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Things You Should Know About Biology

Questions and Answers

by Rumi Michael Leigh ...

How do cells work? What is DNA? Why do organisms evolve? How do plants make food, and how are living things connected within ecosystems?Things You Should Know About Biology presents 100 questions and answers covering major areas of biology, including cells, molecules, DNA, genes, inheritance, evolution, microorganisms, fungi, plants, animals, behavior, and ecology.Readers will learn how living ... Read more

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How do cells work? What is DNA? Why do organisms evolve? How do plants make food, and how are living things connected within ecosystems?Things You Should Know About Biology presents 100 questions and answers covering major areas of biology, including cells, molecules, DNA, genes, inheritance, evolution, microorganisms, fungi, plants, animals, behavior, and ecology.Readers will learn how living
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

by David Hume ...

Series series Dover Philosophical Classics
How can we know that God exists? Is it possible to find proof of religion's most significant issues? Can we presume that the orderliness of the universe offers evidence of a purposeful creator? David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion explores these perennial questions in a thought-provoking and highly readable style.This classic examines its controversial subject in the well-known ... Read more

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How can we know that God exists? Is it possible to find proof of religion's most significant issues? Can we presume that the orderliness of the universe offers evidence of a purposeful creator? David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion explores these perennial questions in a thought-provoking and highly readable style.This classic examines its controversial subject in the well-known
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The Origin Enigma

Darwin, Design, and Creation

by Ronald F. Satta ...

This book represents an inquisitive investigation into one of the most compelling topics imaginable: How and why are we here? The Origin Enigma will equip believers to engage intelligently and confidently with Darwinian evolutionists by exposing their limitations and assumptions. It will also encourage Christians and other theists by detailing significant extrabiblical evidence in support of ... Read more

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This book represents an inquisitive investigation into one of the most compelling topics imaginable: How and why are we here? The Origin Enigma will equip believers to engage intelligently and confidently with Darwinian evolutionists by exposing their limitations and assumptions. It will also encourage Christians and other theists by detailing significant extrabiblical evidence in support of
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El azar creador

La evolución de la vida compleja y de la inteligencia

by Ambrosio García Leal ...

Series series Metatemas
Una novedosa visión sobre uno de los grandes debates científicos: la evolución de las especies.En El azar creador, Ambrosio García Leal afronta decisivas cuestiones relativas al progreso evolutivo y para ello aporta la noción de «bomba de complejidad»; ésta promueve la plasticidad fenotípica y permite comprender por qué, a pesar de todo, los organismos parecen alejarse cada vez más de la ... Read more

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Una novedosa visión sobre uno de los grandes debates científicos: la evolución de las especies.En El azar creador, Ambrosio García Leal afronta decisivas cuestiones relativas al progreso evolutivo y para ello aporta la noción de «bomba de complejidad»; ésta promueve la plasticidad fenotípica y permite comprender por qué, a pesar de todo, los organismos parecen alejarse cada vez más de la
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Principles of Evolutionary Medicine

by Peter Gluckman, Alan Beedle, Tatjana Buklijas, Felicia Low, Mark Hanson ...

Evolutionary science is critical to an understanding of integrated human biology and is increasingly recognised as a core discipline by medical and public health professionals. Advances in the field of genomics, epigenetics, developmental biology, and epidemiology have led to the growing realisation that incorporating evolutionary thinking is essential for medicine to achieve its full potential. ... Read more

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Evolutionary science is critical to an understanding of integrated human biology and is increasingly recognised as a core discipline by medical and public health professionals. Advances in the field of genomics, epigenetics, developmental biology, and epidemiology have led to the growing realisation that incorporating evolutionary thinking is essential for medicine to achieve its full potential.
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Riveted

The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe

by Jim Davies ...

Why do some things pass under the radar of our attention, but other things capture our interest? Why do some religions catch on and others fade away? What makes a story, a movie, or a book riveting? Why do some people keep watching the news even though it makes them anxious?The past 20 years have seen a remarkable flourishing of scientific research into exactly these kinds of questions. Professor ... Read more

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Why do some things pass under the radar of our attention, but other things capture our interest? Why do some religions catch on and others fade away? What makes a story, a movie, or a book riveting? Why do some people keep watching the news even though it makes them anxious?The past 20 years have seen a remarkable flourishing of scientific research into exactly these kinds of questions. Professor
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The Master of Destiny

Restored Classics to Go Edition

by Frederick Tilney ...

The Master of Destiny opens with a sweeping, provocative claim: the human brain is the true engine of civilization, and humanity's future depends on understanding it. Framed as a reverent scientific inquiry, the book rejects superstition and dogma in favor of self-knowledge, education, and disciplined intelligence, warning that progress and survival alike rest on how wisely the "master organ" is ... Read more

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The Master of Destiny opens with a sweeping, provocative claim: the human brain is the true engine of civilization, and humanity's future depends on understanding it. Framed as a reverent scientific inquiry, the book rejects superstition and dogma in favor of self-knowledge, education, and disciplined intelligence, warning that progress and survival alike rest on how wisely the "master organ" is
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Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte

Restored Classics to Go Edition

by Hermann Paul ...

