Best Sellers in Biology

August 2009 to date as identified by YBP Library Services

-- Library Journal, 04/22/2010

1) The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
Dawkins, Richard
Free Press
2009. ISBN 1416594787 [9781416594789]. $30

2) Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science
Yoon, Carol Kaesuk
W.W. Norton
2009. ISBN 0393061973 [9780393061970]. $27.95

3) The Princeton Guide to Ecology
Levin, Simon A.
Princeton University Press
2009. ISBN 0691128391 [9780691128399]. $95

4) How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells
Wolpert, Lewis
W.W. Norton
2009. ISBN 0393072215 [9780393072211]. $24.95

5) Critical Transitions in Nature and Society
Scheffer, Marten
Princeton University Press
2009. ISBN 0691122032 [9780691122038]. $99.50

6) The Untilled Garden: Natural History and the Spirit of Conservation in America, 1740–1840
Judd, Richard William
Cambridge University Press
2009. ISBN 052150998X [9780521509985]. $85

7) Origin Then and Now: An Interpretive Guide to the Origin of Species
Reznick, David N.
Princeton University Press
2010. ISBN 0691129789 [9780691129785]. $29.95

8) Wilderness in National Parks: Playground or Preserve
Miles, John C.
University of Washington Press
2009. ISBN 0295988746 [9780295988740]. $75

9) Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History
Weis, Judith S.
Rutgers University Press
2009. ISBN 081354548X [9780813545486]. $49.95

10) Laws, Theories, and Patterns in Ecology
Dodds, Walter Kennedy
University of California Press
2009. ISBN 0520260406 [9780520260405]. $50

11) Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: Natural History in Early America
Dugatkin, Lee Alan
University of Chicago Press
2009. ISBN 0226169146 [9780226169149]. $26

12) Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage
Forbes, Peter
Yale University Press
2009. ISBN 0300125399 [9780300125399]. $27.50

13) Not a Chimp: The Hunt To Find the Genes That Make Us Human
Taylor, Jeremy
Oxford University Press
2009. ISBN 0199227780 [9780199227785]. $27.95

14) Darwin’s Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution
McCalman, Iain
W.W. Norton
2009. ISBN 0393068145 [9780393068146]. $29.95

15) Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink
Goodall, Jane
Grand Central
2009. ISBN 0446581771 [9780446581776]. $27.99

16) Francis Crick: Hunter of Life’s Secrets
Olby, Robert C.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2009. ISBN 0879697989 [9780879697983]. $45

17) Paradoxical Life: Meaning, Matter, and the Power of Human Choice
Wagner, Andreas
Yale University Press
2009. ISBN 0300149239 [9780300149234]. $28

18) Darwin in Galapagos: Footsteps to a New World
Grant, K. Thalia
Princeton University Press
2009. ISBN 0691142106 [9780691142104]. $29.95

19) Darwin’s Camera: Art and Photography in the Theory of Evolution
Prodger, Phillip
Oxford University Press
2009. ISBN 0195150317 [9780195150315]. $39.95

20) Ecology of Cities and Towns: A Comparative Approach
McDonnell, Mark J.
Cambridge University Press
2009. ISBN 0521861128 [9780521861120]. $126

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Best Sellers in Biology