Blackwell Online - Books : Science : Evolution

By Michael Boulter

£17.50 18 Apr 2011 Paperback The University Press Group Ltd

The head of the team analyzing "Fossil Record 2," the largest database of information on extinct animals and plants, brings us a thoroughly researched introduction to the new developments in the science of life and a chilling account of the effects that humans have had on the planet based on his experience and research.

The Nature of Nature

15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Bruce L. Gordon, William A. Dembski

£25.50 15 Mar 2011 Paperback ISI Books

The world's leading authorities in the sciences and humanities--dozens of top scholars, including three Nobel laureates--join a cultural and intellectual battle that leaves no human life untouched. Is the universe self-existent, self-sufficient, and self-organizing, or is it grounded instead in a reality that transcends space, time, matter, and energy?

The Nature of Nature

15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Bruce L. Gordon, William A. Dembski

£25.50 15 Feb 2011 Paperback ISI Books

The Nature of Nature

15 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Bruce L. Gordon, William A. Dembski

£24.95 15 Jan 2011 Paperback ISI Books

The Nature of Nature

15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Bruce L. Gordon, William A. Dembski

£24.95 15 Dec 2010 Paperback ISI Books

The Evolution of Culture

02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Stefan Linquist

£150.00 02 Jul 2010 Hardback Ashgate Publishing Group

Rather than viewing culture in opposition to biology, a growing number of researchers regard culture as subject to evolutionary processes. This volume contains some of the most influential publications on these subjects over the years.

Evolutionary Ethics

02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Neil Levy

£110.00 02 Jul 2010 Hardback Ashgate Publishing Group

Might human morality be a product of evolution? An increasing number of philosophers and scientists believe that moral judgment and behaviour emerged because it enhanced the fitness of our distant ancestors. This volume collects some explorations of the evidence for this claim, as well as papers examining its implications.

Evolution and Sexuality

01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Gunter Runkel

£19.95 01 Jul 2010 Paperback Lit Verlag

Introducing Evolution

01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Graphic Guide

By Dylan Evans

£6.99 01 Jul 2010 Paperback Icon Books Ltd

In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world with a radical theory - evolution by natural selection. One hundred and fifty years later, his theory still challenges some of our most precious beliefs. This guide to 'Darwin's dangerous idea' takes a fresh look at the often misunderstood concepts of natural selection and the selfish gene.

Teaching Human Variation

01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Century of Family Letters

By Goran Strkalj

£35.99 01 Jul 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Deep time is the domain of evolutionary change or phylogeny, the direct evidence for which is for the most part the palaeontological record in the rocks that make crust of the earth. Human variation has a history of perhaps 10 million years. This book introduces the concept of Natural Selection and explains how evolutionary change have occurred.

Emma Darwin, Wife of Charles Darwin 2 Volume Paperback Set

01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By H.E. Litchfield

£52.00 01 Jul 2010 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item Cambridge University Press

A remarkable collection of private letters, published in 1904, which give fascinating insights into the life of Emma Darwin.

Living with Evolution or Dying without it

01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Guide to Understanding Humanity's Past, Present, & Future

£41.99 01 Jul 2010 Hardback Sunscape Books

Evolution by way of natural selection is more than a theory that can explain certain earthly phenomena. It is a logical inevitability that applies to all earthly (and universal) phenomena. Hence, humans are in no way, and cannot possibly be in any way, exempted from this reality, as this would require elimination of all threats to human existence.

How Humans Evolved

01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Boyd

£37.99 01 Jul 2010 Paperback WW Norton & Co

Darwin's Pictures

25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874

By Julia Voss

£25.00 25 Jun 2010 Hardback Yale University Press

Examining Charles Darwin's sketches, drawings, and illustrations, this title presents the history of evolutionary theory told in pictures. It details the pictorial history of Darwin's theory of evolution, starting with his notebook sketches of 1837 and ending with the illustrations in "The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)".

The Biogeography of Host-parasite Interactions

24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov

£34.95 24 Jun 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

This edited volume demonstrates how the latest developments in biogeography (for example in phylogenetics, macroecology, and geographic information systems) can be applied to studies in the evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions in order to integrate spatial patterns with ecological theory.

The Biogeography of Host-parasite Interactions

24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov

£70.00 24 Jun 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

Primates in Perspective

24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Christina J. Campbell, Agustin Fuentes, Katherine C. MacKinnon, Simon K. Bearder, Rebecca Stumpf

£39.95 24 Jun 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

The Ngandong Fossil Hominids

23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Comparative Study of a Far Eastern Homo Erectus Group

By A.P. Santa Luca

£11.95 23 Jun 2010 Paperback Yale University Press

The Prism and the Rainbow

12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Christian Explains Why Evolution is Not a Threat

By Joel W. Martin

£10.50 12 Jun 2010 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Argues that it is not contradictory to be a practicing, faithful Christian who accepts the science of evolution. This title reveals that much of the controversy in the United States over evolution is manufactured and predicated on the misapprehension of basic science. It shows that majority of Christians worldwide accept the theory of evolution.

Rice

11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Origin, Antiquity and History

By S.D. Sharma

£82.00 11 Jun 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Inc

Man has improved the rice plant, increased its productivity and has found various uses of its parts. The story of rice differs from region to region and has been different in different periods of time. This book provides an interesting reading of such events in the course of its 9000 years long history.

Symbiogenesis

11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A New Principle of Evolution

By Boris Mikhaylovich Kozo-Polyansky

£25.95 11 Jun 2010 Hardback Harvard University Press

Many years ago Russian botanist Boris Kozo-Polyansky brilliantly outlined the concept of symbiogenesis, the symbiotic origin of cells with nuclei. Kozo-Polyansky's ideas are endorsed by virtually all biologists. This title offers a translation of Kozo-Polyansky's seminal work.

