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  • The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited

    Edited by Robert E. Ricklefs, Jonathan B. Losos ...
    Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson's The Theory of Island Biogeography, first published by Princeton in 1967, is one of the most influential books on ecology and evolution to appear in the past half century. By developing a general mathematical theory to explain a crucial ecological problem--the regulation of species diversity in island populations--the book transformed the science of ... Read more

    $61.19 USD

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    The Evidence for Evolution

    by Richard Dawkins ...
    Series series A Brief History of the Natural World
    Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold millions of copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of "Intelligent Design" in his New York Times bestseller, The Greatest Show on Earth."Intelligent Design" is being ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Serengeti Rules

    The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters - With a new Q&A with the author

    by Sean B. Carroll ...
    Now the subject of an Emmy Award–winning film the New York Times calls "spellbinding"How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll tells the stories of the ... Read more

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  • Evolution's Bite

    A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins

    by Peter Ungar ...
    What teeth can teach us about the evolution of the human speciesWhether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution's Bite, noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar brings together for the first time cutting-edge advances in ... Read more

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  • Darwin Among The Machines

    The Evolution Of Global Intelligence

    by George B. Dyson ...
    As timely now as it was when it was first published in 1997, Darwin Among the Machines tells the story of humankind's long journey into the digital age. Historian of technology George Dyson traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives and work of visionaries -- from Thomas Hobbes to John von Neumann -- who foresaw the development of artificial intelligence, artificial ... Read more

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  • Humankind

    by Alexander H Harcourt ...
    Where did the human species originate, why are tropical peoples much more diverse than those at polar latitudes, and why can only Japanese peoples digest seaweed? In Humankind, U. C. Davis professor Alexander Harcourt answers these questions and more, as he explains how the expansion of the human species around the globe and our interaction with our environment explains much about why humans ... Read more

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  • Species Concepts in Biology

    Historical Development, Theoretical Foundations and Practical Relevance

    by Frank E. Zachos ...
    Frank E. Zachos offers a comprehensive review of one of today’s most important and contentious issues in biology: the species problem. After setting the stage with key background information on the topic, the book provides a brief history of species concepts from antiquity to the Modern Synthesis, followed by a discussion of the ontological status of species with a focus on the individuality ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Green Equilibrium

    The vital balance of humans and nature

    by Christopher Wills ...
    In Green Equilibrium, Christopher Wills explains the rules by which ecosystems maintain a diversity of interdependent species, in particular the balance of predators and prey. Wills is both an eminent academic and a hugely experienced field-biologist. In presenting the concept of 'green equilibrium', he draws on a fascinating range of examples, including coral reefs off the densely populated ... Read more

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  • Holocene Extinctions

    Edited by Samuel T. Turvey ...
    The extent to which human activity has influenced species extinctions during the recent prehistoric past remains controversial due to other factors such as climatic fluctuations and a general lack of data. However, the Holocene (the geological interval spanning the last 11,500 years from the end of the last glaciation) has witnessed massive levels of extinctions that have continued into the modern ... Read more

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  • Evolution in the Dark

    Darwin's Loss Without Selection

    by Horst Wilkens, Ulrike Strecker ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides fascinating insights into the development and genetics of evolutionary processes on the basis of animals living in the dark, such as the Astyanax cave fish.Biologically functionless traits show high variability, which results from neutral deleterious mutations no longer being eliminated by natural selection, which normally acts to preserve functional capability. These negative ... Read more

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  • How Evolution Explains Everything About Life

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

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

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  • Robustness, Plasticity, and Evolvability in Mammals

    A Thermal Niche Approach

    by Clara B. Jones ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Among the unresolved topics in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology are the origins, mechanisms, evolution, and consequences of developmental and phenotypic diversity. In an attempt to address these challenges, plasticity has been investigated empirically and theoretically at all levels of biological organization—from biochemical to whole organism and beyond to the population, community, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD