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Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life
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Evolution in Four Dimensions

By Eva Jablonka , Marion J. Lamb , Anna Zeligowski

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Bumblebee Economics
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Bumblebee Economics

By Bernd Heinrich ,

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Microbe Hunters
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Microbe Hunters

By Paul de Kruif ,

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The Music of Life: Biology Beyond Genes
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The Music of Life

By Denis Noble ,

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Why Evolution Is True
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Why Evolution Is True

By Jerry A. Coyne ,

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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

By Galileo Galilei , Stillman Drake (translator) ,

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Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful

By Sean B. Carroll ,

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A Guinea Pig’s History of Biology
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A Guinea Pig’s History of Biology

By Jim Endersby ,

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Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth
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Life on a Young Planet

By Andrew H. Knoll ,

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Beating Back the Devil
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Beating Back the Devil

By Maryn McKenna ,

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Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think about Our Lives
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Evolution for Everyone

By David Sloan Wilson ,

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Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond
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Made for Each Other

By Meg Daley Olmert ,

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Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
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Power, Sex, Suicide

By Nick Lane ,

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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
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Sociobiology

By Edward O. Wilson ,

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The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit
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The Tangled Wing

By Melvin Konner ,

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Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do about It
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Pink Brain, Blue Brain

By Lise Eliot ,

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A Door Into Ocean
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A Door Into Ocean

By Joan Slonczewski ,

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Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
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Parasite Rex

By Carl Zimmer ,

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A Visual Introduction to Penguins
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A Visual Introduction to Penguins

By Bernard Stonehouse , Martin Camm (illustrator) ,

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The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
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The Superorganism

By Bert Hölldobler , Edward O. Wilson , Edward O. Wilson

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Systems Biology: A Textbook
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Systems Biology

By Edda Klipp , Wolfram Liebermeister , Christoph Wierling , Axel Kowald

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Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story
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Our Family Tree

By Lisa Westberg Peters ,

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Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution
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Life on Earth

By Steve Jenkins ,

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How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution
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How to Build a Dinosaur

By Jack Horner , James Gorman ,

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Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements
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Genes in Conflict

By Austin Burt , Robert Trivers ,

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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Volume 2 Sexual Inversion
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex

By Havelock Ellis ,

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Uncover the Human Body
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Uncover the Human Body

By Luann Colombo , Craig Zuckerman (illustrator) , Jennifer Fairman (illustrator) , J Max Steinmetz (illustrator)

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Penguins and Antarctica
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Penguins and Antarctica

By Mary Pope Osborne , Natalie Pope Boyce , Sal Murdocca (illustrator)

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Right Hand, Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures
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Right Hand, Left Hand

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The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal
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The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal

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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
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Notes on Nursing

By Florence Nightingale ,

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Vicious: Wolves and Men in America
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Vicious

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Evolving Planet: Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
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Evolving Planet

By Erica Kelly , Richard Kissel ,

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An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine
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An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine

By Claude Bernard , H.C. Greene (translator) ,

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In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
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In Search of Memory

By Eric R. Kandel ,

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Your Travel Guide to Ancient Egypt
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Your Travel Guide to Ancient Egypt

By Nancy Day ,

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Diving to a Deep-sea Volcano
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Diving to a Deep-sea Volcano

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The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice
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The Body Multiple

By Annemarie Mol ,

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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
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Bonk

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The Origin Of Species
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The Origin Of Species

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Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition
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Promiscuity

By Tim Birkhead ,

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War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires
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War and Peace and War

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Life Everywhere: The New Science of Astrobiology
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Life Everywhere

By David Darling ,

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Global Brain
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Global Brain

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