Biological Clock in Fish

10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Ewa Kulczykowska

£63.99 10 Jun 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Inc

What is so special about the circadian biological clock in fish? Where is it located - in the retina, inside the brain, or in the pineal? What is the molecular basis of its function? How is the clock able to keep time in the absence of environmental cues? This book shows that the fish provide a unique model of the circadian biological clock.

The Biophysical Chemistry of Nucleic Acids and Proteins

10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas E. Creighton

£75.00 10 Jun 2010 Paperback Helvetian Press

DNA, RNA and proteins are the most important biological molecules. Being large macromolecules, their physical, chemical and biological properties can differ dramatically from those of the monomers from which they are made. This book also describes their primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures, as well as their evolutionary origins.

The Physical and Chemical Basis of Molecular Biology

10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas E. Creighton

£65.00 10 Jun 2010 Paperback Helvetian Press

Presents a description of the fundamental physical and chemical phenomena that form the basis of molecular biology. This title includes topics such as the fundamental thermodynamic and kinetic properties of biochemical reactions in solution; the physical properties of aqueous solutions, including the hydrophobic effect; and radioactivity.

Biology of Subterranean Fishes

08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Eleonora Trajano

£89.00 08 Jun 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Inc

In most habitats, adaptations are the single most obvious aspects of an organism's phenotype. However, the most obvious feature of many subterranean animals are losses, not adaptations. This title presents an account of the species of subterranean fishes. It presents an analysis of the conservation status of these very rare animals.

What on Earth Evolved? ... in Brief

07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

100 Species That Have Changed the World

By Christopher Lloyd

£9.99 07 Jun 2010 Paperback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Why have creatures evolved as they are? Which species have been the most successful? How do life forms adapt to a world dominated by nearly seven billion humans? This title leads us on a journey since the birth of life, attempting to answer these fundamental questions. It reveals the stories of the 100 most influential species.

Pandora's Seed

03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization

By Spencer Wells

£20.00 03 Jun 2010 Hardback Penguin Books Ltd

Examines our cultural inheritance in order to find the turning point that led us to the path we are on, one the author believes we must veer from in order to survive. This title takes us on a globe-trotting tour of human history, back to a seminal event roughly 10,000 years ago, when our species made a radical shift in its way of life.

Teaching Human Variation

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874

By Goran Strkalj

£35.99 01 Jun 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Evolutionary Biomechanics

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Taylor, Graham Thomas, Adrian

£27.45 01 Jun 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press, USA

Recent research in biomechanics is increasingly revealing a set of special cases where universal physical laws constrain the trajectories and, more controversially, even the endpoints of the evolutionary process. For the first time this book brings together a broad range of examples from the latest research in evolutionary biomechanics to examine this phenomenon. Each chapter follows a similar theme, dealing first with the underlying physics and then examining the biological responses to selection. Examples of convergent evolution are used to analyze the nature of the trajectories of adaptation during the progressive approach towards a physically defined optimum.
This advanced textbook is suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in the fields of biomechanics, physiology, evolutionary biology and palaeontology. It will also be of relevance and use to researchers in the physical sciences and engineering.

Primates in Perspective

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Christina J. Campbell, Agustin Fuentes, Katherine C. MacKinnon, Simon K. Bearder, Rebecca Stumpf

£39.95 01 Jun 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

Darwin's Pictures

28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Julia Voss

£25.00 28 May 2010 Hardback Yale University Press

Evolution - The Extended Synthesis

28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Massimo Pigliucci, Gerd B. Muller

£25.95 28 May 2010 Paperback MIT Press Ltd

Prominent evolutionary biologists and philosophers of science survey recent work that expands the core theoretical framework underlying the biological sciences.

Catching Fire

27 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

How Cooking Made Us Human

By Richard Wrangham

£8.99 27 May 2010 Paperback Profile Books Ltd

Argues that it was cooking that caused the transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. This title focuses on the idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour.

The Art Instinct

27 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

By Denis Dutton

£9.99 27 May 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

The need to create art is found in every human society, manifest in many different ways across many different cultures. Is this universal need rooted in our evolutionary past? The Art Instinct reveals that it is, combining evolutionary psychology with aesthetics to shed new light on fascinating questions about the nature of art.

The Ngandong Fossil Hominids

26 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Comparative Study of a Far Eastern Homo Erectus Group

By A.P. Santa Luca

£11.95 26 May 2010 Paperback Yale University Press

Evolution, Literature, and Film

21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Reader

By Brian Boyd, Joseph Carroll, Jonathan Gottschall

£22.50 21 May 2010 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Evolution, Literature, and Film

21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Reader

By Brian Boyd, Joseph Carroll, Jonathan Gottschall

£68.50 21 May 2010 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

The Biophysical Chemistry of Nucleic Acids and Proteins

20 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas E. Creighton

£75.00 20 May 2010 Paperback Helvetian Press

Mosquitoes and Their Control

17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Norbert Becker, Dusan Petric (Department for Environmental and Plant Protection,, Marija Zgomba (Department for Environmental and Plant Protection,, Clive Boase (The Pest Management Consultancy, Haverhill), Minoo Madon, Christine Dahl, Achim Kaiser (German Mosquito Control Association (KABS), Waldsee, Germany)

£153.00 17 May 2010 Hardback Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Biological Clock in Fish

15 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Ewa Kulczykowska

£63.99 15 May 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Inc

The Genial Gene

14 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness

By Joan Roughgarden

£12.95 14 May 2010 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Develops a controversial alternative theory called social selection, which emphasizes cooperation, elucidates the factors that contribute to evolutionary success in a gene pool or animal social system, and demonstrates that to identify Darwinism with selfishness and individuality misrepresents the facts of life as we now know them.

