Lists of Bests: Fumphunt PickleSprinkles's "Excellent Biology Books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4435 This list started after one of my favorite professors in college sent me this link: http://online.anu.edu.au/BoZo/jennions/books2read.html I've since added more that I or other people think are truely excellent biology type books. These are popular science books, they grab your attention and try to teach you something. Read these books if you want to increase your understanding of ecology or evolutionary biology. comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thu, 31 May 2012 11:19:50 GMT en-us 0 50 29 0 0 The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10882 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10882"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dhN25YEsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19337 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19337"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cXkLr2DaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Quammen</div> The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2946 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2946"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mLaGJEsPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matt Ridley</div> The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71191 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71191"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WT94FWVKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared M. Diamond</div> The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18758 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18758"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410T0FYSE6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Weiner</div> Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (Penguin science) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051670 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051670"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PZR45V7CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karl Sigmund</div> The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24154 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24154"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZHHMRMPTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Flannery</div> Life's Devices: The Physical World of Animals and Plants http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20014 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20014"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SikKY8wYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Vogel</div> Modeling Nature (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051720 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051720"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514AXBSZVSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sharon E. Kingsland</div> The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/861 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/861"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512y3sBog6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matt Ridley</div> Life : A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/270996 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/270996"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375401199.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Fortey</div> Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/710216 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/710216"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TME0H00QL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Birkhead</div> The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979334 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979334"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HOowveJhL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/995516 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/995516"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517WA57C76L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matt Ridley</div> Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10926 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10926"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z2PLBBx5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Vogel</div> Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/273266 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/273266"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jKk58iH1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul A. Colinvaux</div> Feral Future: The Untold Story of Australia's Exotic Invaders http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46524 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46524"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419lmcfwvdL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Low</div> The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1322 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1322"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VweM9DlUL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> Mendel's Demon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051766 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051766"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515F0372WGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Ridley</div> Parasite Rex Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20749 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20749"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gWl7-0TkL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Zimmer</div> Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516H1W1ASTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution Of Human Sexuality (Science Masters) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14267 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14267"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xscU5KAVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> The Moral Animal: Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962236 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Wright</div> The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3624 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3624"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eqhE%2B3q0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Pinker</div> Why We Age: What Science Is Discovering about the Body's Journey Through Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051815 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051815"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HQSiYI0GL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven N. Austad</div> Last Chance to See http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7674 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7674"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5145nkTiNvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20851 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20851"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Mo9F57U-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James D. Watson</div> Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5557082 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5557082"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EYiulDP4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Medina</div> The Language of Life: How Cells Communicate in Health and Disease http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2604090 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2604090"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519SMSBGRRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Debra Niehoff</div>