Notebooks from New Guinea

Field Notes of a Tropical Biologist
$17.95
Paperback, Oct 2011
ISBN13: 9780199609642ISBN10: 0199609640
An unusual and fascinating collection of almost one hundred brief vignettes, adventurous tales, and reflections that illuminate the native culture and what the West can learn from it


The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

$18.95
Paperback, Oct 2009
ISBN13: 9780199216819ISBN10: 0199216819
The gold standard of science writing-the quintessential anthology, filled with dazzling pieces on the physical and natural world, and the nature of science itself


Shadows of the Mind

A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness
$24.99
Paperback, Jun 1996
ISBN13: 9780195106466ISBN10: 0195106466
"Elegant...beautifully written and argued."--Los Angeles Times


Shapes

Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts
$29.95
Hardback, Apr 2009
ISBN13: 9780199237968ISBN10: 0199237964
An illuminating look at how the branching networks form and grow according to the natural world.


Darwin's Lost World

The Hidden History of Animal Life
$34.95
Hardback, Feb 2009
ISBN13: 9780199548972ISBN10: 0199548978
A vivid personal account of cutting-edge thinking on the Cambrian explosion from a scientist at the forefront of research on early life


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