Evolutionary Writings

13 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Including the Autobiographies

By Charles Darwin

£9.99 13 May 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

This volume brings together key chapters from Darwin's most important books, including the Journal of Researches on the Beagle voyage (1845), the Origin of Species (1859), the Descent of Man (1871), and the full text of his delightful autobiography. They are accompanied by responses from 19th-century readers from around the world.

The Vision Revolution

11 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

How the Latest Research Overturns Everything We Thought We Knew About Human

By Mark A. Changizi

£11.99 11 May 2010 Paperback BenBella Books

The Physical and Chemical Basis of Molecular Biology

05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas E. Creighton

£65.00 05 May 2010 Paperback Helvetian Press

The Purpose of Life: Science's Surprising Answer to Religion's Most Profound Question

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sagan, Dorion Schneider, Eric D.

£8.76 01 May 2010 Paperback Chelsea Green Publishing Company

Teaching Human Variation

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

All Species of Opinion from Scientists, Sages, Friends, and Enemies Who Met,

By Goran Strkalj

£35.99 01 May 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

What About Darwin?

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas F. Glick

£15.50 01 May 2010 Paperback Johns Hopkins University Press

Charles Darwin and his revolutionary ideas inspired pundits the world over to put pen to paper. This title offers a dictionary of quotations that presents the observations about Darwin and his ideas. It demonstrates how Darwin's ideas permeated various areas of thought.

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 18, 1870 (Volume 18)

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Volume 18, 1870

By Frederick H. Burkhardt, James A. Secord, The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project

£85.00 01 May 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

The year leading up to the publication of Descent of Man, Darwin's first treatment of human evolution.

Darwin's Pictures

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874

By Julia Voss

£25.00 01 May 2010 Hardback Yale University Press

Life from an RNA World

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Ancestor within

By Michael Yarus

£18.95 30 Apr 2010 Hardback Harvard University Press

A majority of evolutionary biologists believe that we can envision our biological predecessors - not the first, but nearly the first, living beings on Earth. This book describes these vanished forebears, sketching them in the distant past just as their workings first began to resemble our own.

Evolution - The Extended Synthesis

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Massimo Pigliucci, Gerd B. Muller

£25.95 30 Apr 2010 Paperback MIT Press Ltd

Prominent evolutionary biologists and philosophers of science survey recent work that expands the core theoretical framework underlying the biological sciences.

The Greatest Show on Earth

29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Evidence for Evolution

By Richard Dawkins

£8.99 29 Apr 2010 Paperback Transworld Publishers Ltd

Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. This title takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection.

Evolutionary Worlds without End

29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Henry Plotkin

£29.95 29 Apr 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

Diversity and complexity are the hallmarks of living forms. Yet science aims for general causal explanations of its observations - so how can this be achieved in the non-physical sciences? This new book considers whether there can be a general theory in biology and the social sciences, that is in any way equivalent to those seen in physics.

The Ngandong Fossil Hominids

28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Comparative Study of a Far Eastern Homo Erectus Group

By A.P. Santa Luca

£11.95 28 Apr 2010 Paperback Yale University Press

Emma Darwin, Wife of Charles Darwin 2 Volume Paperback Set

22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Century of Family Letters

By H.E. Litchfield

£52.00 22 Apr 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A remarkable collection of private letters, published in 1904, which give fascinating insights into the life of Emma Darwin.

The Nature of Nature

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Form, Function, and Behavior

By Bruce L. Gordon, William A. Dembski

£25.95 15 Apr 2010 Paperback ISI Books

Deals with a perennial question that has been made all the more pressing by advances in the natural sciences: Is the fundamental explanatory principle of the universe, life, and self-conscious awareness to be found in inanimate matter or immaterial mind?

People and Plants in Ancient Western North America

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul E. Minnis

£27.50 15 Apr 2010 Paperback University of Arizona Press

Shaping Primate Evolution

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Fred Anapol, Rebecca Z. German, Nina G. Jablonski

£29.99 15 Apr 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Explores how form is described in primate biology, and the effects of form on function and behavior.

Selfless Gene

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Living with God and Darwin

By Charles Foster

£8.99 15 Apr 2010 Paperback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Published to coincide with two Darwin anniversaries in 2009, this is a compelling look at the evolution/creationism debate

Stepping-Stones

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Discovering the Cave Artists of the Dordogne

By Christine Desdemaines-Hugon

£22.50 15 Apr 2010 Hardback Yale University Press

The cave art of France's Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beauty of its drawings and paintings. This title reveals the striking similarities between art forms of the Paleolithic and works of modern artists and gives us a pathway toward understanding the culture of the Dordogne Paleolithic people and how it touches our lives.

Looking for a Few Good Males

10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Female Choice in Evolutionary Biology

By Erika Lorraine Milam

£31.00 10 Apr 2010 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Why do female animals select certain mates, and how do scientists determine the answer? In considering these questions, the author explores the fascinating patterns of experiment and interpretation that emerged as twentieth-century researchers studied sexual selection and female choice.

Signals

08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Evolution, Learning, and Information

By Brian Skyrms

£14.99 08 Apr 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

Brian Skyrms offers a fascinating demonstration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses various scientific tools to investigate how meaning and communication develop. Signals operate in networks of senders and receivers at all levels of life, transmitting and processing information. That is how humans and animals think and interact.

Signals

08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Evolution, Learning, and Information

By Brian Skyrms

£32.50 08 Apr 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

The Rise of Horses

04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Four Voyagers to the Southern Oceans and Their Battle for the Theory of

By Jens Lorenz Franzen

£34.00 04 Apr 2010 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Traces the rise of the domesticated horse, Equus caballus, and its extant relatives and extinct ancestors. This title explores the early evolution and eventual diversification of horse anatomy to explain how and why these once widespread and varied mammals became the common horses, zebras, and asses we know today.

Introducing Darwin

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Graphic Guide

By Jonathan Miller

£6.99 01 Apr 2010 Paperback Icon Books Ltd

Covers the difficult progress from pre-Darwinian thinking to modern genetics, and the devastatingly important impact of one man on our fundamental understanding of biology, life and ourselves.

Darwin's Armada

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Iain McCalman

£9.99 01 Apr 2010 Paperback Simon & Schuster Ltd

The riveting true story of four great voyages of discovery that inspired Darwin's Origin of Species

Teaching Human Variation

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Goran Strkalj

£35.99 01 Apr 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Primate Locomotion

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Kristiaan D'Aout, Evie E. Vereecke

£90.00 01 Apr 2010 Hardback Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Zoonomia 2 Volume Set

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Christian Explains Why Evolution is Not a Threat

By Erasmus Darwin

£60.00 01 Apr 2010 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item Cambridge University Press

A classification of human diseases systematically linked to anatomy and physiology.

The Prism and the Rainbow

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Joel W. Martin

£10.50 01 Apr 2010 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

The Genial Gene

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness

By Joan Roughgarden

£12.95 01 Apr 2010 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Darwin's Island

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Galapagos in the Garden of England

By Steve Jones

£9.99 01 Apr 2010 Paperback Little, Brown Book Group

* The acclaimed book on Darwin's life and work, from one of our best-known and loved scientists

Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By David F Westneat, Charles W Fox

£32.50 01 Apr 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology presents a comprehensive treatment of theevolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a diverse set of behaviors and is suitable as a graduate-level text and as a sourcebook for professional scientists.

Darwin in Scotland

31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Edinburgh, Evolution and Enlightenment

By J.F. Derry

£18.99 31 Mar 2010 Paperback Whittles Publishing

A comprehensive account of Darwin's crucially-important time in Scotland which proved to be vital preparation for his voyage aboard the Beagle.

The Ngandong Fossil Hominids

31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Comparative Study of a Far Eastern Homo Erectus Group

By A.P. Santa Luca

£11.95 31 Mar 2010 Paperback Yale University Press

Uttering Trees

26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Norvin Richards

£22.95 26 Mar 2010 Paperback MIT Press Ltd

A study of the interface between syntax and phonology that seeks deeper explanations for such syntactic problems as case phenomena and the distribution of overt and covert wh-movement.

Uttering Trees

26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Norvin Richards

£44.95 26 Mar 2010 Hardback MIT Press Ltd

A study of the interface between syntax and phonology that seeks deeper explanations for such syntactic problems as case phenomena and the distribution of overt and covert wh-movement.

The Nature of Nature

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Hidden History of Animal Life

By Bruce L. Gordon, William A. Dembski

£23.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback ISI Books

People and Plants in Ancient Western North America

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul E. Minnis

£25.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback University of Arizona Press

Darwin's Lost World

11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Martin Brasier

£8.99 11 Mar 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

Darwin puzzled over why ancient Precambrian rocks seemed barren of life. Brasier describes the quest to shed light on Darwin's Lost World, the discovery of its strange creatures, and what drove the sudden flurry of evolution called the Cambrian Explosion, amid tales told with relish of expeditions to the remotest corners of the world.

Natural Selection and Beyond

11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace

By Charles H. Smith, George Beccaloni

£18.99 11 Mar 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

Alfred Russel Wallace was one of the nineteenth century's most potent intellectual forces. In this rich and varied collection, writers from a range of fields explore Wallace's work - and influence today - as biologist, collector, and a Victorian deeply engaged with the social, political, and philosophical issues of the age.

The Rise of Horses

07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jens Lorenz Franzen

£34.00 07 Mar 2010 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Animal Behaviour

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Evolution and Mechanisms

By Nils Anthes, Ralph Bergmuller, Wolf U. Blanckenhorn, H. Jane Brockmann, Claudia Fichtel, Lutz Fromhage, Joachim Frommen, Wolfgang Goymann, Jurgen Heinze, Katharina Hirschenhauser

£37.99 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Teaching Human Variation

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Art and Science of Rudolph Zallinger's Great Dinosaur Mural at Yale

By Goran Strkalj

£35.99 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

The Age of Reptiles

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

£14.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University

Adam's Tongue

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Derek Bickerton

£10.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.

Darwin in Scotland

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Edinburgh, Evolution and Enlightenment

By J.F. Derry

£18.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Whittles Publishing

A comprehensive account of Darwin's crucially-important time in Scotland which proved to be vital preparation for his voyage aboard the Beagle.

Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology

19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert C. Richardson

£11.95 19 Feb 2010 Paperback MIT Press Ltd

A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results.

Evolution: The Modern Synthesis

19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Edition

By Julian S. Huxley

£25.95 19 Feb 2010 Paperback MIT Press Ltd

The definitive edition of one of the most important scientific books of the twentieth century, setting out the conceptual structure underlying evolutionary biology.

Revolution in Science

19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

How Galileo and Darwin Changed Our World

By Mark L. Brake

£26.00 19 Feb 2010 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

This is the compelling story of the two biggest events in the evolution of ideas: the revolutions of Galileo and Darwin. Mark Brake captures the adventure and excitement of these two scientists in this is a timely examination of the ways in which faith and science clash, and how the battle for 'truth' is a perennial one.

The Nature of Nature

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

And What They Tell Us About Evolution and Development

By Bruce L. Gordon, William A. Dembski

£23.95 15 Feb 2010 Paperback ISI Books

Freaks of Nature

11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Mark S. Blumberg

£7.99 11 Feb 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

From two-legged goats and double-headed snakes, to 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, Mark S. Blumberg looks at 'freak' bodily anomalies in both humans and other animals to reveal how such deformities provide valuable windows on the intimate connections between genetics, evolution, development, and the environment.

