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Description
A rich and vibrant multi-disciplinary anthology that celebrates the finest writing by scientists captures the poetry and excitement of scientific thought and discovery, in pieces by Stephen Pinker, Albert Einstein, Stephen Jay Gould, Julian Huxley, Loren Eiseley, Rachel Carson, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Freeman Dyson, and many other notables.
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- The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (2008)
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- The Magic of Reality (2011)
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- The Selfish Gene: stability and the selfish machine; 6. Genesmanship; 7. Family planning; 8. Battle of the generations; 9. Battle of the sexes; 10. You scratch my back, I'll ride on yours; 11. Memes: the new replicators; 12. Nice guys finish first; 13. The long reach of the gene; Endnotes; Updated bibliography; Index and key to bibliography (1999)
- The Selfish Gene (2006)
- The Selfish Gene:30th Anniversary edition (2006)
- The God Delusion (2006)
- A Devil's Chaplain (2003)
- Climbing Mount Improbable (1997)
- The Extended Phenotype (1999)
- River Out Of Eden (1996)
