2009
Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into The 3.5 Billion Year History Of The Human Body by Neil Shubin
A delightful, intellectually challenging view of evolution from primitive fish to humans by a scientist who finds fossils in the most uncomfortable places and chronicles it all in this engaging book. Combining the excitement of discovery with the rigors of great scholarship to provide a convincing case of evolution from fish to man.
2008
Einstein : His Life And Universe by Walter Isaacson
Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, Isaacson's biography shows how Einstein's scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.
2007
In Search Of Memory : The Emergence Of A New Science Of Mind by Eric Kandel
Charting the intellectual history of the emerging biology of mind, Eric R. Kandel illuminates how behavioral psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology have converged into a powerful new science of mind.
2006 1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
Armed with extraordinary new discoveries about our genes, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley turns his attention to the nature-versus-nurture debate in a thoughtful book about the roots of human behavior.
Eye of the Albatross takes us soaring to locales where whales, sea turtles, penguins, and shearwaters flourish in their own quotidian rhythms. Carl Safina’s guide and inspiration is an albatross he calls Amelia, whose life and far-flung flights he describes in fascinating detail.
