Books like Man, the unknown by Alexis Carrel

Richard Dawkins’ classic, The Selfish Gene reexamines evolution from the perspective of genes as primary agents, arguing that organisms serve as vehicles for gene replication.

Stephen Hawking explores the cutting edge of theoretical physics in layman’s terms, guiding readers through the mysteries that shape our universe.

Desmond Morris cuts through human habits with a zoologist’s eye, exploring sexuality, education, aggression and comfort to show that beneath our civilisations, we all remain primates.

James Watson recounts the race to determine DNA’s double‑helix structure, detailing his collaboration with Francis Crick, the scientific rivalry with Linus Pauling, and the insights that reshaped biochemistry and genetics.

In a sprawling urban landscape, George Sanford—a man of uncanny intuition—spaces out of the city’s job market until an old friend drags him into a rescue squad’s hunt for a missing girl. His knack for guessing right lands him in a dangerous conflict with a disturbed genius planning to weaponize his talent.

This book is composed of two essays. The first was originally written as a biographical contribution to a sociological reference work. Though commissioned by the editors, it was rejected after Becker submitted it. The second essay was delivered at a professional meeting of anthropologists. The significance of these essays, and especially Becker’s decision to publish them under the title, The Lost Science of Man, is that they signal Becker’s awareness and acceptance of the fact that his hoped for program of a unified moral and social science would not be accepted in his lifetime. These essays track Becker’s attempts to understand this rejection based on the histories of academic sociology and anthropology. [[Ernest Becker Foundation][1]] [1]: http://ernestbecker.org/about-becker/works/

Described as "by far the best book of its kind" (Henry McHenry, Evolution) and "the best introduction to the problems and data of modern palaeoanthropology yet published" (R. A. Foley, Antiquity), The Human Career has proved to be an indispensable tool in teaching human origins since its publication in 1989. The Human Career chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. Its comprehensive treatment stresses recent advances in knowledge, including, for example, ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there, replacing the Neanderthals in Europe and equally archaic people in Asia. With its coverage of both the fossil record and the archeological record over the 2.5 million years for which both are available, Klein emphasizes that human morphology and behavior evolved together. Throughout the text, Klein presents evidence for alternative points of view, but also does not hesitate to take a position. In addition to outlining the broad pattern of human evolution, The Human Career details the kinds of data that support this pattern, including information on archeological sites, artifacts, fossils, and methods for establishing dates in geological time.

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn.