"My favorite science books"

A Listmania! list by A. Volk (Canada)
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Origin of Species
1.  Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
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  "One of the greatest works in all of science"
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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition
2.  The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition by Richard Dawkins
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  "The "sequel" to Darwin's masterpiece, even easier to read"
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The Grand Design
3.  The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking
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  "A short, but powerful, view of our universe"
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Greatest Show on Earth: Evidence for Evolution
4.  Greatest Show on Earth: Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
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  "This is all about the greatest show on Earth"
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Life (original UK version)
5.  Life (original UK version) DVD ~ David Attenborough
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  "OK, not a book, but this is the visual accompaniement to Dawkin's book above"
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful
6.  Endless Forms Most Beautiful by Sean B Carroll
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  "A really fascinating book on how organisms build themselves- a triumph of science and evolution"
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Life Ascending
7.  Life Ascending by Nick Lane
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  "This book not only backs the theory of evolution to the fullest, it also sheds amazing understanding on some of evolution's greatest inventions, including life itself"
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Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
8.  Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris
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  "A powerful argument on how science can weigh in on the question of morals."
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The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
9.  The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution by Gregory Cochran
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  "This is another great piece of evolutionary thinking  that promotes some serious thinking"
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Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection
10.  Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
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  "The BEST evolutionary book on parenting"
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Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding
11.  Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
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  "Hrdy's follow up is more general and more theoretical, but still a great read"
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NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
12.  NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson
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  "This book does a great job of translating some finds in the science of parenting to plain English for actual parents. We need more of this!"
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
13.  What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
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  "I like just about all of Gladwell's work, so I'm putting  this one in as a general advertistment for popular science writing."
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The Art of Genes: How Organisms Make Themselves
14.  The Art of Genes: How Organisms Make Themselves by Enrico Coen
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  "This was THE book that helped me understand how genes really work.  Brilliant metaphor makes the complicated process of building a body understandable."
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Male Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences
15.  Male Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences by Geary
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  "A true compedium of male-female differences from an evolutionary viewpoint"
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The Evolution of Childhood: Relationships, Emotion, Mind
16.  The Evolution of Childhood: Relationships, Emotion, Mind by Melvin Konner
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  "Wow!  This is a SERIOUS book looking at childhood from an evolutionary viewpoint.  It's almost a (THE) textbook it's so detailed!"
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Family Relationships: An Evolutionary Perspective
17.  Family Relationships: An Evolutionary Perspective by Catherine A. Salmon
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  "Another great book on evolution and the family"
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Homicide
18.  Homicide by Margo Wilson
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  "A fantastic book on homicide and on evolutionary psychology in general"
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Obedience To Authority: An Experimental View
19.  Obedience To Authority: An Experimental View by Stanley Milgram
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  "This is easily one of the most important studies ever done on human nature- READ IT!"
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The Mountain People
20.  The Mountain People by Colin M. Turnbull
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  "A fascinating, but chilling,, anthropological story"
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Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
21.  Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us by Robert D. Hare PhD
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  "This is THE book on psychopathy, well worth reading"
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Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine
22.  Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine by Randolph M. Nesse
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  "An excellent evolutionary primer on medicine"
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Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
23.  Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer
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  "I just love this book- parasites are an all-too present, powerful, and creepy force in biology!"
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The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture
24.  The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture by Matt Ridley
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  "Mind meets gene- a great overview of the subject."
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Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family
25.  Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family by Jean L. Briggs
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  "A fantastic, honest, ethnography of the Inuit as well as the author herself!"
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Last updated: 26/07/11
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