Books written by Rob DeSalle
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Troublesome Science: The Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race
In Troublesome Science, Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall provide a lucid and forceful critique of how scientific tools have been misused to uphold misguided racial categorizations.
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Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution
The need for more rapid and efficient methods of data acquisition and analysis is growing accordingly. This manual presents some of the most important techniques for data acquisition developed over the last years.
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Epidemic!: The World of Infectious Disease
"Epidemic!" explores the world of infectious diseases with essays by Nobel Prize-winning experts, profiles of scientists and researchers, and case studies. 60 photos, 22 illustrations.
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Race?: Debunking a Scientific Myth
Still, just as Linnaeus saw similarities between chimpanzees and people that were compelling enough for him to classify them together, he also perceived enough dif ferences among human populations to depart from his normal practice in ...
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A Natural History of Wine
This book presents their fascinating, freewheeling answers to the question “What can science tell us about wine?” And vice versa.
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The Great Human Journey: Around the World in 22 Million Days
In their 22 Million Day Journey our intrepid mice, Wallace and Darwin, trace the biggest genealogy of all and find that all humans are 85% African and only 15% from the rest of the world!
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A Natural History of Wine
This book presents their fascinating, freewheeling answers to the question "What can science tell us about wine?" And vice versa.
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The Science of Jurassic Park and the Lost World
From two top scientists comes a fun and fascinating book that takes readers on a deliciously fun scientific romp into the far reaches of today's state-of-the-art science to explore the worlds of dinosaurs and DNA. Line drawings.
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The Science of Jurassic Park and the Lost World, Or, How to Build a Dinosaur
Guide to the science used in Steven Spielberg's films Jurassic Park and The Lost World. Could modern scientists recreate dinosaurs from 85 million-year-old DNA?
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Troublesome Science: The Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race
Troublesome Science draws on the tools of taxonomy to show that while the diversity that exists within our species is a real phenomenon, it nevertheless defeats any attempt to recognize discrete units within it.
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A Natural History of Beer
A celebration of beer--its science, its history, and its impact on human culture What can beer teach us about biology, history, and the natural world?