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Natural Selection

On the Origin of Species and Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection

de Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace ...

Series series The Big Ideas
Brought together here in one volume are two seminal books expressing ideas that completely changed the world.On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was published in 1859 into an inferno of controversy. In his masterpiece, Darwin cogently explains the tenets of evolutionary theory; natural selection, adaptation, inheritance, the struggle for existence, and the survival of the fittest.All of ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Brought together here in one volume are two seminal books expressing ideas that completely changed the world.On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was published in 1859 into an inferno of controversy. In his masterpiece, Darwin cogently explains the tenets of evolutionary theory; natural selection, adaptation, inheritance, the struggle for existence, and the survival of the fittest.All of
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Lynn Margulis

The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel

Edición de Dorion Sagan ...

Tireless, controversial, and hugely inspirational to those who knew her or encountered her work, Lynn Margulis was a scientist whose intellectual energy and interests knew no bounds. Best known for her work on the origins of eukaryotic cells, the Gaia hypothesis, and symbiogenesis as a driving force in evolution, her work has forever changed the way we understand life on Earth.When Margulis passed ... Leer más

$21.99 USD

Tireless, controversial, and hugely inspirational to those who knew her or encountered her work, Lynn Margulis was a scientist whose intellectual energy and interests knew no bounds. Best known for her work on the origins of eukaryotic cells, the Gaia hypothesis, and symbiogenesis as a driving force in evolution, her work has forever changed the way we understand life on Earth.When Margulis passed
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Origins

Speak to the Earth

de Larry D. Booher ...

Origins: Speak to the Earth is an anthology of scientific evidence supporting a creation / global flood / young earth worldview. It is written primarily for students as an alternative to the theory of evolution. God himself formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he did not create it a waste place [he created it not in vain], he formed it to be inhabited. (Isaiah 45:18) ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Origins: Speak to the Earth is an anthology of scientific evidence supporting a creation / global flood / young earth worldview. It is written primarily for students as an alternative to the theory of evolution. God himself formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he did not create it a waste place [he created it not in vain], he formed it to be inhabited. (Isaiah 45:18)
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Biodiversity and Evolution of Parasitic Life in the Southern Ocean

Edición de Sven Klimpel, Thomas Kuhn, Heinz Mehlhorn ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The Southern Oceans including Antarctic regions are peculiar and very sensitive water biotopes, where animal life and species interrelations are only poorly investigated. Especially the influence of parasites on their host species needs intensive consideration in times of global warming and worldwide pollution. Both factors may influence the finely balanced interrelationships between parasites and ... Leer más

$170.09 USD

The Southern Oceans including Antarctic regions are peculiar and very sensitive water biotopes, where animal life and species interrelations are only poorly investigated. Especially the influence of parasites on their host species needs intensive consideration in times of global warming and worldwide pollution. Both factors may influence the finely balanced interrelationships between parasites and
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Yeni Başlayanlar İçin "Evrim"

de Kemal Kaya ...

"Ben evrime inanmıyorum!" dediniz mi hiç? Eğer dediyseniz size evrim adına cevap veriyim. Evrim bir inanç meselesi değildir. Siz inansanız da vardır, inanmasanız da vardır. Evrim gün gibi gerçektir. Evrimle alakalı farklı teoriler vardır. Hepsini ilerleyen sayfalarda okuyacaksınız. Bu kitabı okuduktan sonra evrimin. "Haaa maymundan gelme şeyi..." olmadığını anlayacaksınız. Ve bu kitapta yalnızca ... Leer más

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"Ben evrime inanmıyorum!" dediniz mi hiç? Eğer dediyseniz size evrim adına cevap veriyim. Evrim bir inanç meselesi değildir. Siz inansanız da vardır, inanmasanız da vardır. Evrim gün gibi gerçektir. Evrimle alakalı farklı teoriler vardır. Hepsini ilerleyen sayfalarda okuyacaksınız. Bu kitabı okuduktan sonra evrimin. "Haaa maymundan gelme şeyi..." olmadığını anlayacaksınız. Ve bu kitapta yalnızca
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The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects

Edición de Ted R Schultz, Peter N Peregrine, Richard Gawne ...

