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Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought
• George C. Williams
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An argument for the significance of natural selection at the level of the individual organism.
(NAT18, $29.95)
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Alfred Russel Wallace, A Life
• Peter Raby
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A re-evaluation of the man and his accomplishments as a traveler, scientist and intellectual.
(MSA15, $22.95)
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Ancestral Passions, The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
• Virginia Morell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the Leakey family, documenting their discoveries and their vast contributions to the field of paleontology. The Leakeys have been instrumental in tracing human origins to East Africa.
(EAF76, $38.95)
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The Beak of the Finch, A Story of Evolution in our Time
• Jonathan Weiner
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning work is an accessible look at the modern debate on the mode and rhythm of evolution, using the story of Peter and Rosemary Grant and their field work on Daphne Major as an example.
(GPS08, $14.95)
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Becoming Human, Evolution and Human Uniqueness
• Ian Tattersall
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A wide-ranging, thought-provoking tour of human origins and culture from the point of view of anthropology.
(NAT45, $14.00)
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Bones of Contention, Controversies in the Search for Human Origins
• Roger Lewin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Lewin, a science writer who has worked with Richard Leakey, offers an engaging account of the issues, debates and personalities in paleoanthropology.
(ATP05, $27.50)
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The Causes of Evolution
• John S. Haldane
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The 1932 classic of science about population biology and evolution.
(NAT17, $24.95)
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Charles Darwin, The Power of Place
• Janet Browne
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The second half of Browne's magisterial history, full of insight into Victorian science. In this big, engrossing volume she follows the fate of Darwin, and his ideas, from the return of the voyage of the Beagle until his death.
(GBR375, $25.95)
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Darwin and the Barnacle, the Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthrough
• Rebecca Stott
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Darwin devoted eight years to the perplexing pedunculated cirripedes, setting the groundwork for his ideas about evolution through natural selection.
(NAT65, $14.95)
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Darwin and the General Reader: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution in the British Periodical Press, 1859-1872
• Alvar Ellegard
• David L. Hull
• HISTORY
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(NAT25, $32.00)
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Darwin for Beginners
• Jonathan Miller
• HISTORY
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The man and his ideas, presented in graphic cartoon style by the talented Jonathan Miller.
(NAT21, $12.00)
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Darwin on Evolution, The Development of the Theory of Natural Selection
• David Kohn
• SCIENCE
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The editors, both historians of science, present excerpts from Darwin's many books in this choice reader on the development of the idea of evolution.
(NAT103, $14.95)
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Darwin's Ghost, The Origin of Species Updates
• Steve Jones
• SCIENCE
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A reworking of the "Origin of Species" by a popular science writer, making good use of the original chapter headings and structure of Darwin's 1859 bestseller -- and incorporating what we've learned since.
(NAT33, $15.95)
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Darwin, Discovering the Tree of Life
• Niles Eldredge
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A companion book to an exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History (November 19, 2005 - May 29, 2006), this richly illustrated celebration of Darwin, his life and ideas, brings together manuscripts, artifacts and materials collected by Darwin aboard the Beage with curator Eldredge's illuminating essays on natural selection.
(NAT82, $35.00)
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Darwin, The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist
• Adrian Desmond
• James Moore
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An influential, vividly written biography of Darwin.
(GEN13, $23.95)
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The Darwinian Revolution, Science Red in Tooth and Claw
• Michael Ruse
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A classic of modern evolutionary thought.
(HSC09, $24.00)
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Darwinism and Its Discontents
• Michael Ruse
• SCIENCE
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Ruse lays out the facts of evolution along with the mechanism, challenges, science and philosophy in this articulate appreciation and overview of "the single best idea anyone has ever had."
(SCI164, $19.99)
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
• Charles Darwin
• SCIENCE
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Darwin's great work on human evolution, published to much controversy in 1871. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Adrian Desmond.
(NAT87, $17.00)
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Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches
• Peter R. Grant
• Jonathan Weiner
• NATURAL HISTORY
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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A scholarly, readable account by Peter Grant, who has devoted his life's work to the evolution and ecology of these curious Galapagos birds.
(GPS44, $41.00)
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Ecology, A Pocket Guide
• Ernest Callenbach
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The updated, 10th-anniversary edition of this handy reference has new sections on biotechnology, global warming and other essential topics.
(NAT157, $13.95)
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful, The New Science of Evo Devo and The Making of the Animal Kingdom
• Sean B. Carroll
• SCIENCE
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Evolutionary developmental biology explained by a leader in the field.
(SCI177, $16.95)
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Ever Since Darwin, Reflections in Natural History
• Stephen Jay Gould
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In these delightful essays, enormously well-informed, thoughtful and a joy to read, Gould explicates the wonders of evolution. His essay on natural selection is one of the clearest statements of how evolution works that we've encountered.
(NAT15, $15.95)
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Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, And Sexuality in Nature And People
• Joan Roughgarden
• SCIENCE
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Citing as evidence the sexual diversity found among birds, reptiles, fish and mammals, Roughgarden argues against traditionally held concepts of gender in the natural world and challenges the biases of conventional biology.
