 | The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway Morris
Buy new: £16.15 / Used from: £9.39 An amazing story from the horses mouth (as it were!).
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 | The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: £5.76 / Used from: £3.60 Dawkins' most famous book is also his most easily grasped.
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 | Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould
Buy used from: £0.01 My own favourite among his many brilliant books.
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 | Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Buy used from: £5.43 Know the enemy. Essential reading and very funny.
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 | The Arrow of Time: The Quest to Solve Science's Greatest Mysteries (Flamingo) by Peter Coveney
Buy used from: £0.01 Much more accessible than "A Brief History of Time" but covering similar ground.
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 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee by Jared M. Diamond
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.28 An exploration of our evolutionary and cultural history.
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 | The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (English Library) by Charles Darwin
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £2.72 Still readable and this edition includes a superb introduction by John Burrows.
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 | Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £0.61 A fascinating insight into what our genes actually can and can't do.
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 | In the Blood: God, Genes and Destiny by Steve Jones
Buy used from: £5.00 Everything by Steve Jones is worth reading but this is especially good.
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 | Science Master: Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution Of Human Sexuality (Science Masters) by Jared Diamond
Buy new: £4.92 / Used from: £1.14 Witty and informative.
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 | Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Ralph Leighton
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.47 Autobiography by anecdote. What makes a brilliant scientific personality tick?
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 | The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
Buy new: £6.69 / Used from: £2.68 Just brilliant! Makes you feel clever by explaining it so well.
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 | The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James Watson
Buy used from: £5.30 Unputdownable. Reads like a thriller. (Which I suppose it is).
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 | The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life by Richard Dawkins
Buy used from: £19.97 My own favourite among Dawkins' books.
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 | The French Lieutenant's Woman (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £1.59 The impact of Darwin's theories on Victorian sensibility wrapped in a terrific novel..
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