Series series Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
Contributors explore common elements in the evolutionary histories of both human and insect agriculture resulting from convergent evolution.During the past 12,000 years, agriculture originated in humans as many as twenty-three times, and during the past 65 million years, agriculture also originated in nonhuman animals at least twenty times and in insects at least fifteen times. It is much more ... Leer más

$49.99 USD

Contributors explore common elements in the evolutionary histories of both human and insect agriculture resulting from convergent evolution.During the past 12,000 years, agriculture originated in humans as many as twenty-three times, and during the past 65 million years, agriculture also originated in nonhuman animals at least twenty times and in insects at least fifteen times. It is much more
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Tuco-Tucos

An Evolutionary Approach to the Diversity of a Neotropical Subterranean Rodent

Edición de Thales Renato Ochotorena de Freitas, Gislene Lopes Gonçalves, Renan Maestri ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book examines the biology of tuco-tucos (Ctenomys) from an evolutionary perspective. Historically, these subterranean rodents have long attracted the attention of scientists due to its remarkable chromosomes variability and rapid diversification. A wealth of knowledge on physiology, ecology, genetics, morphology, paleontology, and taxonomy has been documented in the last 70 years through ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

This book examines the biology of tuco-tucos (Ctenomys) from an evolutionary perspective. Historically, these subterranean rodents have long attracted the attention of scientists due to its remarkable chromosomes variability and rapid diversification. A wealth of knowledge on physiology, ecology, genetics, morphology, paleontology, and taxonomy has been documented in the last 70 years through
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The Discovery of Chinese Literature (Wenxue)

de Laiming Yu ...

Traducido por Dan Qin ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This booktraces the origin and evolvement of two Chinese characters “wenxue”(literature) by using the methods of conceptual history and historical and cultural semantics, and by taking the evolution and changes of the concept of the these two characters and their interpretations in the west as a window, and re-examining the contemporary morphology of concept evolution in the historical context of ... Leer más

$98.99 USD

This booktraces the origin and evolvement of two Chinese characters “wenxue”(literature) by using the methods of conceptual history and historical and cultural semantics, and by taking the evolution and changes of the concept of the these two characters and their interpretations in the west as a window, and re-examining the contemporary morphology of concept evolution in the historical context of
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Chimica prebiotica ed origine della vita

de Giovanni Occhipinti ...

Frutto di venticinque anni di ricerche sperimentali e dieci anni di studi bibliografici, quest'opera esplora l'intrigante ipotesi dell'origine abiotica della vita. Partendo da semplici amminoacidi, elementi fondamentali delle proteine, il libro svela come queste molecole, presenti fin dall'epoca prebiotica e rinvenute in meteoriti antichi, potrebbero aver giocato un ruolo cruciale nell'evoluzione ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

Frutto di venticinque anni di ricerche sperimentali e dieci anni di studi bibliografici, quest'opera esplora l'intrigante ipotesi dell'origine abiotica della vita. Partendo da semplici amminoacidi, elementi fondamentali delle proteine, il libro svela come queste molecole, presenti fin dall'epoca prebiotica e rinvenute in meteoriti antichi, potrebbero aver giocato un ruolo cruciale nell'evoluzione
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Contingency and Convergence

Toward a Cosmic Biology of Body and Mind

de Russell Powell ...

Series series Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
Can we can use the patterns and processes of convergent evolution to make inferences about universal laws of life, on Earth and elsewhere?In this book, Russell Powell investigates whether we can use the patterns and processes of convergent evolution to make inferences about universal laws of life, on Earth and elsewhere. Weaving together disparate philosophical and empirical threads, Powell offers ... Leer más

$36.99 USD

Can we can use the patterns and processes of convergent evolution to make inferences about universal laws of life, on Earth and elsewhere?In this book, Russell Powell investigates whether we can use the patterns and processes of convergent evolution to make inferences about universal laws of life, on Earth and elsewhere. Weaving together disparate philosophical and empirical threads, Powell offers
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Evolutionary Causation

Biological and Philosophical Reflections

Edición de Tobias Uller, Kevin N. Lala ...

Series Libro 23 - Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
A comprehensive treatment of the concept of causation in evolutionary biology that makes clear its central role in both historical and contemporary debates.Most scientific explanations are causal. This is certainly the case in evolutionary biology, which seeks to explain the diversity of life and the adaptive fit between organisms and their surroundings. The nature of causation in evolutionary ... Leer más

$36.99 USD

A comprehensive treatment of the concept of causation in evolutionary biology that makes clear its central role in both historical and contemporary debates.Most scientific explanations are causal. This is certainly the case in evolutionary biology, which seeks to explain the diversity of life and the adaptive fit between organisms and their surroundings. The nature of causation in evolutionary
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Serpentine

The Evolution and Ecology of a Model System

Edición de Susan Harrison, Nishanta Rajakaruna ...

