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The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation
Fred Pearce · Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover |
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A provocative exploration of the "new ecology" and why most of what we think we know about alien species is wrong For a long time, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce thought in stark terms about invasive species: they were the evil interlopers spoiling pristine "natural"... |
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Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson · Bloomsbury
Pages: 213
Format: Print book |
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In his previous bestsellers, Masson has showed us that animals can teach us much about our own emotions -- love (dogs) , contentment (cats) , and grief (elephants) , among others. In Beasts, he demonstrates that the violence we perceive in the "wild" is a matter of projection.Animals... |
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A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
Nicholas Wade · Penguin Press
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover |
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Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human story Fewer ideas have been more toxic or harmful than the idea of the biological reality of race, and with it the idea that humans of different... |
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To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science
Steven Weinberg · Harper; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A masterful commentary on the history of science from the Greeks to modern times, by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg - a thought-provoking and important book by one of the most distinguished scientists and intellectuals of our time.In this rich, irreverent, and compelling... |
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The Extreme Life of the Sea
Stephen R Palumbi · Princeton Univ Pr
Pages: 225
Format: Hardcover |
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The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world--the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. It dives into the icy Arctic and boiling... |
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The Periodic Table in Minutes
Dan Green · Quercus Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book |
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An icon of science, the Periodic Table defines the fundamental chemistry of everything in the universe. In this compact yet comprehensive guide, Dan Green outlines the history, development and workings of the table, shows how its design reflects and illuminates the organisation of all matter,... |
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Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets
Jessica Pierce · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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A life shared with pets brings many emotions. We feel love for our companions, certainly, and happiness at the thought that we're providing them with a safe, healthy life. But there's another emotion, less often acknowledged, that can be nearly as powerful: guilt. When we see our cats... |
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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Sean M Carroll · Dutton
Pages: 470
Format: Print book |
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*An instant New York Times Bestseller**Publishers Weekly #1 Most Anticipated Science Book of Spring 2016*"You will be enthralled." - Wall Street Journal"A tour de force." - Salon.comAlready internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging... |
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