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  • Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems

    Edited by Rama S. Singh, Jianping Xu, Rob J. Kulathinal ...
    Ever since the pioneering work of Darwin and Wallace, evolutionary biologists have attempted to understand the evolutionary dynamics of genetic systems. A range of theories on evolutionary ratesfrom static to gradual to punctuated to quantumhave been developed, primarily by comparing morphological changes over geological timescales as described in the fossil record. Recent studies, however, are ... Read more

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    The Long Reach of the Gene

    by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    By the best selling author of The Selfish Gene 'This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days.' Science 'The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene . . . he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort' John Maynard Smith, London Review of Books 'Dawkins ... Read more

    $11.89 CAD

  • The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being

    Evolution and the Making of Us

    by Alice Roberts ...
    'From your brain to your fingertips, you emerge from her book entertained and with a deeper understanding of yourself' Richard Dawkins'A masterful account of why our bodies are the way they are . . . this book really shines . . . Roberts's lightness of touch is joyous, and celebratory' Observer'Witty, personal and above all informed by passion and deep knowledge, this is the story of you, not just ... Read more

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  • Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

    by Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Exciting and provocative . . . A tour de force of a book that begs to be seen as well as to be read.”—The Washington Post Book WorldWorld renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a thrilling saga that starts ... Read more

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  • The Systems View of Life

    A Unifying Vision

    by Pier Luigi Luisi, Fritjof Capra ...
    Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation, leading to a novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying the systems view of life into a single coherent framework. Taking a broad sweep through history and ... Read more

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  • Creation

    How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself

    by Adam Rutherford ...
    What is life?Humans have been asking this question for thousands of years. But as technology has advanced and our understanding of biology has deepened, the answer has evolved. For decades, scientists have been exploring the limits of nature by modifying and manipulating DNA, cells and whole organisms to create new ones that could never have existed on their own.In Creation, science writer Adam ... Read more

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  • Mean Genes

    From Sex To Money To Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts

    by Terry Burnham, Jay Phelan ...
    Short, sassy, and bold, Mean Genes uses a Darwinian lens to examine the issues that most deeply affect our lives: body image, money, addiction, violence, and the endless search for happiness, love, and fidelity. But Burnham and Phelan don't simply describe the connections between our genes and our behavior; they also outline steps that we can take to tame our primal instincts and so improve the ... Read more

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  • The Nature of the Beast

    The first genetic evidence on the survival of apemen, yeti, bigfoot and other mysterious creatures into modern times

    by Bryan Sykes ...
    Professor Bryan Sykes, the world's leading expert on human genetics, set a goal to locate and analyse as many DNA samples as possible with links to the yeti. In doing so, he found himself entering a strange world of mystery and sensationalism, fraud and obsession and even the supernatural.Protected by the ruthless vigour of genetic analysis he was able to listen to the stories of the yeti without ... Read more

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  • The Big Questions: Evolution

    by Francisco Ayala ...
    In The Big Questions: Evolution, one of the world's leading experts, Francisco Ayala, examines key facets of genetics, evolution and cloning. He uses the most up-to-date research to answer the 20 key questions of evolution, and investigate what they tell us about life on Earth.What is evolution? What is natural selection? Is evolution a random process? What are chromosomes, genes and DNA? What is ... Read more

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  • The Society of Genes

    by Itai Yanai, Martin Lercher ...
    Nearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to “survival machines” whose sole purpose was to preserve “the selfish molecules known as genes.” How these selfish genes work together to construct the organism, however, remained a mystery. Standing atop a wealth of new research, The Society of Genes now provides a vision of how genes cooperate and ... Read more

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  • The Unpredictable Species

    What Makes Humans Unique

    by Philip Lieberman ...
    The Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation. In doing so, the book challenges the central claim of evolutionary psychology that we are locked into predictable patterns of behavior that were fixed by genes, and refutes the claim that language is innate. Philip Lieberman builds his case with ... Read more

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  • Introducing Genetics

    A Graphic Guide

    by Steve Jones ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being.Introducing Genetics takes us from the early work of Mendel to the discovery of DNA, the human gene map and the treatment of inborn ... Read more

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