Serpentine soils have long fascinated biologists for the specialized floras they support and the challenges they pose to plant survival and growth. This volume focuses on what scientists have learned about major questions in earth history, evolution, ecology, conservation, and restoration from the study of serpentine areas, especially in California. Results from molecular studies offer insight ... Leer más

$76.49 USD

Serpentine soils have long fascinated biologists for the specialized floras they support and the challenges they pose to plant survival and growth. This volume focuses on what scientists have learned about major questions in earth history, evolution, ecology, conservation, and restoration from the study of serpentine areas, especially in California. Results from molecular studies offer insight
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The Darwin Machine

How Directed Evolution Builds Chemistry Nature Never Invented

de Julian R. Ashmore ...

How do scientists make evolution happen on command—and use it to build molecules nature never invented? The Darwin Machine answers that question through one of modern biotechnology’s most powerful ideas: directed evolution. For curious general readers, it reveals how Darwin’s slow, blind process became a laboratory tool that can redesign enzymes, improve medicines, and reshape manufacturing, all ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

How do scientists make evolution happen on command—and use it to build molecules nature never invented? The Darwin Machine answers that question through one of modern biotechnology’s most powerful ideas: directed evolution. For curious general readers, it reveals how Darwin’s slow, blind process became a laboratory tool that can redesign enzymes, improve medicines, and reshape manufacturing, all
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The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba

Edición de Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Tatyana Humle, Yukimaru Sugiyama ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans. This community of Pan troglodytes verus has contributed more than three decades of data to the field of cultural primatology, especially chimpanzees’ flexible use of stones to crack open nuts and of perishable ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans. This community of Pan troglodytes verus has contributed more than three decades of data to the field of cultural primatology, especially chimpanzees’ flexible use of stones to crack open nuts and of perishable
... Leer más
Phytopathogenic Bacteria

An Imminent Threat to Sustainable Food Production

de B. S. Thind ...

The field of Plant Bacteriology/Phytobacteriology is of great importance as it is rapidly changing and advancing due to recent advances in genomics and molecular plant bacteriology, as well as the global spread of bacterial plant diseases and the emergence of new bacterial plant pathogens. So, there is a need to integrate the understanding of bacterial taxonomy, genomics and basic plant ... Leer más

$233.99 USD

The field of Plant Bacteriology/Phytobacteriology is of great importance as it is rapidly changing and advancing due to recent advances in genomics and molecular plant bacteriology, as well as the global spread of bacterial plant diseases and the emergence of new bacterial plant pathogens. So, there is a need to integrate the understanding of bacterial taxonomy, genomics and basic plant
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Animal Architects

Building and the Evolution of Intelligence

de Carol Grant Gould, James L Gould ...

Animal behavior has long been a battleground between the competing claims of nature and nurture, with the possible role of cognition in behavior as a recent addition to this debate. There is an untapped trove of behavioral data that can tell us a great deal about how the animals draw from these neural strategies: The structures animals build provide a superb window on the workings of the animal ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Animal behavior has long been a battleground between the competing claims of nature and nurture, with the possible role of cognition in behavior as a recent addition to this debate. There is an untapped trove of behavioral data that can tell us a great deal about how the animals draw from these neural strategies: The structures animals build provide a superb window on the workings of the animal
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Adaptarse o morir

Los secretos de la naturaleza para sobrevivir en el mundo animal

de Evelyn Segura ...

Series series Para curiosos
Nacer, crecer y reproducirse son tres de las etapas vitales por las que cualquier ser vivo debe transitar, para llegar dramáticamente a una cuarta: la muerte. A lo largo de este libro descubriremos como distintas especies han diseñado sus estrategias de supervivencia, a través de la selección natural y la evolución, para seguir jugando al ciclo de la vida. ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

Nacer, crecer y reproducirse son tres de las etapas vitales por las que cualquier ser vivo debe transitar, para llegar dramáticamente a una cuarta: la muerte. A lo largo de este libro descubriremos como distintas especies han diseñado sus estrategias de supervivencia, a través de la selección natural y la evolución, para seguir jugando al ciclo de la vida.
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Evolution

The Origins and Mechanisms of Diversity

de Jonathan Bard ...

Evolution is the single unifying principle of biology and core to everything in the life sciences. More than a century of work by scientists from across the biological spectrum has produced a detailed history of life across the phyla and explained the mechanisms by which new species form.This textbook covers both this history and the mechanisms of speciation; it also aims to provide students with ... Leer más

$106.99 USD

Evolution is the single unifying principle of biology and core to everything in the life sciences. More than a century of work by scientists from across the biological spectrum has produced a detailed history of life across the phyla and explained the mechanisms by which new species form.This textbook covers both this history and the mechanisms of speciation; it also aims to provide students with
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Echinoderm Morphological Disparity: Methods, Patterns, and Possibilities

de Bradley Deline ...

