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This Fleeting World (Yay Pwat Pa Mar E Kabar)

de David Christian, Zeya Minn Hline (translator) ...

This Fleeting World tells the story of the universe and history of humanity in only 100 pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. David Christian's approach to human history and big history is a call to action, based on a profound and fresh ... Leer más

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This Fleeting World tells the story of the universe and history of humanity in only 100 pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. David Christian's approach to human history and big history is a call to action, based on a profound and fresh
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How Science Works: Evolution

A Student Primer

de R. John Ellis ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science and religion compatible? Why are there so many different religious beliefs but only one science? What ... Leer más

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Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science and religion compatible? Why are there so many different religious beliefs but only one science? What
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Properties of Life

Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology

de Bernd Rosslenbroich ...

Series series Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.Despite continued advances, science has until now struggled to describe the specific properties that define a living being. By synthesizing several aspects of organismic biology and contemporary science, Properties of Life by Bernd Rosslenbroich generatesa coherentconcept of the singular ... Leer más

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A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.Despite continued advances, science has until now struggled to describe the specific properties that define a living being. By synthesizing several aspects of organismic biology and contemporary science, Properties of Life by Bernd Rosslenbroich generatesa coherentconcept of the singular
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Intelligent Thought

Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement

Edición de John Brockman ...

Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.Recently the movement known as “Intelligent Design” has attracted the attention of ... Leer más

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Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.Recently the movement known as “Intelligent Design” has attracted the attention of
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A Joosr Guide to… The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

de 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.Our genes are hardwired to survive at all cost. ... Leer más

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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.Our genes are hardwired to survive at all cost.
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Hormonal

The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones—How They Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, Influence Our Choices, and Make Us Wiser

de Martie Haselton ...

The hidden intelligence of hormones and their role in empowering women to succeed sexually, reproductively, and socially.Did you know women walk more, eat less, socialize more, meet more men, dance more, and flirt more when they're ovulating? Or that PMS may have evolved to get rid of boyfriends with unfit sperm? Behind the "fickle" differences in what women find sexy about men, or what they like ... Leer más

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The hidden intelligence of hormones and their role in empowering women to succeed sexually, reproductively, and socially.Did you know women walk more, eat less, socialize more, meet more men, dance more, and flirt more when they're ovulating? Or that PMS may have evolved to get rid of boyfriends with unfit sperm? Behind the "fickle" differences in what women find sexy about men, or what they like
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Cracking the Aging Code

The New Science of Growing Old—and What It Means for Staying Young

de Josh Mitteldorf, Dorion Sagan ...

A revolutionary examination of why we age, what it means for our health, and how we just might be able to fight it.In Cracking the Aging Code, theoretical biologist Josh Mitteldorf and award-winning writer and ecological philosopher Dorion Sagan reveal that evolution and aging are even more complex and breathtaking than we originally thought. Using meticulous multidisciplinary science, as well as ... Leer más

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A revolutionary examination of why we age, what it means for our health, and how we just might be able to fight it.In Cracking the Aging Code, theoretical biologist Josh Mitteldorf and award-winning writer and ecological philosopher Dorion Sagan reveal that evolution and aging are even more complex and breathtaking than we originally thought. Using meticulous multidisciplinary science, as well as
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The Greatest Story NEVER Told

The Assured Triumph of Human Inevitability and Superiority

de Elvis Newman ...

“What we call imagination is actually the universal library of what’s real. You couldn’t imagine it if it weren’t real somewhere, sometime.” Terence MckennaScientific theories that were once considered right and mighty were later proven wrong. This is the case even with the best and most thorough scrutiny and investigation. There is no knowing when a better scientific theory will come to replace ... Leer más

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“What we call imagination is actually the universal library of what’s real. You couldn’t imagine it if it weren’t real somewhere, sometime.” Terence MckennaScientific theories that were once considered right and mighty were later proven wrong. This is the case even with the best and most thorough scrutiny and investigation. There is no knowing when a better scientific theory will come to replace
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The Descent of Man

PART I

de Charles Darwin ...

Series Libro 1 - The Descent of Man
"The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, "On The Origin of Species". In "The Descent of Man", Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection. The book discusses ... Leer más

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"The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, "On The Origin of Species". In "The Descent of Man", Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection. The book discusses
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The Cheating Cell

How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer

de Athena Aktipis ...

A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancerWhen we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked because the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell delves into this extraordinary relationship, and shows that by understanding cancer’s evolutionary ... Leer más

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A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancerWhen we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked because the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell delves into this extraordinary relationship, and shows that by understanding cancer’s evolutionary
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物種源始（達爾文二一二歲誕辰紀念版，完整重現寫給所有人的演化論）

On the Origin of Species

de 達爾文(Charles Darwin) ...

