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Essential Readings in Biosemiotics

Anthology and Commentary

de Donald Favareau ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Synthesizing the findings from a wide range of disciplines – from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics – the emerging field of Biosemiotics explores the highly complex phenomenon of sign processing in living systems. Seeking to advance a naturalistic understanding of the evolution and development of sign-dependent life processes, contemporary biosemiotic theory offers important ... Leer más

$314.09 USD

Synthesizing the findings from a wide range of disciplines – from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics – the emerging field of Biosemiotics explores the highly complex phenomenon of sign processing in living systems. Seeking to advance a naturalistic understanding of the evolution and development of sign-dependent life processes, contemporary biosemiotic theory offers important
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Understanding Evolution

de Kostas Kampourakis ...

Current books on evolutionary theory all seem to take for granted the fact that students find evolution easy to understand when actually, from a psychological perspective, it is a rather counterintuitive idea. Evolutionary theory, like all scientific theories, is a means to understanding the natural world. Understanding Evolution is intended for undergraduate students in the life sciences, biology ... Leer más

$27.89 USD

Current books on evolutionary theory all seem to take for granted the fact that students find evolution easy to understand when actually, from a psychological perspective, it is a rather counterintuitive idea. Evolutionary theory, like all scientific theories, is a means to understanding the natural world. Understanding Evolution is intended for undergraduate students in the life sciences, biology
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The Biology of Neotropical Scorpions

From Taxonomy and Genetics to Ecology and Ethnobiology

Edición de André Felipe de Araujo Lira, Edmundo González-Santillán ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The Biology of Neotropical Scorpions focuses on comprehensive aspects of scorpions of the Neotropical region, such as public health to biogeographic history. This innovative book is devoted to tackling that lack of knowledge and bringing together a bundle of studies to offer students, researchers, and professionals a comprehensive background to start their research with scorpions as model ... Leer más

$251.09 USD

The Biology of Neotropical Scorpions focuses on comprehensive aspects of scorpions of the Neotropical region, such as public health to biogeographic history. This innovative book is devoted to tackling that lack of knowledge and bringing together a bundle of studies to offer students, researchers, and professionals a comprehensive background to start their research with scorpions as model
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On Growth and Form

Exploring the Mathematical Beauty of Natural Forms

de D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson ...

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's seminal work, "On Growth and Form," intricately examines the interplay between biological form and the physical principles that govern growth. Published in 1917, this groundbreaking text marries scientific observation with literary elegance, employing a rich narrative style that elucidates complex mathematical and biological concepts. Thompson's unique approach draws ... Leer más

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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's seminal work, "On Growth and Form," intricately examines the interplay between biological form and the physical principles that govern growth. Published in 1917, this groundbreaking text marries scientific observation with literary elegance, employing a rich narrative style that elucidates complex mathematical and biological concepts. Thompson's unique approach draws
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Herbert Spencer: Collected Writings

de Herbert Spencer ...

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination. Until recently Spencer's posthumous reputation rested almost excusively on his social and political thought, which has itself frequently been subject to serious misrepresentation. But historians of ideas now ... Leer más

$155.99 USD

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination. Until recently Spencer's posthumous reputation rested almost excusively on his social and political thought, which has itself frequently been subject to serious misrepresentation. But historians of ideas now
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 26, 1878

de Charles Darwin ...

Series series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ... Leer más

$133.69 USD

This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging
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Sensing Sound

Evolutionary Neurobiology of a Novel Sense of Hearing

de Bernd Fritzsch ...

Hearing is a prerequisite for the evolution of language and thus the development of human societies. It is the only major sense whose evolution can be traced back to vertebrates, starting with sarcopterygians.The book explores the evolution of auditory development that has remained largely unexplored in contemporary theories of neurosensory brain evolution, including the telencephalon. It ... Leer más

$72.99 USD

Hearing is a prerequisite for the evolution of language and thus the development of human societies. It is the only major sense whose evolution can be traced back to vertebrates, starting with sarcopterygians.The book explores the evolution of auditory development that has remained largely unexplored in contemporary theories of neurosensory brain evolution, including the telencephalon. It
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Superintelligenz?

Moeglichkeiten und Grenzen Kuenstlicher Intelligenz in interdisziplinaerer Perspektive

Edición de Markus Iff, Andreas Losch ...

