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Alle origini della musicalità negli animali e nell'uomo

by Henkjan, Honing ...

Quando si parla di “musicalità”, probabilmente per la maggior parte delle persone il pensiero corre subito alla popstar o al compositore preferito, oppure a bambini prodigio come Lang Lang o i fratelli Jussen. Ma la musicalità è molto di più: è un’abilità che quasi tutti gli esseri umani possiedono, una serie di caratteristiche che ci permettono di apprezzare e/o produrre musica. Ma è veramente ... Read more

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Quando si parla di “musicalità”, probabilmente per la maggior parte delle persone il pensiero corre subito alla popstar o al compositore preferito, oppure a bambini prodigio come Lang Lang o i fratelli Jussen. Ma la musicalità è molto di più: è un’abilità che quasi tutti gli esseri umani possiedono, una serie di caratteristiche che ci permettono di apprezzare e/o produrre musica. Ma è veramente
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Baby Wars

Parenthood and Family Strife

by Robin Baker, Elizabeth Oram ...

First published in 1998, Baby Wars was the second title in a controversial trilogy of books which placed the past, present and future of human reproduction under the microscope of evolutionary biology. Baby Wars itself was focussed on parenthood and family strife, and attracted such international interest that it was translated into eight different languages. This digital English edition, with a ... Read more

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First published in 1998, Baby Wars was the second title in a controversial trilogy of books which placed the past, present and future of human reproduction under the microscope of evolutionary biology. Baby Wars itself was focussed on parenthood and family strife, and attracted such international interest that it was translated into eight different languages. This digital English edition, with a
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40 Konuda Hücre

by Harun Yahya ...

Bir yapı veya eserdeki harikalığı anlayabilmek ve takdir edebilmek için, çoğu zaman o yapı veya eser hakkında detaylı bilgi edinmek, onun hakkında düşünmek gerekir. Örneğin Mısır piramitleri hakkında detaylı bilgisi olmayan biri, bunları sadece çöl ortasındaki taş yığınları olarak görebilir, hatta neden dünyanın 7 harikasından biri olduklarına bir anlam veremeyebilir. Ancak bu piramitlerin her ... Read more

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Bir yapı veya eserdeki harikalığı anlayabilmek ve takdir edebilmek için, çoğu zaman o yapı veya eser hakkında detaylı bilgi edinmek, onun hakkında düşünmek gerekir. Örneğin Mısır piramitleri hakkında detaylı bilgisi olmayan biri, bunları sadece çöl ortasındaki taş yığınları olarak görebilir, hatta neden dünyanın 7 harikasından biri olduklarına bir anlam veremeyebilir. Ancak bu piramitlerin her
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Plant Genome Diversity Volume 2

Physical Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Plant Genomes

by Ilia J. Leitch ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This second of two volumes on Plant Genome Diversity provides, in 20 chapters, insights into the structural evolution of plant genomes with all its variations. Starting with an outline of plant phylogeny and its reconstruction, the second part of the volume describes the architecture and dynamics of the plant cell nucleus, the third examines the evolution and diversity of the karyotype in various ... Read more

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This second of two volumes on Plant Genome Diversity provides, in 20 chapters, insights into the structural evolution of plant genomes with all its variations. Starting with an outline of plant phylogeny and its reconstruction, the second part of the volume describes the architecture and dynamics of the plant cell nucleus, the third examines the evolution and diversity of the karyotype in various
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La peau !

Cabinet de curiosités

by Michel Lenois ...

Malgré son titre "La peau !" n’est pas un traité de dermatologie. Pourquoi ce sous-titre Cabinet de curiosités ? Par analogie. Cet ouvrage est une compilation de faits peu connus, soigneusement choisis, anecdotiques, amusants, curieux, voire franchement bizarres concernant notre enveloppe corporelle. Dans les siècles passés, des personnes instruites et passionnées réunissaient des objets ... Read more

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Malgré son titre "La peau !" n’est pas un traité de dermatologie. Pourquoi ce sous-titre Cabinet de curiosités ? Par analogie. Cet ouvrage est une compilation de faits peu connus, soigneusement choisis, anecdotiques, amusants, curieux, voire franchement bizarres concernant notre enveloppe corporelle. Dans les siècles passés, des personnes instruites et passionnées réunissaient des objets
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Progress in Botany 77

Edited by Ulrich Lüttge, Francisco M. Cánovas, Rainer Matyssek ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on plant genetics, physiology, ecology, and evolution. ... Read more

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With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on plant genetics, physiology, ecology, and evolution.
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De Toumaï à Sapiens, la ruée vers l'homme (Paris - 2009)

Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

À l'occasion du bicentenaire de la naissance du naturaliste anglais Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) et des 150 ans de sa publication de l'Origine des espèces (1859) mais aussi des 200 ans de laPhilosophie zoologique (1809) du Français Jean-Baptiste de Monet de Lamarck...À PROPOS DE L’ENCYCLOPAEDIA UNIVERSALISReconnue mondialement pour la qualité et la fiabilité incomparable de ses publications, ... Read more

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À l'occasion du bicentenaire de la naissance du naturaliste anglais Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) et des 150 ans de sa publication de l'Origine des espèces (1859) mais aussi des 200 ans de laPhilosophie zoologique (1809) du Français Jean-Baptiste de Monet de Lamarck...À PROPOS DE L’ENCYCLOPAEDIA UNIVERSALISReconnue mondialement pour la qualité et la fiabilité incomparable de ses publications,
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Science and Human Origins

by Ann Gauger, Douglas Axe, Casey Luskin ...

Evidence for a purely Darwinian account of human origins is supposed to be overwhelming. But is it? In this provocative book, three scientists challenge the claim that undirected natural selection is capable of building a human being, critically assess fossil and genetic evidence that human beings share a common ancestor with apes, and debunk recent claims that the human race could not have ... Read more

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Evidence for a purely Darwinian account of human origins is supposed to be overwhelming. But is it? In this provocative book, three scientists challenge the claim that undirected natural selection is capable of building a human being, critically assess fossil and genetic evidence that human beings share a common ancestor with apes, and debunk recent claims that the human race could not have
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Creation or Evolution

by Dr Denis Alexander ...

Creation or Evolution helps you make sense of the complex common ground between the biblical doctrine of creation and the scientific evidence behind the theory of evolutionary.With the guidance of neuroscientist Denis Alexander - a passionate believer in both the Bible and science, you can build a fully integrated understanding of the tricky questions that have divided so many for too long.This ... Read more

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Creation or Evolution helps you make sense of the complex common ground between the biblical doctrine of creation and the scientific evidence behind the theory of evolutionary.With the guidance of neuroscientist Denis Alexander - a passionate believer in both the Bible and science, you can build a fully integrated understanding of the tricky questions that have divided so many for too long.This
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The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles

by J. Sean Doody, Vladimir Dinets, Gordon M. Burghardt ...

Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles.Reptiles have been too often dismissed as dull animals with tiny brains and simple, "asocial" lives. In reality, reptiles engage in a remarkable diversity of complex social behavior. They can live in families; communicate ... Read more

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Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles.Reptiles have been too often dismissed as dull animals with tiny brains and simple, "asocial" lives. In reality, reptiles engage in a remarkable diversity of complex social behavior. They can live in families; communicate
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Classification and Biology

by R.A. Crowson ...

Classification of plants and animals is of basic interest to biologists in all fields because correct formulation and generalization are based on sound taxonomy. This book by a world authority relates traditional taxonomic studies to developments in biochemical and other fields. It provides guidelines for the integration of modern and traditional methods and explains the underlying principles and ... Read more

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Classification of plants and animals is of basic interest to biologists in all fields because correct formulation and generalization are based on sound taxonomy. This book by a world authority relates traditional taxonomic studies to developments in biochemical and other fields. It provides guidelines for the integration of modern and traditional methods and explains the underlying principles and
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The Universe Inside Your Head : How the Brain Works : The Story of You

by KAN ...

It weighs about three pounds—roughly the same as a medium-sized bag of apples—and has the texture of firm jelly or cold tofu. It doesn't look like much, but this small organ is responsible for every thought you've ever had, every dream you've ever chased, and every person you've ever loved. It manages your heartbeat while you sleep, allows you to recognize a friend's face in a crowded room, and ... Read more

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It weighs about three pounds—roughly the same as a medium-sized bag of apples—and has the texture of firm jelly or cold tofu. It doesn't look like much, but this small organ is responsible for every thought you've ever had, every dream you've ever chased, and every person you've ever loved. It manages your heartbeat while you sleep, allows you to recognize a friend's face in a crowded room, and
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Perché quella del leone non è una parrucca

by Banhuja ...

