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Darwin and Women

A Selection of Letters

by Charles Darwin ...

Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships, social and professional, with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining, ... Read more

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Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships, social and professional, with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining,
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Sex in Cetaceans

Morphology, Behavior, and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies

Edited by Bernd Würsig, Dara N. Orbach ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Sex in Cetaceans provides an up-to-date review of multi-faceted aspects related to mating and reproduction in toothed and baleen whales. This open access book begins with discussions of sexual selection and anatomical traits related to mating and diversity between the sexes. The functions of non-conceptive copulations are reviewed as are different research techniques applied to explore sex in ... Read more

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Sex in Cetaceans provides an up-to-date review of multi-faceted aspects related to mating and reproduction in toothed and baleen whales. This open access book begins with discussions of sexual selection and anatomical traits related to mating and diversity between the sexes. The functions of non-conceptive copulations are reviewed as are different research techniques applied to explore sex in
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The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Ethics

Edited by Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards ...

Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Philosophy
Evolutionary ethics - the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification - began in the nineteenth century with the work of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, but was subsequently criticized as an example of the naturalistic fallacy. In recent decades, however, evolutionary ethics has found new support among both the Darwinian and the Spencerian traditions. This accessible ... Read more

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Evolutionary ethics - the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification - began in the nineteenth century with the work of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, but was subsequently criticized as an example of the naturalistic fallacy. In recent decades, however, evolutionary ethics has found new support among both the Darwinian and the Spencerian traditions. This accessible
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Estuche La vida y la muerte contadas por un sapiens a un neandertal (De un sapiens a un neandertal)

by Juan José Millás, Juan Luis Arsuaga ...

Series series De un sapiens a un neandertal
El gran proyecto de Juan José Millás y Juan Luis Arsuaga sobre nuestra existencia en un estuche exclusivoLa vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal y La muerte contada por un sapiens a un neandertal conforman un proyecto sin igual en el panorama literario actual.El paleontólogo Arsuaga y el escritor Millás se propusieron, hace ya más de dos años, levantar el gran relato sobre nuestra ... Read more

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El gran proyecto de Juan José Millás y Juan Luis Arsuaga sobre nuestra existencia en un estuche exclusivoLa vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal y La muerte contada por un sapiens a un neandertal conforman un proyecto sin igual en el panorama literario actual.El paleontólogo Arsuaga y el escritor Millás se propusieron, hace ya más de dos años, levantar el gran relato sobre nuestra
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解密雙螺旋：DNA結構發現者華生的告白

The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix

by 華生 James D. Watson ...

Translated by 黃靜雅 ...

世紀之書《雙螺旋》圖文註釋版自達爾文《物種起源》以來，最重大的生物學事件。半世紀不衰的超級科學經典★ 1968年出版後，盤據《紐約時報》暢銷榜十六週，翻譯成二十多種語言賣出一百多萬冊★ 美國國會圖書館選為“塑造美國之書”（《塑造美國的書籍“）★ 流量，紐約公共圖書館選為“世紀之書”（世紀圖書）★ 流量，科學。史的現場重建；界科學遠比你想的更“叢林”★ 流量，加入圖片，註解，讓讀者彷彿親臨科學界的頂尖對決★ 連作者都不知道的史料，統統在這本《解密雙螺旋》◎ 周成功教授審訂1950年代，英，美三組科學家競逐解開DNA的謎題。當時初出茅廬的華生與克里克，率先提出DNA的雙螺旋結構，並因此獲得諾貝爾生理學或醫學獎。1968年，華生所著的超級經典-《雙螺旋》... ... Read more

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世紀之書《雙螺旋》圖文註釋版自達爾文《物種起源》以來，最重大的生物學事件。半世紀不衰的超級科學經典★ 1968年出版後，盤據《紐約時報》暢銷榜十六週，翻譯成二十多種語言賣出一百多萬冊★ 美國國會圖書館選為“塑造美國之書”（《塑造美國的書籍“）★ 流量，紐約公共圖書館選為“世紀之書”（世紀圖書）★ 流量，科學。史的現場重建；界科學遠比你想的更“叢林”★ 流量，加入圖片，註解，讓讀者彷彿親臨科學界的頂尖對決★ 連作者都不知道的史料，統統在這本《解密雙螺旋》◎ 周成功教授審訂1950年代，英，美三組科學家競逐解開DNA的謎題。當時初出茅廬的華生與克里克，率先提出DNA的雙螺旋結構，並因此獲得諾貝爾生理學或醫學獎。1968年，華生所著的超級經典-《雙螺旋》...
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Evolutionary Psychiatry

Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health

Edited by Riadh Abed, Paul St John-Smith ...

Evolutionary psychiatry attempts to explain and examine the development and prevalence of psychiatric disorders through the lens of evolutionary and adaptationist theories. In this edited volume, leading international evolutionary scholars present a variety of Darwinian perspectives that will encourage readers to consider 'why' as well as 'how' mental disorders arise. Using insights from ... Read more

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Evolutionary psychiatry attempts to explain and examine the development and prevalence of psychiatric disorders through the lens of evolutionary and adaptationist theories. In this edited volume, leading international evolutionary scholars present a variety of Darwinian perspectives that will encourage readers to consider 'why' as well as 'how' mental disorders arise. Using insights from
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Was ist Leben?

Die fünf Antworten der Biologie

by Sir Paul Nurse ...

Translated by Hainer Kober ...

»Ein nahezu perfekter Führer durch die Wunder und Komplexität unserer Existenz.« Bill BrysonWas ist Leben? Und was bedeutet die Antwort auf diese Frage für die Herausforderungen, denen sich die Menschheit heute gegenübersieht – Klimawandel, Pandemien und Artensterben? Paul Nurse erhielt den Nobelpreis dafür, gezeigt zu haben, wie lebende Zellen funktionieren. In seinem so klar wie elegant ... Read more

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»Ein nahezu perfekter Führer durch die Wunder und Komplexität unserer Existenz.« Bill BrysonWas ist Leben? Und was bedeutet die Antwort auf diese Frage für die Herausforderungen, denen sich die Menschheit heute gegenübersieht – Klimawandel, Pandemien und Artensterben? Paul Nurse erhielt den Nobelpreis dafür, gezeigt zu haben, wie lebende Zellen funktionieren. In seinem so klar wie elegant
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Force of Nature

Understanding Evolution's Deepest Logic-and Putting It to Use

by Owen D. Jones ...

An eye-opening exploration of natural selection’s power and how it can help human society flourish.Most of us learned about natural selection in our school days and remember the basics of how it drives evolution, plus a few of its everyday implications, like the risks of overusing antibiotics. Yet deep misconceptions about evolution and natural selection abound—even, studies show, among medical ... Read more

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An eye-opening exploration of natural selection’s power and how it can help human society flourish.Most of us learned about natural selection in our school days and remember the basics of how it drives evolution, plus a few of its everyday implications, like the risks of overusing antibiotics. Yet deep misconceptions about evolution and natural selection abound—even, studies show, among medical
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Il mistero delle origini dell'uomo

Un viaggio nel tempo per comprendere chi siamo e dove stiamo andando

by Massimo Polidoro ...

Sin dall’inizio dei tempi, l’umanità ha tessuto leggende, creato cosmologie e formulato ipotesi scientifiche nel tentativo di capire da dove veniamo e dove siamo diretti. Indagare il mistero delle origini dell’uomo è un viaggio affascinante e multidisciplinare: dalle prime spiegazioni mitiche, passando per le rivoluzioni introdotte dalla teoria dell’evoluzione di Darwin, Massimo Polidoro ci ... Read more

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Sin dall’inizio dei tempi, l’umanità ha tessuto leggende, creato cosmologie e formulato ipotesi scientifiche nel tentativo di capire da dove veniamo e dove siamo diretti. Indagare il mistero delle origini dell’uomo è un viaggio affascinante e multidisciplinare: dalle prime spiegazioni mitiche, passando per le rivoluzioni introdotte dalla teoria dell’evoluzione di Darwin, Massimo Polidoro ci
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Cultural Phylogenetics

Concepts and Applications in Archaeology

Edited by Larissa Mendoza Straffon ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book explores the potential and challenges of implementing evolutionary phylogenetic methods in archaeological research, by discussing key concepts and presenting concrete applications of these approaches.The volume is divided into two parts: The first covers the theoretical and conceptual implications of using evolution-based models in the sociocultural domain, illustrates the sorts of ... Read more

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This book explores the potential and challenges of implementing evolutionary phylogenetic methods in archaeological research, by discussing key concepts and presenting concrete applications of these approaches.The volume is divided into two parts: The first covers the theoretical and conceptual implications of using evolution-based models in the sociocultural domain, illustrates the sorts of
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Animal Vocal Communication

Assessment and Management Roles

by Eugene S. Morton ...

