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Laurence D. Hurst
The Evolution of Imperfection

"This book uncovers the ways natural selection leads to imperfection in humans and the implications of this for our understanding of how evolution works and human biology and health. The simplest ver…

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Owen D Jones
Force of Nature

Most of us remember learning about natural selection back in school and have a sense of some of its everyday implications, like the risks of overusing antibiotics. Yet, as professor of law and biology Owe…

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Owen D. Jones
Force of Nature

While plenty of books tell readers how natural selection works, Force of Nature focuses on why understanding it has enormous practical value for reader's lives, right now.Natural selection never signs its…

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Stephen Webster
Charles Darwin

When Darwin announced his theory of evolution by natural selection, he did more than transform biology. By showing how life on Earth evolved, Darwin told us that humans too are part of nature.

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The Dusk of Design

The Dusk of Design explores the intersection of evolutionary theories and architectural design. Drawing inspiration from the concept of exaptation in biology, the book argues that natural selection, as th…

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Anne Della Guardia
Extraordinary Expeditions

From ancient sea voyages to modern-day explorations of deep space, discover the expeditions that have shaped our world and the daring individuals who undertook them.Extraordinary Expeditions highlights 27…

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Safaruk Chowdhury
Islamic Theology and the Problem of Evil

A rigorous study of the problem of evil in Islamic theology, new in paperbackLike their Jewish and Christian co-religionists, Muslims have grappled with how God, who is perfectly good, compassionate, merc…

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Howard Markel
Origin Story

By early morning of 30 June 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University's brand-new Museum of Natural History. The occasion was the annual meeting of the British Association for …

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John Damuth, Lev R Ginzburg
Nonadaptive Selection

"Ecologists John Damuth and Lev Ginzburg identify a specific evolutionary process in biology, which they call non-adaptive selection. The idea is simple, but the implications are profound. Non-adapti…

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Sourdough Microbiota and Starter Cultures for Industry

Traditional sourdough bread refers to spontaneous fermentation of cereals by lactic acid bacteria and yeasts, leading to natural selections of microorganisms. The metabolic activity of these microorganism…

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Alison Bashford
The Huxleys

A New Yorker and Economist Best Book of the YearTwo hundred years of modern science and culture told through one family history. This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian natu…

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Michael Ruse
Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was one of the most significant revolutions in the history of science. Widely debated after the publication of the Origin of Species in 1859, it continues to be contro…

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Sheena
The Neutral Theory's Balancing Act: How Much Does Chance Matter in Speciation?

The Neutral Theory flips the script on evolution. Forget organisms striving for perfection. It's a balancing act between two forces: natural selection, the "tightrope walker," and random genetic…

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Ingrid Dunér
Julian Huxley, Evolutionism and the History of Transhumanism

The evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley (1887-1975) attempted to promote a "religion for the future," which he would come to refer to as Transhumanism. Transhumanism was an attempt to unite a m…

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Peter R Grant, B Rosemary Grant
40 Years of Evolution

"A new edition of Peter and Rosemary Grant's classic account of their groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin's finches 40 Years of Evolution is a landmark study of the finches first made famous by…

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Igor M. Rouzine
Mathematical Modeling of Evolution

The book will benefit a reader with a background in physical sciences and applied mathematics interested in the mathematical models of genetic evolution. In the first chapter, we analyze several thought e…

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Geerat Vermeij
The Evolution of Power

A sweeping new account of the role of power in the evolution of all life on EarthPower has many dimensions, from individual attributes such as strength and speed to the collective advantages of groups. Th…

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Alexander J. Martín
Storms, Nations, and Other Gods

This book explores how two million years of natural selection left us with a strong tendency to bestow purposeful intention to the natural world---forming a robust cognitive basis for religious belief acr…

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Charles Darwin,
On the Origin of Species

The book that forever transformed how we view the diversity of lifeWe have all heard of the theory of evolution. But how did it come about and what exactly does it mean?In December 1831, Charles Darwin em…

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Nichole Severn
Danger in the Backcountry

Natural selection or serial killer?Discovering the truth will be deadly.Three Zion National Park visitors are dead. Though everything points to bear mauling, newly hired ecologist Lettie Larson doubts an …

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