Charles Darwin in the Books

• Birds
  Charles Darwin
  Early Humans
  World Development
  Early Birds
  Evolutionary Biology
   
  

  Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird

  Pigeons have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of man, they’ve been used as crucial communicators in war by every major ...  > read more
• Forest
  Trees
  Anthropology
  Alternative Fuels
  Sustainability
  Fossil Fuels
   
  

  A Forest Journey: The Story of Wood and Civilization

  A contemporary view of the effects of wood, as used for building and fuel, and of deforestation on the development of civilization.Until the ascendancy of fossil fuels, wood has been the principal ...  > read more
• Stars
  Extrasolar Planets
  Astronomy
  Earth Science
  Space Policy
  Space Exploration
   
  

  The Science of Star Wars: An Astrophysicist's Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots as Portrayed in the Star Wars Films and Books

  Jeanne Cavelos says, "Star Wars fueled my interest in space exploration and the possibility of alien life," leading her to a career in astrophysics. While these movies have inspired her, she admits ...  > read more
• Galaxies
  Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Stars
  Materials Science
  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  Galactic Astronomy (Princeton Series in Astrophysics)

  This is the definitive treatment of the phenomenology of galaxies--a clear and comprehensive volume that takes full account of the extraordinary recent advances in the field. The book supersedes the ...  > read more
• Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Quantum Physics
  Physics
   
  

  One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos

  Don't let the large size and lush graphics fool you--One Universe is no coffee-table book. This grand tour explores the staggering vastness of space and the incomprehensibly tiny pieces that fit ...  > read more
• Anthropology
  Evolution
  Nature
  Early Humans
  Biology
  Human Evolution
   
  

  The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology

  This text introduces physical anthropology, the science of human biological evolution and variation. It addresses the major questions that concern biological anthropologists: "What are humans?" "How ...  > read more
• Nature
  Endangered Plants
  Environmental Issues
  Earth Science
  Extrasolar Planets
  Environmental Policies
   
  

  The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History

  Plants have transformed our planet over the last 470 million years as they invaded the land and diversified into the astonishing variety we know today. But their influence has reached even further: ...  > read more
• Nature
  Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Cosmology
  Anthropology
   
  

  Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums

  Science museums can be illuminating, exciting, and disturbing--just like the collectors that make them possible. Scholar Stephen T. Asma turned his professional curiosity about preserving bodies into ...  > read more
• Anthropology
  Archaeology
  Zoology
   
  

  The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia (Oxford World's Classics)

  Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, leaves the easy life of the Happy Valley, accompanied by his sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah, and the much-travelled philosopher Imlac. There journey takes them to ...  > read more
• Cats
  Fossils
  Early Mammals
  Animals
  Evolutionary Biology
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives

  Here's a book for cat lovers, but those who prefer good hard science to the warm and fuzzy feline tomes. While very readable, not to mention beautifully and lavishly illustrated, The Big Cats and ...  > read more

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