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  • Politics as If Evolution Mattered

    Darwin, Ecology, and Social Justice

    de Lorna Salzman ...
    In this scientifically authoritative essay collection, Salzman, a seasoned and provocative environmentalist, demonstrates how evolutionary theory penetrates nearly all aspects of human society. She faults social justice movements for their short-sighted focus on human needs to the exclusion of nonhuman nature and stresses the potential of evolutionary thought for replacing religious and secular ... Leer más

    $7.19 USD

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  • Vital Question

    Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

    de Nick Lane ...
    “One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years.” —The EconomistThe Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there’s a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In The Vital Question, award-winning author and biochemist ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Long and the Short of It

    The Science of Life Span & Aging

    de Jonathan Silvertown ...
    "[A] whimsical book on aging . . . the author mixes art, science, and humor to brew a highly readable concoction, presenting one aging theory after another." — Publishers WeeklyEverything that lives will die. That's the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans—and that variation is nothing compared to what's ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Domestic Dog

    Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People

    Edición de James Serpell ...
    Why do dogs behave in the ways that they do? Why did our ancestors tame wolves? How have we ended up with so many breeds of dog, and how can we understand their role in contemporary human society? Explore the answers to these questions and many more in this study of the domestic dog. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this much-anticipated update incorporates two decades of new ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare

    How Evolution Shapes Our Loves and Fears

    de Gordon H. Orians ...
    The eminent zoologist "extends his pioneering work in evolutionary biology" to examine "our preferences, predilections, fears, hopes, and aspirations" (Stephen R. Kellert, author of Birthright).Why do we jump in fear at the sight of a snake and marvel at the beauty of a sunrise? These impulsive reactions are no accident; in fact, many of our human responses to nature are steeped in our ... Leer más

    $12.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth

    The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere

    de Eric Smith, Harold J. Morowitz ...
    Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, evolution and statistical physics to create an inclusive picture of the living state, the authors develop the argument that the emergence of life was a necessary cascade ... Leer más

    $65.59 USD

  • Introducing Genetics

    A Graphic Guide

    de Steve Jones ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being.Introducing Genetics takes us from the early work of Mendel to the discovery of DNA, the human gene map and the treatment of inborn ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Jehol Fossils

    The Emergence of Feathered Dinosaurs, Beaked Birds and Flowering Plants

    de Mee-Mann Chang ...
    No other single volume reference to the Jehol site and its fossils exists and nowhere is there such a collection of fine photos of the fossils concerned. This book has pieced together the most up-to-date information on the Jehol Biota, a place that has shown the world some of the most astonishing fossil finds including the first complete skeleton of Archaeopteryx in 1861, four-winged dinosaurs- ... Leer más

    $75.59 USD

  • Don't Look, Don't Touch, Don't Eat

    The Science Behind Revulsion

    de Valerie Curtis ...
    A scientist delves into what disgusts us and why: "For a book riddled with rancid and revolting things, [it] is surprisingly difficult to put down." — Times Literary SupplementEvery flu season, sneezing, coughing, and graphic throat-clearing become background noise in workplaces. And coworkers tend to move as far—and as quickly—away from the source of these bodily eruptions as possible. ... Leer más

    $18.79 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ecosystem Engineers

    Plants to Protists

    de Kim Cuddington, James E. Byers, William G. Wilson, Alan Hastings ...
    Series Libro 4 - Theoretical Ecology Series
    The first book entirely devoted to this topic, Ecosystem Engineers begins with the history of the concept, presenting opposing definitions of ecosystem engineeing. These varied definitions advance the debate and move past trivial difficulties to crystallize key issues such as the value of process-based vs. outcome-based. Authors include case studies spanning a wide spectrum of species and habitats ... Leer más

    $90.89 USD

  • The Missing Lemur Link

    An Ancestral Step in the Evolution of Human Behaviour

    de Michael Huffman, Ivan Norscia, Elisabetta Palagi ...
    Series Libro 74 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
    Lemurs share a common distant ancestor with humans. Following their own evolutionary pathway, lemurs provide the ideal model to shed light on the behavioural traits of primates including conflict management, communication strategies and society building and how these aspects of social living relate to those found in the anthropoid primates. Adopting a comparative approach throughout, lemur ... Leer más

    $95.99 USD

  • Bringing Fossils to Life

    An Introduction to Paleobiology

    de Donald R. Prothero ...
    One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between purely theoretical paleobiological textbooks and those that describe only invertebrate ... Leer más

    $98.99 USD