Die Zusammenstellung eröffnet Hermann Pauls Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte als streng wissenschaftlich aufgebautes Werk über Sprachwandel, Grammatik und historische Sprachentwicklung. Schon Inhaltsverzeichnis, Vorreden und Quellenapparat machen den Anspruch deutlich: Das Buch ist systematisch gegliedert, reich belegt und auf eine umfassende, methodisch klare Analyse angelegt. Paul betont in den ... Read more

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Die Zusammenstellung eröffnet Hermann Pauls Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte als streng wissenschaftlich aufgebautes Werk über Sprachwandel, Grammatik und historische Sprachentwicklung. Schon Inhaltsverzeichnis, Vorreden und Quellenapparat machen den Anspruch deutlich: Das Buch ist systematisch gegliedert, reich belegt und auf eine umfassende, methodisch klare Analyse angelegt. Paul betont in den
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La evolución del amor

by Gerald Hüther ...

¿Cuál es el papel del amor en la evolución? Los naturalistas se han estado ocupando desde hace más de un siglo en descomponer las diversas formas de la vida en sus elementos más pequeños. Consideran desde Darwin que la competencia es el único principio básico responsable en lo tocante al desarrollo de la diversidad. Sin embargo, las teorías de los investigadores sobre la importancia de la ... Read more

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¿Cuál es el papel del amor en la evolución? Los naturalistas se han estado ocupando desde hace más de un siglo en descomponer las diversas formas de la vida en sus elementos más pequeños. Consideran desde Darwin que la competencia es el único principio básico responsable en lo tocante al desarrollo de la diversidad. Sin embargo, las teorías de los investigadores sobre la importancia de la
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The Book of the Hamburgs

Restored Classics to Go Edition

by L. Frank Baum ...

This practical, enthusiastic poultry treatise is a breeder's guide to Hamburg chickens, celebrating them as one of the most elegant and productive domestic fowl. Written in the confident voice of an expert fancier, it traces the breed's obscure early history through England, Holland, and old poultry records, arguing that Blacks, Spangles, and Penciled Hamburgs share a common origin. Across the ... Read more

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This practical, enthusiastic poultry treatise is a breeder's guide to Hamburg chickens, celebrating them as one of the most elegant and productive domestic fowl. Written in the confident voice of an expert fancier, it traces the breed's obscure early history through England, Holland, and old poultry records, arguing that Blacks, Spangles, and Penciled Hamburgs share a common origin. Across the
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¡Hay un dinosaurio en mi sopa!

Una guía rápida sobre evolución biológica

by Álvaro Chaos Cador ...

¡Hay un dinosaurio en mi sopa! nos guía por la evolución de los seres vivos con una acertada mezcla de información sobre procesos evolutivos, temas históricos y asuntos culturales. Sus 62 brevísimos capítulos presentan la biología evolutiva para un público amplio, con la precisión del científico profesional a la vez que una mirada propia y fresca, sentido del humor y una prosa que fluye sin ... Read more

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¡Hay un dinosaurio en mi sopa! nos guía por la evolución de los seres vivos con una acertada mezcla de información sobre procesos evolutivos, temas históricos y asuntos culturales. Sus 62 brevísimos capítulos presentan la biología evolutiva para un público amplio, con la precisión del científico profesional a la vez que una mirada propia y fresca, sentido del humor y una prosa que fluye sin
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On the Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin ...

The book that forever changed how we see life on Earth. First published in 1859, On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection, transforming biology, science, and our understanding of the natural world. Drawing on years of meticulous research and observations from his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Darwin revealed how species adapt, survive, and ... Read more

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The book that forever changed how we see life on Earth. First published in 1859, On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection, transforming biology, science, and our understanding of the natural world. Drawing on years of meticulous research and observations from his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Darwin revealed how species adapt, survive, and
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五百萬年人類進化史：演化、擴散與農業革命的漫長旅程

The Five-Million-Year Odyssey: The Human Journey from Ape to Agriculture

by 彼得．貝爾伍德（Peter Bellwood） ...

Translated by 唐澄暐 ...

