18 books like Mendel's principles of heredity

What to read after Mendel's principles of heredity — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Climbing Mount Improbable Richard Dawkins · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In this book, Richard Dawkins urges us to put aside superstitions and wake up to a universe far more wondrous than those in any myths, by describing the difference between accident and design in evolution. Shares: Biological Evolution, Genetics, Evolution, Science

On the origin of species by means of natural selection Charles Darwin · 1859 · ★ 4.0 · 452p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Charles Darwin's seminal work laying the foundations for the principles of evolutionary biology via natural selection, based on evidence that he collected during his expedition on HMS Beagle in the 1830s. Shares: Heredity, Biological Evolution, Evolution, Science

English men of science: their nature and nurture Sir Francis Galton · 1874 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Challenging This edition first published in 1970. Francis Galton has been honoured as the founder of biostatics and one of the creators of modern psychology. His principal aim was to establish a body of statistical knowledge about mental heredity which would result in a new pattern of behaviour for society. The relationship between outstanding men had led him to conclude that mental traits are inherited, and… Shares: Heredity, Genetics, Science, Biography & Memoir

Lay sermons, addresses, and reviews Thomas Henry Huxley · 1870 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Which describes some of the things which were said by Charles Darwin. Author became known as 'Darwin's bulldog' because of his forceful and energetic support for Darwin's theory, especially at the notorious British Association meeting in Oxford in 1860. In fact, Huxley had some reservations about aspects of the theory, especially the element of gradual, continuous progress, but in public he was… Shares: Evolution, Science

Gaia James Lovelock · 1979 · ★ 4.1 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Uiteenzetting van de theorie dat de aarde, zee en atmosfeer één groot organisme zijn dat zichzelf door een feedback-mechanisme in stand houdt, en een beoordeling van de huidige 'gezondheidstoestand' van het mechanisme. Shares: Evolution, Science

The Evolution of Man Ernst Haeckel · 1876 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Ernst Haeckel's The Evolution of Man is a bold, richly illustrated exploration of human origins that joins embryology, comparative anatomy, and evolutionary theory in a single sweeping argument. From the fertilized ovum through cleavage, gastrulation, and the formation of the vertebrate body, the book traces development as a living record of ancestry, linking humanity to the broader animal… Shares: Biological Evolution, Evolution, Science

First principles Herbert Spencer · 1860 · 550p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era. Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies. As a polymath, he contributed to a wide range of subjects,… Shares: Biological Evolution, Evolution

L'Évolution créatrice Henri Bergson · 1907 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Challenging French philosopher Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution was published in 1907 and translated into English in 1911. Very popular at the time, it gives an alternate mechanism for evolution - that it is motivated by an "elan vital" a vital impetus, also graspable as our natural creative urge. It also looks at Bergson's conception of time, a subjective "duration" (rather than the quantifiable time of a… Shares: Biological Evolution, Evolution, Science

Advances in genetics Jeffrey C. Hall · 1996 · ★ 5.0 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Advances in Genetics increases its focus on modern human genetics and its relation to medicine with the merger of this long-standing serial with Molecular Genetic Medicine. This merger affirms theAcademic Press commitment to publish important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines. Shares: Genetics, Science

Microbiology John Wade Foster · 2008 · 1408p · ≈ 46h · Moderate Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular (single-celled), multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, protistology, mycology, immunology, and parasitology. Shares: Genetics, Science

Longitude Dava Sobel · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude,… Shares: Science, Biography & Memoir

Memories of my life Sir Francis Galton · 1908 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Memories of my Life, first published in 1908, is an autobiography by the psychologist, anthropologist, geographer, and inventor Sir Francis Galton. This book contains a detailed account of Galton’s life, and will be of interest to students of Victorian history. Shares: Genetics, Science, Biography & Memoir

Molecular Cell Biology Harvey Lodish · 1990 · ★ 3.1 · 809p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Cell biology, cellular biology, or cytology, is the branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of the cells. All organisms are made of cells. A cell is the basic unit of life that is responsible for the living and functioning of an organism. Cell biology encompasses both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, with subtopics including the study of cell metabolism, cell… Shares: Genetics, Science

Autobiography Charles Darwin · 1957 · 253p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Darwin wrote the book, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, for his family. He still stands as the leading figure of that revolution in scientific thought which followed the publication of the Origin of Species in the middle of the 19th century, a revolution soon involving all realms of knowledge. But posterity must continually reassess the past,… Shares: Evolution, Science, Biography & Memoir

The Dragons of Eden Carl Sagan · 1977 · ★ 4.2 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Presents an overview of human evolution and discusses human and animal intelligence, the mechanisms of the brain, memory, sleep, myths and legends about evolution, and the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life. Shares: Evolution, Science

Advances in imaging and electron physics Peter W. Hawkes · 1995 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Advances in Imaging & Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics & Electron Physics and Advances in Optical & Electron Microscopy. The series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave… Shares: Science

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Exploring Science Mark Levesley · 2001 · ★ 5.0 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Covering all of the Sc1 to Sc4 requirements, this series incorporates the ideas and evidence statements of the revised National Curriculum. The copymaster CD Rom includes worksheets that can be adapted to meet the exact needs of your pupils. Shares: Science

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