Aleksenko A. Sex with Scientists: Sexual Reproduction and Other Mysteries of Biology / Aleksey Aleksenko. — Moscow: Alpina Non-fiction, 2024. — 456 pages. ISBN 978-5-00139-935-3 The greatest biologists of the past tried to understand why living beings need sexual reproduction, how it arose, what benefits it brought, and why it has not disappeared. In the book "Sex with Scientists," it's explained how scientists tried to link sex with the mutation process and as a result created an entire scientific field — population genetics. The discussion covers the division into two sexes, which cannot be understood without game theory, and sex chromosomes, around which fascinating molecular biology stories unfold. The narrative then moves to meiosis, about which it has been very difficult until now to read anything understandable for non-specialists. Related to it is the most important question of modern science — the origin of life on Earth. Finally, the book also includes a discussion of the role of sex in society's life, something that seems long written about, but a couple of extra chapters never hurt anyone. UDC 612.6+591.1+581.1 BBK 28.03