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  • Rereading the Fossil Record

    The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline

    de David Sepkoski ...
    "David Sepkoski's book is the first to examine the rise of paleobiology and the emergence of macroevolution as a discipline in the 1970s." —Kevin Padian, University of California, BerkeleyRereading the Fossil Record presents the first-ever historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology, from the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1980s. Drawing on a wealth of archival ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Catastrophic Thinking

    Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene

    de David Sepkoski ...
    A history of scientific ideas about extinction that explains why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to "think catastrophically" about extinction.We live in an age in which we are repeatedly reminded—by scientists, by the media, by popular culture—of the looming threat of mass extinction. We're told that human activity is currently producing a sixth ... Leer más

    $20.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy

    de David Sepkoski ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
    What was the basis for the adoption of mathematics as the primary mode of discourse for describing natural events by a large segment of the philosophical community in the seventeenth century?In answering this question, this book demonstrates that a significant group of philosophers shared the belief that there is no necessary correspondence between external reality and objects of human ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Osiris, Volume 32

    Data Histories

    Edición de Aronova Elena, von Oertzen Christine, David Sepkoski ...
    Series Libro 32 - Osiris
    The history of data brings together topics and themes from a variety of perspectives in history of science: histories of the material culture of information and of computing, the history of politics on individual and global scales, gender and women’s history, as well as the histories of many individual disciplines, to name just a few of the areas covered by essays in this volume. But the history ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Handbook of the Historiography of the Earth and Environmental Sciences

    Edición de Elena Aronova, David Sepkoski, Marco Tamborini ...
    Series series Reference Module Humanities
    This open access handbook aims to provide a definitive assessment of the historiography and the future of major themes and approaches within the history of the earth sciences, understood broadly. The volume is intended for a broad range of readers, including graduate students, other scholars, and scientists, both familiar with and new to the history of the earth and environmental sciences.Essays ... Leer más

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  • Walking With Gorillas

    The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet

    de Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka ...
    An Inspiring Memoir, for Fans of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Frans De WaalIn her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career protecting endangered mountain gorillas and other wild animals. She is also the defender of people as a groundbreaking promoter of human public health and an ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

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  • A Manual of the Mammalia

    An Homage to Lawlor's Handbook to the Orders and Families of Living Mammals

    de Douglas A. Kelt, James L. Patton, Bill Stone ...
    "An outstanding contribution. . . . The glossary and illustrations are excellent and most helpful. This book will be the standard for years to come." —Robert M. Timm, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, and past president, American Society of MammalogistsDouglas A. Kelt and James L. Patton provide a long-overdue update to Timothy E. Lawlor's Handbook to the Orders ... Leer más

    $18.79 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Trials of Thomas Morton

    An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England

    de Peter C. Mancall ...
    This "magisterial history" presents a new perspective on Thomas Morton, his colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans ( Wall Street Journal).Adding new depth to our understanding of early New England society, this riveting account of Thomas Morton explores the tensions that arose from competing colonial visions. A lawyer and fur trader, Thomas Morton dreamed of a society where ... Leer más

    $21.59 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Greek Mythology

    Gods and Heroes Brought to Life

    de Robert Garland ...
    The timeless stories of Greek mythology come to life in these reimagined tales written in the voices of Zeus, Oedipus, Odysseus, and many others.Though the gods are featured prominently in Greek mythology, there is nothing sacred about it. Anyone is free to bring their own interpretation to these stories, just as Homer, Sophocles, and Euripides did centuries ago. In this volume, classicist and ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Pirates

    A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders

    de Peter Lehr ...
    "In his lively, vivid history of pirates, Lehr finds some striking continuities from ancient to modern times." — Foreign AffairsA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearIn the twenty-first century, pirates have regained a central place in Western culture, thanks to an odd combination of a blockbuster film franchise and a dramatic rise in piracy around the Horn of Africa. In this global ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • The Gang of Three: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

    Ancient Wisdom, #2

    de Neel Burton ...
    Series Libro 2 - Ancient Wisdom
    The thinkers who built the Western mind—and still shape your own.This is the best book on philosophy I have ever read. —Philip van Heusen for Readers' FavoriteThree men. Three rival visions of reality. And together, the hidden framework behind how you think about truth, morality, happiness, and meaning.Much of Western philosophy can be traced back to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle—figures whose ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Samhain

    The Roots of Halloween

    de Luke Eastwood ...
    'An excellent and comprehensive exploration of this fascinating subject.' - Philip Carr-Gomm, author Druid Mysteries' Samhain was the entry point into winter, a time of hardship, cold and hunger … It was also a time of introspection, of communing with the dead and the otherworld – themes that have somehow survived, albeit distorted, into the modern era.'The modern celebration of Halloween is ... Leer más

    $10.49 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus