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Natural Selections

Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars, and Other Realities of Evolution

by David P. Barash ...

“Barash . . . brilliantly integrat[es] science, literature, and pop culture into elegant and insightful commentaries on the most interesting and important questions of our time. A delightful read.”—Michael Shermer, author of The Science of Good and Evil“Entertaining and thought-provoking.”—Steven Pinker, author of The Blank SlateIf we are, in part, a product of our genes, can free will exist? ... Read more

$14.39 USD

“Barash . . . brilliantly integrat[es] science, literature, and pop culture into elegant and insightful commentaries on the most interesting and important questions of our time. A delightful read.”—Michael Shermer, author of The Science of Good and Evil“Entertaining and thought-provoking.”—Steven Pinker, author of The Blank SlateIf we are, in part, a product of our genes, can free will exist?
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Lebensraum Universum

Einführung in die Exoökologie

by Aleksandar Janjic ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Dieses Buch führt in Fragestellungen der Astrobiologie und Exoökologie ein und vermittelt einen umfassenden Überblick über die aktuellsten Forschungsergebnisse, vergangenen Rückschläge und zukünftigen Missionen der führenden Raumfahrtorganisationen. Unter astrophysikalischen, geo- und bioökologischen Gesichtspunkten werden dem Leser exotische Welten und deren Bewohner präsentiert, welche unsere ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Dieses Buch führt in Fragestellungen der Astrobiologie und Exoökologie ein und vermittelt einen umfassenden Überblick über die aktuellsten Forschungsergebnisse, vergangenen Rückschläge und zukünftigen Missionen der führenden Raumfahrtorganisationen. Unter astrophysikalischen, geo- und bioökologischen Gesichtspunkten werden dem Leser exotische Welten und deren Bewohner präsentiert, welche unsere
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Deep Time Analysis

A Coherent View of the History of Life

by Mark A.S. McMenamin ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. The book considers how we think about certain types of paleontological questions and shows how to answer them. The analytical tools presented here will have wide application to other fields of knowledge; as such the book represents a major contribution to the deployment of modern ... Read more

$80.09 USD

Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. The book considers how we think about certain types of paleontological questions and shows how to answer them. The analytical tools presented here will have wide application to other fields of knowledge; as such the book represents a major contribution to the deployment of modern
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What If We Don't Die?

The Morality of Immortality

by Peter Hulsroj ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book deals with the very real possibility of earthly immortality and the human and societal implications of such immortality, including whether it is desirable.It looks at what makes immortality appear so attractive and at the possibility that we would be better served with longer lives and the freedom to terminate our lives at the time when life has given us all the joy, inspiration and ... Read more

$18.99 USD

This book deals with the very real possibility of earthly immortality and the human and societal implications of such immortality, including whether it is desirable.It looks at what makes immortality appear so attractive and at the possibility that we would be better served with longer lives and the freedom to terminate our lives at the time when life has given us all the joy, inspiration and
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Viruses: Essential Agents of Life

Edited by Günther Witzany ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
A renaissance of virus research is taking centre stage in biology. Empirical data from the last decade indicate the important roles of viruses, both in the evolution of all life and as symbionts of host organisms. There is increasing evidence that all cellular life is colonized by exogenous and/or endogenous viruses in a non-lytic but persistent lifestyle. Viruses and viral parts form the most ... Read more

$143.09 USD

A renaissance of virus research is taking centre stage in biology. Empirical data from the last decade indicate the important roles of viruses, both in the evolution of all life and as symbionts of host organisms. There is increasing evidence that all cellular life is colonized by exogenous and/or endogenous viruses in a non-lytic but persistent lifestyle. Viruses and viral parts form the most
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E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner

A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism

by Paul Naour ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Reviewers have characterized Paul Naour's A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism, which includes brief introductions by E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner's elder daughter, Julie Vargus, as an idea book. The work will undoubtedly have a significant academic market and provide students and scholars in biology, ethology, psychology, anthropology, sociology and economics a strong ... Read more

$206.09 USD

Reviewers have characterized Paul Naour's A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism, which includes brief introductions by E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner's elder daughter, Julie Vargus, as an idea book. The work will undoubtedly have a significant academic market and provide students and scholars in biology, ethology, psychology, anthropology, sociology and economics a strong
... Read more
Mathematical Population Genetics And Evolution Of Bacterial Cooperation

by Christina Kuttler, Johannes Muller, Volker Hosel ...

Social life of bacteria is in the focus of recent research. Bacteria are simple enough to be accessible by science, but still complex enough to show cooperation, division of labor, bet-hedging, cross-talk and synchronized activities, and a rich variety of social traits. A central question of evolutionary theory is the explanation why this social life did develop, and why these systems are ... Read more

$56.69 USD

Social life of bacteria is in the focus of recent research. Bacteria are simple enough to be accessible by science, but still complex enough to show cooperation, division of labor, bet-hedging, cross-talk and synchronized activities, and a rich variety of social traits. A central question of evolutionary theory is the explanation why this social life did develop, and why these systems are
... Read more
BACK TO REALITY

by Arto Annila ...

