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1	Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think about Our Lives more books like this by Prof. David Sloan Wilson add to wishlist "What is the biological reason for gossip? For laughter? For the creation of art? Why do dogs have curly tails? What can microbes tell us about morality?" These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories that entertain as much as they inform, Wilson ... see all copies from $7.81! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
2	Philosophy of Biology more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober add to wishlist The philosophy of biology has recently seen some of the most dramatic activity among the philosophies of the special sciences. In this new textbook, Elliott Sober introduces the reader to the most important of these developments.Sober engages both the higher level of theory and the direct implications for such controversial issues as creationism, ... see all copies from $10.22! new only from $42.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Reflexive Universe: Evolution of Consciousness more books like this by Arthur M Young add to wishlist see all copies from $5.84! new only from $16.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The River That Flows Uphill: A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain more books like this by William H Calvin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Sex, Ecology, Spirituality more books like this by Ken Wilber add to wishlist Philosopher Ken Wilber pushes his theory of spiritual evolution to its teleological extreme: a final stage of human consciousness called 'vision-logic in which dualities such as body and mind, male and female, and humanity and nature are resolved. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $39.88! \| first editions
6	Science and Selection: Essays on Biological Evolution and the Philosophy of Science more books like this by David L Hull, Professor Michael Ruse (Editor) add to wishlist One way to understand science is as a selection process. David Hull, one of the dominant figures in contemporary philosophy of science, sets out in this volume a general analysis of this selection process that applies equally to biological evolution, the reaction of the immune system to antigens, operant learning, and social and conceptual change ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $9.45!
7	Mind and Nature more books like this by Gregory Bateson add to wishlist A celebratory trade paper edition of a mass market classic of contemporary thought in which Bateson exhorts us to learn to "think as Nature thinks" if we are to live in harmony on this planet. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	The Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades Around 1900 more books like this by Professor Peter J Bowler add to wishlist In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Bowler examines the completing theories of evolution, identifies their intellectual origins, and describes the process by which the modern concept of evolution emerged. see all copies from $9.55! new only from $23.64! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment more books like this by Richard C Lewontin add to wishlist One of our most brilliant evolutionary biologists, Richard Lewontin has also been a leading critic of those - scientists and non-scientists alike - who would misuse the science to which he has contributed so much. In this book, the author the scientist, and the critic come together to provide a concise, accessible account of what his work has ... see all copies from $4.90! new only from $6.71! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Adaptationism and Optimality more books like this by Steven Orzack (Editor), Elliot Sober (Editor), Professor Michael Ruse (Editor) add to wishlist The debate over the relative importance of natural selection as compared to other forces affecting the evolution of organisms is a long-standing and central controversy in evolutionary biology. The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evolution. However, there are ... see all copies from $5.70! new only from $6.96!
11	Shattering the Myths of Darwinism more books like this by Richard Milton add to wishlist Written by a science writer and engineer, this scholarly investigation evaluates the science behind Darwin's ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES and challenges scientists to find irrefutable proof of evolution. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.38! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Reinventing Darwin: The Great Debate at the High Table of Evolutionary Theory more books like this by Professor Niles Eldredge, Niles Eldridge add to wishlist One of the world's foremost evolutionary theorists presents a fascinating overview of the arguments supporting the two main opposing theories of evolution that have developed since Darwin--one from the geneticists and the other from the paleontologists. Eldredge offers an insider's perspective of the disputes between the most famous names in the ... see all copies from $3.04! new only from $16.97! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Covenant of the Wild: Why Animals Chose Domestication more books like this by Stephen Budiansky add to wishlist In this compelling repraisal of the human-animal bond, Stephen Budiansky shows how domestication has proved to be a brilliantly successful evolutionary strtegy, benefiting humans and animals alike. His book is an eloquent plea for reason in the animals emotional debate over animals' rights and humans' responsibilities. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour more books like this by Karl Sigmund add to wishlist Life is often a matter of gambles, pay-offs and trade-offs, just like a game. This book takes the reader on a tour through the games and computer simulations that are helping science to understand the ecology, evolution and behaviour of real life - from cat and mouse to cellular automata, from the battle of the sexes to artificial life, from poker ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $9.98! \| first editions
15 view cover	Genetic Medicine: A Logic of Disease more books like this by Dr. Barton Childs, M.D. add to wishlist "Genetics," writes Barton Childs, M.D.,"is a biological science that, unlike biochemistry and physiology, developed and prospered outside medicine, and, until recent decades, overlapped with the latter only occasionally in regard to rare diseases. But now, ...molecular genetics is exposing medicine to genetic concepts that provide new ways to ... see all copies from $10.78! new only from $21.45! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Leslie A. White: Evolution and Revolution in Anthropology more books like this by William J Peace add to wishlist Few figures in modern American anthropology have been more controversial or influential than Leslie A. White (1900-1975). Between the early 1940s and mid-1960s, White's work was widely discussed, and he was among the most frequently cited American anthropologists in the world. After writing several respected ethnographic works about the Pueblo ... see all copies from $6.26! new only from $7.14! \| SVS
17 view cover	Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose? more books like this by Professor Michael Ruse add to wishlist The intricate forms of living things bespeak design, and thus a creator: nearly 150 years after Darwin's theory of natural selection called this argument into question, we still speak of life in terms of design - the function of the eye, the purpose of the webbed foot, the design of the fins. Why is the "argument for design" so tenacious, and does ... see all copies from $3.62! new only from $15.18! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Evolution as Entropy more books like this by Daniel R Brooks, Edward O Wiley add to wishlist By combining recent advances in the physical sciences with some of the novel ideas, techniques, and data of modern biology, this book attempts to achieve a new and different kind of evolutionary synthesis. see all copies from $13.49! new only from $13.49! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The influence of Darwin on philosophy, and other essays in contemporary thought more books like this by John Dewey add to wishlist This critical edition of "The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy and Other Essays in Contemporary Thought", edited by Larry A. Hickman, presents the results of John Dewey's patient construction, over sixteen years, of the radically new view of the methods and concerns of philosophical inquiry. It was a view that he continued to defend for the rest ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $31.49! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	But is It Science?: The Philosophical Question in the Creation/Evolution Controversy more books like this by Professor Michael Ruse (Editor) add to wishlist Is 'creation science' really scientific? What criteria, if any, exist for identifying a discipline as a science? This collection of essays answers these questions and many more about the creation/evolution controversy and the very nature of science itself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.53! \| SVS
21 view cover	Evolutionary Epistemology, Language and Culture: A Non-Adaptationist, Systems Theoretical Approach more books like this by Nathalie Gontier (Editor), Jean Paul Van Bendegem (Editor), Diederik Aerts (Editor) add to wishlist For the first time in history, scholars working on language and culture from within an evolutionary epistemological framework, and thereby emphasizing complementary or deviating theories of the Modern Synthesis, were brought together. Of course, there have been excellent conferences on Evolutionary Epistemology in the past, as well as numerous ... see all copies from $102.09! new only from $102.09! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Structure and Contingency more books like this by John Bintliff (Editor) add to wishlist The theme of this book is the appropriate methodology for the study of the history of life on earth. In particular, it focuses on the interplay between form and structure: the things that we might predict and model and the things that we cannot predict - the arbitrary and the contingent - which may be as important, or even more important, than the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.17!
23	SC-Rivr Flows Uphill more books like this by William H Calvin add to wishlist Written as the log of an expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, this is an acclaimed work of popular science in the tradition of Lewis Thomas and Stephen Jay Gould which speculates on the origin and evolution of human intelligence. 18 line drawings. 15 maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.98! \| first editions
24	Biological Basis of Human Freedom more books like this by Theodosius Dobzhansky add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
25	Darwinism & the American Intellectual more books like this by R. Jackson Wilson (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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