BOOK REVIEWS

Biocivilisations: A New Look at the Science of Life

Predrag B Slijepčević
Chelsea Green Publishing, £20.00

Explaining Life Through Evolution

Prosanta Chakrabarty
MIT Press, £21.00

The Nature of Drugs Volume Two: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact

Alexander Shulgin 
Transform Press, £24.99

The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature's Hidden Laws

Tim Blackburn
Island Press, £20.00

In the Name of Sharks

François Sarano
Polity, £15.99

Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves

Michael J Benton
Thames & Hudson, £25.00

Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Science

Joshua May
Oxford University Press, £19.99

Alien Worlds: How Insects Conquered the Earth and Why Their Fate Will Determine Our Future

Steve Nicholls
Head of Zeus, £35.00 
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