Book Reviews
The
book reviews posted here are based on a selection of books
which whatislife.com considers relevant to the conceptual
issues in the life sciences. They include books about biology, philosophy
of science, science literacy and education. Each section contains
a listing of authors, selected book titles with links to individual reviews. We welcome
suggestions, comments, and contributions to this book review collection.
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- Biological Sciences
- Philosophy of Science
- Science Literacy
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AUTHOR |
TITLE |
| Environment |
Lomborg,
B. |
The
Skeptical Environmentalist
Cambridge UP, 2001 |
| Environment |
Thompson, K. |
Where Do Camels Belong?
Greystone Books, 2014 |
| Evolution |
Paul Davies |
The Demon in the Machine
allen lane, 2019 |
| Evolution |
Dawkins, Richard |
The Blind Watchmaker
W.W.Norton&Co, 1996 |
| Evolution |
Gould,
Stephen J. |
The
Structure of Evolutionary Theory
Belknap Harvard, 2002 |
| Evolution |
Gould,
Stephen J. |
The Mismeasure of Man
Norton; 1996, 1981 |
| Evolution |
Gould,
Stephen J. |
Ontogeny and Phylogeny
Belknap Harvard; 1977 |
| Evolution |
Jablonka,
E. & Lamb, MJ. |
Evolution
in Four Dimensions
MIT Press, 2005 |
| Evolution |
Hoffmann, P.M. |
Life's Ratchet
Basic Books, 2012 |
| Evolution |
Koonin, Eugene V. |
The Logic of Chance
FT Press, 2012 |
| Evolution |
Pross, A. |
What is Life. How chemisry becomes biology.
Oxford UP, 2012 |
| Evolution |
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The
Botany of Desire
Random House, 2001 |
| Evolution |
Reich, D. |
Who we are and how we got there
Vintage Random House, 2018 |
| Evolution |
Zuk, M. |
Paleofantasy
Norton, 2013 |
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| Evolution |
Zimmer, C. |
Evolution: The triumph of an idea
Harper, Perennial, 2002, 2006 |
| Microbiology |
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Microbes
and Man
Cambridge UP, 2000 |
| Biology |
Zimmer, C. |
Microcosm
Pantheon, 2000 |
| Biology |
Morton, O. |
Eating the Sun. How plants power the planet
Harper, Perennial, 2007, 2008 |
| Biology |
Buehler, LK. |
Cell Membranes
Garland Science, 2015 |
| Biology |
Chamovitz, D. |
What a Plant Knows
Farar, Straus and Giroux, 2012 |
| Mind
- Body |
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Molecules
of Emotion
Touchstone, 1997, 1999 |
| Nutrition |
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| Nutrition |
Pollan,
M. |
In
Defense of Food
Penguin, 2008 |
| Neurobiology |
Herculano-Houzel, S. |
The Human Advantage
MIT Press, 2016 |
| CATEGORY |
AUTHOR |
TITLE |
| Evolution |
Bejan, A. |
Design in Nature
Doubleday, 2012 |
| Evolution |
Bejan, A. |
The Physics of Life
StMartins, 2016 |
| Evolution |
Mayr,
E. |
The
Growth of Biological Thought
Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance
Harvard UP 1982
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| Evolution |
Wilson, E.O. |
Consilience. The Unity of Knowlege.
Vintage, 1998 |
| Biology |
Mayr,
E. |
Toward a New Philosophy of Biology
Harvard UP, 1988 |
| Biology |
Mayr,
E.
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What makes Biology Unique?
Cambridge UP, 2004 |
| Reductionism |
Novartis
Foundation |
The
Limits of Reductionism in Biology
J.Wiley, 1998 |
| Reductionism |
Nagel, T. |
Mind & Cosmos
Oxford UP, 2012 |
| Life |
Schroedinger,
E. |
What
is Life?
Cambridge UP; 1996, 1967, 1944
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| History |
Schroedinger,
E. |
Nature and the Greeks
Cambridge University Press; 1996, 1951, 1954 |
| Humanism |
Cassirer.
E. |
An
Essay on Man
Yale UP; 1972, 1944
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| Logic |
Cassirer.
E. |
The
Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
Vols. 1-3; Yale UP; 1955 |
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| History |
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The
Golem
What everyone should know about science
Cambridge University Press, 1998 |
| Science |
Deutsch, D. |
The Beginning of Infinity
Viking, 2011 |
| History |
Hampshire,
Stuart |
Spinoza
and Spinozism
Oxford University Press, 2005
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| Method |
Fleck,
L. |
Genesis
and Development of a Scientific Fact
U of Chicago Press, 1979, 1981 |
| Physics |
Gleick, J. |
Chaos. Making a New Science
Penguin, 2008 |
| Science |
Kitcher,
P. |
The
Advancement of Science
Oxford UP; 1993 |
| Sci-fi |
Kurzweil,
R. |
The
Age of Spiritual Machines
Penguin Books, 1999 |
| History |
Lehrer,
J |
Proust
was a Neuroscientist
Houghton Mifflin, 2007 |
| Politics |
Oakeshott,
M. |
Rationalism
in Politics and other essays
Liberty Fund; 1991 |
| Politics |
Ridley, M. |
The Rational Optimist
Harper Collins, 2010 |
| Consciousness |
Penrose, R. |
The
Large , the Small and the Human Mind
Cambridge University Press, 1997 |
| Technology |
Petroski,
H. |
The
Evolution of Useful Things
Vintage; Reprint edition, 1994 |
| General |
Rorty, R. |
Objectivity,
Relativism, and Truth
Vol. 1; Cambridge UP; 1991
Essays on Heidegger and Others
Vol. 2; Cambridge UP; 1991 |
| Technology |
Turkle,
S. |
Life
on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
Touchstone Books, 1997 |
| Mathematics |
Wolfram,
S. |
A
new kind of Science
Wolfram Media, 2002 |
| Mathematics |
Mandelbrot, B. |
The fractal geometry of Nature
W.H.Freeman, 1983 |
| Anthropology |
Raffles, H. |
Insectopedia
Pantheon, 2010 |
| Economics |
Taleb, N.N. |
Antifragile
Random House, 2012 |
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| CATEGORY |
AUTHOR |
TITLE |
| Literacy |
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The
Myth of Scientific Literacy
Rutgers UP; 1995 |
| Education |
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Building
a Bridge to the 18th Century
Knopf; 1999 |
| Education |
Hersh, R. |
Declining
by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk
Palgrave MacMillan; 2005
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| Education |
Kamenetz, A. |
The Test
PublicAffairs, 2015 |
| Cognition |
Kahneman, D. |
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013 |
| Language |
Ravitch,
D.
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The
Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn
Knopf; 2003 |
| Education |
Ravitch,
D.
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The Death and Life of the Great American School System
Basic Books; 2010 |
| Education |
Pestalozzi,
J.H. |
The
Education of Man
Greenwood Publishing Group; 1969
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| Education |
Gutek,
G.L. |
Pestalozzi
and Education
Waveland Press; 1999 |
| Finance |
Mauboossin, M.J. |
More than you know
Columbia Business School Publishing
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| Literacy |
Gladwell, M |
Outliers: the story of success
Little, Brown and Co.; 2008 |
| Education |
Collins, P.H. |
Another kind of public education
Beacon Press; 2009 |
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