Biology

Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.

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Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
The Selfish Gene
The Origin of Species
The Gene: An Intimate History
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Oliver Sacks
“ If we wish to know about a man, we ask 'what is his story--his real, inmost story?'--for each of us is a biography, a story. Each of us is a singular narrative, which is constructed, continually, unconsciously, by, through, and in us--through our perceptions, our feelings, our thoughts, our actions; and, not least, our discourse, our spoken narrations. Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives--we are each of us unique. ...more ”
― Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Yuval Noah Harari
“ How can we distinguish what is biologically determined from what people merely try to justify through biological myths? A good rule of thumb is ‘Biology enables, Culture forbids.’ Biology is willing to tolerate a very wide spectrum of possibilities. It’s culture that obliges people to realize some possibilities while forbidding others. Biology enables women to have children – some cultures oblige women to realize this possibility. Biology enables men to enjoy sex with one another – some cultures ...more ”
― Yuval Noah Harari, קיצור תולדות האנושות

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