Series series 貓頭鷹書房
160年來歷久彌新的經典理論完整重現演化論精髓，了解達爾文最真實的思想◎程延年（台灣演化生物學權威）專文推薦版本特色：→首度完整翻譯自原書第二版，呈現最純粹的理論經典→特別收錄三版後的物種理論簡史，向演化學說發展致敬十九世紀以降最重要的思想鉅著1831年，達爾文踏上小獵犬號，展開一段為期五年，後續卻影響世界深遠的航行。回國後，達爾文開始潛心研究旅途中生物與環境間的複雜關係。1859年，他出版了十九世紀最重要的思想鉅著《物種源始》。《物種源始》甫一出版便飽受關注與批評，然而在接下來的兩百年間，這本書和達爾文的思想被不斷地引用、延伸甚至濫用，比如史賓塞以達爾文理論為基礎發展出的「社會達爾文主義」，助長了優生學、民族主義等思想。而如「適者生存」的延伸解讀甚至間接導致了第一次世界大戰，至今仍影響深遠。儘管在過去飽受誤解與批評，達爾文的演化論在現代對古生物學、分類學 ... Leer más

$14.63 USD

160年來歷久彌新的經典理論完整重現演化論精髓，了解達爾文最真實的思想◎程延年（台灣演化生物學權威）專文推薦版本特色：→首度完整翻譯自原書第二版，呈現最純粹的理論經典→特別收錄三版後的物種理論簡史，向演化學說發展致敬十九世紀以降最重要的思想鉅著1831年，達爾文踏上小獵犬號，展開一段為期五年，後續卻影響世界深遠的航行。回國後，達爾文開始潛心研究旅途中生物與環境間的複雜關係。1859年，他出版了十九世紀最重要的思想鉅著《物種源始》。《物種源始》甫一出版便飽受關注與批評，然而在接下來的兩百年間，這本書和達爾文的思想被不斷地引用、延伸甚至濫用，比如史賓塞以達爾文理論為基礎發展出的「社會達爾文主義」，助長了優生學、民族主義等思想。而如「適者生存」的延伸解讀甚至間接導致了第一次世界大戰，至今仍影響深遠。儘管在過去飽受誤解與批評，達爾文的演化論在現代對古生物學、分類學
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The Darwinian Tourist

Viewing the world through evolutionary eyes

de Christopher Wills ...

In this magnificently illustrated book, Christopher Wills takes us on a series of adventures. From the underwater life of Indonesia's Lambeh Strait to a little valley in northern Israel, to an earthquake in the coral reef off the island of Yap and the dry valleys of western Mongolia, Wills demonstrates how ecology and evolution have interacted to yield the world we live in. Each chapter features a ... Leer más

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In this magnificently illustrated book, Christopher Wills takes us on a series of adventures. From the underwater life of Indonesia's Lambeh Strait to a little valley in northern Israel, to an earthquake in the coral reef off the island of Yap and the dry valleys of western Mongolia, Wills demonstrates how ecology and evolution have interacted to yield the world we live in. Each chapter features a
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How Evolution Explains Everything About Life

From Darwin's brilliant idea to today's epic theory

de New Scientist ...

Series series New Scientist Instant Expert
How did we get here?All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants.We now know that it has taken 3.8 billions of years of work by the forces of evolution to turn what was once a lump of barren rock into the ... Leer más

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How did we get here?All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants.We now know that it has taken 3.8 billions of years of work by the forces of evolution to turn what was once a lump of barren rock into the
... Leer más
How Science Works: Evolution

The Nature of Science & The Science of Nature

de John Ellis ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science and religion compatible? Why are there so many different religious beliefs but only one science? What ... Leer más

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Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science and religion compatible? Why are there so many different religious beliefs but only one science? What
... Leer más
Bullfighting and Evolution

de Jack Nelson ...

Bullfighting is more than a bloody spectacle. It must be seen in a context going back to pre-history, and extending into our distant future. Biology, ecology, economics, evolution,and more. Our own nature is tied to the picture. ... Leer más

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Bullfighting is more than a bloody spectacle. It must be seen in a context going back to pre-history, and extending into our distant future. Biology, ecology, economics, evolution,and more. Our own nature is tied to the picture.
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The Demise of Darwinism

de H. Clay Gorton ...

For over 150 years, Darwin's theory of evolution has been presented as the unshakable foundation of modern science—a framework through which the origins of life, the diversity of species, and the ascent of humankind are explained. But what if that foundation is crumbling?The Demise of Darwinism is a groundbreaking examination of the evidence that dismantles the myth of unguided evolution. Drawing ... Leer más

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For over 150 years, Darwin's theory of evolution has been presented as the unshakable foundation of modern science—a framework through which the origins of life, the diversity of species, and the ascent of humankind are explained. But what if that foundation is crumbling?The Demise of Darwinism is a groundbreaking examination of the evidence that dismantles the myth of unguided evolution. Drawing
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On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection

de Alfred Russel Wallace ...

