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Plants Invade the Land

Evolutionary and Environmental Perspectives

Modifié par Dianne Edwards, Patricia Gensel ...

Collections series The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology
What do we now know about the origins of plants on land, from an evolutionary and an environmental perspective? The essays in this collection present a synthesis of our present state of knowledge, integrating current information in paleobotany with physical, chemical, and geological data. ... En savoir plus

$57.99 CAD

What do we now know about the origins of plants on land, from an evolutionary and an environmental perspective? The essays in this collection present a synthesis of our present state of knowledge, integrating current information in paleobotany with physical, chemical, and geological data.
... En savoir plus
First Peoples in a New World

Colonizing Ice Age America

par David J. Meltzer ...

More than 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America, a continent that was then truly a new world. Just when and how they did so has been one of the most perplexing and controversial questions in archaeology. This dazzling, cutting-edge synthesis, written for a wide audience by an archaeologist who has long been at the center of these debates, ... En savoir plus

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More than 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America, a continent that was then truly a new world. Just when and how they did so has been one of the most perplexing and controversial questions in archaeology. This dazzling, cutting-edge synthesis, written for a wide audience by an archaeologist who has long been at the center of these debates,
... En savoir plus
Life Evolving

Molecules, Mind, and Meaning

par Christian de Duve ...

In just a half century, humanity has made an astounding leap in its understanding of life. Now, one of the giants of biological science, Christian de Duve, discusses what we've learned in this half century, ranging from the tiniest cells to the future of our species and of life itself. With wide-ranging erudition, De Duve takes us on a dazzling tour of the biological world, beginning with the ... En savoir plus

$59.99 CAD

In just a half century, humanity has made an astounding leap in its understanding of life. Now, one of the giants of biological science, Christian de Duve, discusses what we've learned in this half century, ranging from the tiniest cells to the future of our species and of life itself. With wide-ranging erudition, De Duve takes us on a dazzling tour of the biological world, beginning with the
... En savoir plus
The Unification of the Arts

A Framework for Understanding What the Arts Share and Why

par Steven Brown ...

What are the arts? What functions do the arts serve in human life? There has been a surge of cognitive, biological, and evolutionary interest in the arts in recent years, most of it oriented towards individual artforms. However, there has been virtually no bridging work to integrate the arts under a single theoretical perspective. This book presents the first integrated cognitive account of the ... En savoir plus

$42.99 CAD

What are the arts? What functions do the arts serve in human life? There has been a surge of cognitive, biological, and evolutionary interest in the arts in recent years, most of it oriented towards individual artforms. However, there has been virtually no bridging work to integrate the arts under a single theoretical perspective. This book presents the first integrated cognitive account of the
... En savoir plus
The Earth

From Myths to Knowledge

par Hubert Krivine ...

How mankind discovered the size, trajectory and age of the EarthOur planet’s elliptical orbit around the Sun and its billions-of-years existence are facts we take for granted, matters every literate high school student is expected to grasp. But humanity’s struggle towards these scientific truths lasted millennia. Few of us have more than the faintest notion of the path we have travelled.Hubert ... En savoir plus

$25.99 CAD

How mankind discovered the size, trajectory and age of the EarthOur planet’s elliptical orbit around the Sun and its billions-of-years existence are facts we take for granted, matters every literate high school student is expected to grasp. But humanity’s struggle towards these scientific truths lasted millennia. Few of us have more than the faintest notion of the path we have travelled.Hubert
... En savoir plus
The Human Journey - From Evolution to Modern Civilization

par David Turner ...

Embark on an extraordinary exploration of humanity’s story with The Human Journey: From Evolution to Modern Civilization. This compelling book traces our origins from the dawn of human evolution to the complexities of the modern world, illuminating the forces, discoveries, and transformative events that have shaped who we are today. Through a fascinating blend of anthropology, history, and science ... En savoir plus

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Embark on an extraordinary exploration of humanity’s story with The Human Journey: From Evolution to Modern Civilization. This compelling book traces our origins from the dawn of human evolution to the complexities of the modern world, illuminating the forces, discoveries, and transformative events that have shaped who we are today. Through a fascinating blend of anthropology, history, and science
... En savoir plus
Les mondes darwiniens

L'évolution de l'évolution, Vol. 1

par Thomas Heams ...

Une étude approfondie des théories darwiniennes et de leurs différentes implicationsLa théorie darwinienne de l’évolution reste le paradigme dominant de la biologie et de la paléontologie. Elle prouve sa fécondité et sa puissance explicative dans de très nombreux domaines. Pourtant, dans cet ouvrage, pas question d’un fétichisme de Darwin, mais d’un examen attentif du domaine de validité ... En savoir plus

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Une étude approfondie des théories darwiniennes et de leurs différentes implicationsLa théorie darwinienne de l’évolution reste le paradigme dominant de la biologie et de la paléontologie. Elle prouve sa fécondité et sa puissance explicative dans de très nombreux domaines. Pourtant, dans cet ouvrage, pas question d’un fétichisme de Darwin, mais d’un examen attentif du domaine de validité
... En savoir plus
The Hunt for FOXP5

A Genomic Mystery Novel

par Wallace Kaufman, David Deamer ...

Collections series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight year old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant.As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown into the middle of a quickly thickening plot, where the legacy of Genghis Khan meets the hunt for FOXP5, a genetic ... En savoir plus

$25.99 CAD

Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight year old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant.As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown into the middle of a quickly thickening plot, where the legacy of Genghis Khan meets the hunt for FOXP5, a genetic
... En savoir plus
Sexual Segregation in Vertebrates

Modifié par Kathreen Ruckstuhl, Peter Neuhaus ...

Males and females often differ in developmental patterns, adult morphology, ecology and behaviour, and in many mammals males are often larger. Size dimorphism results in divergent nutritional and energetic requirements or reproductive strategies by the sexes, which in turn sometimes causes them to select different forage, use different habitats, and express differing social affinities. Such ... En savoir plus

$71.99 CAD

Males and females often differ in developmental patterns, adult morphology, ecology and behaviour, and in many mammals males are often larger. Size dimorphism results in divergent nutritional and energetic requirements or reproductive strategies by the sexes, which in turn sometimes causes them to select different forage, use different habitats, and express differing social affinities. Such
... En savoir plus
Social Darwinism in American Thought

par Richard Hofstadter ...

Social Darwinism in American Thought portrays the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought and political action. Theorists such as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner adopted the idea of the struggle for existence as justification for the evils as well as the benefits of ... En savoir plus

$27.99 CAD

Social Darwinism in American Thought portrays the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought and political action. Theorists such as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner adopted the idea of the struggle for existence as justification for the evils as well as the benefits of
... En savoir plus
The Universe Story in Science and Myth

GreenSpirit ebooks, #3

par Greg Morter, Niamh Brennan ...

Collections Livre 3 - GreenSpirit ebooks
Written by Greg Morter and Niamh Brennan.Everyone has a story that tells us who they are, where they come from and how they came to be. Cultures, too, have their stories. Many of these we know as myths, as ancient ways of explaining how our world and its creatures came into existence. Throughout history, each cultural group has had a creation story or myth. These stories, all down the ages, have ... En savoir plus

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Written by Greg Morter and Niamh Brennan.Everyone has a story that tells us who they are, where they come from and how they came to be. Cultures, too, have their stories. Many of these we know as myths, as ancient ways of explaining how our world and its creatures came into existence. Throughout history, each cultural group has had a creation story or myth. These stories, all down the ages, have
... En savoir plus
The Language of the Genes

par Steve Jones ...

Steve Jones’s highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep. ’An essential sightseer’s guide to our own genetic terrain.’ Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph’Superb and stimulating…an exhilarating trip around the double spiral of DNA, a rush of gravity-defying concepts and wild swerves of ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

Steve Jones’s highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep. ’An essential sightseer’s guide to our own genetic terrain.’ Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph’Superb and stimulating…an exhilarating trip around the double spiral of DNA, a rush of gravity-defying concepts and wild swerves of
... En savoir plus
Oxygen and the Evolution of Life

par Heinz Decker, Kensal E van Holde ...

