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Sensing Sound

Evolutionary Neurobiology of a Novel Sense of Hearing

by Bernd Fritzsch ...

Hearing is a prerequisite for the evolution of language and thus the development of human societies. It is the only major sense whose evolution can be traced back to vertebrates, starting with sarcopterygians.The book explores the evolution of auditory development that has remained largely unexplored in contemporary theories of neurosensory brain evolution, including the telencephalon. It ... Read more

$102.99 CAD

Hearing is a prerequisite for the evolution of language and thus the development of human societies. It is the only major sense whose evolution can be traced back to vertebrates, starting with sarcopterygians.The book explores the evolution of auditory development that has remained largely unexplored in contemporary theories of neurosensory brain evolution, including the telencephalon. It
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My Journey Through Creationism

Can We Really Trust Evolution?, #2

by Nicholas Berardo ...

Series Book 2 - Can We Really Trust Evolution?
Is the Bible true? Did God create everything as it says in Genesis 1:1? If we believe the evolution model like the Bog Bang, scientists could not for decades confirm what caused it and how it was caused. From the 1950's to 1980's there was no absolute answers established. The book will also look at what the Bible says about creationism and how it overwhelming factors far supersede evolution. ... Read more

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Is the Bible true? Did God create everything as it says in Genesis 1:1? If we believe the evolution model like the Bog Bang, scientists could not for decades confirm what caused it and how it was caused. From the 1950's to 1980's there was no absolute answers established. The book will also look at what the Bible says about creationism and how it overwhelming factors far supersede evolution.
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Coping Rituals in Fearful Times

An Unexplored Resource for Healing Trauma

Edited by Jeltje Gordon-Lennox ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This collection of articles reveals ritual to be a unique and powerful asset in healing trauma and broken relationships. Each contribution offers insights on how, in the face of uncertainty, threat and dislocation, human beings feel compelled to 'do something’, usually with or for others, to alleviate their anxiety, fears and sense of powerlessness. The editor and authors demonstrate how the ... Read more

$167.99 CAD

This collection of articles reveals ritual to be a unique and powerful asset in healing trauma and broken relationships. Each contribution offers insights on how, in the face of uncertainty, threat and dislocation, human beings feel compelled to 'do something’, usually with or for others, to alleviate their anxiety, fears and sense of powerlessness. The editor and authors demonstrate how the
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 26, 1878

by Charles Darwin ...

Series series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ... Read more

$149.99 CAD

This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging
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Princìpi di Locomozione

by Mario Canton ...

Series Book 6 - Cinotecnia
La locomozione è l’atto di spostarsi da un posto all’altro cioè la capacità di muoversi, di percorrere lo spazio. L’apprezzamento del c.d. «movimento» – il modo di produrre locomozione da parte del singolo individuo – è uno degli aspetti fondamentali nella valutazione morfofunzionale delle razze canine.Qualsiasi razza destinata a una funzione operativa dovrebbe possedere un modo di trottare che ... Read more

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La locomozione è l’atto di spostarsi da un posto all’altro cioè la capacità di muoversi, di percorrere lo spazio. L’apprezzamento del c.d. «movimento» – il modo di produrre locomozione da parte del singolo individuo – è uno degli aspetti fondamentali nella valutazione morfofunzionale delle razze canine.Qualsiasi razza destinata a una funzione operativa dovrebbe possedere un modo di trottare che
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Diseases From Outer Space - Our Cosmic Destiny (Second Edition)

by Edward J Steele ...

The first edition of the monumental book Diseases from Space by Sir Fred Hoyle and N Chandra Wickramasinghe appeared some 40 years ago, encapsulating the key principles of Panspermia, and it has been the guiding principle in the new scientific field of Astrobiology.This latest edition, revised and expanded by Chandra Wickamasinghe, continues to describe the consequences of the theory of cometary ... Read more

$60.99 CAD

The first edition of the monumental book Diseases from Space by Sir Fred Hoyle and N Chandra Wickramasinghe appeared some 40 years ago, encapsulating the key principles of Panspermia, and it has been the guiding principle in the new scientific field of Astrobiology.This latest edition, revised and expanded by Chandra Wickamasinghe, continues to describe the consequences of the theory of cometary
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Evolution and Development of Fishes

Edited by Zerina Johanson, Charlie Underwood, Martha Richter ...