La criniera protegge davvero il collo di un leone? Se un leone mangiasse dell'ananas, la sua crinieracambierebbe? E cosa ha a che fare il cibo con il pelo? Esiste l'omosessualità tra i leoni o è solo una storia che piace raccontare? Perché la leonessa non ha la criniera? E se ce l'avesse, cosa succederebbe? ... Read more

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La criniera protegge davvero il collo di un leone? Se un leone mangiasse dell'ananas, la sua crinieracambierebbe? E cosa ha a che fare il cibo con il pelo? Esiste l'omosessualità tra i leoni o è solo una storia che piace raccontare? Perché la leonessa non ha la criniera? E se ce l'avesse, cosa succederebbe?
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Judaism in Biological Perspective

Biblical Lore and Judaic Practices

by Rick Goldberg ...

Can there be rational examples of the compatibility between natural science and Judaism? This book offers a strikingly novel perspective on traditional and contemporary Judaic practices. For those with some Judaic knowledge, there are biological explanations in these chapters not seen elsewhere. For those well-versed in evolutionary theory, the authors' perspectives suggest new approaches to the ... Read more

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Can there be rational examples of the compatibility between natural science and Judaism? This book offers a strikingly novel perspective on traditional and contemporary Judaic practices. For those with some Judaic knowledge, there are biological explanations in these chapters not seen elsewhere. For those well-versed in evolutionary theory, the authors' perspectives suggest new approaches to the
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I Codici della Bellezza: Viaggio antropologico nel cuore dei canoni di bellezza attraverso il tempo e i popoli

by Nicolas du Comtat ...

Perché un essere umano, 75.000 anni fa nella grotta di Blombos, ha forato e tinto d'ocra una modesta conchiglia per indossarla al collo? Perché un guerriero Masai si cosparge di terra rossa, un'aristocratica di epoca Tang sogna sopracciglia a foglia di salice e le corti europee sono arrivate ad avvelenarsi con la biacca di piombo?Ne I codici della bellezza, Nicolas du Comtat ci guida in una ... Read more

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Perché un essere umano, 75.000 anni fa nella grotta di Blombos, ha forato e tinto d'ocra una modesta conchiglia per indossarla al collo? Perché un guerriero Masai si cosparge di terra rossa, un'aristocratica di epoca Tang sogna sopracciglia a foglia di salice e le corti europee sono arrivate ad avvelenarsi con la biacca di piombo?Ne I codici della bellezza, Nicolas du Comtat ci guida in una
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The Forgotten Lineage(s)

Paleobiology of Paranthropus

Edited by Paul J. Constantino, Kaye E. Reed, Bernard A. Wood ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This volume brings together an international roster of scientists, many of which have spent their careers researching the fossil evidence for, and the context of, the taxa that are conventionally subsumed within the genus Paranthropus, to present and synthesize the latest research about the paleobiologyof Paranthropus. Among the topics and questions collectively explored are the following:- The ... Read more

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This volume brings together an international roster of scientists, many of which have spent their careers researching the fossil evidence for, and the context of, the taxa that are conventionally subsumed within the genus Paranthropus, to present and synthesize the latest research about the paleobiologyof Paranthropus. Among the topics and questions collectively explored are the following:- The
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A Concise Dictionary of Paleontology

Second Edition

by Robert L. Carlton ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This new and significantly updated authored dictionary is a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts. It focuses primarily on identifying the most significant groups of fossil animals and plants in relation to their evolution and phylogeny. It also focuses on mass extinctions, on taxa that are problematic in some significant way, on the principal fossil-Lagerstätten ... Read more

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This new and significantly updated authored dictionary is a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts. It focuses primarily on identifying the most significant groups of fossil animals and plants in relation to their evolution and phylogeny. It also focuses on mass extinctions, on taxa that are problematic in some significant way, on the principal fossil-Lagerstätten
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Freedom and Evolution

Hierarchy in Nature, Society and Science

by Adrian Bejan ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
The book begins with familiar designs found all around and inside us (such as the ‘trees’ of river basins, human lungs, blood and city traffic). It then shows how all flow systemsare driven by power from natural engines everywhere, and how they are endlessly shaped because of freedom. Finally, Professor Bejan explains how people, like everything else that moves on earth, are driven by power ... Read more

