Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Origins of Life The Origins of Life Roy A. Gallant Explores the many different myths, theories, and experiments which explain the origin of life, including spontaneous generation, the development of planets, chemical evolution of matter, and the vari… OL1809273W
Nature's best parents Nature's best parents Tom Jackson Some animals have developed astonishing parenting techniques which ensure the survival of their species, even in the harshest of conditions. From emperor penguins, who share parenting duties and mana… OL20882604W
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace Mary Colson Presents a biography of two scientists who traveled the world separately and developed their ideas separately, but rather than becoming enemies, they both worked to promote acceptance of the controve… OL21577792W
Animals & plants Animals & plants John Bonnett Wexo Text and pictures discuss the evolution of plants and animals and compare some of today's animals with prehistoric ones. OL2973689W
From the beginning From the beginning Peters, David Examines the history of life on Earth and traces the course of human evolution. OL4112921W
The Scopes Trial The Scopes Trial Stephanie Fitzgerald In the summer of 1925, the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, was home to a court case that many people called the trial of the century. The Scopes trial attracted worldwide attention as some of the be… OL5814156W
Darwin and the enchanted isles Darwin and the enchanted isles Irwin Shapiro Describes the events leading to Darwin's voyage on the Beagle and the subsequent theories on evolution he posed based mainly on observations made on the Galapagos Islands. OL6664755W
Skeletons that fit Skeletons that fit Margaret W. Merrill Surveys the evolution of animals according to their skeleton. OL6678007W
Symbiosis Symbiosis Alvin Silverstein Discusses the three kinds of symbiosis: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism and describes examples of these relationships. OL94016W