Series series 歷史大講堂
以「臺灣原鄉論」、「早期農業假說」聞名，全球知名考古學家彼得．貝爾伍德全新力作演化、遷徙、語言到農業，一本讀懂人類五百萬演化史起源與演化，五百萬年的漫漫長路自與黑猩猩分道揚鑣以來，人類踏上了五百萬年漫長的演化之路。南方古猿、直立人、尼安德塔人到智人，在遷徙、適應、演化、繁衍中逐步發展成今日的樣貌。本書作者彼得．貝爾伍德，為研究農業與人群擴散最權威的學者之一，他利用考古學、語言學、生物學等多種學科，一一呈現古代人族的演化脈絡，讓讀者理解人類如何一步步成為今日的我們。遷徙與擴散，語言、文化散布的全球旅程遷徙是塑造現代人類多樣性的另一關鍵力量。自人族出走非洲，跨越歐亞大陸、進入澳洲與美洲，其間的移動不僅改變了人口分布，也促成語言家族與文化習俗的擴散。從古人類的生存策略、工具使用，到早期農業定居點的建立，這些歷史事件共同... ... Read more

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以「臺灣原鄉論」、「早期農業假說」聞名，全球知名考古學家彼得．貝爾伍德全新力作演化、遷徙、語言到農業，一本讀懂人類五百萬演化史起源與演化，五百萬年的漫漫長路自與黑猩猩分道揚鑣以來，人類踏上了五百萬年漫長的演化之路。南方古猿、直立人、尼安德塔人到智人，在遷徙、適應、演化、繁衍中逐步發展成今日的樣貌。本書作者彼得．貝爾伍德，為研究農業與人群擴散最權威的學者之一，他利用考古學、語言學、生物學等多種學科，一一呈現古代人族的演化脈絡，讓讀者理解人類如何一步步成為今日的我們。遷徙與擴散，語言、文化散布的全球旅程遷徙是塑造現代人類多樣性的另一關鍵力量。自人族出走非洲，跨越歐亞大陸、進入澳洲與美洲，其間的移動不僅改變了人口分布，也促成語言家族與文化習俗的擴散。從古人類的生存策略、工具使用，到早期農業定居點的建立，這些歷史事件共同...
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A history of evolution

by Carroll Lane Fenton ...

In A History of Evolution, Carroll Lane Fenton offers a lucid historical survey of evolutionary thought, tracing its development from early speculative natural philosophy to the scientific synthesis shaped by geology, paleontology, and biology. Written in a clear, explanatory prose marked by the pedagogical confidence of mid-twentieth-century science writing, the book situates Darwin within a ... Read more

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In A History of Evolution, Carroll Lane Fenton offers a lucid historical survey of evolutionary thought, tracing its development from early speculative natural philosophy to the scientific synthesis shaped by geology, paleontology, and biology. Written in a clear, explanatory prose marked by the pedagogical confidence of mid-twentieth-century science writing, the book situates Darwin within a
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The Nanotyrannus Mutation

Embracing Your Differentiated Form

by Matthew Petchinsky ...

The Nanotyrannus Mutation: Embracing Your Differentiated Form is a groundbreaking exploration of personal evolution-where science, psychology, and self-mastery converge. Through the symbolic lens of the enigmatic Nanotyrannus, author Matthew Petchinsky redefines what it means to be "different." Once dismissed as an incomplete species, the Nanotyrannus becomes a metaphor for every human who has ... Read more

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The Nanotyrannus Mutation: Embracing Your Differentiated Form is a groundbreaking exploration of personal evolution-where science, psychology, and self-mastery converge. Through the symbolic lens of the enigmatic Nanotyrannus, author Matthew Petchinsky redefines what it means to be "different." Once dismissed as an incomplete species, the Nanotyrannus becomes a metaphor for every human who has
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A Billion Years of Sex Differences

How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women

by Steve Stewart-Williams ...

According to an old joke, everyone knows that men and women are different… except social scientists. In A Billion Years of Sex Differences, evolutionary psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams tackles some of science's most controversial questions: How do men and women differ? Where do the differences come from? And how do they shape modern life?The result is the most up-to-date, balanced, and ... Read more

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According to an old joke, everyone knows that men and women are different… except social scientists. In A Billion Years of Sex Differences, evolutionary psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams tackles some of science's most controversial questions: How do men and women differ? Where do the differences come from? And how do they shape modern life?The result is the most up-to-date, balanced, and
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The Kestrel

Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of an Open-Land Predator

by David Costantini, Giacomo Dell'Omo ...

Widespread across open lands and cities of Europe, Africa, and Asia, the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is one of the most abundant and studied birds of prey. This book brings together and synthesises the results of research on kestrels for professional ornithologists and scientists that seek to consolidate a vast body of literature. It is also a reference for those readers who may not have ... Read more

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Widespread across open lands and cities of Europe, Africa, and Asia, the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is one of the most abundant and studied birds of prey. This book brings together and synthesises the results of research on kestrels for professional ornithologists and scientists that seek to consolidate a vast body of literature. It is also a reference for those readers who may not have
... Read more
Creatures of Cain

The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America

by Erika Lorraine Milam ...