Series series Elements of Paleontology
The quantification of morphology through time is a vital tool in elucidating macroevolutionary patterns. Studies of disparity require intense effort but can provide insights beyond those gained using other methodologies. Over the last several decades, studies of disparity have proliferated, often using echinoderms as a model organism. Echinoderms have been used to study the methodology of ... Leer más

$20.49 USD

The quantification of morphology through time is a vital tool in elucidating macroevolutionary patterns. Studies of disparity require intense effort but can provide insights beyond those gained using other methodologies. Over the last several decades, studies of disparity have proliferated, often using echinoderms as a model organism. Echinoderms have been used to study the methodology of
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The universe remembers that you once came to

the post-life consciousness continuation integration theory

de YiHam ...

(This book is originally in Chinese and was translated into English using artificial intelligence. There may be grammatical errors. Please read with caution.)This book, centered on the "Integrated Theory of Post-Life Consciousness Survival," aims to explore one of the most challenging yet ethically significant issues in contemporary philosophy and science: the nature of consciousness and its ... Leer más

$1.30 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

(This book is originally in Chinese and was translated into English using artificial intelligence. There may be grammatical errors. Please read with caution.)This book, centered on the "Integrated Theory of Post-Life Consciousness Survival," aims to explore one of the most challenging yet ethically significant issues in contemporary philosophy and science: the nature of consciousness and its
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The Starch Wader Hypothesis

A Waterside Hypothesis of Human Evolution

de Joshua Seewald ...

Long before anyone had considered the principle of evolution of species, people had been wondering how we came to exist. In early days, explanations were simply fabricated, because there was no way to gather evidence of what had happened. As the evidence began to trickle in, new explanations began to replace the old ones, but not without controversy. They often accounted for evidence that old ... Leer más

$12.00 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Long before anyone had considered the principle of evolution of species, people had been wondering how we came to exist. In early days, explanations were simply fabricated, because there was no way to gather evidence of what had happened. As the evidence began to trickle in, new explanations began to replace the old ones, but not without controversy. They often accounted for evidence that old
... Leer más
Why and how the Mutants and Creators Will Inherit the Earth - and Beyond

A Visionary Manifesto for Humanity’s Next Evolutionary Leap

de Benjamin Katz ...

This book is not just a book. It is a testimony—an unflinchingaccount of the fatal flaws and deep shortcomings embedded inus, the species I call Homo Stupidligence, driven by a tribal, StoneAge brain ill-suited for the complexities of our modern world.It is, secondly, a manifesto-a bold vision of how we can transcendthis Matrix of Stupidligence by evolving our minds, our culture,and our ... Leer más

$3.99 USD

This book is not just a book. It is a testimony—an unflinchingaccount of the fatal flaws and deep shortcomings embedded inus, the species I call Homo Stupidligence, driven by a tribal, StoneAge brain ill-suited for the complexities of our modern world.It is, secondly, a manifesto-a bold vision of how we can transcendthis Matrix of Stupidligence by evolving our minds, our culture,and our
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Darwin and Modern Science

Enriched edition. Unpacking Darwin's Legacy: Evolutionary Theory and Modern Biology

de A. C. Seward, Spencer Delaney ...

In "Darwin and Modern Science," A. C. Seward presents a comprehensive examination of Charles Darwin's revolutionary contributions to the field of natural science and the profound implications of his theories on evolution. Combining historical analysis with philosophical inquiry, the book encapsulates the prevailing scientific thought of the 19th century while critically engaging with the responses ... Leer más

$1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

In "Darwin and Modern Science," A. C. Seward presents a comprehensive examination of Charles Darwin's revolutionary contributions to the field of natural science and the profound implications of his theories on evolution. Combining historical analysis with philosophical inquiry, the book encapsulates the prevailing scientific thought of the 19th century while critically engaging with the responses
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Zic family

Evolution, Development and Disease

Edición de Jun Aruga ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of ZIC-family research. Part1 summarizes the ZIC family in animal evolution and development and presents an overall picture of the ZIC family gene structure in eumetazoan animals, providing an evolutionary hypothesis and reviewing the studies on the role of ZIC family proteins in developmental processes for each animal model. Part 2 shows that the ZIC ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

This book provides a comprehensive overview of ZIC-family research. Part1 summarizes the ZIC family in animal evolution and development and presents an overall picture of the ZIC family gene structure in eumetazoan animals, providing an evolutionary hypothesis and reviewing the studies on the role of ZIC family proteins in developmental processes for each animal model. Part 2 shows that the ZIC
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