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The Beauty Of The Beastly

New Views on the Nature of Life

de Natalie Angier ...

Natalie Angier knows all that scientists know - and sometimes more - about the power of symmetry in sexual relations, about the brutal courting habits of dolphins, about the grand deceit of orchids, about the impact of female and male preferences on evolution. She knows how scientists go about their work, and she describes their ways, their visions, and their arguments. Perhaps most poignantly, ... Leer más

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Natalie Angier knows all that scientists know - and sometimes more - about the power of symmetry in sexual relations, about the brutal courting habits of dolphins, about the grand deceit of orchids, about the impact of female and male preferences on evolution. She knows how scientists go about their work, and she describes their ways, their visions, and their arguments. Perhaps most poignantly,
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Das Universum des Lebens

Die unglaubliche Reise zu den Ursprüngen von fast allem

de Christophe Galfard ...

Traducido por Ursula Held, Moritz Langer ...

Was genau ist Leben? Und was braucht es, damit es entstehen kann? Ist die Erde mit ihren lebensfreundlichen Bedingungen einzigartig im Universum? Oder gibt es da draußen im Weltall irgendwo etwas, das ebenfalls lebt? Der bekannte Astrophysiker und Hawking-Schüler Christophe Galfard nimmt uns dorthin mit, wo sich die Planeten formen und Leben aus unbelebter Materie entsteht. Wir werden Zeugen der ... Leer más

$33.00 USD

Was genau ist Leben? Und was braucht es, damit es entstehen kann? Ist die Erde mit ihren lebensfreundlichen Bedingungen einzigartig im Universum? Oder gibt es da draußen im Weltall irgendwo etwas, das ebenfalls lebt? Der bekannte Astrophysiker und Hawking-Schüler Christophe Galfard nimmt uns dorthin mit, wo sich die Planeten formen und Leben aus unbelebter Materie entsteht. Wir werden Zeugen der
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Objections to Evolution

de Nirushan Sivanesan ...

The theory of evolution, as proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859, has been plagued by controversy and criticisms since its inception. But in the Western world at least, the fight seems to be almost over, with evolution being seen by many as a sealed deal. The theory has made its way into science textbooks and has firmly lodged itself there. Could this be the biggest mistake the scientific community ... Leer más

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The theory of evolution, as proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859, has been plagued by controversy and criticisms since its inception. But in the Western world at least, the fight seems to be almost over, with evolution being seen by many as a sealed deal. The theory has made its way into science textbooks and has firmly lodged itself there. Could this be the biggest mistake the scientific community
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Evolution, Old & New

Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, / as compared with that of Charles Darwin

de Samuel Butler ...

In "Evolution, Old & New," Samuel Butler presents a compelling critique of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, intertwining a deep philosophical inquiry with a critical examination of natural selection. Written in Butler's distinctive, candid prose, the work challenges prevailing scientific notions by positing an alternative view of evolution that incorporates elements of design and purpose. ... Leer más

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In "Evolution, Old & New," Samuel Butler presents a compelling critique of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, intertwining a deep philosophical inquiry with a critical examination of natural selection. Written in Butler's distinctive, candid prose, the work challenges prevailing scientific notions by positing an alternative view of evolution that incorporates elements of design and purpose.
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Theological Ethics through a Multispecies Lens

The Evolution of Wisdom, Volume I

de Celia E. Deane-Drummond ...

There are two driving questions informing this book. The first is where does our moral life come from? It presupposes that considering morality broadly is inadequate. Instead, different aspects need to be teased apart. It is not sufficient to assume that different virtues are bolted onto a vicious animality, red in tooth and claw. Nature and culture have interlaced histories. By weaving in ... Leer más

$100.79 USD

There are two driving questions informing this book. The first is where does our moral life come from? It presupposes that considering morality broadly is inadequate. Instead, different aspects need to be teased apart. It is not sufficient to assume that different virtues are bolted onto a vicious animality, red in tooth and claw. Nature and culture have interlaced histories. By weaving in
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La forza dei desideri

de Valter Ferrato ...

Cosa ci rende esseri umani migliori? L'esperienza. Tutto quello che ci accade nella vita, accade per noi non contro di noi. Ed è il più grande insegnamento che possiamo trarre dagli incontri, dalle scelte, dalle cadute e dai successi. L'autore, attraverso le pagine di questo libro, racconta la sua vita dalla nascita all'adolescenza sulle colline del Monferrato, in Piemonte, fino all'età adulta. ... Leer más

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Cosa ci rende esseri umani migliori? L'esperienza. Tutto quello che ci accade nella vita, accade per noi non contro di noi. Ed è il più grande insegnamento che possiamo trarre dagli incontri, dalle scelte, dalle cadute e dai successi. L'autore, attraverso le pagine di questo libro, racconta la sua vita dalla nascita all'adolescenza sulle colline del Monferrato, in Piemonte, fino all'età adulta.
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Popularizing Science

The Life and Work of JBS Haldane

de Krishna Dronamraju ...

