Ok here are my top pics for #books in the life sciences. There are many more good ones, I had to make hard choices to get it to a manageable number. Not saying I agree with everything in every book - these are ones that stretch thinking in useful ways.
Some are very old; they have important ideas you will not find in modern sources. I will also put this list up on my website and add to it. Possibly links will be added later, and eventually some top picks in other fields as well. Sorry, I know it would be great to have a blurb
each one; I just don't have the time. In no particular order:
Evolution in Four Dimensions by Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb
The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul by Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg
The Elements of Experimental Embryology by Gavin de Beer and Julian Huxley
The Tinkerer's Accomplice by J. Scott Turner
The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul by Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg
The Elements of Experimental Embryology by Gavin de Beer and Julian Huxley
The Tinkerer's Accomplice by J. Scott Turner
The Extended Organism by J. Scott Turner
How the Leopard Changed Its Spots by Brian Goodwin
Arrival of the Fittest by Andreas Wagner
Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems by Andreas Wagner
The Origins of Evolutionary Innovations by Andreas Wagner
How the Leopard Changed Its Spots by Brian Goodwin
Arrival of the Fittest by Andreas Wagner
Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems by Andreas Wagner
The Origins of Evolutionary Innovations by Andreas Wagner
At Home in the Universe by Stuart A. Kauffman
The Origins of Order by Stuart A. Kauffman
An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine by Claude Bernard
The Touchstone of Life by Werner R. Loewenstein
Behavior and Evolution by Jean Piaget
The Origins of Order by Stuart A. Kauffman
An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine by Claude Bernard
The Touchstone of Life by Werner R. Loewenstein
Behavior and Evolution by Jean Piaget
A Foray Into the Worlds of Animals and Humans by Jakob Johann von Uexkull
On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
The Ideas of Biology by John Tyler Bonner
On Development by John Tyler Bonner
On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
The Ideas of Biology by John Tyler Bonner
On Development by John Tyler Bonner
Blueprint For Immortality: The Electric Patterns of Life by Harold Saxton Burr
Life Itself by Robert Rosen
The Integrated Mind by Michael S. Gazzaniga and Joseph E. LeDoux
The Principles of Psychology by William James
Life Itself by Robert Rosen
The Integrated Mind by Michael S. Gazzaniga and Joseph E. LeDoux
The Principles of Psychology by William James
Principles of Physiology by William James
The Directiveness of Organic Activities by E.S. Russell
Design for a Brain by W. R. Ashby
Behavior of the lower organisms by H. S. Jennings
The Directiveness of Organic Activities by E.S. Russell
Design for a Brain by W. R. Ashby
Behavior of the lower organisms by H. S. Jennings
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