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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Secret in a Sealed Bottle Secret in a Sealed Bottle Sam Epstein,Beryl Epstein A biography of the 18th century Italian whose experiments with microbes disproved the theory of spontaneous generation and provided a base for the work of future scientists. OL1590622W
The scientists behind living things The scientists behind living things Robert Snedden Looks at some important biologists and botanists, historical and modern and from a range of cultures. OL16188939W
Essential readings in evolutionary biology Essential readings in evolutionary biology John C. Avise,Francisco José Ayala Traces scholarly thought from the nineteenth-century birth of evolutionary biology to the mapping of the human genome through forty-eight essays, arranged in chronological order, each preceded by a o… OL19993569W
Introducing Darwin Introducing Darwin Jonathan Miller Progress in genetics today would not be possible with Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who laid the rational basis for undermining belief in God's creation was remarkably timid. OL21413973W
Remarkable Creatures Remarkable Creatures Sean B. Carroll Just 150 years ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vastly off the mark. And what we believed to be the history of our own species consisted of fantastic myth… OL8062117W