Fish, or lower vertebrates, occupy the basal nodes of the vertebrate phylogeny, and are therefore crucial in interpreting almost every feature of more advanced vertebrates, including amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Recent research focuses on combining evolutionary observations - primarily from the fish fossil record - with developmental data from living fishes, in order to better ... Read more

$151.99 CAD

Fish, or lower vertebrates, occupy the basal nodes of the vertebrate phylogeny, and are therefore crucial in interpreting almost every feature of more advanced vertebrates, including amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Recent research focuses on combining evolutionary observations - primarily from the fish fossil record - with developmental data from living fishes, in order to better
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Metamorfer. La gemma di Darwin

by Pellegrino De Rosa ...

Golfo di Napoli. Aria fresca, mare un po’ mosso, atmosfera sensuale. Subito un personaggio fosco e affascinante, Raf, assetato di vendetta. Subito una splendida giornalista, dai capelli color del grano maturo, Eva Nabokova. E subito una serie di misteriosi e intriganti interrogativi. Il romanzo di Pellegrino De Rosa non perde tempo: t’inchioda alla pagina e ti tiene sulla corda fino all’ultimo e ... Read more

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Golfo di Napoli. Aria fresca, mare un po’ mosso, atmosfera sensuale. Subito un personaggio fosco e affascinante, Raf, assetato di vendetta. Subito una splendida giornalista, dai capelli color del grano maturo, Eva Nabokova. E subito una serie di misteriosi e intriganti interrogativi. Il romanzo di Pellegrino De Rosa non perde tempo: t’inchioda alla pagina e ti tiene sulla corda fino all’ultimo e
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Michelangelo's Finger: An Exploration of Everyday Transcendence

by Raymond Tallis ...

$28.99 CAD
Evolution: What Darwin Did Not Know by Then..! [And the Origin of Species Through Species-Branding]

by J Joseph Ph.D ...

We all know that during the days of Darwin, the field of microscopy was at its infancy, and genetics did not exist as a field at all... at these times Darwin made remarkable achievements in the understanding of the origins of life... but science has come a long way since the days of Darwin...This book discusses about the concepts Darwin would have probably worked on, if he would be living (amongst ... Read more

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We all know that during the days of Darwin, the field of microscopy was at its infancy, and genetics did not exist as a field at all... at these times Darwin made remarkable achievements in the understanding of the origins of life... but science has come a long way since the days of Darwin...This book discusses about the concepts Darwin would have probably worked on, if he would be living (amongst
... Read more
Darwinism Applied to Man

by Alfred Russel Wallace ...

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1889 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Darwinism Applied to Man' contains an account of of the general identity of human and animal structure, diseases common to man and other animals, summary of the animal characteristics of man, and other aspects of evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel ... Read more

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1889 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Darwinism Applied to Man' contains an account of of the general identity of human and animal structure, diseases common to man and other animals, summary of the animal characteristics of man, and other aspects of evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel
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Ancient Ecologists

by Wence Horak ...

The time period within which the related events, recorded in myths and ancient texts, stretches from circa 15,500 years ago, to about 3,000 years ago. It starts with the termination of the last Ice Age, that triggered mega-tsunamis and mega-storms, which left the planet completely devastated, denuded of all trees and foodstuff, and in great many places of soil as well, but with silted up rivers ... Read more

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The time period within which the related events, recorded in myths and ancient texts, stretches from circa 15,500 years ago, to about 3,000 years ago. It starts with the termination of the last Ice Age, that triggered mega-tsunamis and mega-storms, which left the planet completely devastated, denuded of all trees and foodstuff, and in great many places of soil as well, but with silted up rivers
... Read more
The Digital Mind

How Science Is Redefining Humanity

by Arlindo Oliveira ...

