A review by jennygobike
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex by Olivia Judson

5.0

This book is fantastic readable evolutionary biology, although I remember having the urge to hide the cover as I read it on the bus. An organism's fitness is ultimately determined by how many surviving offspring it can produce, and Olivia Judson has a great way to describe all the amazing adaptations that animals have to get to this goal. I've always wanted to use it with a class, but haven't had kids old enough - certain selections would be great for high school bio. (I had to come home and consult my copy yesterday, after learning how to extract Drosophila testes. Why do fruit flies have sperm roughly their own body length? Just ask Dr. Tatiana...)