(SCI206, $18.95)
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Evolution's Workshop, God and Science on the Galapagos Islands
• Edward J. Larson
• SCIENCE
• BEST SELLER
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A vivid history of the Galapagos and the role of the islands as a crucible of evolutionary ideas, written by a Pulitzer Prize winner. Along with Darwin, it covers the discovery of the islands, the visits of Hancock and Beebe, the influence of the United States during WWII and the establishment of the national park.
(GPS50, $16.95)
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Evolution, The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
• Edward Larson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A clearheaded, engrossing brief history of ideas about evolution from the 18th century to the present by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
(NAT64, $14.95)
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Evolution, The Triumph of an Idea
• Carl Zimmer
• SCIENCE
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An excellent, concise overview of the history and concepts of evolution.
(SCI155, $15.95)
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Extinct Humans
• Ian Tattersall
• Jeffrey Schwartz
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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An illustrated overview of the origin of our species, rewarding for both the scholar and interested general reader, which explores the history of our species in this masterly synthesis of archaeological discovery.
(NAT46, $30.00)
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From Lucy to Language
• Donald Johanson
• Blake Edgar
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A strikingly illustrated survey of human evolution, featuring 200 stunning color photographs of significant hominid fossils.
(EAF85, $65.00)
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From So Simple a Beginning, Darwin's Four Great Books
• Charles Darwin
• E.O. Wilson
• SCIENCE
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A beautifully presented omnibus edition, in a slipcase, of The Voyage of the Beagle, On the Origin of Species, Descent of Man, and The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals, each with an introductory essay by E.O. Wilson.
(NAT83, $39.95)
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Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories
• Marty Crump
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A collection of essays celebrating the many interesting and just plain weird ways of evolution. Crump is an engaging writer, conveying both the wonder and science of sexual selection, raising young, avoiding predators, feeding and communication. Her examples are outstanding.
(NAT90, $14.00)
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The Human Career, Human Biological and Cultural Origins
• Richard G. Klein
• REFERENCE
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An overview of human evolution intended as a sourcebook and text for undergraduate courses in paleoanthrolopology.
(AFR74, $55.00)
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Inherit the Wind
• Jerome Lawrence
• Robert E. Lee
• LITERATURE
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The case of a biology teacher accused of teaching evolution to his students.
(USS180, $5.99)
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Lowly Origin: Where, When, and Why Our Ancestors First Stood Up
• Jonathan Kingdon
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this original book Jonathan Kingdon-- a favborite author -- tackles bipedalism.
(ATP16, $57.50)
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Lucy's Legacy, The Quest for Human Origins
• Donald Johanson
• SCIENCE
• COMING IN MARCH
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Paleoanthropologist Johanson explores the breakthrough findings since the 'Lucy' skeleton was unearthed in his follow up to Lucy: The Beginnings of Mankind.
(ATP21, $25.00)
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Lucy's Legacy, The Quest for Human Origins
• Donald Johanson
• SCIENCE
• COMING IN MARCH
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Paleoanthropologist Johanson explores the breakthrough findings since the 'Lucy' skeleton was unearthed in his follow up to Lucy: The Beginnings of Mankind.
(ATP21, $25.00)
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Lucy, The Beginnings of Humankind
• Maitland Armstrong Edey
• Donald Johanson
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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The original, influential account of the thrilling discovery of Lucy in 1974 and the impact of the discovery on ideas about human evolution.
(ATP06, $17.00)
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The Making of the Fittest, DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution
• Sean B. Carroll
• SCIENCE
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Carroll shows, in elegant detail, how changes in DNA demonstrate evolution by natural selection.
(SCI176, $25.95)
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The Monkey in the Mirror, Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human
• Ian Tattersall
• SCIENCE
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A lively, literate collection of essays on evolution, evolutionary change and the diversity of hominids.
(ATP11, $14.00)
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Monkeyluv, and Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
• Robert M. Sapolsky
• SCIENCE
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Sapolsky tackles big questions of what makes us what we are with humor and deft prose in this collection of 18 short magazine articles.
(ATP17, $14.00)
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On Natural Selection
• Charles Darwin
• SCIENCE
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Darwin's original essay on evolution presented in tandem with a paper by Alfred Russel Wallace to the Linnean Society on July 1, 1858.
(NAT84, $10.00)
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The Plausibility of Life, Resolving Darwin's Dilemma
• Marc W. Kirschner
• John Gerhart
• SCIENCE
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A lucid explanation of the evolution of diversity of life on Earth and, in particular, the relation between natural selection and development.
(NAT121, $18.00)
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Reluctant Mr. Darwin, An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
• David Quammen
• NATURAL HISTORY
• NEW
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Quammen hits just the right note in this sprightly tale of the man, his ideas and their impact, weaving well-chosen anecdote, solid science and travel.
(NAT94, $14.95)
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The Theory of Island Biogeography
• E.O. Wilson
• Robert MacArthur
• SCIENCE
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Wilson and MacArthur's landmark essay on the ecology and evolution of island species is not just for tropical ecologists, it's also fascinating for the general reader.
(SCI203, $45.00)
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Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Search for the Origins of Behavior
• Jonathan Weiner
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An engrossing scientific biography of Seymour Benzer, the fruit-fly geneticist who has done much to further our understanding of molecular biology.
(HSC12, $15.00)
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Why Darwin Matters, The Case Against Intelligent Design
• Michael Shermer
• SCIENCE
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A primer on evolution by natural selection.
(SCI178, $14.00)
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