Series Libro 39 - Jahrbuch der Karl-Heim-Gesellschaft
Im Zusammenhang mit der Weiterentwicklung der KI und damit einhergehender technischer Konstruke stellt sich die Frage, wie sich Künstliche Intelligenz von menschlicher Intelligenz unterscheidet und was genau unter Intelligenz zu verstehen ist. Wird hier irgendwann eine eigenständige Art von bewusstem Leben entstehen, das nicht leibgebunden und körperbezogen ist? Ob und wie werden Autonomie und ... Leer más

$36.89 USD

Im Zusammenhang mit der Weiterentwicklung der KI und damit einhergehender technischer Konstruke stellt sich die Frage, wie sich Künstliche Intelligenz von menschlicher Intelligenz unterscheidet und was genau unter Intelligenz zu verstehen ist. Wird hier irgendwann eine eigenständige Art von bewusstem Leben entstehen, das nicht leibgebunden und körperbezogen ist? Ob und wie werden Autonomie und
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So I Am human

de Rom Lammar ...

Popular-science book about man written for all those who are interested in learning more about the conditions of human existence and what can be learned from it in order to lead a happier life.In a science-oriented world, the number of those who have become disoriented is growing rapidly when it comes to answering questions that go beyond what the sciences are able to answer. These are existential ... Leer más

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Popular-science book about man written for all those who are interested in learning more about the conditions of human existence and what can be learned from it in order to lead a happier life.In a science-oriented world, the number of those who have become disoriented is growing rapidly when it comes to answering questions that go beyond what the sciences are able to answer. These are existential
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Evolutionary Biology

Conceptual, Ethical, and Religious Issues

Edición de R. Paul Thompson, Denis Walsh ...

Evolution - both the fact that it occurred and the theory describing the mechanisms by which it occurred - is an intrinsic and central component in modern biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky captures this well in the much-quoted title of his 1973 paper 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'. The correctness of this assertion is even more obvious today: philosophers of biology ... Leer más

$38.99 USD

Evolution - both the fact that it occurred and the theory describing the mechanisms by which it occurred - is an intrinsic and central component in modern biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky captures this well in the much-quoted title of his 1973 paper 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'. The correctness of this assertion is even more obvious today: philosophers of biology
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Himmler's Island

de Richard G. Buchanan, Ph.D. ...

A mysterious secretive Foundation, perhaps middle European, has funded a project in a luxurious resort on a Caribbean Island where highly intelligent couples have been lured to come to begin the breeding of more intelligent offspring in a Eugenics program hoping to have a generation that has a statistically significant greater intelligence. Word has leaked out about the project leading to the ... Leer más

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A mysterious secretive Foundation, perhaps middle European, has funded a project in a luxurious resort on a Caribbean Island where highly intelligent couples have been lured to come to begin the breeding of more intelligent offspring in a Eugenics program hoping to have a generation that has a statistically significant greater intelligence. Word has leaked out about the project leading to the
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Nuestro cuerpo (Edición mexicana)

Siete millones de años de evolución

de Juan Luis Arsuaga ...

Arsuaga en su máximo esplendor. El primer libro sobre la evolución de la anatomía humana, y que une ciencia y arte.3.ª ediciónMás de 40.000 lectoresEn el museo del Prado, un científico recorre con la vista la escultura del Diadúmeno de Policleto; en su anatomía puede leer una historia evolutiva de siete millones de años. En la sala contigua hay otra algo más tardía que muestra la figura desnuda de ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

Arsuaga en su máximo esplendor. El primer libro sobre la evolución de la anatomía humana, y que une ciencia y arte.3.ª ediciónMás de 40.000 lectoresEn el museo del Prado, un científico recorre con la vista la escultura del Diadúmeno de Policleto; en su anatomía puede leer una historia evolutiva de siete millones de años. En la sala contigua hay otra algo más tardía que muestra la figura desnuda de
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Ichnology of the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction in China

de Xueqian Feng, Zhong-Qiang Chen, David J. Bottjer, He Zhao ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides a detailed examination of ichnology during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction in China, focusing on the recovery patterns of marine trace-making organisms. It features a wealth of high-quality ichnofossil photographs and figures, offering readers a comprehensive guide to ichnotaxa identifications and descriptions from both South and North China, spanning the Late Permian to ... Leer más

