<DIV>Published to acclaim and controversy a decade ago, <i>Sperm Wars</i> is a revolutionary thesis about sex that turned centuries-old biological assumptions on their head.<BR><BR>Evolution has programmed men to conquer and monopolize women while women, without ever knowing they are doing it, seek the best genetic input on offer from potential sexual partners.<BR><BR>In this book, best-selling author Robin Baker reveals these new facts of life: ten percent of children are not fathered by their "fathers;" less than one percent of a man's sperm is capable of fertilizing anything (the rest is there to fight off all other men's sperm); "smart" vaginal mucus encourages some sperm but blocks others; and a woman is far more likely to conceive through a casual fling than through sex with her regular partner.<BR><BR>It's no wonder that <i>Sperm Wars</i> is a classic of popular science writing that will surprise, entertain, and even shock.</div>