The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities

  • Philip Kitcher
Penguin: £8.99

“Stimulating, informative and courageous…. Kitcher's arguments are always compassionate, always ingenious and always worth pursuing”, wrote John Harris in a review in Nature 380 591 591 (1996).

The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society

  • Stephen R. Kellert
Island Press: $16.95

“Immensely stimulating, tending to inspire new questions with every one it answers”. Thomas Lovejoy, Nature 382 594 591 (1996).

Our Evolving Universe

  • Molcolm S. Longair
Cambridge University Press: £ 14.95

“A beautifully produced book, in an oversize format, with an elegant typographical design, clear diagrams and many colour illustrations… the text is unflinchingly direct and accurate…. Its content is that of a first-rate introductory course”. William Press, Nature 382 220 220 (1996).