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1	Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures more books like this by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist This colorful natural history surveys the world of the often reviled parasite and its place in science and popular culture. As this accessible tour provides historical and scientific context, it describes the obvious destructiveness of the organisms while offering numerous examples in nature of ecologically beneficial parasitic relationships. see all copies from £6.33! new only from £6.33! \| first editions
2	Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins more books like this by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist The author of three previous books on evolution explores recent attempts by anthropologists to rewrite the human family tree in light of groundbreaking new discoveries. see all copies from £8.43! new only from £9.35! \| first editions
3	Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea more books like this by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist In accessible prose, Zimmer retells the story of evolution--how Darwin's theory anticipated the findings of modern science, how evolution has changed the contours of organic life, and what the future holds in store. Proceeding topically, Zimmer's summary deals with controversial issues that have appeared in the wake of Darwin's ORIGIN OF SPECIES. ... see all copies from £2.20! new only from £5.60! \| first editions
4	Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain and How It Changed the World more books like this by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist In this combination of medical history and biography, science essayist Carl Zimmer discusses the discovery of the human brain in 17th-century England, and the subsequent experiments that revealed how it functioned. Zimmer focuses closely on the work of a group of Oxford scientists including Thomas Willis, a doctor who performed the first autopsy ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.44! \| first editions
5	At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore But Then Went Back to Sea more books like this by Carl Zimmer, Carl Dennis Buell (Illustrator) add to wishlist How did we ever get ashore? How did we make legs, arms and our extremely complex intelligence? Evolution is one of the most hotly debated areas of popular science. With this book, the author presents an accessible account of one of evolution's great mysteries - how microbes turned into humans. see all copies from £2.85! new only from £9.00! \| first editions
6	Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life more books like this by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist From the award-winning science writer and author of "Evolution" comes a startlingly original look at what it means to be alive--as revealed by a microbe that dwells within each person. 13 b&w illustrations. see all copies from £7.20! new only from £9.76! \| first editions
7	At the Water's Edge: Macroevolution and the Transformation of Life more books like this by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist Evolution is one of the most hotly debated areas of popular science. Zimmer's account of cutting-edge scientific research and fieldwork helps to illuminate this particular chapter in the history of ideas. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £12.96! \| first editions
8	Cerebrum 2008: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science more books like this by Cynthia A Read (Editor), Carl Zimmer (Foreword by), Anjan Chatterjee (Contributions by) add to wishlist New advances are being made in brain science today that will directly affect our lives, from the courtroom to the classroom to the living room. "Cerebrum" has long been the leading journal in distilling these developments in neuroscience for the general reader, and its articles by scientists and scholars are cited in prominent publications such as ... see all copies from £6.12! new only from £8.02!
9	Soul Made Flesh: How the Secrets of the Brain Were Uncovered in Seventeenth Century England by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist How the secrets of the brain were uncovered in 17th century England? We take it for granted that the brain is the seat of our minds, the part of our body that is most ourselves. 500 years ago, Europeans, if they thought about the brain at all, took it much less seriously - whether it was a refrigerator or a pump, it was seen as little more than a ... see all copies from £3.67!
10	Evolution CD: The Triumph of an Idea more books like this by Carl Zimmer, Peter Thomas (Read by), Stephen Jay Gould (Introduction by) add to wishlist In this dazzling companion to the major PBS TV series this fall, award-winning journalist Zimmer collaborates with leading scholars to tell the compelling story of the theory of evolution--from Darwin to 21st century science. Abridged. 5 CDs. see all copies from £21.49! new only from £27.32!
11 view cover	Where Did We Come From?: An Intimate Guide to the Latest Discoveries in Human Origins by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist New discoveries are changing our understanding of human origins almost daily. What does the new knowledge about our species mean? Science writer Carl Zimmer tackles that question and more in this illuminating journey through our ancestry, beginning sixty-five million years ago with the first primates and ending today, as we enter a new phase of ... see all copies from £2.45! new only from £2.45!
12 view cover	Woher Kommen Wir?: Die Ursprunge Des Menschen more books like this by Carl Zimmer, Sebastian Vogel (Translator) add to wishlist Der preisgekrAnte Wissenschaftsautor Carl Zimmer nimmt uns in diesem Buch mit auf eine faszinierende Reise in die Vergangenheit - und in die Zukunft. Wir erfahren, woher die Menschen kommen und wohin sie vielleicht gehen. Der sehr verstAndlich geschriebene Band schlAgt dabei einen weiten Bogen. Von prAhistorischen Fossilien, die in der Sahara ... see all copies from £29.95! new only from £31.18!
13	Auferstanden aus Ruinen-- : von der SBZ zur DDR more books like this by Dieter Zimmer, Carl-Ludwig Paeschke add to wishlist see all copies from £22.62!
14	Das Tor : Deutschlands berühmtestes Bauwerk in zwei Jahrhunderten more books like this by Dieter Zimmer, Carl-Ludwig Paeschke add to wishlist see all copies from £14.37!
15	Cumaceans of the American Atlantic boreal coast region (Crustacea, Peracarida) more books like this by Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer, Thomas E. Bowman, Les Watling add to wishlist see all copies from £14.96!
16	Dresden : Geschichten einer Stadt more books like this by Carl-Ludwig Paeschke, Dieter Zimmer add to wishlist see all copies from £16.30!
17 view cover	The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution more books like this by Carl Zimmer add to wishlist "The Tangled Bank" is the first textbook about evolution intended for the general reader. Zimmer, an award-winning science writer, takes readers on a fascinating journey into the latest discoveries about evolution. In the Canadian Arctic, paleontologists unearth fossils documenting the move of our ancestors from sea to land. In the outback of ... see all copies from £60.27! new only from £63.93!

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