How Cold War America came to attribute human evolutionary success to our species' unique capacity for murderAfter World War II, the question of how to define a universal human nature took on new urgency. Creatures of Cain charts the rise and precipitous fall in Cold War America of a theory that attributed man’s evolutionary success to his unique capacity for murder.Drawing on a wealth of archival ... Read more

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How Cold War America came to attribute human evolutionary success to our species' unique capacity for murderAfter World War II, the question of how to define a universal human nature took on new urgency. Creatures of Cain charts the rise and precipitous fall in Cold War America of a theory that attributed man’s evolutionary success to his unique capacity for murder.Drawing on a wealth of archival
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Woland’s Lessons to a Mutant

On Outgrowing Sapiens and Preparing What Comes After

by Benjamin Katz ...

This is not a book of comfort.It is a book of clarity.In Woland’s Lessons to a Mutant, philosopher and psychologist Benjamin Katz stages a long, uncompromising dialogue with Woland — an ironic, unsentimental examiner who appears only when illusions have exhausted themselves. Neither demon nor savior, Woland serves as a mirror: exposing humanity’s deepest cognitive flaws and asking whether ... Read more

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This is not a book of comfort.It is a book of clarity.In Woland’s Lessons to a Mutant, philosopher and psychologist Benjamin Katz stages a long, uncompromising dialogue with Woland — an ironic, unsentimental examiner who appears only when illusions have exhausted themselves. Neither demon nor savior, Woland serves as a mirror: exposing humanity’s deepest cognitive flaws and asking whether
... Read more
The Lives of the Brain

Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind

by John S. Allen ...

Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (walking on two legs, for instance, and relative hairlessness), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. And how this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protein turned a mammal species into the dominant animal on earth today is the story John S. Allen seeks to tell.Adopting ... Read more

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Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (walking on two legs, for instance, and relative hairlessness), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. And how this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protein turned a mammal species into the dominant animal on earth today is the story John S. Allen seeks to tell.Adopting
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Cultural Evolution and Social Ontology

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by Martina Valković, Thomas A.C. Reydon ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
This volume explores connections between two growing and complementary fields of research: cultural evolutionary theory and social ontology. It sheds light on the ontological aspects of cultural evolution that so far have been largely neglected and raises questions for social ontology regarding the relevance of evolutionary aspects of social phenomena.This volume shows that cultural evolutionary ... Read more

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This volume explores connections between two growing and complementary fields of research: cultural evolutionary theory and social ontology. It sheds light on the ontological aspects of cultural evolution that so far have been largely neglected and raises questions for social ontology regarding the relevance of evolutionary aspects of social phenomena.This volume shows that cultural evolutionary
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Le tavole della legge

Divagazioni sul linguaggio e sul futuro

by Lario Sinigaglia ...

Il linguista Chomsky sostiene che il linguaggio umano non sia frutto di una graduale evoluzione genetica di tipo darwiniano ma di una conversione rapida del cervello esistente ad un nuovo uso. Accolgo l'ipotesi di Chomsky e suppongo che essa implichi la costituzione di un cervello linguistico e perciò digitale che si affianca e si oppone al precedente cervello analogico. L'opposizione consiste nel ... Read more

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Il linguista Chomsky sostiene che il linguaggio umano non sia frutto di una graduale evoluzione genetica di tipo darwiniano ma di una conversione rapida del cervello esistente ad un nuovo uso. Accolgo l'ipotesi di Chomsky e suppongo che essa implichi la costituzione di un cervello linguistico e perciò digitale che si affianca e si oppone al precedente cervello analogico. L'opposizione consiste nel
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Bacterial Genetics and Genomics

by Lori Snyder, Lori A.S. Snyder ...

Understanding of bacterial genetics and genomics is fundamental to understanding bacteria and higher organisms, as well. Novel insights in the fields of genetics and genomics are challenging the once clear borders between the characteristics of bacteria and other life. Biological knowledge of the bacterial world is being viewed under a new light with input from genetic and genomics. Replication of ... Read more

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Understanding of bacterial genetics and genomics is fundamental to understanding bacteria and higher organisms, as well. Novel insights in the fields of genetics and genomics are challenging the once clear borders between the characteristics of bacteria and other life. Biological knowledge of the bacterial world is being viewed under a new light with input from genetic and genomics. Replication of
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California's Amazing Geology

by Donald R. Prothero ...

California has some of the most distinctive and unique geology in the United States. It is the only state with all three types of plate boundaries, an extraordinary history of earthquakes and volcanoes, and many rocks and minerals found nowhere else. The Golden State includes both the highest and lowest points in the continental US and practically every conceivable geological feature known. This ... Read more

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California has some of the most distinctive and unique geology in the United States. It is the only state with all three types of plate boundaries, an extraordinary history of earthquakes and volcanoes, and many rocks and minerals found nowhere else. The Golden State includes both the highest and lowest points in the continental US and practically every conceivable geological feature known. This
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