The Rise of Horses

07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jens Lorenz Franzen

£34.00 07 Feb 2010 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

What Darwin Got Wrong

04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jerry Fodor, Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini

£20.00 04 Feb 2010 Hardback Profile Books Ltd

Reveals major flaws at the heart of Darwinian evolutionary theory. Combining the results of work in experimental biology with philosophical argument, this book challenges the central tenets of Darwin's account of the origin of species.

Teaching Human Variation

01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Female Choice in Evolutionary Biology

By Goran Strkalj

£35.99 01 Feb 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Looking for a Few Good Males

01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Erika Lorraine Milam

£31.00 01 Feb 2010 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography

26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Biodiversity in Space and Time

By Upchurch, Paul McGowan, Alistair Slater, Claire

£76.99 26 Jan 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Based on contributions for some of the experts in both fields, this book bridges the gap between palaeogeographers and palaeobiographers, two communities of researchers who work on the same issues but typically use different types of data. It emphasizes the availability and use of electronic resources and analytical software.

An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation

24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Stanton Braude, Bobbi S. Low

£20.95 24 Jan 2010 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Introduces undergraduate students to quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. This title explores the core concepts shared by these related fields using tools and practical skills such as experimental design, generating phylogenies, basic statistical inference, and grant writing.

An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation

24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Stanton Braude, Bobbi S. Low

£44.95 24 Jan 2010 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Revolution in Science

22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

How Galileo and Darwin Changed Our World

By Mark L. Brake

£26.00 22 Jan 2010 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Mosquitoes and Their Control

18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

£153.00 18 Jan 2010 Hardback Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Systema Naturae 250 - The Linnaean Ark

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Andrew Polaszek

£63.99 15 Jan 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

The advent of relational data basing and data storage capacity, coupled with revolutionary advances in molecular sequencing technology and specimen imaging, have led to a taxonomic renaissance. This book maps the origins of this renaissance, beginning with Linnaeus.

Why Evolution is True

14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jerry A. Coyne

£8.99 14 Jan 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

Why Evolution is True focuses on the hard evidence that proves evolution by natural selection to be a fact. Weaving together and explaining the latest discoveries and ideas from many disparate areas of modern science, this succinct and important book will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth-and the beauty-of evolution

Evolution, Development, and the Predictable Genome

09 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By David L. Stern

£25.00 09 Jan 2010 Hardback Roberts & Company Publishers

How does development influence evolution? This book explores the idea that development and evolution interact to make genetic evolution predictable. It reviews essential principles from developmental biology and population genetics to provide a foundation for understanding the causes of genetic evolution.

Life Ascending

07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

By Nick Lane

£9.99 07 Jan 2010 Paperback Profile Books Ltd

Describes the ten greatest inventions of life, including DNA, sex, sight and consciousness, based on their historical impact, role in living organisms and relevance to controversies. This book explains how these findings have come about, and the extent to which they can be relied upon.

Darwin's Sacred Cause

07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins

By Adrian J. Desmond, James Moore

£12.99 07 Jan 2010 Paperback Penguin Books Ltd

Darwin was committed to the abolition of slavery, in part because of his family's deeply held beliefs. Written by world authorities on Darwin, this title gives a completely new explanation of how Darwin came to his famous view of evolution, which traced all life to an ancient common ancestor.

Teaching Human Variation

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Reconciling the Book of Genesis, the Qur'an and the Theory of Evolution

£35.99 01 Jan 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Genetic Diversity

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Conner L. Mahoney, Douglas A. Springer

£107.50 01 Jan 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Genetic diversity is a level of biodiversity that refers to the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species. It is distinguished from genetic variability, which describes the tendency of genetic characteristics to vary. This book provides research on genetic diversity in plant, animal and human species.

And God Said, Let There be Evolution!

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles M. Wynn, Arthur W. Wiggins

£20.99 01 Jan 2010 Hardback Kunati Inc

Offers discussion on the conflict between science teaching and religious beliefs. This book presents sound science and personal reflection on religious questions. Examining three monotheistic religions in particular - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - this study concludes that evolution is not an obstacle to faith but a complement to it.

Essential Readings in Biosemiotics

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Donald F. Favareau

£180.00 01 Jan 2010 Hardback Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Synthesizing the findings from a wide range of disciplines, the emerging field of Biosemiotics explores the highly complex phenomenon of sign processing in living systems. This title presents an overview of the major works informing this interdiscipline, and provides scholarly historical and analytical commentary on each of the texts presented.

Zoonomia 2 Volume Set

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Erasmus Darwin

£60.00 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A classification of human diseases systematically linked to anatomy and physiology.

Zoonomia: Volume 2

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Erasmus Darwin

£33.00 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A classification of human diseases systematically linked to anatomy and physiology.

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 2 Volume Set

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Darwin

£35.00 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Darwin's two-volume work on the area of sexual selection across the whole of the animal kingdom.

Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas Henry Huxley

£12.99 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

An 1863 compilation of Huxley's lectures supporting the Darwinian theory of humanity's evolutionary descent from apes.

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin 3 Volume Set

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Darwin

£52.00 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A three-volume life of Charles Darwin, published five years after his death, and edited by his son.

Evolution and Religion 2 Volume Set

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Henry Ward Beecher

£25.00 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Henry Ward Beecher's discussion of the implications of the 'new' evolutionary philosophy on Christian doctrine.

The Religious Aspect of Evolution

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By James McCosh

£12.99 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

McCosh updated his 1888 book in 1890 to take account of A. R. Wallace's latest work on Darwinism.