Collections series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book describes the interlaced histories of life and oxygen. It opens with the generation of oxygen in ancient stars and its distribution to newly formed planets like the Earth. Free O2 was not available on the early Earth, so the first life forms had to be anaerobic. Life introduced free O2 into the environment through the evolution of photosynthesis, which must have been a disaster for many ... En savoir plus

$115.99 CAD

This book describes the interlaced histories of life and oxygen. It opens with the generation of oxygen in ancient stars and its distribution to newly formed planets like the Earth. Free O2 was not available on the early Earth, so the first life forms had to be anaerobic. Life introduced free O2 into the environment through the evolution of photosynthesis, which must have been a disaster for many
... En savoir plus
Sociobiology

The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

par Edward O. Wilson ...

When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society the most important book on animal behavior of all time, Sociobiology is probably more widely known as the object of bitter attacks by social scientists and ... En savoir plus

$58.99 CAD

When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society the most important book on animal behavior of all time, Sociobiology is probably more widely known as the object of bitter attacks by social scientists and
... En savoir plus
Mon album de la connaissance du Professeur Génius

par QA international Collectif ...

Dans Mon album de la connaissance, le professeur Génius nous emmène à la découverte de plusieurs sujets captivants. Passionné de sciences, il nous fait d’abord découvrir les mystères de l’Univers avant de nous raconter l’histoire de la vie et de percer pour nous les secrets du corps humain et des sciences pures (physique, chimie et mathématiques). Ce savant professeur nous conduit également dans ... En savoir plus

$12.99 CAD

Dans Mon album de la connaissance, le professeur Génius nous emmène à la découverte de plusieurs sujets captivants. Passionné de sciences, il nous fait d’abord découvrir les mystères de l’Univers avant de nous raconter l’histoire de la vie et de percer pour nous les secrets du corps humain et des sciences pures (physique, chimie et mathématiques). Ce savant professeur nous conduit également dans
... En savoir plus
Nietzsche's Anti-Darwinism

par Dirk R. Johnson ...

Friedrich Nietzsche's complex connection to Charles Darwin has been much explored, and both scholarly and popular opinions have tended to assume a convergence in their thinking. In this study, Dirk Johnson challenges that assumption and takes seriously Nietzsche's own explicitly stated 'anti-Darwinism'. He argues for the importance of Darwin for the development of Nietzsche's philosophy, but he ... En savoir plus

$49.99 CAD

Friedrich Nietzsche's complex connection to Charles Darwin has been much explored, and both scholarly and popular opinions have tended to assume a convergence in their thinking. In this study, Dirk Johnson challenges that assumption and takes seriously Nietzsche's own explicitly stated 'anti-Darwinism'. He argues for the importance of Darwin for the development of Nietzsche's philosophy, but he
... En savoir plus
Understanding Evo-Devo

par Wallace Arthur ...

Collections series Understanding Life
Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolution of a bigger beak in a bird? Wouldn't it be much more interesting to understand how beaks originated? Most people would agree, but until recently we didn't know much about such origins. That is now changing, with the growth of the interdisciplinary ... En savoir plus

$15.99 CAD

Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolution of a bigger beak in a bird? Wouldn't it be much more interesting to understand how beaks originated? Most people would agree, but until recently we didn't know much about such origins. That is now changing, with the growth of the interdisciplinary
... En savoir plus
Evolution, Games, and God

Modifié par Martin A. Nowak ...

Evolution, Games, and God explores how cooperation and altruism, alongside mutation and natural selection, play a critical role in evolution, from microbes to human societies. Inheriting a tendency to cooperate and self-sacrifice on behalf of others may be as beneficial to a population’s survival as the self-preserving instincts of individuals. ... En savoir plus

$39.99 CAD

Evolution, Games, and God explores how cooperation and altruism, alongside mutation and natural selection, play a critical role in evolution, from microbes to human societies. Inheriting a tendency to cooperate and self-sacrifice on behalf of others may be as beneficial to a population’s survival as the self-preserving instincts of individuals.
... En savoir plus
Darwinian Detectives

Revealing the Natural History of Genes and Genomes

par Norman A. Johnson ...

Biology is often viewed today as a bipartisan field, with molecular level genetics guiding us into the future and natural history (including ecology, evolution, and conservation biology,) chaining us to a descriptive scientific past. In Darwinian Detectives, Norman Johnson bridges this divide, revealing how the tried and true tools of natural history make sense of the newest genomic discoveries. ... En savoir plus

$45.99 CAD

Biology is often viewed today as a bipartisan field, with molecular level genetics guiding us into the future and natural history (including ecology, evolution, and conservation biology,) chaining us to a descriptive scientific past. In Darwinian Detectives, Norman Johnson bridges this divide, revealing how the tried and true tools of natural history make sense of the newest genomic discoveries.
... En savoir plus
A Joosr Guide to... The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert: An Unnatural History

par Joosr ...

In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.Never before has a single species dominated the ... En savoir plus

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In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.Never before has a single species dominated the
... En savoir plus
Darwin and Doctrine

The Compatibility of Evolution and Catholicism

par Daniel Kuebler ...

In Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, the philosopher Daniel Dennett referred to evolution as a “universal acid,” an idea that necessarily alters our way of thinking about everything—largely by eating away at our belief in a loving, providential Creator. And since the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, countless believers have sensed an apparent conflict between evolution and the Christian ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

In Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, the philosopher Daniel Dennett referred to evolution as a “universal acid,” an idea that necessarily alters our way of thinking about everything—largely by eating away at our belief in a loving, providential Creator. And since the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, countless believers have sensed an apparent conflict between evolution and the Christian
... En savoir plus
Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology

A Practical Guide

Modifié par Joanna M. Setchell, Deborah J. Curtis ...

Building on the success of the first edition and bringing together contributions from a range of experts in the field, the second edition of this guide to research on wild primates covers the latest advances in the field, including new information on field experiments and measuring behaviour. It provides essential information and advice on the technical and practical aspects of both field and ... En savoir plus

$69.99 CAD

Building on the success of the first edition and bringing together contributions from a range of experts in the field, the second edition of this guide to research on wild primates covers the latest advances in the field, including new information on field experiments and measuring behaviour. It provides essential information and advice on the technical and practical aspects of both field and
... En savoir plus
Unfit for Purpose

When Human Evolution Collides with the Modern World

par Adam Hart ...

'A gripping and sobering reminder of how much we are all governed by our genetic inheritance. So much for free will.' The Mail on SundayStress, obesity, poor mental health, drug addiction, bowel diseases, violence and fake news; a stark checklist of modern world problems and every one of them is an echo of our evolutionary past.In Unfit for Purpose, biologist and broadcaster Adam Hart explores the ... En savoir plus

$21.99 CAD

'A gripping and sobering reminder of how much we are all governed by our genetic inheritance. So much for free will.' The Mail on SundayStress, obesity, poor mental health, drug addiction, bowel diseases, violence and fake news; a stark checklist of modern world problems and every one of them is an echo of our evolutionary past.In Unfit for Purpose, biologist and broadcaster Adam Hart explores the
... En savoir plus
What Is Health?

Allostasis and the Evolution of Human Design

par Peter Sterling ...

An argument that health is optimal responsiveness and is often best treated at the system level.Medical education centers on the venerable “no-fault” concept of homeostasis, whereby local mechanisms impose constancy by correcting errors, and the brain serves mainly for emergencies. Yet, it turns out that most parameters are not constant; moreover, despite the importance of local mechanisms, the ... En savoir plus

$43.99 CAD

An argument that health is optimal responsiveness and is often best treated at the system level.Medical education centers on the venerable “no-fault” concept of homeostasis, whereby local mechanisms impose constancy by correcting errors, and the brain serves mainly for emergencies. Yet, it turns out that most parameters are not constant; moreover, despite the importance of local mechanisms, the
... En savoir plus

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