Biology
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Alison Kalett
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Hallie Schaeffer
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Sydney Carroll
Textbook Editor
The biology list publishes books on topics that range across the life sciences. It has historic and core strengths in ecology, evolutionary biology, and behavioral biology alongside emerging strengths in biological anthropology, microbiome science, global change biology, and computational and mathematical biology. We publish across genres, from monographs and textbooks to works of popular science that introduce nonexperts to exciting, relevant ideas in biology.
Whenever possible, the list foregrounds books that take a broad and integrative approach and that cross traditional divides, such as those between theory and empiricism, molecular and organismal topics, and biology and other fields.
New & Noteworthy
Featured Audiobooks
Series
Ideas
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Mark Vellend on Everything Evolves
Mark Vellend describes how all observable phenomena in the universe can be understood through two sciences. The first is physics. The second is the science of evolvable systems.
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Sex Is a Spectrum
Being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture, and while there are important differences between women and men, there is a lot more variation and overlap than we may realize.
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Jaap de Roode on the medical wonders of the animal world
In this series of videos, Jaap de Roode聽introduces "Doctors by Nature" and answers questions about animal healing.
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Laurence D. Hurst on The Evolution of Imperfection
Laurence D. Hurst, author of The Evolution of Imperfection talks about how understanding our genetic imperfections can change our view of evolution and enrich what it means to be human.
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Jaap de Roode on Doctors by Nature
The use of medicinal drugs is often viewed as a uniquely human exercise. In Doctors by Nature, however, Jaap de Roode shows that many non-human animals also practice medicine.