The Rise of Horses

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jens Lorenz Franzen

£34.00 01 Jan 2010 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Extinction

31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Boulter

£12.01 31 Dec 2009 Electronic Book HarperCollins Publishers

Extinction

31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Boulter

£12.01 31 Dec 2009 Electronic Book HarperCollins Publishers

Extinction

31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An Introduction to Numerical Methods

By Michael Boulter

£12.01 31 Dec 2009 Electronic Book HarperCollins Publishers

Plant Mites and Sociality

25 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Yutaka Saito

£117.00 25 Dec 2009 Hardback Springer Verlag, Japan

Relict Species

17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Jan Christian Habel, Joachim Kosuch, Thorsten Assmann

£90.00 17 Dec 2009 Hardback Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Offers an overview of the importance of phylogeographic research on relict species and presents conclusions and findings on the conservation of relict species.

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Darwin

£15.99 17 Dec 2009 Paperback Oxford University Press

To mark the anniversary of the world's most renowned evolutionary biologist, Oxford University Press has reissued the definitive edition of Darwin's classic-a brilliantly entertaining and accessible exploration of human and animal behavior. This book is the first version of Expression to appear the way Darwin ultimately intended, as renowned psychologist Paul Ekman has incorporated all of the corrections and additions that were in Darwin's notes for a revision that has remained unpublished until now.

Relict Species

12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Jan Christian Habel, Joachim Kosuch, Thorsten Assmann

£90.00 12 Dec 2009 Hardback Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Offers an overview of the importance of phylogeographic research on relict species and presents conclusions and findings on the conservation of relict species.

Modeling Evolution

10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Derek A. Roff

£37.50 10 Dec 2009 Paperback Oxford University Press

Computer modeling is now an integral part of research in evolutionary biology. This book outlines how evolutionary questions are formulated and how, in practice, they can be resolved by analytical and numerical methods.

Nautilus

04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By W. Bruce Saunders, Neil H. Landman

£180.00 04 Dec 2009 Hardback Springer

Experimental Evolution

03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Concepts, Methods, and Applications of Selection Experiments

By Theodore Garland, Jr., Michael R. Rose

£30.95 03 Dec 2009 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Experimental approaches to evolution provide evidence of evolution by directly observing the process at work. This book summarizes studies in experimental evolution, outlining techniques and applications, and presenting the field's full range of research - from selection in the laboratory to the manipulation of populations in the wild.

Experimental Evolution

03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Concepts, Methods, and Applications of Selection Experiments

By Theodore Garland, Jr., Michael R. Rose

£52.00 03 Dec 2009 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Summarizes studies in experimental evolution, presenting the field's full range of research - from selection in the laboratory to the manipulation of populations in the wild. This title provides work on such key biological problems as the evolution of Darwinian fitness, sexual reproduction, life history, athletic performance, and learning.

Nautilus

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By W. Bruce Saunders, Neil H. Landman

£180.00 01 Dec 2009 Hardback Springer

The Origin and Evolution of the Caribbean Plate

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By K.H. James, M.A. Lorente, J.L. Pindell

£140.00 01 Dec 2009 Hardback Geological Society

Genetic Diversity

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Conner L. Mahoney, Douglas A. Springer

£107.50 01 Dec 2009 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

And God Said, Let There be Evolution!

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Reconciling the Book of Genesis, the Qur'an and the Theory of Evolution

By Charles M. Wynn, Arthur W. Wiggins

£20.99 01 Dec 2009 Hardback Kunati Inc

Zoonomia: Volume 2

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Erasmus Darwin

£33.00 01 Dec 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A classification of human diseases systematically linked to anatomy and physiology.

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 2 Volume Set

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Darwin

£33.00 01 Dec 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Darwin's two-volume work on the area of sexual selection across the whole of the animal kingdom.

Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas Henry Huxley

£12.99 01 Dec 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

An 1863 compilation of Huxley's lectures supporting the Darwinian theory of humanity's evolutionary descent from apes.

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin 3 Volume Set

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Darwin

£60.00 01 Dec 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A three-volume life of Charles Darwin, published five years after his death, and edited by his son.

Evolution and Religion 2 Volume Set

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Henry Ward Beecher

£25.00 01 Dec 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Henry Ward Beecher's discussion of the implications of the 'new' evolutionary philosophy on Christian doctrine.

The Religious Aspect of Evolution

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By James McCosh

£12.99 01 Dec 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

McCosh updated his 1888 book in 1890 to take account of A. R. Wallace's latest work on Darwinism.

One Small Speck to Man

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Evolution Myth

By Vij Sodera

£34.99 01 Dec 2009 Hardback Vija Sodera Productions

The Rise of Horses

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Evolution by Self-Organization

By Jens Lorenz Franzen

£34.00 01 Dec 2009 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin 8 Vol Anniversary Set (v. 1-8)

01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

1821-1860

By James Secord

£250.00 01 Dec 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

All known letters to and from Darwin during the first half-century of his remarkable life.

On the Origin of Form

26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Stuart Pivar

£22.99 26 Nov 2009 Paperback North Atlantic Books,U.S.

On the Origin of Form presents a new account of evolution and the origin of life based on the premise that the body form of any species is encoded not in the DNA but in the patterned structure of the primordial germ plasm - the universal predecessor of the egg.

Two hundred years after Johann von Goethe's Faustian quest for the Urform, the archetypal design underlying all living form, comes the recent discovery that organic forms are derived from a unique, self-organized, pre-embryonic structure. This explanation of evolution is an alternative to the now widely questioned Neo-Darwinist theory of natural selection of random mutations. This new model is based on known, relatively uncomplicated scientific principles and is easily accessible to the interested layman. Included are sixty-four pages of illustrations that support this new theory.

