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The Selfish Gene

1976 essay by Richard Dawkins

thumb|250px|Panther, Bern Physiologus, 9th century The Physiologus () is a didactic Christian text written or compiled in Greek by an unknown author in Alexandria. Its composition has been traditionally dated to the 2nd century AD by readers who saw parallels with writings of Clement of Alexandria, who is asserted to have known the text, though Alan Scott has made a case for a date at the end of the 3rd or in the 4th century. The Physiologus consists of descriptions of animals, birds, and fantastic creatures, sometimes stones and plants, provided with moral content. Each animal is described, a

The Voyage of the Beagle

book by Charles Darwin

Kunstformen der Natur

Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon is a historically significant book by Robert Hooke about his observations through various lenses. It was the first book to include illustrations of insects and plants as seen through microscopes.

Vienna Dioscurides

book by Pedanius Dioscorides

The Ancestor's Tale

essay by Richard Dawkins

A Devil's Chaplain

essay by Richard Dawkins

1944 non-fiction work by Erwin Schrödinger

Fertilisation of Orchids

book by Charles Darwin

Aberdeen Bestiary

12th-century English manuscript

The Double Helix

autobiographical work by James D. Watson

Why Is Sex Fun?

essay by Jared Diamond

Metamorphosis of Plants

literary work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Charles Darwin's books

personal bibliography of Charles Darwin

The Mismeasure of Man

essay by Stephen Jay Gould

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

book by Charles Darwin

neural Darwinism

Darwinian approach to understanding global brain function

On Human Nature

1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by E. O. Wilson

Naples Dioscurides