Scientists have long cautioned against attributing familiar emotions to animals, arguing that it limits our ability to truly…

Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life-growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing…

The authors look to the laws of thermodynamics for answers to the questions of evolution, ecology, economics, and even…

Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such…

Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, this title shows how scientists,…

In this fully revised second edition, noted skeptic Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate the fact from the fantasy in an…

\nRelating his experiences caring for endangered whales, a veterinarian and marine scientist shows we can all share in the…

Finished only weeks before his death in 1994, this autobiography traces the trajectory that led Feyerabend him from an…

In the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc, a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of…

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Gillespie tells the story of our industrial food system-its cruelties, flaws, and machine-like efficiencies-in a way that's…

\nAn illustrated visit to the tropical arctic of 205 million years ago when Greenland was green.\n…

This is Nature editor Henry Gee's magnum opus, a major account of the development of vertebrates.…

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A moving collection of intimate portraits of farm animals who somehow escaped the typical fate of their kind and got to…

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Explains how life insurance corporations shaped how we understand American life spans and Americans as risks…

Represents the first articulation of an integrative science of the earth, encompassing most of today's environmental…

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Translation of Forgerons et alchimistes.…

A flowering weed-mousear cress - can sense the particular chewing noise of its most common caterpillar predator and adjust…

Intended as a sequel to Primate Societies, this book compiles thirty-one chapters that review the state of knowledge…

Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. This title follows the history of…

What sets the practice of rigorously tested, sound science apart from pseudoscience? This title seeks to answer this…

Deals with the biological and physiological characteristics of the cartilaginous fishes: sharks, rays, and chimaeras. In…

Mathematical Physics is an introduction to such basic mathematical structures as groups, vector spaces, topological spaces,…

Challenges long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the…

Zoos, aquariums, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. This book presents the thinking…