Darwin in Galapagos

22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Footsteps to a New World

By K. Thalia Grant, Gregory B. Estes

£20.95 22 Nov 2009 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

In 1835, during his voyage on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin spent several weeks in Galapagos exploring the islands and making extensive notes on their natural history. This book recreates Darwin's historic visit to the islands, following in his footsteps day by day and island by island as he records all that he observes around him.

Should Christians Embrace Evolution?

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Biblical and Scientific Responses

By Norman C. Nevin

£9.99 20 Nov 2009 Paperback Inter-Varsity Press

The Theory of Evolution

17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By John Scotney

£6.95 17 Nov 2009 Paperback Kuperard

Plant Mites and Sociality

15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Yutaka Saito

£117.00 15 Nov 2009 Hardback Springer Verlag, Japan

Root Development

13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Tom Beeckman

£120.00 13 Nov 2009 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Part of "Annual Plant Reviews Series", this book consists of contributions from author groups based at many of the World's foremost laboratories working in the root development area.

Advances in Genetics (Vol. 66)

12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hall, Jeffrey C. Friedmann, Theodore Dunlap, Jay C.

£90.99 12 Nov 2009 Hardback Elsevier Science & Technology

RNA interference (RNAi) is a mechanism that inhibits gene expression at the stage of translation or by hindering the transcription of specific genes. This book includes reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines, providing researchers an overview and synthesis of various findings in the area.

Sex Hormones and Immunity to Infection

08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Sabra L. Klein (The Johns Hopkins University), Craig Roberts

£118.50 08 Nov 2009 Hardback Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Darwin's Dogs

05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

How Darwin's Pets Helped Form a World-changing Theory of Evolution

By Emma Townshend

£8.99 05 Nov 2009 Paperback Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

The story of Darwin's life and work considered through his interest in dogs; a charming account of how he came to his remarkable discovery of evolutionary theory.

Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology

05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Giovanni Boniolo, Gabriele de Anna

£16.99 05 Nov 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Examines how evolutionism can justify the existence of ethical normativity.

The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited

04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Jonathan B. Losos, Robert E. Ricklefs

£34.95 04 Nov 2009 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Presents a broad picture of the fundamental ways in which the science of island biogeography has been shaped by the author's work.

The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited

04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Jonathan B. Losos, Robert E. Ricklefs

£69.95 04 Nov 2009 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Presents a broad picture of the fundamental ways in which the science of island biogeography has been shaped by the author's work.

The Tangled Bank

03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An Introduction to Evolution

By Carl Zimmer

£29.99 03 Nov 2009 Hardback Roberts & Company Publishers

Intended for the general reader, this title takes readers on a journey into the discoveries about evolution. It explains the central concepts essential for understanding new advances in evolution, including natural selection, genetic drift, and sexual selection. It is suitable for those who want to understand the history of life on Earth.

The Voyage of the Beagle

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Darwin, Charles

£16.46 01 Nov 2009 Compact Disk CSA Word

"The Voyage of the Beagle" is the name commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his "Journal and Remarks." It refers to the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle, which set sail from Plymouth Sound on December 27, 1831 under the command of captain Robert FitzRoy. Professor Richard Dawkins' clear narration style coupled with his knowledge and appreciation of the subject adds greatly to the experience.

The Evolution of Evolution

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Darwin and His Mentors

By Walter Stephen

£12.99 01 Nov 2009 Paperback Luath Press Ltd

Darwin's theory of evolution was one of the most important developments in modern science, but did the Scots help him get there? November 2009 is the 150 anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species. The Evolution of Evolution examines the influence of little-known publications and and people on the development of Darwin's famous theories

Genetic Diversity

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Conner L. Mahoney, Douglas A. Springer

£107.50 01 Nov 2009 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

And God Said, Let There be Evolution!

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Reconciling the Book of Genesis, the Qur'an and the Theory of Evolution

By Charles M. Wynn, Arthur W. Wiggins

£20.99 01 Nov 2009 Hardback Kunati Inc

Erasmus Darwin

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Darwin, Ernst Krause

£14.99 01 Nov 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A life of Erasmus Darwin for which his grandson Charles supplied family papers and reminiscences.

Zoonomia 2 Volume Set

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Erasmus Darwin

£24.99 01 Nov 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A classification of human diseases systematically linked to anatomy and physiology.

Zoonomia: Volume 2

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Erasmus Darwin

£33.00 01 Nov 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A classification of human diseases systematically linked to anatomy and physiology.

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 2 Volume Set

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Darwin

£33.00 01 Nov 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Darwin's two-volume work on the area of sexual selection across the whole of the animal kingdom.

Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas Henry Huxley

£12.99 01 Nov 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

An 1863 compilation of Huxley's lectures supporting the Darwinian theory of humanity's evolutionary descent from apes.

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin 3 Volume Set

01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Art and Photography in the Theory of Evolution

By Charles Darwin

£60.00 01 Nov 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A three-volume life of Charles Darwin, published five years after his death, and edited by his son.

The Religious Aspect of Evolution

31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By James McCosh

£12.99 31 Oct 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

McCosh updated his 1888 book in 1890 to take account of A. R. Wallace's latest work on Darwinism.

The New Foundations of Evolution

29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

On the Tree of Life

By Jan Sapp

£54.00 29 Oct 2009 Hardback Oxford University Press

This book presents a history of microbial evolutionary biology from the 19th century to the present. It follows the research of molecular evolutionists who explore the origins of the genetic system and the primary life forms: three domains and multiple kingdoms, created by mechanisms very unlike those considered by Darwin and his followers.

Darwin's Camera

29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Phillip Prodger

£25.00 29 Oct 2009 Hardback Oxford University Press

Darwin's Camera tells the extraordinary story of how Charles Darwin produced one of the world's first photographically illustrated science books.

