions about the role body fat plays in human biology. It explores how body energy stores are regulated, … OL15081980W
The Cambridge Companion to Darwin The Cambridge Companion to Darwin Jonathan Hodge The naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809-82) ranks as one of the most influential scientific thinkers of all time. In the nineteenth century his ideas about the history and diversity of life… OL15188042W
The neurobiology of Australian marsupials The neurobiology of Australian marsupials Ken W. S. Ashwell "Australian marsupials represent a parallel adaptive radiation to that seen among placental mammals. This great natural experiment has produced a striking array of mammals with structural and behavio… OL15909854W
Darwin's ghosts Darwin's ghosts Rebecca Stott Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like … OL16283008W
Plant virus evolution Plant virus evolution Marilyn J. Roossinck "This book provides a comprehensive look at the field of plant virus evolution. Individual chapters, written by experts in the field, cover plant virus ecology, emerging viruses, plant viruses that i… OL16357569W
The Singularity Is Near The Singularity Is Near Ray Kurzweil For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that… OL1958850W
The Blind Watchmaker The Blind Watchmaker Richard Dawkins In De blinde horlogemaker spelen zowel Paley als Darwin een belangrijke rol. De eerstgenoemde als belichaming van het geloof in een voor ede mens onbekende doelgerichtheid van de natuur. Darwin als o… OL1966501W
In search of human nature In search of human nature Carl N. Degler Now, with In Search of Human Nature, Degler turns to perhaps his largest subject yet, a sweeping history of the impact of Darwinism (and biological research) on our understanding of human nature, pro… OL2638146W
Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan,Richie Chevat,Raul Nagore What should we have for dinner? The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at t… OL3296483W
The human lineage The human lineage Matt Cartmill "The Human Lineage focuses on the last ten million years of human history, from the hominoid radiations of the Miocene to the emergence and diversification of modern humanity. It draws upon the fossi… OL3876752W
The mammalian radiations The mammalian radiations John Frederick Eisenberg " ... Discusses the principles of the evolution of trophic and reproductive strategies: faunal interchange and the drift of continental land masses; the influence of body size on life-history strateg… OL4639221W
The Panda's Thumb The Panda's Thumb Stephen Jay Gould For better science students, this is a collection of 31 essays on natural history. OL473563W
Finding Darwin's God Finding Darwin's God Kenneth R. Miller "Miller offers a thoughtful, cutting-edge analysis of the key issues that seem to divide science and religion. As his narrative shows, the difficulties that evolution presents for Western religions a… OL48716W
Man in adaptation Man in adaptation Yehudi A. Cohen "This book contains 36 selections that are intended to serve as an introduction to physical anthropology, archeology and linguistics from the point of view of the processes of adaptation."--Preface. OL6700815W
Survival of the Sickest Survival of the Sickest Sharon Moalem,Jonathan Prince Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity is a 2007 New York Times Bestselling science book by Sharon Moalem, an evolutionary biologist and neurogeneticist, an… OL7910541W
Defending the Cavewoman Defending the Cavewoman Harold Klawans "Dr. Harold Klawans examines people ranging from the woman suffering from "painful foot and moving toe syndrome," whose case reminds him that we were once reptiles with brains at the bases of our spi… OL8061691W