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Memórias sobre a influência dos descobrimentos portugueses no conhecimento das plantas

de Francisco Manuel de Melo ...

Descubra os segredos botânicos que moldaram o mundo moderno!Em "Memórias sobre a influência dos descobrimentos portugueses no conhecimento das plantas", Francisco Manuel de Melo, Conde de Ficalho, leva-nos numa viagem fascinante através dos séculos, revelando como as explorações portuguesas transformaram o entendimento global das plantas.Este livro é uma obra-prima que combina história, botânica e ... Leer más

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Descubra os segredos botânicos que moldaram o mundo moderno!Em "Memórias sobre a influência dos descobrimentos portugueses no conhecimento das plantas", Francisco Manuel de Melo, Conde de Ficalho, leva-nos numa viagem fascinante através dos séculos, revelando como as explorações portuguesas transformaram o entendimento global das plantas.Este livro é uma obra-prima que combina história, botânica e
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The Rape and Murder of Mother Nature

de Alistair Graham ...

The deep conflict between wild animals and people led the author to a life-long determination to comprehend why governments are driven to get rid of Nature and turn its land into farms and cities. Civilization as we know it is built on the ruins of Nature. More than half of Nature has been cleared away to enable economic growth. What remains will be gone in just 80 years’ time. The present book is ... Leer más

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The deep conflict between wild animals and people led the author to a life-long determination to comprehend why governments are driven to get rid of Nature and turn its land into farms and cities. Civilization as we know it is built on the ruins of Nature. More than half of Nature has been cleared away to enable economic growth. What remains will be gone in just 80 years’ time. The present book is
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Die Evolution des Menschen

de Thomas Junker ...

Series Libro 2409 - Beck'sche Reihe
Wie sind Menschen entstanden? Wer waren ihre Vorfahren?Warum gibt es überhaupt Menschen? Warum sehen dieMenschen der verschiedenen Erdteile und Länder anders aus?Warum unterscheiden sich Frauen und Männer in Merkmalen wie Größe und Behaarung? Warum werden Menschen krank, warum sterben sie?Warum gibt es Kunst und Kultur? Beispielhaft zeigt Thomas Junker, wie erfolgreich die Evolutionsbiologie ... Leer más

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Wie sind Menschen entstanden? Wer waren ihre Vorfahren?Warum gibt es überhaupt Menschen? Warum sehen dieMenschen der verschiedenen Erdteile und Länder anders aus?Warum unterscheiden sich Frauen und Männer in Merkmalen wie Größe und Behaarung? Warum werden Menschen krank, warum sterben sie?Warum gibt es Kunst und Kultur? Beispielhaft zeigt Thomas Junker, wie erfolgreich die Evolutionsbiologie
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The Animal in the Secret World of Darwin

Human Nature and the Third-Cause Axiom

de Michel Bergeron ...

Scientist Charles Darwin discretely opened the possibility of a purely animalistic origin for the human species. He repeatedly insisted that the differences between humans and others were a question of degree only. Sciences were, however, taken in the opposite direction, where these differences cannot have been generated by the natural processes of biological evolution.In The Animal in the Secret ... Leer más

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Scientist Charles Darwin discretely opened the possibility of a purely animalistic origin for the human species. He repeatedly insisted that the differences between humans and others were a question of degree only. Sciences were, however, taken in the opposite direction, where these differences cannot have been generated by the natural processes of biological evolution.In The Animal in the Secret
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Creationis Biology - Volume III

de SCRIBE OF CHRIST ...

God exists, when I was fifteen I met him, that was in 1985, at the end of that year I was taken up to the heavens in a vigil on the tannery hill in São Vicente, in the Japui neighborhood, I spent about an hour and a half in the heavens before God. But this was my particular experience, we have the duty to believe in God not because we see him, but because we can see the signs he left us in nature, ... Leer más

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God exists, when I was fifteen I met him, that was in 1985, at the end of that year I was taken up to the heavens in a vigil on the tannery hill in São Vicente, in the Japui neighborhood, I spent about an hour and a half in the heavens before God. But this was my particular experience, we have the duty to believe in God not because we see him, but because we can see the signs he left us in nature,
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My Cousin & Me

And Other Animals

de Gordon Harrison ...

We left paradise when I was five and moved to the city to live with my mother’s sister. I later learned, there were two reasons for this move: so that my parents could find work and I could attend school. My mother was sympathetic toward my desire to return to the farm, so everyJuly 1 she took me back to paradise for the summer. I lived the rest of the year for those two months.The farm was run by ... Leer más

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We left paradise when I was five and moved to the city to live with my mother’s sister. I later learned, there were two reasons for this move: so that my parents could find work and I could attend school. My mother was sympathetic toward my desire to return to the farm, so everyJuly 1 she took me back to paradise for the summer. I lived the rest of the year for those two months.The farm was run by
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La evolución de las especies

de Charles Darwin ...

La hipótesis de que las especies se transforman continuamente fue postulada por numerosos científicos de los siglos XVIII y XIX, a los cuales Charles Darwin citó en el primer capítulo de su libro El origen de las especies. Sin embargo, fue el propio Darwin, en 1859, quien sintetizó un cuerpo coherente de observaciones que consolidaron el concepto de la evolución biológica en una verdadera teoría ... Leer más

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La hipótesis de que las especies se transforman continuamente fue postulada por numerosos científicos de los siglos XVIII y XIX, a los cuales Charles Darwin citó en el primer capítulo de su libro El origen de las especies. Sin embargo, fue el propio Darwin, en 1859, quien sintetizó un cuerpo coherente de observaciones que consolidaron el concepto de la evolución biológica en una verdadera teoría
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The Epigenetic Caterpillar: An Alternative to the Neo-Darwinian view of the Peppered Moth Phenomenon

de Maria B O'Hare ...

Industrial melanism of peppered moths is a famous case of what has often been described as: 'Darwinian evolution via selection in action'. This little book offers an alternative, yet light hearted approach, to this rather controversial topic, based upon the most recent and cutting-edge biological scientific discoveries of our present time. This alternative explanation gives us an insight into past ... Leer más

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Industrial melanism of peppered moths is a famous case of what has often been described as: 'Darwinian evolution via selection in action'. This little book offers an alternative, yet light hearted approach, to this rather controversial topic, based upon the most recent and cutting-edge biological scientific discoveries of our present time. This alternative explanation gives us an insight into past
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Our Animal Connection

What Sapiens Can Learn from Other Species

de Michael Hehenberger, Zhi Xia ...

This book covers the many ways humans benefit from interactions with other living species. By studying animals of all kinds and sizes, from microbial organisms to elephants and whales, we can learn about their adaptations to extreme conditions on the planet Earth, about the evolutionary development of specialized capabilities, and about their ways of defending themselves against predators and ... Leer más

$79.99 USD

This book covers the many ways humans benefit from interactions with other living species. By studying animals of all kinds and sizes, from microbial organisms to elephants and whales, we can learn about their adaptations to extreme conditions on the planet Earth, about the evolutionary development of specialized capabilities, and about their ways of defending themselves against predators and
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Species Diversity of Animals in Japan

Edición de Masaharu Motokawa, Hiroshi Kajihara ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book summarizes the status quo of the knowledge about the biodiversity in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine animals that live in Japan. Consisting of some 6,800 islands that are arrayed for approximately 3,500 km from north to south, the Japanese archipelago has a complex history in a paleogeographic formation process over time and harbors rich flora and fauna. This work will contribute to ... Leer más

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This book summarizes the status quo of the knowledge about the biodiversity in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine animals that live in Japan. Consisting of some 6,800 islands that are arrayed for approximately 3,500 km from north to south, the Japanese archipelago has a complex history in a paleogeographic formation process over time and harbors rich flora and fauna. This work will contribute to
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Rates of Evolution

A Quantitative Synthesis

de Philip D. Gingerich ...

How fast is evolution, and why does it matter? The rate of evolution, and whether it is gradual or punctuated, is a hotly debated topic among biologists and paleontologists. This book compiles and compares examples of evolution from laboratory, field, and fossil record studies, analyzing them to extract their underlying rates. It concludes that while change is slow when averaged over many ... Leer más

$90.99 USD

How fast is evolution, and why does it matter? The rate of evolution, and whether it is gradual or punctuated, is a hotly debated topic among biologists and paleontologists. This book compiles and compares examples of evolution from laboratory, field, and fossil record studies, analyzing them to extract their underlying rates. It concludes that while change is slow when averaged over many
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Den største historie

de Julie Bang, Johan Olsen ...

Ilustraciones de Ina Korneliussen ...

Den største historie er en fortælling, der svarer på det allerstørste spørgsmål, som et barn kan stille – og som de færreste voksne tør prøve at svare på.11-årige Ava stiller altid mange spørgsmål, men en dag finder hun på det største, hun har stillet indtil nu: Hvad er et menneske?Heldigvis kender hun en, der kan hjælpe hende med at svare. Johan Olsen hedder han. Han er videnskabsmand og bor i ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

Den største historie er en fortælling, der svarer på det allerstørste spørgsmål, som et barn kan stille – og som de færreste voksne tør prøve at svare på.11-årige Ava stiller altid mange spørgsmål, men en dag finder hun på det største, hun har stillet indtil nu: Hvad er et menneske?Heldigvis kender hun en, der kan hjælpe hende med at svare. Johan Olsen hedder han. Han er videnskabsmand og bor i
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Darwin's Historical Sketch

An Examination of the 'Preface' to the Origin of Species

de Curtis N. Johnson ...

Charles Darwin's "Historical Sketch" has appeared as a preface to nearly every authorized edition of Darwin's Origin of Species since the second English edition was published in 1860. The "Historical Sketch" provides a brief history of opinion about the species question as a prelude to Darwin's own independent contribution to the subject, but its provenance is somewhat obscure. While some previous ... Leer más

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Charles Darwin's "Historical Sketch" has appeared as a preface to nearly every authorized edition of Darwin's Origin of Species since the second English edition was published in 1860. The "Historical Sketch" provides a brief history of opinion about the species question as a prelude to Darwin's own independent contribution to the subject, but its provenance is somewhat obscure. While some previous
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Muscles of Chordates

Development, Homologies, and Evolution

de Rui Diogo, Janine M. Ziermann, Julia Molnar, Natalia Siomava, Virginia Abdala ...

Chordates comprise lampreys, hagfishes, jawed fishes, and tetrapods, plus a variety of more unfamiliar and crucially important non-vertebrate animal lineages, such as lancelets and sea squirts. This will be the first book to synthesize, summarize, and provide high-quality illustrations to show what is known of the configuration, development, homology, and evolution of the muscles of all major ... Leer más

$94.99 USD

Chordates comprise lampreys, hagfishes, jawed fishes, and tetrapods, plus a variety of more unfamiliar and crucially important non-vertebrate animal lineages, such as lancelets and sea squirts. This will be the first book to synthesize, summarize, and provide high-quality illustrations to show what is known of the configuration, development, homology, and evolution of the muscles of all major
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Evolutionary Biogeography of the Andean Region

de Juan J. Morrone ...

Series series CRC Biogeography Series
Key features:The first reference book to provide a comprehensive treatment of the biogreography of the Andean regionIncludes lists of the synonyms for each area and examples of the plant and animal taxa characterizing them. An extensive reference section serves as an entry point for more in-depth research on individual subjectsDiscusses the relationships between the areas, formulating hypotheses ... Leer más

$70.99 USD

Key features:The first reference book to provide a comprehensive treatment of the biogreography of the Andean regionIncludes lists of the synonyms for each area and examples of the plant and animal taxa characterizing them. An extensive reference section serves as an entry point for more in-depth research on individual subjectsDiscusses the relationships between the areas, formulating hypotheses
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Evolution by Natural Selection

Confidence, Evidence and the Gap

de Michaelis Michael ...

Series series Species and Systematics
A persistent argument among evolutionary biologists and philosophers revolves around the nature of natural selection. Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap explores this argument by using a theory of persistence as an intentional foil to examine ways in which similar theories can be misunderstood. It discusses Charles Dar ... Leer más

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A persistent argument among evolutionary biologists and philosophers revolves around the nature of natural selection. Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap explores this argument by using a theory of persistence as an intentional foil to examine ways in which similar theories can be misunderstood. It discusses Charles Dar
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Political Descent

Malthus, Mutualism, and the Politics of Evolution in Victorian England

de Piers J. Hale ...

Historians of science have long noted the influence of the nineteenth-century political economist Thomas Robert Malthus on Charles Darwin. In a bold move, Piers J. Hale contends that this focus on Malthus and his effect on Darwin’s evolutionary thought neglects a strong anti-Malthusian tradition in English intellectual life, one that not only predated the 1859 publication of the Origin of Species ... Leer más

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Historians of science have long noted the influence of the nineteenth-century political economist Thomas Robert Malthus on Charles Darwin. In a bold move, Piers J. Hale contends that this focus on Malthus and his effect on Darwin’s evolutionary thought neglects a strong anti-Malthusian tradition in English intellectual life, one that not only predated the 1859 publication of the Origin of Species
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Tolstoy’s Family Prototypes in "War and Peace"

de Brett Cooke ...

Series series Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts
What were the consequences of Tolstoy’s unusual reliance on members of his family as source material for War and Peace? Did affection for close relatives influence depictions of these real prototypes in his fictional characters? Tolstoy used these models to consider his origins, to ponder alternative family histories, and to critique himself. Comparison of the novel and its fascinating drafts with ... Leer más

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What were the consequences of Tolstoy’s unusual reliance on members of his family as source material for War and Peace? Did affection for close relatives influence depictions of these real prototypes in his fictional characters? Tolstoy used these models to consider his origins, to ponder alternative family histories, and to critique himself. Comparison of the novel and its fascinating drafts with
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Uma breve história da inteligência

evolução, IA e os cinco avanços que nosso cérebro fez

de Max S. Bennett ...