Dazzled and Deceived

28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Mimicry and Camouflage

By Peter Forbes

£18.99 28 Oct 2009 Hardback Yale University Press

Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world - including butterflies, moths, fish, birds, insects and snakes - have honed and practised camouflage over hundreds of millions of years. This title tells the story of mimicry and camouflage in science, art, warfare and the natural world.

Here be Dragons

22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of

By Dennis McCarthy

£16.99 22 Oct 2009 Hardback Oxford University Press

Denis McCarthy's highly engaging account of biogeography shows how two great theories - evolution and plate tectonics - explained the pattern of life on Earth. It is a story of elephant birds and pygmy mammoths, and the gradual acceptance of radical new ideas demonstrating that life and powerful physical forces constantly reshape our planet.

The "Origin" Then and Now

21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An Interpretive Guide to the "Origin of Species"

By David N. Reznick

£20.95 21 Oct 2009 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" is one of the most widely cited books in modern science. Yet tackling this classic can be daunting for students and general readers alike because of Darwin's Victorian prose and the complexity and scope of his ideas. This title is suitable for those seeking to understand Darwin's "Origin of Species".

Darwin's Notebook

19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Life, Times and Discoveries of Charles Darwin

By Jonathon Clements

£12.99 19 Oct 2009 Hardback The History Press Ltd

Lost Sex

15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£153.00 15 Oct 2009 Hardback Springer

Discusses theory behind asexual life: what major disadvantages do asexual groups have to face, what are the genetic and ecological consequences and what does this theory predict for more applied aspects of asexual life, for example in agricultural pests, diseases as well as in cultural crops such as grapes.

The Bone Readers

15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Science and Politics in Human Origins Research

By Claudio Tuniz, Richard Gillespie, Cheryl Jones

£17.95 15 Oct 2009 Paperback Left Coast Press Inc

Offers a summary of the questions and the minefield of academic politics that surround questioning anthropology's most cherished paradigms. This title is suitable for students in human origins or biological anthropology courses.

The "Britanica" Guide to Evolution

10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Encyclopedia Britannica

£7.99 10 Oct 2009 Paperback The Perseus Books Group

Sex Hormones and Immunity to Infection

07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Sabra L. Klein (The Johns Hopkins University), Craig Roberts

£118.50 07 Oct 2009 Hardback Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Nautilus

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By W. Bruce Saunders, Neil H. Landman

£180.00 01 Oct 2009 Hardback Springer

Strange Bedfellows: The Surprising Connection Between Sex, Evolution and Monogamy

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Barash, David P. Lipton, Judith Eve

£13.74 01 Oct 2009 Hardback Bellevue Literary Press

In The Myth of Monogamy, husband and wife David P. Barash (an evolutionary biologist) and Judith Eve Lipton (a psychiatrist), stunned the public by showing how rare monogamy is in nature. Now, in Strange Bedfellows, they look at the other side of the coin: how biology actually promotes monogamy in some species and how these lessons apply to human beings.

An accessible work of science that is relevant to our intimate daily life, Strange Bedfellows will reassure some people, surprise others, and engage everyone.

David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton have co-authored six books, including The Myth of Monogamy and Making Sense of Sex.

Genetic Diversity

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Conner L. Mahoney, Douglas A. Springer

£107.50 01 Oct 2009 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Charles Darwin's on the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Keller, Michael

£10.98 01 Oct 2009 Hardback Rodale Press

And God Said, Let There be Evolution!

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Reconciling the Book of Genesis, the Qur'an and the Theory of Evolution

By Charles M. Wynn, Arthur W. Wiggins

£20.99 01 Oct 2009 Hardback Kunati Inc

Life Beyond Molecules and Genes

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

How Our Adaptations Make Us Alive

By Stephen Rothman

£19.99 01 Oct 2009 Paperback Templeton Foundation Press,U.S.

What on Earth Evolved?

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Lloyd, Christopher

£24.73 01 Oct 2009 Hardback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Morphic Resonance: The Nature of Formative Causation

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Sheldrake, Rupert

£10.96 01 Oct 2009 Paperback Park Street Press

Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman

£39.99 01 Oct 2009 Paperback Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

The Darwin Experience: The Story of the Man and His Theory of Evolution

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Van Wyhe, John

£27.47 01 Oct 2009 Hardback National Geographic Society

Evidence of Evolution

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Mary Ellen Hannibal

£19.99 01 Oct 2009 Hardback Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species", this title combines photographs of plants and animals with a concept-based text to express Darwin's greatest discovery to a general audience.

Evolution: The Story of Life

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Palmer, Douglas

£21.95 01 Oct 2009 Hardback University of California Press

"Palmer's scholarship is up to date and the text passages are highly appropriate. He has a sense for a good story and good science as well. This book is a prodigious effort, not least in the artwork, but also in the assembly of photos and illustrations, and of course the text."--Kevin Padian, University of California, Berkeley

The Tragic Sense of Life

01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Ernst Haeckel and the Struggle Over Evolutionary Thought

By Robert J. Richards

£17.50 01 Oct 2009 Paperback The University of Chicago Press

With detractors ranging from paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould to modern-day creationists and advocates of intelligent design, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) is better known as a divisive figure than as a pioneering biologist. This biography rehabilitates Haeckel - focusing on his science and art. It also gives an account of Haeckel's eventful life.

Zoonomia 2 Volume Set

30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Erasmus Darwin

£24.99 30 Sep 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A classification of human diseases systematically linked to anatomy and physiology.

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 2 Volume Set

30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Darwin

£33.00 30 Sep 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Darwin's two-volume work on the area of sexual selection across the whole of the animal kingdom.

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin 3 Volume Set

30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT