Chapter 5: THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

EVOLUTION OF LIFE

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
Jonathan Weiner

Beauty and the Beast: The Coevolution of Plants and Animals
Susan Grant

Beginnings: The Story of Origins--of Mankind, Life, Earth, Universe
Isaac Asimov

The Body
Anthony Smith

The Creation of Life: Past, Future, Alien
Andrew Scott

Diatoms to Dinosaurs: The Size and Scale of Living Things
Chris McGowan

Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
Stephen Jay Gould

Extinction
Rebecca Stefoff

The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
Stephen Jay Gould

The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
David Quammen

Gene Future: The Promise and Perils of the New Biology
Thomas F. Lee

Knowledge and Wonder--The Natural World as Man Knows It
Victor F. Weisskopf

The Language of Genes
Steve Jones

Mammal Evolution: An Illustrated Guide
R. J. G. Savage

Mayonnaise and the Origin of Life: Thoughts of Minds and Molecules
Harold J. Morowitz

The New Biology: Discovering the Wisdom in Nature
Robert Augros and George Stanciu

New Theories on the Origins of the Human Race
Christopher Lampton

A View from the Heart: Bayou Country Ecology
June C. Kennedy

The Virgin and the Mousetrap: Essays in Search of the Soul of Science
Chet Raymo

The World of Microbes
Howard Gest