How developments in science and technology may enable the emergence of purely digital minds—artificial intelligence machines equal to or greater in power than the human brain.What do computers, cells, and brains have in common? Computers are electronic devices designed by humans; cells are biological entities crafted by evolution; brains are the containers and creators of our minds. But all are, ... Read more

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How developments in science and technology may enable the emergence of purely digital minds—artificial intelligence machines equal to or greater in power than the human brain.What do computers, cells, and brains have in common? Computers are electronic devices designed by humans; cells are biological entities crafted by evolution; brains are the containers and creators of our minds. But all are,
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Evolutionsbiologie

by Volker Storch, Ulrich Welsch, Michael Wink ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Die gut eingeführte "Evolutionsbiologie" von Volker Storch, Ulrich Welsch und Michael Wink liegt inzwischen in 3., sehr gründlich überarbeiteter und aktualisierter Neuauflage vor.Die Autoren schildern den bisherigen Ablauf der Evolution der Organismen durch die Jahrmillionen, die molekularen Grundlagen der Evolution und - unter verschiedenen Aspekten - die Evolution des Menschen und seiner ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

Die gut eingeführte "Evolutionsbiologie" von Volker Storch, Ulrich Welsch und Michael Wink liegt inzwischen in 3., sehr gründlich überarbeiteter und aktualisierter Neuauflage vor.Die Autoren schildern den bisherigen Ablauf der Evolution der Organismen durch die Jahrmillionen, die molekularen Grundlagen der Evolution und - unter verschiedenen Aspekten - die Evolution des Menschen und seiner
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Adam's Nose, And The Making Of Humankind

by Michael Stoddart ...

This book is about the evolution of the sense of smell, from its bacterial origin 3.4 billion years ago, to today's modern, sophisticated humans with an insatiable appetite for perfumes and fragrances. It explains how smell works and how animals sense the environment. The relationship between sex and smell drives much of animal behaviour, and the significance of the human loss of the vomeronasal ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

This book is about the evolution of the sense of smell, from its bacterial origin 3.4 billion years ago, to today's modern, sophisticated humans with an insatiable appetite for perfumes and fragrances. It explains how smell works and how animals sense the environment. The relationship between sex and smell drives much of animal behaviour, and the significance of the human loss of the vomeronasal
... Read more
Testosterone: the Vital Hormone of Strength and Sexual Energy in Men and Women. How to Increase it by 20%, in 2 Minutes, in 2 Pages. (Manual #007)

by Marco Fomia, Veronica Fomia ...

Quick and easy manuals with simple and effective instructions.We love to experiment what captivates us.We love to share what we learned.We love to keep learning while sharing!We are also big fans of experiential learning, or "learning by doing".To prevent you from doing the same mistakes we did and boost your learning pace, our quick-and-easy manuals are made to delight and enlight you, with ... Read more

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Quick and easy manuals with simple and effective instructions.We love to experiment what captivates us.We love to share what we learned.We love to keep learning while sharing!We are also big fans of experiential learning, or "learning by doing".To prevent you from doing the same mistakes we did and boost your learning pace, our quick-and-easy manuals are made to delight and enlight you, with
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Group Selection

by George C. Williams ...

Living things are constantly engaged in a struggle for existence, and ingenious devices for the purpose of self-preservation can be seen in all types of animal and plant life. However, nature also displays phenomena that are not related to survival or that seem clearly to violate the principle of self-preservation - particularly when organisms interact with one another. Darwin investigated these ... Read more

$97.99 CAD

Living things are constantly engaged in a struggle for existence, and ingenious devices for the purpose of self-preservation can be seen in all types of animal and plant life. However, nature also displays phenomena that are not related to survival or that seem clearly to violate the principle of self-preservation - particularly when organisms interact with one another. Darwin investigated these
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The Human Niche

A Course on The Human Niche, #6

by Razie Mah ...

Series Book 6 - A Course on The Human Niche
Why is the current story of human evolution so dissatisfying?The answer is simple. It is not adequate.To date, modern biological theories are built on the idea that adaptation responds to material advantage or causation, rather than the potential of an actuality independent of the species. Consequently, biological anthropologists focus on diverse proximate niches, rather than an ultimate niche, in ... Read more

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Why is the current story of human evolution so dissatisfying?The answer is simple. It is not adequate.To date, modern biological theories are built on the idea that adaptation responds to material advantage or causation, rather than the potential of an actuality independent of the species. Consequently, biological anthropologists focus on diverse proximate niches, rather than an ultimate niche, in
... Read more
Laboratory Methods in Microbiology

by W. F. Harrigan, Margaret E. McCance ...

