On the Origin of Sex

On the Origin of SexFrom split gill mushrooms to duck billed platypuses, the spectacular science of sexual reproduction and creation of biodiversity on Earth. Smart, thoughtful, and witty, this book will make you rethink what you thought you knew about sex. Cat Bohannon, author of Eve Lets talk about sex. Not boring, human sex, but the endlessly fascinating, varied, and complex forms of reproduction in the rest of the natural world. Biologist Lixing Sun has spent decades

and gives him a stick that can make fire

and hair loss (and don’t worry

with a 35 percent chance of survival

La relation entre les deux soeurs ne s'améliore malheureusement pas avec le temps

but with few family or friends in her corner

this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life—why did he leave

When she pushes them all out again

Jon Klassen brings his minimalist’s touch to a soothing story of a simple object that a child can command and befriend

Not too big and not too small

Maya Shankar has spent decades studying the human mind

Convinced she’s hiding something

but the more Mira gets to know Stefan