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1858 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties' is a landmark article on Wallace's ideas of natural selection in relation to evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. ... Leer más

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1858 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties' is a landmark article on Wallace's ideas of natural selection in relation to evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales.
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An Evolutionary Story of Agency

How Life Evolved to Act on its Own

de Álvaro Moreno, Juli Peretó ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This open access book exposes the role of "agency" in the history of life. Agency is understood as the capacity of an organism to act, make decisions, and exercise control over its actions in order to achieve goals or to navigate and interact with its environment. The question of agency has become a hot and controversial topic in Biology and Philosophy of the Natural Sciences. This volume studies ... Leer más

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This open access book exposes the role of "agency" in the history of life. Agency is understood as the capacity of an organism to act, make decisions, and exercise control over its actions in order to achieve goals or to navigate and interact with its environment. The question of agency has become a hot and controversial topic in Biology and Philosophy of the Natural Sciences. This volume studies
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Adaptation and Natural Selection

A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought

de George Christopher Williams ...

Series series Princeton Science Library
Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection—the idea that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. Williams’s famous work in favor of simple Darwinism over ... Leer más

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Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection—the idea that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. Williams’s famous work in favor of simple Darwinism over
... Leer más
Why Only Humans Weep

Unravelling the Mysteries of Tears

de Ad Vingerhoets ...

Crying has fascinated mankind for millenia. Since ancient times, we have known that emotional tears are a unique human characteristic. Unsurprisingly, over hundreds of years, scholars from different backgrounds have speculated about the origin and functions of human tears. According to Charles Darwin, tears fulfilled no adaptive function. And yet, this seems in sharp contrast to statements in the ... Leer más

$69.29 USD

Crying has fascinated mankind for millenia. Since ancient times, we have known that emotional tears are a unique human characteristic. Unsurprisingly, over hundreds of years, scholars from different backgrounds have speculated about the origin and functions of human tears. According to Charles Darwin, tears fulfilled no adaptive function. And yet, this seems in sharp contrast to statements in the
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The Cradle of Humanity

How the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart

de Mark Maslin ...

Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particular fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have influenced almost every part of the Earth system and as a consequence are changing the global environmental and evolutionary trajectory of the Earth. ... Leer más

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Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particular fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have influenced almost every part of the Earth system and as a consequence are changing the global environmental and evolutionary trajectory of the Earth.
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Active Biological Evolution: Feedback-Driven, Actively Accelerated, Organismal and Cancer Evolution

de Frank H. Laukien ...

The underlying active mechanisms of change generation, which enable efficient adaptive evolution, have eluded biologists for decades. Until now...The prevailing scientific view still holds that organismal and cancer evolution is largely a function of accumulated random genetic mutations and natural selection.While inefficient random mutations were the primary mechanism of evolution during early ... Leer más

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The underlying active mechanisms of change generation, which enable efficient adaptive evolution, have eluded biologists for decades. Until now...The prevailing scientific view still holds that organismal and cancer evolution is largely a function of accumulated random genetic mutations and natural selection.While inefficient random mutations were the primary mechanism of evolution during early
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Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine

From Research to Policy and Practice

Edición de Alexandra Alvergne, Crispin Jenkinson, Charlotte Faurie ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
The aim of this edited book is to provide health professionals, across a wide variety of specialisms, with a targeted access to evolutionary medicine. Throughout the book, the views of both medical and evolutionary scientists on the latest relevant research is presented with a focus on practical implications. The inclusion of boxes explaining the theoretical background as well as both a glossary ... Leer más

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The aim of this edited book is to provide health professionals, across a wide variety of specialisms, with a targeted access to evolutionary medicine. Throughout the book, the views of both medical and evolutionary scientists on the latest relevant research is presented with a focus on practical implications. The inclusion of boxes explaining the theoretical background as well as both a glossary
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Evolution: Its nature, its evidence, and its relation to religious thought

Enriched edition. Exploring Evolution: Evidence, Impact, and Faith

de Joseph LeConte, Chloe Fields ...

In "Evolution: Its Nature, Its Evidence, and Its Relation to Religious Thought," Joseph LeConte navigates the intricate interface between evolutionary biology and religious belief. Written with clarity and precision, LeConte adopts a didactic literary style that is accessible yet intellectually rigorous, employing scientific evidence to advocate for evolution while addressing its philosophical and ... Leer más

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In "Evolution: Its Nature, Its Evidence, and Its Relation to Religious Thought," Joseph LeConte navigates the intricate interface between evolutionary biology and religious belief. Written with clarity and precision, LeConte adopts a didactic literary style that is accessible yet intellectually rigorous, employing scientific evidence to advocate for evolution while addressing its philosophical and
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