"Put together one of the world's best science writers with one of the universe's most fascinating subjects and you are bound to produce a wonderful book. . . . The subject of complexity is vital and c
"Put together one of the world's best science writers with one of the universe's most fascinating subjects and you are bound to produce a wonderful book. . . . The subject of complexity is vital and
Bones of Contention is a behind-the-scenes look at the search for human origins. Analyzing how the biases and preconceptions of paleoanthropologists shaped their work, Roger Lewin's detective stories
One of the world’s top experts in behavioral finance offers innovative strategies for improving 401(k) plans. Half of Americans do not have access to a retirement saving plan at their workplace
Richard Leakey, One Of The World's??Foremost Experts On Man's Evolutionary Past, Now Turns??His Eye To The Future And Doesn't Like What He??Sees. To the philosophical the??earth is eternal, while the
Richard Leakey's personal account of his fossil hunting and landmark discoveries at Lake Turkana, his reassessment of human prehistory based on new evidence and analytic techniques, and his profound p
Describes how the bonobo chimpanzee communicates using symbols, and how this behavior has caused scientists to reevaluate their theories about communication
Where did we come from? Where are we going? Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin continue the pioneering field work of Louis and Mary Leakey by fitting together the pieces of our past to discover new answer
""Kanzi offers any number of crucial insights into the workings of the mind.""––The New York Times Book ReviewThe remarkable story of the ""talking"" ape who is proving animals can thinkTh
"'Garniss, lend me your knife for a second, will you,' I whispered." So begins Java Man, the inside story of how one discovery—a human skull found on the island of Java—by two geologists shook the fou
