Lists of Bests: Anitra Freeman's "Darwin's Children reading list" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/23050 Greg Bear appended a short reading list to his sf novel, <i>Darwin's Children</i>, on the scientific background to the story (which began with <i>Darwin's Radio</i>). He also has updates at http://www.gregbear.com/ In addition to the books, Bear also recommends these websites: * http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~faculty/villareal/new1/erv-placental.html ("The Viruses That Make Us" by Luis P. Villareal) * http://www.pheromones.com/ (James V. Kohl) * http://www.molsci.org/ (Molecular Sciences Institute) * http://www.paleopsych.org/ (International Paleopsycholgy Project) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:16:37 GMT en-us 0 50 12 0 0 River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life (Science Masters Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14332 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14332"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465069908.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> What Evolution Is http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14300 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14300"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465044263.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernst Mayr</div> Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10794 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10794"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/039330700X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Jay Gould</div> Reinventing Darwin: The Great Debate at the High Table of Evolutionary Theory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/270613 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/270613"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0471303011.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056446639_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Niles Eldredge</div> The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpretation of a Historical Myth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/107959 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/107959"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0801843677.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter J. Bowler</div> Dealing with Genes: The Language of Heredity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2572438 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Berg</div> Acquiring Genomes: The Theory of the Origins of the Species http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/704981 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/704981"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465043925.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114489218_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynn Margulis</div> Darwin In the Genome: Molecular Strategies in Biological Evolution http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/649163 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/649163"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0071378227.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110471237_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynn Caporale</div> Lamarck's Signature : How Retrogenes Are Changing Darwin's Natural Selection Paradigm (Helix Books Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1553025 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1553025"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0738201715.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056472688_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward J. Steele</div> Retroviruses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2572484 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2572484"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0879696508.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138222745_.jpg" /></a></div> Lateral DNA Transfer: Mechanisms and Consequences http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2572485 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2572485"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0879696214.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056503962_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederic Bushman</div> The Scent of Eros: Mysteries of Odor in Human Sexuality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2572487 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2572487"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/059523383X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057192287_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Vaughn Kohl</div>