Laboratory Methods in Microbiology is a laboratory manual based on the experience of the authors over several years in devising and organizing practical classes in microbiology to meet the requirements of students following courses in microbiology at the West of Scotland Agricultural College. The primary object of the manual is to provide a laboratory handbook for use by students following food ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

Laboratory Methods in Microbiology is a laboratory manual based on the experience of the authors over several years in devising and organizing practical classes in microbiology to meet the requirements of students following courses in microbiology at the West of Scotland Agricultural College. The primary object of the manual is to provide a laboratory handbook for use by students following food
... Read more
Evolution on British Television and Radio

Transmissions and Transmutations

by Alexander Hall ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book charts the history of how biological evolution has been depicted on British television and radio, from the first radio broadcast on evolution in 1925 through to the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species in 2009. Going beyond science documentaries, the chapters deal with a broad range of broadcasting content to explore evolutionary themes in radio dramas, educational ... Read more

$128.99 CAD

This book charts the history of how biological evolution has been depicted on British television and radio, from the first radio broadcast on evolution in 1925 through to the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species in 2009. Going beyond science documentaries, the chapters deal with a broad range of broadcasting content to explore evolutionary themes in radio dramas, educational
... Read more
How Life Increases Biodiversity

An Autocatalytic Hypothesis

by David Seaborg ...

This book argues that organisms and their interactions create and maximize biodiversity. The evidence for this autocatalytic hypothesis has been collated and integrated into this provocative argument. Natural selection favors the increase of biodiversity. Organisms can be causative agents contributing to major macroevolutionary transitions. Species tend to have a net positive effect on ... Read more

$119.99 CAD

This book argues that organisms and their interactions create and maximize biodiversity. The evidence for this autocatalytic hypothesis has been collated and integrated into this provocative argument. Natural selection favors the increase of biodiversity. Organisms can be causative agents contributing to major macroevolutionary transitions. Species tend to have a net positive effect on
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Initiative in Evolution

by Walter Aubrey Kidd ...

Initiative in Evolution is a fascinating book concerning specific examples of evolution, such as human hair. It was written by a medical doctor in 1920. ... Read more

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Initiative in Evolution is a fascinating book concerning specific examples of evolution, such as human hair. It was written by a medical doctor in 1920.
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Premiers Soupirs en 2030

by marc bettini ...

Dans un monde futuriste où la technologie façonne chaque instant de la vie, Gaitown grandit avec un regard unique sur son époque. Curieux et rêveur, il explore une réalité où les machines semblent tout contrôler, mais où le cœur humain cherche encore sa place. À travers ses yeux, découvre un univers vibrant, plein de surprises et d'émotions. Son histoire, marquée par des rencontres inattendues et ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Dans un monde futuriste où la technologie façonne chaque instant de la vie, Gaitown grandit avec un regard unique sur son époque. Curieux et rêveur, il explore une réalité où les machines semblent tout contrôler, mais où le cœur humain cherche encore sa place. À travers ses yeux, découvre un univers vibrant, plein de surprises et d'émotions. Son histoire, marquée par des rencontres inattendues et
... Read more
La Psicología y su pluralidad

by María Elena Colombo ...

La presente obra reflexiona sobre la conformación de la Psicología como ciencia a partir de su propia historia en relación con la constitución y el desarrollo de la ciencia y con los soportes filosóficos y epistemológicos que la sostienen, como así también con las características de las comunidades científicas en las cuales aconteció. ... Read more

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La presente obra reflexiona sobre la conformación de la Psicología como ciencia a partir de su propia historia en relación con la constitución y el desarrollo de la ciencia y con los soportes filosóficos y epistemológicos que la sostienen, como así también con las características de las comunidades científicas en las cuales aconteció.
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