$152.99 USD

This book provides a detailed examination of ichnology during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction in China, focusing on the recovery patterns of marine trace-making organisms. It features a wealth of high-quality ichnofossil photographs and figures, offering readers a comprehensive guide to ichnotaxa identifications and descriptions from both South and North China, spanning the Late Permian to
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Ecology and Behaviour of the African Buffalo

Social inequality and decision making

de H.H.T Prins ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Over the past 30 years or so, research effort in behaviour and ecology has progressed from simple documentation of the habits or habitats of differ ent species to asking more searching questions about the adaptiveness of the patterns of behaviour observed; moved from documenting simply what occurs, to trying to understand why. Increasingly, studies of behav iour or ecology explore the function of ... Leer más

$89.99 USD

Over the past 30 years or so, research effort in behaviour and ecology has progressed from simple documentation of the habits or habitats of differ ent species to asking more searching questions about the adaptiveness of the patterns of behaviour observed; moved from documenting simply what occurs, to trying to understand why. Increasingly, studies of behav iour or ecology explore the function of
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Semi-aquatic Mammals

Ecology and Biology

de Glynnis A. Hood ...

A groundbreaking review of the seldom-studied semi-aquatic freshwater mammals, covering biology, behavior, and conservation.Semi-aquatic mammals are some of the rarest and most endangered mammals on earth. What binds them together in the minds of biologists, despite their diverse taxa and body forms, are evolutionary traits that allow them to succeed in two worlds—spending some time on land and ... Leer más

$63.99 USD

A groundbreaking review of the seldom-studied semi-aquatic freshwater mammals, covering biology, behavior, and conservation.Semi-aquatic mammals are some of the rarest and most endangered mammals on earth. What binds them together in the minds of biologists, despite their diverse taxa and body forms, are evolutionary traits that allow them to succeed in two worlds—spending some time on land and
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought

Edición de Michael Ruse ...

This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin. With more than sixty essays written by an international group representing the leading scholars in the field, this is the definitive work on Darwin. It covers the background to Darwin's discovery of the theory of evolution through natural selection, the work he produced and his ... Leer más

$207.99 USD

This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin. With more than sixty essays written by an international group representing the leading scholars in the field, this is the definitive work on Darwin. It covers the background to Darwin's discovery of the theory of evolution through natural selection, the work he produced and his
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Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 2

The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity

Edición de Cinzia Verde, Guido di Prisco ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
The second volume of “Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments – The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity” from the series “From Pole to Pole” integrates the marine biology contribution of the first tome to the IPY 2007-2009, presenting overviews of organisms (from bacteria and ciliates to higher vertebrates) thriving on polar continental shelves, slopes and deep sea. The speed and ... Leer más

$89.99 USD

The second volume of “Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments – The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity” from the series “From Pole to Pole” integrates the marine biology contribution of the first tome to the IPY 2007-2009, presenting overviews of organisms (from bacteria and ciliates to higher vertebrates) thriving on polar continental shelves, slopes and deep sea. The speed and
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Stardust, Supernovae and the Molecules of Life

Might We All Be Aliens?

de Richard Boyd ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Where were the amino acids, the molecules of life, created: perhaps in a lightning storm in the early Earth, or perhaps elsewhere in the cosmos? This book argues that at least some of them must have been produced in the cosmos, and that the fact that the Earthly amino acids have a specific handedness provides an important clue for that explanation. The book discusses several models that purport to ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

Where were the amino acids, the molecules of life, created: perhaps in a lightning storm in the early Earth, or perhaps elsewhere in the cosmos? This book argues that at least some of them must have been produced in the cosmos, and that the fact that the Earthly amino acids have a specific handedness provides an important clue for that explanation. The book discusses several models that purport to
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Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya

de John Richard Stepp ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Plants play a central role in human existence. Medicinal plants, in particular, have allowed for the continued survival of the human species. This book, based on over a decade of research in Southern Mexico with the Highland Maya, explores the relationship between medicinal plants, traditional ecological knowledge and the environment. The biodiversity of the region remains among the highest in the ... Leer más

$89.99 USD

Plants play a central role in human existence. Medicinal plants, in particular, have allowed for the continued survival of the human species. This book, based on over a decade of research in Southern Mexico with the Highland Maya, explores the relationship between medicinal plants, traditional ecological knowledge and the environment. The biodiversity of the region remains among the highest in the
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Common Sense vs Evolution

de Shane Anderson ...

Can Common-sense take down the idea of Evolution? It can. Can Evolution stand up against a few common-sense questions? It cannot.If evolution is taught as proven science, why hasn't science proven evolution? If evolution furthers life by natural selection, why did evolution create predators? If evolution is proven science, why is there a debate about every evolutionary achievement in the ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Can Common-sense take down the idea of Evolution? It can. Can Evolution stand up against a few common-sense questions? It cannot.If evolution is taught as proven science, why hasn't science proven evolution? If evolution furthers life by natural selection, why did evolution create predators? If evolution is proven science, why is there a debate about every evolutionary achievement in the
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Die Frühzeit des Menschen

Der Weg zum Homo sapiens

de Friedemann Schrenk ...

Series Libro 2059 - Beck'sche Reihe
Afrika war die Wiege der Vor- und Urmenschen. Daher steht dieser Kontinent im Zentrum der Wissenschaft von den fossilen Menschen, der Paläoanthropologie. Wo und wie Paläoanthropologen arbeiten, welche Erkenntnisse sie bislang gewonnen haben und welche neuen Fragen sich aus den Resultaten ihrer Forschung für den modernen Menschen ergeben, wird in dem vorliegenden Band verständlich und spannend ... Leer más

$11.12 USD

Afrika war die Wiege der Vor- und Urmenschen. Daher steht dieser Kontinent im Zentrum der Wissenschaft von den fossilen Menschen, der Paläoanthropologie. Wo und wie Paläoanthropologen arbeiten, welche Erkenntnisse sie bislang gewonnen haben und welche neuen Fragen sich aus den Resultaten ihrer Forschung für den modernen Menschen ergeben, wird in dem vorliegenden Band verständlich und spannend
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Tændernes bevaring uden lægekunstens hjælp

de Alfred Bramsen ...

”Nutidsmennesket fører som alle ved, et helt igennem kunstigt liv. Oprindelig levede menneskene i naturen og tilbragte de 16 af døgnets timer i fri luft. Føden bestod af kød med sener og knogler, lidt eller slet ikke kogt, grov plantekost med hårde, kiselholdige stængler, desuden rødder og frugter, som var urensede, og som derfor fordrede en ret alvorlig knusning inden synkningen.”Tandlæge Alfred ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

”Nutidsmennesket fører som alle ved, et helt igennem kunstigt liv. Oprindelig levede menneskene i naturen og tilbragte de 16 af døgnets timer i fri luft. Føden bestod af kød med sener og knogler, lidt eller slet ikke kogt, grov plantekost med hårde, kiselholdige stængler, desuden rødder og frugter, som var urensede, og som derfor fordrede en ret alvorlig knusning inden synkningen.”Tandlæge Alfred
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Hawkey's Atlas of Wild and Exotic Animal Haematology

de Jaime Samour, Mike Hart ...

This revised, updated and expanded edition of Christine Hawkey’s A Colour Atlas of Comparative Veterinary Haematology is bursting with high-quality images to aid identification of blood cells and haemoparasites in the different species commonly seen in private practice and zoological collections. It will assist veterinarians in the identification of normal and abnormal blood cells and in ... Leer más

$189.99 USD

This revised, updated and expanded edition of Christine Hawkey’s A Colour Atlas of Comparative Veterinary Haematology is bursting with high-quality images to aid identification of blood cells and haemoparasites in the different species commonly seen in private practice and zoological collections. It will assist veterinarians in the identification of normal and abnormal blood cells and in
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Origins of Biogeography

The role of biological classification in early plant and animal geography

de Malte Christian Ebach ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book presents a revised history of early biogeography and investigates the split in taxonomic practice, between the classification of taxa and the classification of vegetation. It moves beyond the traditional belief that biogeography is born from a synthesis of Darwin and Wallace and focuses on the important pioneering work of earlier practitioners such as Zimmermann, Stromeyer, de Candolle ... Leer más

$49.99 USD

This book presents a revised history of early biogeography and investigates the split in taxonomic practice, between the classification of taxa and the classification of vegetation. It moves beyond the traditional belief that biogeography is born from a synthesis of Darwin and Wallace and focuses on the important pioneering work of earlier practitioners such as Zimmermann, Stromeyer, de Candolle
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