Alain Prochiantz

Darwin: 200 Years

More than an homage to a great scientist, this book, written by eminent specialists, is a perfect introduction to understanding the impact of Darwinism on contemporary thinking and science

Daniel C. Dennett

Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

In this book, he confronts this approach with the ideas of Charles Darwin and Darwinism, and addresses the question of evolution. What are the implications of the theory of evolution by natural selection? Why is evolution such a disturbing idea, not only for religious believers but also for philosophers and even for some biologists? How does it affect the concept of mind? In the midst of the current neo-Darwinian wave, this book offers a timely dialogue between the ideas of an important contemporary philosopher and those of the greatest nineteenth-century biologist. Daniel C. Dennett teaches cognitive sciences at Tufts University.

Kevin Padian

From Darwin to Dinosaurs (Work of the Collège de France) An Essay on the Idea of Evolution

In this book, Kevin Padian, world-renowned expert on dinosaurs, takes a historical approach to evolution and gives his view of some of the key problems of the theory of evolution

Christian de Duve

Genetic of original sin

Ernst Mayr

One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought (Questions of Science)

Without Darwin, our knowledge of the living would not be what it is today. But who was really the author of The Origin of Species? Why did these hypotheses lead to one of the most important scientific revolutions of our time? To what questions was Darwin unable to find an answer? Ernst Mayr is a professor emeritus at Harvard University.

Yves Coppens

The Present of the Past 4 Pastilles of Prehistory

A lively introduction to the basics of Prehistory that is both informative and entertaining

Michel Brunet

We are all Africans In search of the first man

The book gives a lively account of the life of a palaeontologist, with descriptions of excavations and findings.