A fragile balance: New science books

Life tilts on a fragile balance and we as a society can impact this both for the good and the bad. A number of this month’s new science books delve into this delicate balance. In Hunt for the Shadow Wolf, Derek Gow takes a look at the history of wolves in Britain and the hope of their return, and in The Last of its Kind Gisli Palsson examines the extinction of the Great Auk bird. Browse below to see what else is new!

• Hunt for the shadow wolf : the lost history of wolves in Britain : and the myths and stories that surround them / Gow, Derek
• The last of its kind : the search for the great auk and the discovery of extinction / Gísli Pálsson
• The ethnobotanical : a world tour of indigenous plant knowledge / Edwards, Sarah
• Heart stood still : a conversation about belonging / Sharland, Miriam
• Alien earths : the new science of planet hunting in the cosmos / Kaltenegger, Lisa
• Extinctions : how life survives, adapts and evolves / Benton, Michael
• Deep water : the world in the ocean / Bradley, James
• The beauty of falling : a life in pursuit of gravity / Rham, Claudia de