J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964) is widely appreciated as one of the greatest and most influential British scientists of the 20th century, making significant contributions to genetics, physiology, biochemistry, biometry, cosmology, and other sciences. More remarkable, then, is the fact that Haldane had no formal qualification in science. He made frequent appearances in the media, making pronouncements ... Leer más

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J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964) is widely appreciated as one of the greatest and most influential British scientists of the 20th century, making significant contributions to genetics, physiology, biochemistry, biometry, cosmology, and other sciences. More remarkable, then, is the fact that Haldane had no formal qualification in science. He made frequent appearances in the media, making pronouncements
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Spider Evolution

Genetics, Behavior, and Ecological Influences

de Subir Ranjan Kundu ...

Spider Evolution: Genetics, Behavior, and Ecological Influences provides a thorough exploration of the evolutionary trail of arachnids, particularly spider species, from prehistoric origins to current sustainability issues. This book analyzes extinct organisms in the Arachnida class, specifically looking at their phylogenomics and molecular footprints to understand evolutionary changes in ... Leer más

$125.99 USD

Spider Evolution: Genetics, Behavior, and Ecological Influences provides a thorough exploration of the evolutionary trail of arachnids, particularly spider species, from prehistoric origins to current sustainability issues. This book analyzes extinct organisms in the Arachnida class, specifically looking at their phylogenomics and molecular footprints to understand evolutionary changes in
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Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control

Volume 2

Edición de Margaret F. Docker ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book, published in two volumes, provides the most comprehensive review of lamprey biology since Hardisty and Potter’s “The Biology of Lampreys” published more than 30 years ago. This second volume offers a synthesis of topics related to the lamprey gonad (e.g., lamprey sex ratios, sex determination and sex differentiation, sexual maturation, and sex steroids), the artifical propagation of ... Leer más

$170.09 USD

This book, published in two volumes, provides the most comprehensive review of lamprey biology since Hardisty and Potter’s “The Biology of Lampreys” published more than 30 years ago. This second volume offers a synthesis of topics related to the lamprey gonad (e.g., lamprey sex ratios, sex determination and sex differentiation, sexual maturation, and sex steroids), the artifical propagation of
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Birds and Flowers

An Intimate 50 Million Year Relationship

de Jeff Ollerton ...

Hummingbirds, and the balletic ways in which they feed on flowers, are familiar to most people. But they belong to just one of at least 74 bird families that are known, or suspected, to be pollinators. Relationships between plants and birds first emerged at least 50 million years ago and over time have influenced the evolution of both groups.This groundbreaking book is the first to deal with ... Leer más

$25.69 USD

Hummingbirds, and the balletic ways in which they feed on flowers, are familiar to most people. But they belong to just one of at least 74 bird families that are known, or suspected, to be pollinators. Relationships between plants and birds first emerged at least 50 million years ago and over time have influenced the evolution of both groups.This groundbreaking book is the first to deal with
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Die große Odyssee

Wie sich die Menschheit über die Erde verbreitet hat

de Lluís Quintana-Murci ...

Traducido por Elsbeth Ranke ...

Der international renommierte Biologe Lluís Quintana-Murci zeichnet in dieser so bahnbrechenden wie meisterhaften Darstellung die außergewöhnliche Geschichte der menschlichen Besiedlung auf der ganzen Welt nach. Er belegt die Existenz ausgestorbener Menschenarten und enthüllt, wie sich die menschlichen Populationen ständig untereinander, aber auch mit archaischen Menschen wie dem Neandertaler oder ... Leer más

$25.70 USD

Der international renommierte Biologe Lluís Quintana-Murci zeichnet in dieser so bahnbrechenden wie meisterhaften Darstellung die außergewöhnliche Geschichte der menschlichen Besiedlung auf der ganzen Welt nach. Er belegt die Existenz ausgestorbener Menschenarten und enthüllt, wie sich die menschlichen Populationen ständig untereinander, aber auch mit archaischen Menschen wie dem Neandertaler oder
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La venganza de la realidad

Un viaje al centro de las discusiones científicas más enconadas hoy

de Daniel Arjona ...

Series Libro 2 - Muckraker 01
Los primeros años del siglo XX desencadenan una orgía científica: nombres como Planck, Einstein, Heisenberg, Pauli y Born revolucionan sus disciplinas; luego el entusiasmo acaba convirtiéndose en una decepción total, y en una cierta sensación de que la física se halla en un callejón sin salida. En el siglo XIX la idea de la evolución de Darwin pone fin a siglos de superstición; su deriva, en ... Leer más

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Los primeros años del siglo XX desencadenan una orgía científica: nombres como Planck, Einstein, Heisenberg, Pauli y Born revolucionan sus disciplinas; luego el entusiasmo acaba convirtiéndose en una decepción total, y en una cierta sensación de que la física se halla en un callejón sin salida. En el siglo XIX la idea de la evolución de Darwin pone fin a siglos de superstición; su deriva, en
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Personality, Values, Culture

An Evolutionary Approach

de Ronald Fischer ...

Series series Culture and Psychology
Humans are complex social beings. To understand human behaviour, an integrated perspective is required - one which considers both what we regularly do (our personality traits) and what motivates us (our values). Personality, Values, Culture uses an evolutionary perspective to look at the similarities and differences in personality and values across modern societies. Integrating research on ... Leer más

$38.59 USD

Humans are complex social beings. To understand human behaviour, an integrated perspective is required - one which considers both what we regularly do (our personality traits) and what motivates us (our values). Personality, Values, Culture uses an evolutionary perspective to look at the similarities and differences in personality and values across modern societies. Integrating research on
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Princìpi di Locomozione

de Mario Canton ...

Series Libro 6 - Cinotecnia
La locomozione è l’atto di spostarsi da un posto all’altro cioè la capacità di muoversi, di percorrere lo spazio. L’apprezzamento del c.d. «movimento» – il modo di produrre locomozione da parte del singolo individuo – è uno degli aspetti fondamentali nella valutazione morfofunzionale delle razze canine.Qualsiasi razza destinata a una funzione operativa dovrebbe possedere un modo di trottare che ... Leer más

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La locomozione è l’atto di spostarsi da un posto all’altro cioè la capacità di muoversi, di percorrere lo spazio. L’apprezzamento del c.d. «movimento» – il modo di produrre locomozione da parte del singolo individuo – è uno degli aspetti fondamentali nella valutazione morfofunzionale delle razze canine.Qualsiasi razza destinata a una funzione operativa dovrebbe possedere un modo di trottare che
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Parasite Diversity and Diversification

Evolutionary Ecology Meets Phylogenetics

Edición de Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov, D. Timothy J. Littlewood ...

The development of molecular tools has dramatically increased our knowledge of parasite diversity and the vectors that transmit them. From viruses and protists to arthropods and helminths, each branch of the Tree of Life offers an insight into significant, yet cryptic, biodiversity. Alongside this, the studies of host-parasite interactions and parasitism have influenced many scientific disciplines ... Leer más

$118.09 USD

The development of molecular tools has dramatically increased our knowledge of parasite diversity and the vectors that transmit them. From viruses and protists to arthropods and helminths, each branch of the Tree of Life offers an insight into significant, yet cryptic, biodiversity. Alongside this, the studies of host-parasite interactions and parasitism have influenced many scientific disciplines
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Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species

de James T. Costa ...

Charles Darwin is often credited with discovering evolution through natural selection, but the idea was not his alone. The naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, working independently, saw the same process at work in the natural world and elaborated much the same theory. Their important scientific contributions made both men famous in their lifetimes, but Wallace slipped into obscurity after his death, ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

Charles Darwin is often credited with discovering evolution through natural selection, but the idea was not his alone. The naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, working independently, saw the same process at work in the natural world and elaborated much the same theory. Their important scientific contributions made both men famous in their lifetimes, but Wallace slipped into obscurity after his death,
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Orthogenesis versus Darwinism

de Igor Popov ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book reviews the convoluted history of orthogenesis with an emphasis of non-English sources, untangles relationships between various concepts of directed evolution and argues whether orthogenesis has something to offer modern biology.Darwinism claims that evolution occurs by selection from an extensive random variability. An alternative viewpoint—that the material for variability is limited ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

This book reviews the convoluted history of orthogenesis with an emphasis of non-English sources, untangles relationships between various concepts of directed evolution and argues whether orthogenesis has something to offer modern biology.Darwinism claims that evolution occurs by selection from an extensive random variability. An alternative viewpoint—that the material for variability is limited
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El gusto por la belleza

de Michael J. Ryan ...

¿Por qué los animales perciben unos rasgos como bellos y otros no? ¿Existe una “estética sexual” inherente a cada especie? ¿Y qué ocurre con nosotros, los humanos? Michael J. Ryan, una de las voces más autorizadas del mundo sobre comportamiento animal, retoma la senda iniciada por Darwin y nos descubre que la respuesta a estas preguntas debe buscarse en el cerebro –sobre todo, en el de las hembras ... Leer más

$14.79 USD

¿Por qué los animales perciben unos rasgos como bellos y otros no? ¿Existe una “estética sexual” inherente a cada especie? ¿Y qué ocurre con nosotros, los humanos? Michael J. Ryan, una de las voces más autorizadas del mundo sobre comportamiento animal, retoma la senda iniciada por Darwin y nos descubre que la respuesta a estas preguntas debe buscarse en el cerebro –sobre todo, en el de las hembras
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Evolution and Special Creation

de Charles Watts ...

Taking a retrospective view of the dark and unenlightened past, when the mighty forces of nature were almost entirely hidden from the human gaze; contemplating the sad spectacle of our forefathers being sunken in gross superstition, ere the light of to-day had arisen above the horizon of mental ignorance, and contrasting the then limitation of knowledge with the extensive educational acquirements ... Leer más

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Taking a retrospective view of the dark and unenlightened past, when the mighty forces of nature were almost entirely hidden from the human gaze; contemplating the sad spectacle of our forefathers being sunken in gross superstition, ere the light of to-day had arisen above the horizon of mental ignorance, and contrasting the then limitation of knowledge with the extensive educational acquirements
... Leer más
The Story of Biology

From the evolution of species to genetic engineering

de Anne Rooney ...

Series series The Story of
Following the successful pattern of previous Story of ... titles, The Story of Biology traces the development of biology from its origins in myths invented to explain the wonders and perils of the natural world, through the first attempts at empirical investigation, to the highly structured and technical discipline it has become today. The book focuses on the personalities, studies and theories ... Leer más

$4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Following the successful pattern of previous Story of ... titles, The Story of Biology traces the development of biology from its origins in myths invented to explain the wonders and perils of the natural world, through the first attempts at empirical investigation, to the highly structured and technical discipline it has become today. The book focuses on the personalities, studies and theories
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On Life

Cells, Genes, and the Evolution of Complexity

de Franklin M. Harold ...

Franklin M. Harold's On Life reveals what science can tell us about the living world. All creatures, from bacteria and redwoods to garden snails and humans, belong to a single biochemical family. We all operate by the same principles and are all made up of cells, either one or many. We flaunt capacities that far exceed those of inanimate matter, yet we stand squarely within the material world. So ... Leer más

$22.79 USD

Franklin M. Harold's On Life reveals what science can tell us about the living world. All creatures, from bacteria and redwoods to garden snails and humans, belong to a single biochemical family. We all operate by the same principles and are all made up of cells, either one or many. We flaunt capacities that far exceed those of inanimate matter, yet we stand squarely within the material world. So
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Fairness Instinct

The Robin Hood Mentality and Our Biological Nature

de L. Sun ...

Combining research from the social sciences, hard sciences, and the humanities, this accessible cross-disciplinary book offers fascinating insights into a key component of human nature and society. What do the Arab Spring, the Robin Hood legend, Occupy Wall Street, and the American taxpayer reaction to the $182 billion bailout of AIG have in common? All are rooted in a deeply ingrained sense of ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

Combining research from the social sciences, hard sciences, and the humanities, this accessible cross-disciplinary book offers fascinating insights into a key component of human nature and society. What do the Arab Spring, the Robin Hood legend, Occupy Wall Street, and the American taxpayer reaction to the $182 billion bailout of AIG have in common? All are rooted in a deeply ingrained sense of
... Leer más
Wild Collections

Specimens, Stories and Science from CSIRO

de Andrea Wild ...

Did dinosaurs get bitten by mosquitoes? Can honey bees become botanists? Why would anyone collect worm bums? And can we find DNA in the air?Wild Collections explores some of the fascinating, strange and unique stories behind more than 15 million specimens cared for within CSIRO’s National Research Collections Australia. More than just pinned insects and pressed plants, these are stories of ... Leer más

$18.79 USD

Did dinosaurs get bitten by mosquitoes? Can honey bees become botanists? Why would anyone collect worm bums? And can we find DNA in the air?Wild Collections explores some of the fascinating, strange and unique stories behind more than 15 million specimens cared for within CSIRO’s National Research Collections Australia. More than just pinned insects and pressed plants, these are stories of
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From Extraterrestrials to Animal Minds

Six Myths of Evolution

de Simon Conway Morris ...

In this learned romp of science writing, Cambridge professor Simon Conway Morris cheerfully challenges six assumptions—what he calls ‘myths’—that too often pass as unquestioned truths amongst the evolutionary orthodox.His convivial tour begins with the idea that evolution is boundless in the kinds of biological systems it can produce. Not true, he says. The process is highly circumscribed and ... Leer más

$24.49 USD

In this learned romp of science writing, Cambridge professor Simon Conway Morris cheerfully challenges six assumptions—what he calls ‘myths’—that too often pass as unquestioned truths amongst the evolutionary orthodox.His convivial tour begins with the idea that evolution is boundless in the kinds of biological systems it can produce. Not true, he says. The process is highly circumscribed and
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