What is time? What is space? What is matter? What is life? What is consciousness?These fundamental questions may seem distinct, even unrelated. However, take a closer look, and you will find that there is an essential unity to Nature. As surprising as it may be, the same patterns are found everywhere. For instance, the lengths of words vary like the lengths of genes; the strengths of earthquakes ... Read more

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What is time? What is space? What is matter? What is life? What is consciousness?These fundamental questions may seem distinct, even unrelated. However, take a closer look, and you will find that there is an essential unity to Nature. As surprising as it may be, the same patterns are found everywhere. For instance, the lengths of words vary like the lengths of genes; the strengths of earthquakes
... Read more
A Origem das Espécies

by Charles Darwin, Daniel Moreira Miranda, Nelio Bizzo ...

O livro que apresentou a teoria da evolução, de Charles Darwin, e redefiniu para sempre a ciência moderna.Esta nova tradução de A origem das espécies destaca-se por ter sido elaborada com base na primeira edição do texto, de 1859, que depois passaria por alterações do próprio autor em consequência das inúmeras pressões da imprensa e da comunidade científica do século XIX.Sem cortes e censuras, ... Read more

$8.99 USD

O livro que apresentou a teoria da evolução, de Charles Darwin, e redefiniu para sempre a ciência moderna.Esta nova tradução de A origem das espécies destaca-se por ter sido elaborada com base na primeira edição do texto, de 1859, que depois passaria por alterações do próprio autor em consequência das inúmeras pressões da imprensa e da comunidade científica do século XIX.Sem cortes e censuras,
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CREATIVITÀ ANIMALE

by Roberto Marchesini ...

La creatività è una condizione quotidiana dell’animale, una sua risorsa di base, riconducibile all’incertezza che caratterizza la sua vita. Egli, infatti, deve confrontarsi con una realtà cangiante che gli chiede di adeguare il proprio comportamento a quel margine di novità che ogni specifica situazione presenta. L’animale non è un’entità reattiva, come volevano i behavioristi, non sono gli ... Read more

$23.99 USD

La creatività è una condizione quotidiana dell’animale, una sua risorsa di base, riconducibile all’incertezza che caratterizza la sua vita. Egli, infatti, deve confrontarsi con una realtà cangiante che gli chiede di adeguare il proprio comportamento a quel margine di novità che ogni specifica situazione presenta. L’animale non è un’entità reattiva, come volevano i behavioristi, non sono gli
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Biology of Turtles

From Structures to Strategies of Life

Edited by Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels ...

Featuring in-depth contributions from an international team of experts, the Biology of Turtles provides the first comprehensive review of the Testudinata. The book starts with the premise that the structure of turtles is particularly interesting and best understood within the context of their development, novelty, functional diversity, and e ... Read more

$233.99 USD

Featuring in-depth contributions from an international team of experts, the Biology of Turtles provides the first comprehensive review of the Testudinata. The book starts with the premise that the structure of turtles is particularly interesting and best understood within the context of their development, novelty, functional diversity, and e
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À qui profite (vraiment) la génétique ?

Pourquoi la biologie du comportement humain ne condamne pas le progrès social.

by Stéphane Debove ...

Des recherches scientifiques pour découvrir des « gènes de l’intelligence » ou des « gènes de l’homosexualité ». La possibilité que l’agressivité ou l’infidélité soient « génétiques », « dans la nature humaine ». Que l’on puisse justifier ses mauvais comportements par un « c’est pas ma faute, c’est la faute à mes gènes ». Que les hommes et les femmes aient des cerveaux différents. Que nos vies ... Read more

$8.14 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Des recherches scientifiques pour découvrir des « gènes de l’intelligence » ou des « gènes de l’homosexualité ». La possibilité que l’agressivité ou l’infidélité soient « génétiques », « dans la nature humaine ». Que l’on puisse justifier ses mauvais comportements par un « c’est pas ma faute, c’est la faute à mes gènes ». Que les hommes et les femmes aient des cerveaux différents. Que nos vies
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Adaptive Oncogenesis

A New Understanding of How Cancer Evolves inside Us

by James DeGregori ...

