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Fish Ecophysiology

by Frank B. Jensen, J.C. Rankin ...

Series Book 9 - Fish & Fisheries Series
Among the fishes. a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has evolved. As well as living in the conventional habitats of lakes. ponds, rivers, rock pools and the open sea, fish have solved the problems of life in deserts. in the deep sea. in the cold antarctic. and in warm waters of high alkalinity or of low oxygen. Along with these adaptations, we find the most ... Read more

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Among the fishes. a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has evolved. As well as living in the conventional habitats of lakes. ponds, rivers, rock pools and the open sea, fish have solved the problems of life in deserts. in the deep sea. in the cold antarctic. and in warm waters of high alkalinity or of low oxygen. Along with these adaptations, we find the most
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Paleogene Fossil Birds

by Gerald Mayr ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
In the present book the Paleogene fossil record of birds is detailed for the first time on a worldwide scale. I have developed the idea for such a project for several years, and think that it is an appropriate moment to present a summary of our c- rent knowledge of the early evolution of modern birds. Meanwhile not only is there a confusing diversity of fossil taxa, but also significant progress ... Read more

$215.09 USD

In the present book the Paleogene fossil record of birds is detailed for the first time on a worldwide scale. I have developed the idea for such a project for several years, and think that it is an appropriate moment to present a summary of our c- rent knowledge of the early evolution of modern birds. Meanwhile not only is there a confusing diversity of fossil taxa, but also significant progress
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La Grande Nebbia

by Frederick Bradley ...

In un futuro non lontano una misteriosa nebbia cala improvvisamente sull'Umanità, diventando in breve una condizione con cui la popolazione deve convivere. La ricerca delle cause e di una possibile soluzione mette in luce la fragilità dell'uomo moderno e i limiti di una società ormai avulsa dal territorio, la cui percezione diventa essenziale per riscoprire la bellezza e al tempo stesso conseguire ... Read more

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In un futuro non lontano una misteriosa nebbia cala improvvisamente sull'Umanità, diventando in breve una condizione con cui la popolazione deve convivere. La ricerca delle cause e di una possibile soluzione mette in luce la fragilità dell'uomo moderno e i limiti di una società ormai avulsa dal territorio, la cui percezione diventa essenziale per riscoprire la bellezza e al tempo stesso conseguire
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Search For Our Cosmic Ancestry, The

by Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe ...

The idea that life is a cosmic, rather than a purely terrestrial phenomenon, has progressed from scientific heresy to mainstream science within the short timespan of a few decades. The theory of cometary panspermia developed by Fred Hoyle and the present author in the 1970's has been vindicated by a spate of new discoveries in astronomy and biology, and also with startling new evidence of ... Read more

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The idea that life is a cosmic, rather than a purely terrestrial phenomenon, has progressed from scientific heresy to mainstream science within the short timespan of a few decades. The theory of cometary panspermia developed by Fred Hoyle and the present author in the 1970's has been vindicated by a spate of new discoveries in astronomy and biology, and also with startling new evidence of
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The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection

by W. G. Runciman ...

In The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection, W. G. Runciman presents an original and wide-ranging account of the fundamental process by which human cultures and societies come to be of the different kinds that they are. Drawing on and extending recent advances in neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory, Runciman argues that collective human behaviour should be analyzed as the acting-out of ... Read more

$35.29 USD

In The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection, W. G. Runciman presents an original and wide-ranging account of the fundamental process by which human cultures and societies come to be of the different kinds that they are. Drawing on and extending recent advances in neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory, Runciman argues that collective human behaviour should be analyzed as the acting-out of
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The Science of Transgenderism

by Gianni Marricco ...

The Science of Transgenderism has been a labour of love for me. I consider myself to be an amateur scientist, Science Enthousiast. My love of science and respect for spirituality have combined during my research and experimentation. This paper is a resource I wish I would have had, during my self-discovery. ... Read more

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The Science of Transgenderism has been a labour of love for me. I consider myself to be an amateur scientist, Science Enthousiast. My love of science and respect for spirituality have combined during my research and experimentation. This paper is a resource I wish I would have had, during my self-discovery.
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E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner

A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism

by Paul Naour ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Reviewers have characterized Paul Naour's A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism, which includes brief introductions by E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner's elder daughter, Julie Vargus, as an idea book. The work will undoubtedly have a significant academic market and provide students and scholars in biology, ethology, psychology, anthropology, sociology and economics a strong ... Read more

$206.09 USD

Reviewers have characterized Paul Naour's A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism, which includes brief introductions by E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner's elder daughter, Julie Vargus, as an idea book. The work will undoubtedly have a significant academic market and provide students and scholars in biology, ethology, psychology, anthropology, sociology and economics a strong
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Animal Communication and Noise