Traducido por Eveline Machado ...

Na última década, as capacidades da inteligência artificial tornaram-se nossa realidade. A IA agora é capaz de produzir uma arte original, identificar tumores em imagens e até mesmo dirigir nossos carros. No entanto, o cérebro humano ainda realiza facilmente feitos intelectuais que não podemos replicar nos sistemas de IA. Como é possível que a IA possa vencer um grande mestre no xadrez, mas não ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

Na última década, as capacidades da inteligência artificial tornaram-se nossa realidade. A IA agora é capaz de produzir uma arte original, identificar tumores em imagens e até mesmo dirigir nossos carros. No entanto, o cérebro humano ainda realiza facilmente feitos intelectuais que não podemos replicar nos sistemas de IA. Como é possível que a IA possa vencer um grande mestre no xadrez, mas não
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Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma

Unveiling Prehistoric Pelycosaurs of Oklahoma's Lower Permian

de Richard C. Fox ...

In "Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma," Richard C. Fox presents a comprehensive examination of newly discovered species of pelycosaurs, crucial early amniotes that illustrate significant evolutionary developments during the Permian period. Through meticulous fossil analysis and detailed illustrations, Fox adopts a rigorous scientific approach that balances descriptive anatomy ... Leer más

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In "Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma," Richard C. Fox presents a comprehensive examination of newly discovered species of pelycosaurs, crucial early amniotes that illustrate significant evolutionary developments during the Permian period. Through meticulous fossil analysis and detailed illustrations, Fox adopts a rigorous scientific approach that balances descriptive anatomy
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Evolution and Belief

Confessions of a Religious Paleontologist

de Robert J. Asher ...

Can a scientist believe in God? Does the ongoing debate between some evolutionists and evangelicals show that the two sides are irreconcilable? As a paleontologist and a religious believer, Robert Asher constantly confronts the perceived conflict between his occupation and his faith. In the course of his scientific work, he has found that no other theory comes close to Darwin's as an explanation ... Leer más

$31.19 USD

Can a scientist believe in God? Does the ongoing debate between some evolutionists and evangelicals show that the two sides are irreconcilable? As a paleontologist and a religious believer, Robert Asher constantly confronts the perceived conflict between his occupation and his faith. In the course of his scientific work, he has found that no other theory comes close to Darwin's as an explanation
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Cranial Osteology of the Hylid Frog, Smilisca baudini

Exploring the Evolutionary Significance of Frog Cranial Morphology

de Linda Trueb ...

In "Cranial Osteology of the Hylid Frog, Smilisca baudini," Linda Trueb meticulously examines the cranial anatomy of Smilisca baudini, a notable species within the Hylidae family. Trueb employs a detailed comparative analysis, integrating both morphological and evolutionary perspectives, which highlights the unique adaptations of this frog. Her rigorous approach is evident as she navigates the ... Leer más

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In "Cranial Osteology of the Hylid Frog, Smilisca baudini," Linda Trueb meticulously examines the cranial anatomy of Smilisca baudini, a notable species within the Hylidae family. Trueb employs a detailed comparative analysis, integrating both morphological and evolutionary perspectives, which highlights the unique adaptations of this frog. Her rigorous approach is evident as she navigates the
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Nous, les humains

Un voyage de 40000 ans aux origines de la conscience

de Charles Foster ...

Traducido por Marie-Hélène Ray ...

Quel genre de créature est un humain ? Si nous ne savons pas ce que nous sommes, comment pouvons-nous savoir comment agir ? C’est le point de départ de la nouvelle aventure intellectuelle de Charles Foster qui nous invite à un voyage de 40 000 ans aux origines de la conscience moderne. Il part en quête des raisons et des conditions de son émergence, quelque part au Paléolithique supérieur, en ... Leer más

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Quel genre de créature est un humain ? Si nous ne savons pas ce que nous sommes, comment pouvons-nous savoir comment agir ? C’est le point de départ de la nouvelle aventure intellectuelle de Charles Foster qui nous invite à un voyage de 40 000 ans aux origines de la conscience moderne. Il part en quête des raisons et des conditions de son émergence, quelque part au Paléolithique supérieur, en
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The Philosophy of Human Evolution

de Michael Ruse ...

Series series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
This book provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, looking at the facts and interpretations since Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man. Michael Ruse explores such topics as the nature of scientific theories, the relationships between culture and biology, the problem of progress and the extent to which evolutionary issues pose problems for religious beliefs. He ... Leer más

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This book provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, looking at the facts and interpretations since Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man. Michael Ruse explores such topics as the nature of scientific theories, the relationships between culture and biology, the problem of progress and the extent to which evolutionary issues pose problems for religious beliefs. He
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