Popular understanding holds that genetic changes create cancer. James DeGregori uses evolutionary principles to propose a new way of thinking about cancer’s occurrence. Cancer is as much a disease of evolution as it is of mutation, one in which mutated cells outcompete healthy cells in the ecosystem of the body’s tissues. His theory ties cancer’s progression, or lack thereof, to evolved strategies ... Read more

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Popular understanding holds that genetic changes create cancer. James DeGregori uses evolutionary principles to propose a new way of thinking about cancer’s occurrence. Cancer is as much a disease of evolution as it is of mutation, one in which mutated cells outcompete healthy cells in the ecosystem of the body’s tissues. His theory ties cancer’s progression, or lack thereof, to evolved strategies
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Genetic Catastrophe! Sneaking Doomsday?

With a Dictionary of Genetic Damage

by Nils K. Oeijord ...

This book constitutes the first serious message of the genetic catastrophe and the possibility of derailed evolution. Moreover, this book contains the first dictionary of genetic damage to be published. ... Read more

$3.99 USD

This book constitutes the first serious message of the genetic catastrophe and the possibility of derailed evolution. Moreover, this book contains the first dictionary of genetic damage to be published.
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ЕВА. История эволюции женского тела. История человечества

by Кэт Бохэннон ...

Translated by Марина Кедрова ...

Series series Женская территория
Как и когда у наших далеких предков появилось молоко? Почему удобному и безболезненному откладыванию яиц они предпочли такой сложный и опасный процесс, как беременность? И что на самом деле радикально отличает нас от животных? В своем выдающемся исследовании доктор наук Кэт Бохэннон рассматривает эволюционных «Ев» каждого из основных признаков Homo Sapiens. Живо рисуя перед читателями образ и быт ... Read more

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Как и когда у наших далеких предков появилось молоко? Почему удобному и безболезненному откладыванию яиц они предпочли такой сложный и опасный процесс, как беременность? И что на самом деле радикально отличает нас от животных? В своем выдающемся исследовании доктор наук Кэт Бохэннон рассматривает эволюционных «Ев» каждого из основных признаков Homo Sapiens. Живо рисуя перед читателями образ и быт
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HOMO CAPTIVUS

by HÉLÈNE HÉDIN ...

Il n’est pire prison que celle dont les barreaux sont invisiblesÀ l’état sauvage, nombre d’espèces sociales (telles que loups, babouins ou chimpanzés) forment des structures hiérarchiques fondées sur l’expérience acquise et le respect de normes éthiques : le lien à l’autre passe avant l’intérêt individuel, les pulsions égoïstes sont régulées, le partage et l’entraide sont récompensés. En revanche, ... Read more

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Il n’est pire prison que celle dont les barreaux sont invisiblesÀ l’état sauvage, nombre d’espèces sociales (telles que loups, babouins ou chimpanzés) forment des structures hiérarchiques fondées sur l’expérience acquise et le respect de normes éthiques : le lien à l’autre passe avant l’intérêt individuel, les pulsions égoïstes sont régulées, le partage et l’entraide sont récompensés. En revanche,
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The Origins of Life and the Universe

by Paul Lurquin ...

The Origins of Life and the Universe is the culmination of a university science professor's search for understanding and is based on his experiences teaching the fundamental issues of physics, chemistry, and biology in the classroom. What is life? Where did it come from? How can understanding the origins of life on Earth help us understand the origins of the universe, and vice versa? These are ... Read more

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The Origins of Life and the Universe is the culmination of a university science professor's search for understanding and is based on his experiences teaching the fundamental issues of physics, chemistry, and biology in the classroom. What is life? Where did it come from? How can understanding the origins of life on Earth help us understand the origins of the universe, and vice versa? These are
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Politics as If Evolution Mattered

Darwin, Ecology, and Social Justice

by Lorna Salzman ...

In this scientifically authoritative essay collection, Salzman, a seasoned and provocative environmentalist, demonstrates how evolutionary theory penetrates nearly all aspects of human society. She faults social justice movements for their short-sighted focus on human needs to the exclusion of nonhuman nature and stresses the potential of evolutionary thought for replacing religious and secular ... Read more

$7.19 USD

In this scientifically authoritative essay collection, Salzman, a seasoned and provocative environmentalist, demonstrates how evolutionary theory penetrates nearly all aspects of human society. She faults social justice movements for their short-sighted focus on human needs to the exclusion of nonhuman nature and stresses the potential of evolutionary thought for replacing religious and secular
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Brain Development of Medaka Fish

A New Concept of Brain Morphogenesis in Vertebrates

by Yuji Ishikawa, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Hanako Hagio ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book describes the developmental process of the brain of the medaka fish. It aims to understand the brain structure of vertebrates, including humans, by taking the brain of the medaka fish as an example and showing its actual developmental process. From developmental and evolutionary viewpoints, the understanding of the brain proceeds from simple to complex structures. Fish retain the basic ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book describes the developmental process of the brain of the medaka fish. It aims to understand the brain structure of vertebrates, including humans, by taking the brain of the medaka fish as an example and showing its actual developmental process. From developmental and evolutionary viewpoints, the understanding of the brain proceeds from simple to complex structures. Fish retain the basic
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Metals and their Functional Role in the Structures of Invertebrates

