1. English Men of Science: their nature and nurture, by Sir Francis Galton. Found on the second source of the wikipedia page for nature vs. nurture. This book presents the two cases of nature vs. nurture, but takes nurture's side and presents evidence for that. The book presents data of past events that back his point, and he also includes normal everyday happenings that we all experience.
2. The Dependent Gene: Fallacy of Nature vs. Nurture, by David S. Moore. Found on third source of the wikipedia page for nature vs. nurture. Moore cites Galton as the original proposer of the theory but presents evidence of a highly interesting contradiction: a twin study. Moore points out the study that Galton did himself years before he published his work, and shows how when he researched twins they were shown to grow up to have remained similar to one another.
3. Nature Via Nurture: genes, experience, and what makes us human. found on first page of google scholar. This book takes an interesting view of the debate by suggesting that the concepts of nature and nurture are not separate, but rather intertwined so that one cannot be without the other. One excerpt from the text is that genes take their cues from nurture.
4. Childhood Experience and the Expression of Genetic Potential: What Childhood Neglect Tell us About Nature and Nurture. found on page three of google scholar. This book looks at the issue from yet again another angle: the affect of childhood abuse and neglect on the outcome of the child. This would be used as evidence for my argument against nature as there have been example after example of children being scarred for life by their upbringing.
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