“I often said before starting, that I had no doubt I should frequently repent of the whole
undertaking.” So wrote Charles Darwin aboard The Beagle, bound for the Galapagos …

Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, from discoveries and
data to philosophy and history, this book is the most complete, authoritative, and inviting one …

At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on
evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is poses the questions at the heart of …

Kirtley Mather, who died last year at age ninety, was a pillar of both science and Christian
religion in America and one of my dearest friends. The difference of a half-century in our …

Originally published in 2007, The Discovery of Evolution explains what the theory of
evolution is all about by providing a historical narrative of discovery. Some of the major …

The Evolution Wars draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development
of evolutionary thought through the past two and a half centuries. It focuses on the debates …

In the six decades since the publication of Julian Huxley's Evolution: The Modern Synthesis,
the spectacular empirical advances in the biological sciences have been accompanied by …

This clear, candid, and generously illustrated book is written for the open-minded reader
who does not understand the technical issues of evolution, but would like to, who sees …

Introduced in 1859, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution generated hot debate and
controversy. Today nearly all reputable scientists agree: evolution did happen and natural …

More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the
wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to …