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The book begins with familiar designs found all around and inside us (such as the ‘trees’ of river basins, human lungs, blood and city traffic). It then shows how all flow systemsare driven by power from natural engines everywhere, and how they are endlessly shaped because of freedom. Finally, Professor Bejan explains how people, like everything else that moves on earth, are driven by power
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Baobab

The Hadza of Tanzania and the Baobab as Humanity's Tree of Life

by John Rashford ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Modern humans, descendants of a founding population that separated from chimpanzees some five to eight million years ago, are today the only living representative of a branching group of African apes called hominins. Because of its extraordinary size and shape, the baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) has long been identified as the most striking tree of Africa’s mosaic savanna, the landscape generally ... Read more

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Modern humans, descendants of a founding population that separated from chimpanzees some five to eight million years ago, are today the only living representative of a branching group of African apes called hominins. Because of its extraordinary size and shape, the baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) has long been identified as the most striking tree of Africa’s mosaic savanna, the landscape generally
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达尔文的战争

by 吴京平 ...

本书内容源自作者在网络平台播讲的音频节目“物种起源”，通过讲故事的方式讲述了进化论如何被广泛认可，以及达尔文如何经历一次次挑战的过程。 ... Read more

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本书内容源自作者在网络平台播讲的音频节目“物种起源”，通过讲故事的方式讲述了进化论如何被广泛认可，以及达尔文如何经历一次次挑战的过程。
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Flagellates

Unity, Diversity and Evolution

Edited by Barry S. C. Leadbeater, John C. Green ...

The Flagellates presents a multidisciplinary view of the flagellates exploring both their unity, in terms of their structure, mechanisms and processes, and their diversity in terms of biogeography, niche colonisation, and adaptations to their environment. In addition, evolutionary relationships amongst flagellates are explored. This is the only boo ... Read more

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The Flagellates presents a multidisciplinary view of the flagellates exploring both their unity, in terms of their structure, mechanisms and processes, and their diversity in terms of biogeography, niche colonisation, and adaptations to their environment. In addition, evolutionary relationships amongst flagellates are explored. This is the only boo
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Biology of the Three-Spined Stickleback

Edited by Sara Ostlund-Nilsson, Ian Mayer, Felicity Anne Huntingford ...

Series series CRC Marine Biology Series
Highlighting the growing importance of the sticklebacks as a model species in emerging fields such as molecular genetics, genomics, and environmental toxicology, Biology of the Three-Spined Stickleback examines data from researchers who use studies of the stickleback to address a wide range of biological issues. This state-of-the-art volume ... Read more

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Highlighting the growing importance of the sticklebacks as a model species in emerging fields such as molecular genetics, genomics, and environmental toxicology, Biology of the Three-Spined Stickleback examines data from researchers who use studies of the stickleback to address a wide range of biological issues. This state-of-the-art volume
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Damjili Cave

Investigating the Late Pleistocene to Holocene Human History in the Southern Caucasus

Edited by Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Azad Zeynalov, Yagub Mammadov ...

Presents archaeological evidence from the Azerbaijan–Japan excavations, revealing insights into Mesolithic to Neolithic transition and farming communities in the South Caucasus.Modern archaeological research carried out since the late 19th century has sufficiently demonstrated that the beginning of the food production economy and the establishment of a farming society had a significant impact on ... Read more

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Presents archaeological evidence from the Azerbaijan–Japan excavations, revealing insights into Mesolithic to Neolithic transition and farming communities in the South Caucasus.Modern archaeological research carried out since the late 19th century has sufficiently demonstrated that the beginning of the food production economy and the establishment of a farming society had a significant impact on
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Learning to Smell

Olfactory Perception from Neurobiology to Behavior

by Donald A. Wilson, Richard J. Stevenson ...

Written by a neurobiologist and a psychologist, this volume presents a new theory of olfactory perception. Drawing on research in neuroscience, physiology, and ethology, Donald A. Wilson and Richard J. Stevenson address the fundamental question of how we navigate through a world of chemical encounters and provide a compelling alternative to the "reception-centric" view of olfaction.The major ... Read more

$101.99 CAD

Written by a neurobiologist and a psychologist, this volume presents a new theory of olfactory perception. Drawing on research in neuroscience, physiology, and ethology, Donald A. Wilson and Richard J. Stevenson address the fundamental question of how we navigate through a world of chemical encounters and provide a compelling alternative to the "reception-centric" view of olfaction.The major
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