The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design338 reviews Richard Dawkins W. W. Norton, 1996 Even IF blind + The Blind Watchmaker + A Good Introduction To and Defense of Evolution + Essence of the scientific method             The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Perennial Classics)107 reviews Steven Pinker Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000 Just plain fun. + Great book + A fascinating, but somewhat thickly written story + enjoyable + Doesn't teach you how to learn languages.             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1062 reviews Jared M. Diamond W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Great for classroom teachers + A tour de force that isn't as biased or presumptuous as some critics have claimed + Guns, Germs & Steel + History of technological development in a nutshell.. + The Defining Work: "This is Where We Come From"             A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons69 reviews Robert M. Sapolsky Scribner, 2002 An All Time Favorite + Educational and gripping + A fun little adventure + Pure Poetry + A Student's Praise             The Mismeasure of Man90 reviews Stephen Jay Gould W. W. Norton & Company, 1996 Cogent Analysis on the Misuses of Intelligence Testing + The Mismeasure of Man + One of the most important books I own + Necessary Book During the Current Testing and Accountability Crisis + What can I say, it is SJG!             The Making of the Atomic Bomb157 reviews Richard Rhodes Simon & Schuster, 1995 Outstanding Book + A magnificent work + the best book on the manhattan project, the personalities and the science + IMPORTANT READING + The history and the people behind the technology             The Mismeasure of Man90 reviews Stephen Jay Gould W. W. Norton & Company, 1996 Cogent Analysis on the Misuses of Intelligence Testing + The Mismeasure of Man + One of the most important books I own + Necessary Book During the Current Testing and Accountability Crisis + What can I say, it is SJG!             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1062 reviews Jared M. Diamond W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Great for classroom teachers + A tour de force that isn't as biased or presumptuous as some critics have claimed + Guns, Germs & Steel + History of technological development in a nutshell.. + The Defining Work: "This is Where We Come From"             The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design338 reviews Richard Dawkins W. W. Norton, 1996 Even IF blind + The Blind Watchmaker + A Good Introduction To and Defense of Evolution + Essence of the scientific method             The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Perennial Classics)107 reviews Steven Pinker Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000 Just plain fun. + Great book + A fascinating, but somewhat thickly written story + enjoyable + Doesn't teach you how to learn languages.             A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons69 reviews Robert M. Sapolsky Scribner, 2002 An All Time Favorite + Educational and gripping + A fun little adventure + Pure Poetry + A Student's Praise             The Making of the Atomic Bomb157 reviews Richard Rhodes Simon & Schuster, 1995 Outstanding Book + A magnificent work + the best book on the manhattan project, the personalities and the science + IMPORTANT READING + The history and the people behind the technology