The Botany of Desire
by Michael Pollan | 
The Gene: An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee | 
The Sixth Extinction
by Elizabeth Kolbert | 
The Disappearing Spoon
by Sam Kean | 
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
by Dan Egan | 
The Cracking Code Book
by Simon Singh | 
The Demon in the Freezer
by Richard Preston | 
The Information
by James Gleick | 
Coming of Age In The Milky Way
by Timothy Ferris | 
Atomic Accidents
by James Mahaffey | 
Stuff Matters
by Mark Miodownik | 
The Drunken Botanist
by Amy Stewart | 
The Vital Question
by Nick Lane | 
The Demon Under the Microscope
by Thomas Hager | 
Life Ascending
by Nick Lane | 
Radical
by Kate Pickert | 
The Eighth Day of Creation
by Horace Freeland Judson | 
The Secret Life of Lobsters
by Trevor Corson |
The Story of More
by Hope Jahren | 
The Cloudspotter's Guide
by Gavin Pretor-Pinney |
In his highly entertaining and enlightening book, the acclaimed geneticist and author Steve Jones offers a landmark exploration of maleness. With effervescent wit, Jones argues that men, biologically speaking, are the true second sex. Here he lays out the cases for and against masculinity -- exploring every biological aspect from the genesis of the Y chromosome onward -- based on the recent explosion of biological research. Along the way, he offers pithy commentary on topics such as male hormones, hair loss, and the hydraulics of man's most intimate organ. Fascinating and often surprising, Jones's evidence offers fresh fuel for the battle of the sexes.