Edited by Matthew S. Lehnert ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book showcases the diverse strategies used by invertebrate organisms to enhance their structures with metals. Written by the leading scientists in this multidisciplinary field, this book explores a range of metal-enhanced structures that span the world of invertebrates, their wonderous uses, and their applications to human-engineered products. The articles, accompanied by artistic imagery, ... Read more

$197.09 USD

This book showcases the diverse strategies used by invertebrate organisms to enhance their structures with metals. Written by the leading scientists in this multidisciplinary field, this book explores a range of metal-enhanced structures that span the world of invertebrates, their wonderous uses, and their applications to human-engineered products. The articles, accompanied by artistic imagery,
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Yaratılış Gerçekliği-II

Evren ve Canlıların Yaratılışı

by Murat Ukray ...

Series Book 4 - Kıyamet Gerçekliği Külliyatı
YARATILIŞI İSBAT EDEN EN BÜYÜK BİYOKİMYA ATLASI!Yaratılış konusunu SORU-CEVAP şeklinde ele aldığımız bu ikinci cildimizde, meselelerin ilmi boyutuna ve derinliğine göre bazı meselelere kısa cevap şeklinde açıklama getirilirken, bazı önemli meseleler uzunca gitmiştir. Bununla beraber, her konunun teferruatına yeterince inilip, meselenin imani boyutuna bakan tahkiki kısmı aydınlatılmaya ... Read more

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YARATILIŞI İSBAT EDEN EN BÜYÜK BİYOKİMYA ATLASI!Yaratılış konusunu SORU-CEVAP şeklinde ele aldığımız bu ikinci cildimizde, meselelerin ilmi boyutuna ve derinliğine göre bazı meselelere kısa cevap şeklinde açıklama getirilirken, bazı önemli meseleler uzunca gitmiştir. Bununla beraber, her konunun teferruatına yeterince inilip, meselenin imani boyutuna bakan tahkiki kısmı aydınlatılmaya
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Majmuni me veshje të shkëlqyer.

Nga brishtësia origjinale te ndërgjegjja universale

by Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Book 953 - ALB - PensareDiverso
Për mijëvjeçarë, ne kemi përshkruar veten si 'majmunë të zhveshur': kafshë të brishta, të hedhura papritmas në botë pa thonj apo armur, të rrethuara nga forca natyrore të pakuptueshme dhe grabitqarë më të pajisur mirë, të bëra të famshme nga Desmond Morris, etolog dhe antropolog, falë librit të tij të famshëm të vitit 1967 me titull 'The Naked Ape'. Një krijesë e frikësuar që ka mësuar të ... Read more

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Për mijëvjeçarë, ne kemi përshkruar veten si 'majmunë të zhveshur': kafshë të brishta, të hedhura papritmas në botë pa thonj apo armur, të rrethuara nga forca natyrore të pakuptueshme dhe grabitqarë më të pajisur mirë, të bëra të famshme nga Desmond Morris, etolog dhe antropolog, falë librit të tij të famshëm të vitit 1967 me titull 'The Naked Ape'. Një krijesë e frikësuar që ka mësuar të
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Dinosauri: Enciclopedia Completa

by Boreas M. L. Saage - Italiano ...

**Dinosauri: Enciclopedia Completa** è un'opera dettagliata che esplora il mondo affascinante dei dinosauri, dalle loro origini fino alle più recenti scoperte scientifiche.Questo libro sui dinosauri per adulti offre un viaggio approfondito attraverso l'era mesozoica, presentando informazioni scientificamente accurate e aggiornate. A differenza dei libri sui dinosauri per bambini, questa ... Read more

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**Dinosauri: Enciclopedia Completa** è un'opera dettagliata che esplora il mondo affascinante dei dinosauri, dalle loro origini fino alle più recenti scoperte scientifiche.Questo libro sui dinosauri per adulti offre un viaggio approfondito attraverso l'era mesozoica, presentando informazioni scientificamente accurate e aggiornate. A differenza dei libri sui dinosauri per bambini, questa
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After Eden

The Evolution of Human Domination

by Kirkpatrick Sale ...

When did the human species turn against the planet that we depend on for survival? Human industry and consumption of resources have altered the climate, polluted the water and soil, destroyed ecosystems, and rendered many species extinct, vastly increasing the likelihood of an ecological catastrophe. How did humankind come to rule nature to such an extent? To regard the planet’s resources and ... Read more

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When did the human species turn against the planet that we depend on for survival? Human industry and consumption of resources have altered the climate, polluted the water and soil, destroyed ecosystems, and rendered many species extinct, vastly increasing the likelihood of an ecological catastrophe. How did humankind come to rule nature to such an extent? To regard the planet’s resources and
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