The Evolution–Creation Struggle

  • Michael Ruse
(Harvard University Press: £10.95, €14.40, $16.95) 0674022556 | ISBN: 0-674-02255-6

“In this book, Ruse aims not to attack but to understand. For that he wisely turns to history — specifically to the history of evolutionary theory.” John Hedley Brooke, Nature 437, 815–816 (2005).

The Revenge of Gaia

  • James Lovelock
(Penguin: £8.99) 0465041698 | ISBN: 0-465-04169-8

“James Lovelock... offers his take on the future of energy. In brief, a vigorous turn towards nuclear power will be necessary to prevent the catastrophic climatic changes caused by an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide.” Tyler Volk, Nature 440, 869–870 (2006).

Thinking With Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism

Edited by:
  • Lorraine Daston &
  • Gregg Mitman
(Columbia University Press: $25, £16) 0231130392 | ISBN: 0-231-13039-2

“An unusual book that will surely join the growing literature on consciousness, animal cognition and the continuity between human and animal minds.” Juliette Clutton-Brock, Nature 434, 958–959 (2005).

Terrors of the Table: The Curious History of Nutrition

  • Walter Gratzer
(Oxford University Press: £9.99, $16.95) 0199205639 | ISBN: 0-199-20563-9

“[Gratzer's] purpose is 'to astonish, to instruct and, most especially, to entertain'. And what could possibly be more entertaining than the history of nutrition?” Marion Nestle, Nature 438, 425–426 (2005).