How do animals communicate using sounds? How did animal vocal communication arise and evolve? Exploring a new way to conceptualize animal communication, this new edition moves beyond an earlier emphasis on the role of senders in managing receiver behaviour, to examine how receivers' responses influence signalling. It demonstrates the importance of the perceiver role in driving the evolution of ... Read more

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How do animals communicate using sounds? How did animal vocal communication arise and evolve? Exploring a new way to conceptualize animal communication, this new edition moves beyond an earlier emphasis on the role of senders in managing receiver behaviour, to examine how receivers' responses influence signalling. It demonstrates the importance of the perceiver role in driving the evolution of
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Adaptation and Natural Selection

A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought

by George Christopher Williams ...

Series series Princeton Science Library
Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection—the idea that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. Williams’s famous work in favor of simple Darwinism over ... Read more

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Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection—the idea that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. Williams’s famous work in favor of simple Darwinism over
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Human Evolution

Genes, Genealogies and Phylogenies

by Graeme Finlay ...

Controversy over human evolution remains widespread. However, the human genome project and genetic sequencing of many other species have provided myriad precise and unambiguous genetic markers that establish our evolutionary relationships with other mammals. Human Evolution: Genes, Genealogies and Phylogenies identifies and explains these identifiable, rare and complex markers including endogenous ... Read more

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Controversy over human evolution remains widespread. However, the human genome project and genetic sequencing of many other species have provided myriad precise and unambiguous genetic markers that establish our evolutionary relationships with other mammals. Human Evolution: Genes, Genealogies and Phylogenies identifies and explains these identifiable, rare and complex markers including endogenous
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Charles Darwin

Destroyer of Myths

by Andrew Norman ...

Charles Darwin did not deliberately set out to be the destroyer of mythical beliefs,” some of which, in his early days as a young Christian, he had previously espoused. He was a modest man who liked to avoid controversy of any kind, yet paradoxically, he was to be the cause of the greatest controversy in the history of science and religion.When Darwin embarked on the HMS Beagle in late December ... Read more

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Charles Darwin did not deliberately set out to be the destroyer of mythical beliefs,” some of which, in his early days as a young Christian, he had previously espoused. He was a modest man who liked to avoid controversy of any kind, yet paradoxically, he was to be the cause of the greatest controversy in the history of science and religion.When Darwin embarked on the HMS Beagle in late December
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The Descent of Man

PART I

by Charles Darwin ...

Series Book 1 - The Descent of Man
"The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, "On The Origin of Species". In "The Descent of Man", Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection. The book discusses ... Read more

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"The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, "On The Origin of Species". In "The Descent of Man", Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection. The book discusses
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On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type

by Alfred Russel Wallace ...

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1858 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type' is a short article on variation and evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was ... Read more

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1858 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type' is a short article on variation and evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was
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ASTRONOMY & NATURAL HISTORY CONNECTIONS:

FROM DARWIN TO EINSTEIN

by Barry Boyce ...

NEW BOOK TIES ASTRONOMY TO NATURAL HISTORY – TEACHES BOTH The Baryon Press announces the release of a new science title that is a combined, in-depth astronomy/ natural history course. Astronomy & Natural History Connections: From Darwin to Einstein, written by Barry Boyce, is essential reading for the ever-curious in both sciences; the information ranges from entertaining yet thorough discussions ... Read more

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NEW BOOK TIES ASTRONOMY TO NATURAL HISTORY – TEACHES BOTH The Baryon Press announces the release of a new science title that is a combined, in-depth astronomy/ natural history course. Astronomy & Natural History Connections: From Darwin to Einstein, written by Barry Boyce, is essential reading for the ever-curious in both sciences; the information ranges from entertaining yet thorough discussions
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What Darwin Got Wrong

by Jerry Fodor, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ...

