Best Sellers: Biology, December 13, 2012

January 2012 to date as identified by YBP Library Services

1) The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance
Carey, Nessa
Columbia University Press
2012. ISBN 9780231161169. $26.95

2) American Genesis: The Antievolution Controversies from Scopes to Creation Science
Moran, Jeffrey P.
Oxford University Press
2012. ISBN 9780195183498. $29.95

3) The Optics of Life: A Biologist’s Guide to Light in Nature
Johnsen, Sönke
Princeton University Press
2012. ISBN 9780691139906. $99.50

4) Cells to Civilizations: The Principles of Change That Shape Life
Coen, Enrico
Princeton University Press
2012. ISBN 9780691149677. $29.95

5) The Cell: A Very Short Introduction
Allen, Terence
Oxford University Press
2011. ISBN 9780199578757. $11.95

6) Darwin’s Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution
Stott, Rebecca
Spiegel & Grau
2012. ISBN 9781400069378. $27

7) On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
Souder, William
Crown Publishing Group
2012. ISBN 9780307462206. $30

8) Trees of Life: A Visual History of Evolution
Pietsch, Theodore W.
Johns Hopkins University Press
2012. ISBN 9781421404790. $69.95

9) Stem Cells: A Very Short Introduction
Slack, Jonathan
Oxford University Press
2012. ISBN 9780199603381. $11.95

10) The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the Worlds Wild Places
Krause, Bernie
Little, Brown
2012. ISBN 9780316086875. $26.99

11) Food Webs
McCann, Kevin S.
Princeton University Press
2012. ISBN 9780691134178. $99.50

12) Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares: The Promise and Peril of Genetic Engineering
Mehlman, Maxwell J.
Johns Hopkins University Press
2012. ISBN 9781421406695. $29.95

13) The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Our Planet
Sasselov, Dimitar
Basic Books
2012. ISBN 9780465021932. $25.99

14) The Biology of Disturbed Habitats
Walker, Lawrence R.
Oxford University Press
2012. ISBN 9780199575299. $117

15) Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death
Heinrich, Bernd
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012. ISBN 9780547752662. $25

16) The Violinist’s Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written by Our Genetic Code
Kean, Sam
Little, Brown
2012. ISBN 9780316182317. $25.99

17) Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
Williams, Florence
W.W. Norton
2012. ISBN 9780393063189. $25.95

18) Wild Hope: On the Front Lines of Conservation Success
Balmford, Andrew
University of Chicago Press
2012. ISBN 9780226035970. $26

19) Roots of Ecology: Antiquity to Haeckel
Egerton, Frank N.
University of California Press
2012. ISBN 9780520271746. $75

20) Evolution and Belief: Confessions of a Religious Paleontologist
Asher, Robert J.
Cambridge University Press
2012. ISBN 9780521193832. $24.99