Edited by Henrik Brumm ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The study of animal communication has led to significant progress in our general understanding of motor and sensory systems, evolution, and speciation. However, one often neglected aspect is that signal exchange in every modality is constrained by noise, be it in the transmission channel or in the nervous system. This book analyses whether and how animals can cope with such constraints, and ... Read more

$188.09 USD

The study of animal communication has led to significant progress in our general understanding of motor and sensory systems, evolution, and speciation. However, one often neglected aspect is that signal exchange in every modality is constrained by noise, be it in the transmission channel or in the nervous system. This book analyses whether and how animals can cope with such constraints, and
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Cells to Civilizations

The Principles of Change That Shape Life

by Enrico Coen ...

The science of change from cells to cultureCells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself—from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections between evolving microbes, an egg that develops into an infant, and a child who learns to walk and talk? Award-winning scientist Enrico Coen synthesizes the growth of living ... Read more

$17.29 USD

The science of change from cells to cultureCells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself—from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections between evolving microbes, an egg that develops into an infant, and a child who learns to walk and talk? Award-winning scientist Enrico Coen synthesizes the growth of living
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Biogeography of the Quaternary Molluscs of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

by Sergio Martínez, Claudia J. del Río, Alejandra Rojas ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
The Quaternary comprises a brief time in the Earth’s history, and apart from a few exceptions, molluscan assemblages recovered from exposures along the coast of Southwestern South America (Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina) are essentially the same than those that inhabit the region today, leading to the assumption that no important change in the distribution of the faunas since Pleistocene ... Read more

$49.49 USD

The Quaternary comprises a brief time in the Earth’s history, and apart from a few exceptions, molluscan assemblages recovered from exposures along the coast of Southwestern South America (Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina) are essentially the same than those that inhabit the region today, leading to the assumption that no important change in the distribution of the faunas since Pleistocene
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Life History Evolution

Traits, Interactions, and Applications

Edited by Michal Segoli, Eric Wajnberg ...

Provides a timely and authoritative account of Life History Evolution by a multidisciplinary team of scholars and researchers from around the worldLife History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications presents a cutting-edge synthesis of the mechanisms driving life history strategies that span the breadth of taxa, from bacteria to humans. Integrating classical and contemporary ... Read more

$95.00 USD

Provides a timely and authoritative account of Life History Evolution by a multidisciplinary team of scholars and researchers from around the worldLife History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications presents a cutting-edge synthesis of the mechanisms driving life history strategies that span the breadth of taxa, from bacteria to humans. Integrating classical and contemporary
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L'Origine des espèces

by Charles Darwin ...

"L'Origine des espèces" est un ouvrage scientifique de Charles Darwin, publié le 24 novembre 1859 pour sa première édition anglaise sous le titre L'origine des espèces au moyen de la sélection naturelle ou la préservation des races favorisées dans la lutte pour la survie."L'Origine des espèces" est considéré comme le texte fondateur de la théorie de l'évolution et sa publication a marqué une ... Read more

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"L'Origine des espèces" est un ouvrage scientifique de Charles Darwin, publié le 24 novembre 1859 pour sa première édition anglaise sous le titre L'origine des espèces au moyen de la sélection naturelle ou la préservation des races favorisées dans la lutte pour la survie."L'Origine des espèces" est considéré comme le texte fondateur de la théorie de l'évolution et sa publication a marqué une
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Evolution and Senses

Opsins, Bitter Taste, and Olfaction

by Yoshinori Shichida, Takahiro Yamashita, Hiroo Imai, Takushi Kishida ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book focuses on sensing and the evolution of animals. Using the five senses (visual, auditory, and olfactory perception, and taste and touch), animals can receive environmental stimuli and respond to them. Changes in these sensitivities might cause changes in aspects of animals’ lives such as habitat, activity timing, and diet—and vice versa. Recent advances in genome and molecular analysis ... Read more

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This book focuses on sensing and the evolution of animals. Using the five senses (visual, auditory, and olfactory perception, and taste and touch), animals can receive environmental stimuli and respond to them. Changes in these sensitivities might cause changes in aspects of animals’ lives such as habitat, activity timing, and diet—and vice versa. Recent advances in genome and molecular analysis
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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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Agriculturally Important Fungi for Sustainable Agriculture

Volume 2: Functional Annotation for Crop Protection

Edited by Ajar Nath Yadav, Shashank Mishra, Divjot Kour, Neelam Yadav, Anil Kumar ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Microbes are ubiquitous in nature. Among microbes, fungal communities play an important role in agriculture, the environment, and medicine. Vast fungal diversity has been found in plant systems. The fungi associated with any plant system are in the form of epiphytic, endophytic, and rhizospheric fungi. These associated fungi play important roles in plant growth, crop yield, and soil health.The ... Read more

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Microbes are ubiquitous in nature. Among microbes, fungal communities play an important role in agriculture, the environment, and medicine. Vast fungal diversity has been found in plant systems. The fungi associated with any plant system are in the form of epiphytic, endophytic, and rhizospheric fungi. These associated fungi play important roles in plant growth, crop yield, and soil health.The
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Darwin'in Evrim Teorisi

Türlerin ortaya çıkışı

by Romain Parmentier ...

Translated by Baris Şahin ...

1859 yılında Charles Darwin'in doğal seçilim yoluyla türlerin kökeni üzerine çığır açan kitabı yayınlandı ve yeryüzündeki tüm türlerin yavaş bir evrimsel sürecin sonucu olduğu ve günümüzde en uygun olanın hayatta kalması olarak bilinen mücadelenin bir parçası olarak evrimleşmeye devam ettiği fikri ortaya atıldı. Darwin'in vardığı sonuçlar uzun yıllar süren dikkatli gözlemlerin sonucuydu, ancak ... Read more

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1859 yılında Charles Darwin'in doğal seçilim yoluyla türlerin kökeni üzerine çığır açan kitabı yayınlandı ve yeryüzündeki tüm türlerin yavaş bir evrimsel sürecin sonucu olduğu ve günümüzde en uygun olanın hayatta kalması olarak bilinen mücadelenin bir parçası olarak evrimleşmeye devam ettiği fikri ortaya atıldı. Darwin'in vardığı sonuçlar uzun yıllar süren dikkatli gözlemlerin sonucuydu, ancak
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Against Evolution: A Rational And Scientific Objection Toward Macroevolution

by Ronald Oluoch ...

Is evolution a settled fact? Or is it a theory in crisis?For decades, the theory of macroevolution—the idea that all life arose from a common ancestor through unguided processes like random mutation and natural selection—has been presented as an indisputable scientific consensus. But what if the evidence tells a different story?Against Evolution: A Rational and Scientific Objection Toward ... Read more

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Is evolution a settled fact? Or is it a theory in crisis?For decades, the theory of macroevolution—the idea that all life arose from a common ancestor through unguided processes like random mutation and natural selection—has been presented as an indisputable scientific consensus. But what if the evidence tells a different story?Against Evolution: A Rational and Scientific Objection Toward
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Medicina Genomica: la Rivoluzione dell'Informazione Genetica nella Pratica Clinica

by Edenilson Brandl ...

Benvenuti nel mondo della genomica e delle sue incredibili applicazioni in medicina. In questo libro esploreremo i progressi scientifici e tecnologici che hanno rivoluzionato la nostra comprensione del genoma umano e come queste scoperte stanno trasformando il campo della salute.La genomica, che studia la struttura, la funzione e la sequenza del nostro materiale genetico, ha svolto un ruolo ... Read more

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Benvenuti nel mondo della genomica e delle sue incredibili applicazioni in medicina. In questo libro esploreremo i progressi scientifici e tecnologici che hanno rivoluzionato la nostra comprensione del genoma umano e come queste scoperte stanno trasformando il campo della salute.La genomica, che studia la struttura, la funzione e la sequenza del nostro materiale genetico, ha svolto un ruolo
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Darwin's Love of Life

A Singular Case of Biophilia

by Karen L. Harel ...

Biophilia—the love of life—encompasses the drive to survive, a sense of kinship with all life-forms, and an instinct for beauty. In this unconventional book, Kay Harel uses biophilia as a lens to explore Charles Darwin’s life and thought in deeply original ways. In a set of interrelated essays, she considers how the love of life enabled him to see otherwise unseen evolutionary truths.Harel traces ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Biophilia—the love of life—encompasses the drive to survive, a sense of kinship with all life-forms, and an instinct for beauty. In this unconventional book, Kay Harel uses biophilia as a lens to explore Charles Darwin’s life and thought in deeply original ways. In a set of interrelated essays, she considers how the love of life enabled him to see otherwise unseen evolutionary truths.Harel traces
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Muhteşem giysili maymun.

