Books by Lynn Margulis and Complete Book Reviews
Lynn Margulis, Author . Chelsea Green $21.95 (180p) ISBN 978-1-933392-33-2
A Distinguished University Professor in the department of geosciences at the University of Massachusetts, Margulis charts the professional and romantic lives of a handful of scientists in her first fiction outing, a mixed bag of sex, seduction and...
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Lynn Margulis, Author Summit Books $17.45 (301p) ISBN 978-0-671-44169-2
A century after Darwin theorized that we descended from ape-like ancestors, science has in just the last two decades contrived an awesome description of our even more primordial development from microbes. Boston University biologist Margulis and...
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Lynn Margulis, Author Basic Books $23 (160p) ISBN 978-0-465-07271-2
From the origin of life to the classification and phylogeny of living organisms, from a discussion of Gaia--the belief that Earth operates like a living being--to a discussion of the underlying reasons for sex, iconoclastic biologist Margulis (coauth
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Lynn Margulis, Author, Dorion Sagan, With Summit Books $19.45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-63341-7
Primeval women's swollen breasts indicated lactation, pregnancy and fertility to excited males. In the author's scenario, women lost their estrus and developed permanently enlarged breasts, ``an anatomy of deception,'' to tame and domesticate...
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Lynn Margulis, Author, Dorion Sagan, With Touchstone Books $12 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-79226-8
This illuminating exploration of the roots of human sexuality from the perspective of evolutionary biology was a BOMC alternate in cloth. (Sept.)
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Lynn Margulis, Author, Dorion Sagan, With, Niles Eldredge, Foreword by Simon & Schuster $40 (208p) ISBN 978-0-684-81087-4
There is much art as well as science in this beautifully illustrated treatment of topics relating to the genesis, organization and diversity of life forms on Earth. Margulis, a well-known professor of botany at the University of Massachusetts, and...
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Lynn Margulis, Author, Dorion Sagan, With, Dorian Sagan, Concept by Simon & Schuster $37.5 (256p) ISBN 978-0-684-82691-2
With its eye-catching title and acclaimed mother-and-son team of science writers (What Is Life?), this look at something that everyone talks about but few understand promises much--but delivers somewhat less. Discussion of the behavioral aspects of...
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