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The Proper Study of Mankind

9 best books like The Proper Study of Mankind (Isaiah Berlin): The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, The Mismeasure of Man, Quantum, A Little History of the World, On Growth and Form, Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth, In the American Grain, The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
AuthorHenry Fielding
ISBN0140436227
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire—though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished...
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community
AuthorWilliam H. McNeill
ISBN0226561445
The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human...
The Mismeasure of Man
AuthorStephen Jay Gould
ISBN0393314251
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.

How smart are you? If that question doesn't spark a dozen more questions in your mind (like "What do you mean by 'smart,'" "How do I measure it" and "Who's asking?"), then The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould's masterful demolition...
Quantum
AuthorPatricia Cornwell
International bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers pulse-pounding thrills in a series featuring a brilliant and unusual new heroine, cutting-edge cybertechnology, and stakes that are astronomically high.

On the eve of a top secret space mission, Captain Calli Chase detects...
A Little History of the World
AuthorE.H. Gombrich
ISBN0300108834
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser was...
On Growth and Form
AuthorD'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
This book is a meticulous work that's both thought provoking and inspiring in its scope. There are plenty of profound, even poetic, insights scattered throughout a density of seemingly sterile precision. An especially interesting holism can be found in the chapter titled 'On the Theory of Transformations,...
Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
AuthorRichard Fortey
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

"Extraordinary. . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read this book."--The New York Times Book Review

"A marvelous museum of the past four billion years on earth--capacious, jammed with treasures, full of learning...
In the American Grain
AuthorWilliam Carlos Williams
ISBN0811202305
Prose essays ranging in theme from Erik the Red and Christopher Columbus to Abraham Lincoln about what it means to be an American.

William Carlos Williams was not a historian, but he was fascinated by the texture of American history. He found in the fabric of familiar episodes new shades of meaning,...
The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind
AuthorRichard E. Leakey
ISBN0385468091
Richard Leakey, One Of The World's  Foremost Experts On Man's Evolutionary Past, Now Turns  His Eye To The Future And Doesn't Like What He  Sees.

To the philosophical the  earth is eternal, while the human race -- presumptive  keeper of the world's history -- is a mere speck  in...
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