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How Our Genes Change Our Lives, and Our Lives Change Our Genes Overview: A groundbreaking book
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The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease Overview: In this book the author, a Harvard evolutionary biologist presents an
Hacking Darwin
Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity Overview: "Genetic engineering isn't some far-off fantasy. Buy Now
Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall Overview: In this paradigm-shattering book, biologist Mark W. Moffett
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society Overview: In Blueprint, Nicholas A. Christakis introduces the compelling
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life Overview: In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Nick Lane brings
Nine Pints
A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood Overview: Most humans contain between nine and
Underbug
An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology Overview: Termites. Strange though it may seem, scientists are
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
Overview: Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and A New York Times Notable Book
Reader, Come Home
The Reading Brain in a Digital World Overview: Drawing deeply on this research, this book comprises
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
A New History of a Lost World Overview: "A masterpiece of science writing." —Washington Post A
Drawdown
The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Overview: From revolutionizing how we produce
Brain Rules for Ageing Well
10 principles for staying vital, happy, and sharp Overview: What can I do to keep my
Cosmosapiens
Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe Overview: This groundbreaking book is destined to become
A Crack in Creation
Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution Overview: Finalist for the Los Angeles Times
Scale
The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and in Organisms, Cities, Economies,
Behave
The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst Overview: Why do we do the things
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Overview: By picking one newly discovered gene from each of the 23 pairs of human chromosomes,
Cannibalism
A Perfectly Natural History Overview: In Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History,zoologist Bill Schutt sets the record
Reality Is Not What It Seems
The Journey to Quantum Gravity Overview: This book culminates in a lucid overview of quantum gravity,
Other Minds
The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Overview: In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith,
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes Overview: This is a story about you. Buy Now – A
I Contain Multitudes
The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life Overview: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK
The Grid
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future Overview: The Grid tells–entertainingly, perceptively–the story of
This Is Your Brain on Parasites
How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society Overview: This Is Your Brain on Parasites
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself Overview: The Big Picture is an
The Genius of Birds
Overview: As she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research, Ackerman not
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos Overview: Presents a history of
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Overview: The book celebrates the joy of discovery. “Here, on the edge of what we know,
100 Million Years of Food
What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today Overview: In 100 Million Years of Food
Cure
A Journey into the Science of Mind over Body Overview: In Cure, award-winning science writer Jo
Too Much of a Good Thing
How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us Overview: A deeply compelling narrative that puts
The Brain
The Story of You Overview: 'This is the story of how your life shapes your brain,
The Master Algorithm
How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
Cool
How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World Overview: In
Galileo’s Middle Finger
Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar’s Search for Justice Overview: " Kirkus (starred review): “Let us be
Rare
The High-Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth Overview: In addition
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
The Knowledge
How to Rebuild our World from Scratch Overview: Ingenious and groundbreaking, The Knowledge explains everything you
Night School
Overview: This work has resulted in a series of remarkable techniques that can help people to
Why Is Sex Fun?
The Evolution of Human Sexuality Overview: Human sexuality seems normal to us but it is bizarre
The Triple Package
What Really Determines Success Overview: The bestselling husband and wife team Amy Chua, author of Battle
Atomic Accidents
A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
Social Physics
How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter Overview: Social physics is about idea flow, the way
Renewable
The World-Changing Power of Alternative Energy Overview: Arranged in five parts—Green Gas, Sun, Wind, Earth, and
Falling Upwards
How We Took to the Air Overview: Holmes documents as well the balloons used to observe
Life at the Speed of Light
From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life Overview: In Life at the Speed
The Burning Question
We can’t burn half the world’s oil, coal and gas. So how do we quit? Overview:
Bad Pharma
How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients Overview: With Goldacre's characteristic flair and a forensic
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life
A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing Our View of Human Nature Overview:
The Particle at the End of the Universe
How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What’s Really True Overview: This is a page-turning detective story that not only
The Violinist’s Thumb
And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code Overview:
Zoobiquity
What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing Overview: Both authoritative and
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Overview: A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human Overview: Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet
Free Will
Overview: In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth about the human mind does
The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature Overview: Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through
Dazzled and Deceived
Mimicry and Camouflage Overview: Annotation 'Dazzled and Deceived' tells the unique and fascinating story of mimicry
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
The Double Helix
A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA Overview: By identifying the structure
Cosmos
Overview: With a lyrical literary style, and a range that touches almost all aspects of human
The Optimism Bias
A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain Overview: The Optimism Bias explores how the brain generates
The Compass of Pleasure
How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So
The Science of Kissing
What Our Lips Are Telling Us Overview: The book is informed by the latest studies and
How Bad Are Bananas?
The carbon footprint of everything Overview: The book ranges from the everyday (foods, books, plastic bags,
A World Without Ice
Overview: A World Without Ice answers our most urgent questions about this pending crisis, laying out
Energy Myths and Realities
Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate Overview: Energy Myths and Realities debunks the most common
The Grand Design
Overview: This collection is known as the "Grand Unified Field Theories." Buy Now – The Grand
Simply Complexity
A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory Overview: What do traffic jams, stock market crashes, and wars
Out Of Control
The New Biology Of Machines, Social Systems, And The Economic World
Ending Aging
The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime
Napoleon’s Buttons
17 Molecules that Changed History Overview: Examines the roles that the molecular properties of such items
Oxygen
The Molecule that Made the World Overview: Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time Overview: In an entirely new chapter, "Why Smart
Parasite Rex
Inside the Bizarre World of Nature’s Most Dangerous Creatures Overview: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's
Structures
Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down Overview: In "The New Science of Strong Materials" the author
Our Inner Ape
A Leading Primatologist Explains why We are who We are Overview: Argues that such social virtues
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