"SUNY professor, biologist, and physiologist J. Scott Turner argues that modern Darwinism's materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead end, unable to define what life is--and only an openness to the qualities of "purpose and desire" will move the field forward. Turner surveys the history of evolutionary thought, identifying "purpose and desire" as the keys to a coherent science of life and its evolution. In Purpose and Desire,...

"In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species--births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away--until now. Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has blown the lid off what we thought we knew. Acclaimed science writer Adam Rutherford explains exactly how genomics is completely...

"An overview of biology for kids covering topics such as photosynthesis, plant classes and reproduction, animal senses and body systems, food chains, reproduction, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Presents simple facts and photographs of camouflaged animals in their natural habitats.

A logically presented, easy-to-grasp review of biology.

Trickiest! introduces readers to some of the slyest animals on the planet.