Auteur: Brian Regal

More than just a collection of factual entries, this rich resource explores the difference between scientific and pseudoscientific pursuits in a way that spurs readers to ask questions and formulate …

A provocative look at the mystery surrounding the Jersey Devil, a beast born of colonial times that haunts the corners of the Pine Barrens-and the American imagination-to this day.Legend has it that …

A fascinating and wide-ranging look at the controversies surrounding the search for the origins of the human species.Written for those new to the subject, Human Evolution: A Guide to the Debates pres …

The discovery in the 1920s of a huge cache of fossils in the Gobi Desert fuelled a mania for dinosaurs that continues to the present. But the original goal of the expedition was to search for the ori …

This book examines the legends of who ‘really’ discovered America. It argues that histories of America’s origins were always based less on empirical evidence and more on social, political, and cultur …

Charles Darwin was an old man when he sat down to write a few words about his life. He was also famous, possibly the most famous man of his day. From the moment of the publication of his book The Ori …

In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals Charles Darwin argued that emotions put forward by facial expressions were the products of natural selection. He compared modern facial expression …

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.   In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals Charles Darwin argued that emotions put forward by fa …