İlk kırılganlıktan evrensel bilince.

by Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Book 953 - TUR - PensareDiverso
Binlerce yıldır kendimizi "çıplak maymun" olarak tanımladık: pençeleri ve zırhı olmayan, anlaşılmaz doğa güçleri ve daha donanımlı avcılarla çevrili, etolog ve antropolog Desmond Morris'in 1967 yılında yayınlanan ünlü kitabı "The Naked Ape" ile ünlenen kırılgan bir hayvan. Korkmuş bir yaratık, hayatta kalmak için hikayeler, semboller, tanrılar ve ritüeller icat etmeyi öğrenmiş. Kendi ... Read more

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Binlerce yıldır kendimizi "çıplak maymun" olarak tanımladık: pençeleri ve zırhı olmayan, anlaşılmaz doğa güçleri ve daha donanımlı avcılarla çevrili, etolog ve antropolog Desmond Morris'in 1967 yılında yayınlanan ünlü kitabı "The Naked Ape" ile ünlenen kırılgan bir hayvan. Korkmuş bir yaratık, hayatta kalmak için hikayeler, semboller, tanrılar ve ritüeller icat etmeyi öğrenmiş. Kendi
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Pole vedomia. Smerom k spoločnej univerzálnej mysli

Nová teória polí premieňa individuálne vedomie na kozmickú realitu.

by Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Book 956 - SLO - PensareDiverso
Dlho sme verili, že vedomie je súkromná záležitosť, ukrytá v hlave každého z nás. Akási uzavretá miestnosť, individuálny plamienok, ktorý osvetľoval len náš vnútorný svet. Dnes sa však niečo mení. Vedecké výskumy kolektívneho správania, objavy sociálnych neurovied, súčasné teórie distribuovanej mysle a dokonca aj určité intuície vychádzajúce z kontemplatívnych tradícií zdá sa rozprávajú iný príbeh ... Read more

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Dlho sme verili, že vedomie je súkromná záležitosť, ukrytá v hlave každého z nás. Akási uzavretá miestnosť, individuálny plamienok, ktorý osvetľoval len náš vnútorný svet. Dnes sa však niečo mení. Vedecké výskumy kolektívneho správania, objavy sociálnych neurovied, súčasné teórie distribuovanej mysle a dokonca aj určité intuície vychádzajúce z kontemplatívnych tradícií zdá sa rozprávajú iný príbeh
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Photosynthesis in Bryophytes and Early Land Plants

Edited by David T. Hanson, Steven K. Rice ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Bryophytes, which are important constituents of ecosystems globally and often dominate carbon and water dynamics at high latitudes and elevations, were also among the pioneers of terrestrial photosynthesis. Consequently, in addition to their present day ecological value, modern representatives of these groups contain the legacy of adaptations that led to the greening of Earth. This volume brings ... Read more

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Bryophytes, which are important constituents of ecosystems globally and often dominate carbon and water dynamics at high latitudes and elevations, were also among the pioneers of terrestrial photosynthesis. Consequently, in addition to their present day ecological value, modern representatives of these groups contain the legacy of adaptations that led to the greening of Earth. This volume brings
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誰も気づかなかった予想外の学習法

脳は一度見たものを全て記憶している

by 日暮学 ...

Series series ひぐらし100円本シリーズ　9
勉強しても、なかなか覚えられない.........心配ご無用です。脳は、一度見たものをしっかりと記憶しています。後は、ある方法で「思い出せば」いいのです。脳医学、大脳生理学との接点から導き出した予想外の記憶術で、定期試験に受験、難関資格取得を突破するカギとなる学習法をここに公開します。 ... Read more

$0.63 USD

勉強しても、なかなか覚えられない.........心配ご無用です。脳は、一度見たものをしっかりと記憶しています。後は、ある方法で「思い出せば」いいのです。脳医学、大脳生理学との接点から導き出した予想外の記憶術で、定期試験に受験、難関資格取得を突破するカギとなる学習法をここに公開します。
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Kant y el chimpancé

by Chapouthier, Georges ...

"Kant y el chimpancé" aborda un tema crucial: cuánto persiste de animal en nuestra naturaleza. Los seres humanos oscilamos entre la animalidad primaria de un chimpancé y la excelencia intelectual de Kant: en ocasiones, más cerca de uno y en otras ocasiones, más cerca del otro. Los seres humanos somos el resultado de una larga evolución, mineral y cósmica, primero, y biológica y terrestre, después, ... Read more

$13.85 USD

"Kant y el chimpancé" aborda un tema crucial: cuánto persiste de animal en nuestra naturaleza. Los seres humanos oscilamos entre la animalidad primaria de un chimpancé y la excelencia intelectual de Kant: en ocasiones, más cerca de uno y en otras ocasiones, más cerca del otro. Los seres humanos somos el resultado de una larga evolución, mineral y cósmica, primero, y biológica y terrestre, después,
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