A philosopher and a cognitive scientist "challenge Darwinism more effectively than the entire creationist/intelligent design movement has" ( Booklist )."A trenchant, entertaining assault on the very basis of contemporary evolutionary theory."―Kenan Malik, Literary Review (UK)What Darwin Got Wrong is a remarkable book, one that dares to challenge... ... Read more

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A philosopher and a cognitive scientist "challenge Darwinism more effectively than the entire creationist/intelligent design movement has" ( Booklist )."A trenchant, entertaining assault on the very basis of contemporary evolutionary theory."―Kenan Malik, Literary Review (UK)What Darwin Got Wrong is a remarkable book, one that dares to challenge...
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The Emergence of Life

From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology

by Pier Luigi Luisi ...

Addressing the emergence of life from a systems biology perspective, this new edition has undergone extensive revision, reflecting changes in scientific understanding and evolution of thought on the question 'what is life?'. With an emphasis on the philosophical aspects of science, including the epistemic features of modern synthetic biology, and also providing an updated view of the autopoiesis ... Read more

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Addressing the emergence of life from a systems biology perspective, this new edition has undergone extensive revision, reflecting changes in scientific understanding and evolution of thought on the question 'what is life?'. With an emphasis on the philosophical aspects of science, including the epistemic features of modern synthetic biology, and also providing an updated view of the autopoiesis
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The War of the Sexes

How Conflict and Cooperation Have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present

by Paul Seabright ...

How our stone-age brains made modern society, and why it matters for relationships between men and womenAs countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things. The result? Seemingly inevitable conflict. Yet we belong to the most cooperative species on the planet. Isn't there a way we can use this capacity to achieve greater harmony and equality ... Read more

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How our stone-age brains made modern society, and why it matters for relationships between men and womenAs countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things. The result? Seemingly inevitable conflict. Yet we belong to the most cooperative species on the planet. Isn't there a way we can use this capacity to achieve greater harmony and equality
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Nature

An Economic History

by Geerat Vermeij ...

From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of thought--economics, evolution, and history--that have developed largely in mutual isolation. Here, Geerat Vermeij undertakes a groundbreaking and provocative exploration of the facts and theories of biology, economics, and geology to show how ... Read more

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From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of thought--economics, evolution, and history--that have developed largely in mutual isolation. Here, Geerat Vermeij undertakes a groundbreaking and provocative exploration of the facts and theories of biology, economics, and geology to show how
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The Synthetic Age

Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineering Our World

by Christopher J. Preston ...

Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering.We have all heard that there are no longer any places left on Earth untouched by humans. The significance of this goes beyond statistics documenting melting glaciers and shrinking species counts. It signals a new geological epoch. In The ... Read more

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Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering.We have all heard that there are no longer any places left on Earth untouched by humans. The significance of this goes beyond statistics documenting melting glaciers and shrinking species counts. It signals a new geological epoch. In The
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The Ancient Origins of Consciousness

How the Brain Created Experience

by Todd E. Feinberg, Jon M. Mallatt ...

How consciousness appeared much earlier in evolutionary history than is commonly assumed, and why all vertebrates and perhaps even some invertebrates are conscious.How is consciousness created? When did it first appear on Earth, and how did it evolve? What constitutes consciousness, and which animals can be said to be sentient? In this book, Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt draw on recent scientific ... Read more

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How consciousness appeared much earlier in evolutionary history than is commonly assumed, and why all vertebrates and perhaps even some invertebrates are conscious.How is consciousness created? When did it first appear on Earth, and how did it evolve? What constitutes consciousness, and which animals can be said to be sentient? In this book, Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt draw on recent scientific
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A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings

by Michael Ruse ...

Series series A Philosopher Looks At
Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the world is an organism - and that humans, as its highest part, have a natural value (this view appeals particularly to people of religion). Others think that the world is a machine - and that we ... Read more

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Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the world is an organism - and that humans, as its highest part, have a natural value (this view appeals particularly to people of religion). Others think that the world is a machine - and that we
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