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The Selfish Gene
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Richard Dawkins
An innovative book on evolution and the theory of natural selection that discusses how the so-called selfish gene can also be quite subtle. Includes stories from nature, such as the phenomenon of bees committing suicide by stinging to protect the hive, and birds risking their lives to warn the flock of an approaching hawk.
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Origin of Species
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Professor Charles Darwin
Voyage with Darwin as he gathers the raw material that ushered in the greatest intellectual revolution in nearly 2,000 years.
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Inherit the Wind
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Jerome Lawrence
Based on the Scopes 'Monkey Trial' in 1925, "Inherit the Wind" is the drama of a high school science teacher in the Bible belt. He is brought to trial when he breaks the law by teaching his class Darwinian evolution.
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins, Yan Wong
In works such as "The Selfish Gene" and "Unweaving the Rainbow," the renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has introduced the wonders of modern biology. Now this gifted science popularizer offers a masterwork: a wholly original tour backward through evolution.
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River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
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Richard Dawkins
In Dawkins' view, human beings are vehicles of evolution--gene carriers whose primary purpose is propagation of their own genes. In this new book, he explains evolution as a flowing river of genes, demonstrating how genes meet, compete, unite, and sometimes separate to form new species.
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
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Richard Dawkins (Read by)
This title identifies those aspects of the theory of evolution that people find hard to believe.
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Electric Circuits
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James W Nilsson
This bestselling circuit title is now updated to reflect current trends. Appropriate for electrical engineers desiring a refresher or nonelectrical engineers needing an overview of circuits, the book's vast number and variety of problems make it ideal for self-study. PSpice margin notes acquaint the professional with this commonly used circuit ...
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
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Carl Sagan
The world's most celebrated team of science writers explores the origins of human life on Earth--a wonderfully entertaining and awe-inspiring excursion through more than a billion years of evolution. Beginning with a vivid account of Darwin and his theory of evolution, the authors set out to reconstruct the forgotten links in our chain of being, ...
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Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
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Michael J Behe
From within the highest ranks of the scientific community comes a startling new theory of creation that not only contradicts Darwinian orthodoxy but opens the door to theological arguments biologists have dismissed and ridiculed for more than a century. "Charmingly convey(s) a sense of biochemistry's hidden beauty".--"The New York Times Book ...
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Darwin on Trial
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Phillip E Johnson
The evolution debate has often pitted science against the Bible without ever taking a close look at the scientific argument on its own terms. In this book Phillip E. Johnson, a lawyer specializing in the logic of arguments, offers a careful and scientifically sound evaluation of the support for Darwinism. Ultimately, he finds little to justify its ...
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Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach about Evolution is Wrong
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Jonathan Wells, Ph.D., Jody F Sjogren (Illustrator)
Wells informs the reader that everything that has been taught about the evolution of man is wrong, and that every iconic image, from the primordial soup to the changing colors of moths in industrial England to the ascent of man is inconclusive, incomplete, or outright fraudulent. Illustrations.
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Evolutionary Analysis
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Scott Freeman, Jon C Herron
Designed to furnish a readable and balanced introduction to evolutionary biology. This book emphasizes the interpretation of phylogenies (evolutionary trees) and the integration of molecular and developmental genetics with paleontology. It balances coverage between evolutionary processes and history of life (microevolution and macroevolution). ...
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Richard Dawkins
The metaphor of Mount Improbable is represented in the combination of perfection and improbability, which is epitomized in the seemingly 'designed' perfection of living things. Dawkins skillfully guides the reader on a breathtaking journey through the mountain's passes and up its many peaks to demonstrate that following the improbable path to ...
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Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution
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Kenneth Miller
In this scientific examination of creationist and evolutionary theories, a biologist argues that a belief in evolution can coexist with, and even strengthen, religious faith.
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Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
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Dr. Leonard Shlain
Shlain offers carefully reasoned and certain-to-be-controversial discussions on subjects such as menses, orgasm, masturbation, menopause, circumcision, male aggression, the evolution of language, homosexuality, and the origin of marriage.
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Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
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Professor Charles Darwin
In the discussion on Sexual Selection in my 'Descent of Man, ' no case interested and perplexed me so much as the brightly-coloured hinder ends and adjoining parts of certain monkeys. As these parts are more brightly coloured in one sex than the other, and as they become more brilliant during the season of love, I concluded that the colours had ...
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Blind watchmaker.
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Richard Dawkins
This title identifies those aspects of the theory of evolution that people find hard to believe.
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A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
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Richard Dawkins
Bestselling author Dawkins offers another dazzling gift to his readers--his first collection of essays on what matters most to him, from science, religion and mysticism to today's educational methods.
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
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Daniel C Dennett
Nominated for the 1995 National Book Award for Non-Fiction, this masterly exploration reaffirms the validity of Darwin's theory of natural selection and brilliantly demonstrates its compatibility with free will, sacred beliefs, and the dignity of humankind.
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Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
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Stephen Jay Gould
With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights. ...
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Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds
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Phillip E. Johnson
The author of DARWIN ON TRIAL offers a primer for critically assessing the claims of evolutionary science as an aid to good thinking habits for parents, teachers, students, and pastors.
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Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
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Stephen Jay Gould
This title shapes a unified and rational picture of nature, history, and life that is often at odds with what we intuitively 'know' to be true. The book asks the reader to reconceptualize their view of natural reality in a fundamental way. Just as a full house in poker expresses an excellence of all parts together, fortuitous in origin but shaped ...
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Life on Earth: A Natural History
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David Attenborough
David Attenborough's comprehensive and well-illustrated book contains 13 chapters that correspond to the 13 segments of the celebrated BBC series on which it was based. The book presents fascinating speculations about why life has evolved in just the way it has, from "chemical soup" to human beings.
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I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History
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Stephen Jay Gould
This 10th collection of Stephen Jay Gould's monthly essays for Natural History Magazine discusses evolutionary theory and the relationship between humanism and science, and adds scientific biography and autobiography to the mix.
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The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life
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Professor Charles Darwin
Voyage with Darwin as he gathers the raw material that ushered in the greatest intellectual revolution in nearly 2,000 years.
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