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Atlas of Animal Anatomy and Histology

by Péter Lőw, Kinga Molnár, György Kriska ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This atlas presents the basic concepts and principles of functional animal anatomy and histology thereby furthering our understanding of evolutionary concepts and adaptation to the environment. It provides a step-by-step dissection guide with numerous colour photographs of the animals featured. It also presents images of the major organs along with histological sections of those organs. A wide ... Read more

$116.09 USD

This atlas presents the basic concepts and principles of functional animal anatomy and histology thereby furthering our understanding of evolutionary concepts and adaptation to the environment. It provides a step-by-step dissection guide with numerous colour photographs of the animals featured. It also presents images of the major organs along with histological sections of those organs. A wide
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The End Of Evolution; Why Darwin’s Theory Isn’t The End Of The Story

by Harvey O. Brown ...

Evolution, as we know it, has been held up as the final word on life's origins for well over a century. It's been paraded as the one-size-fits-all explanation, a theory that had scientists and non-scientists alike nodding in agreement. Charles Darwin laid it all out with his landmark book On the Origin of Species, and since then, his theory has shaped how we think about life's development on Earth ... Read more

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Evolution, as we know it, has been held up as the final word on life's origins for well over a century. It's been paraded as the one-size-fits-all explanation, a theory that had scientists and non-scientists alike nodding in agreement. Charles Darwin laid it all out with his landmark book On the Origin of Species, and since then, his theory has shaped how we think about life's development on Earth
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From Ancient Diets to Modern Minds

The Role of Micronutrients in Brain Development and Function

by Hans Konrad Biesalski ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book explores the evolution of the human brain, highlighting the critical role of diet, particularly micronutrients, in shaping our cognitive development. By examining the evolutionary path of our ancestors, it sheds light on how dietary practices have influenced brain growth and function. This provides valuable insights into modern health and lifestyle choices. Thus, the book makes an ... Read more

$40.49 USD

This book explores the evolution of the human brain, highlighting the critical role of diet, particularly micronutrients, in shaping our cognitive development. By examining the evolutionary path of our ancestors, it sheds light on how dietary practices have influenced brain growth and function. This provides valuable insights into modern health and lifestyle choices. Thus, the book makes an
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Social DNA

Rethinking Our Evolutionary Past

by M. Kay Martin ...

What set our ancestors off on a separate evolutionary trajectory was the ability to flex their reproductive and social strategies in response to changing environmental conditions. Exploring new cross-disciplinary research that links this capacity to critical changes in the organization of the primate brain, Social DNA presents a new synthesis of ideas on human social origins – challenging models ... Read more

$23.79 USD

What set our ancestors off on a separate evolutionary trajectory was the ability to flex their reproductive and social strategies in response to changing environmental conditions. Exploring new cross-disciplinary research that links this capacity to critical changes in the organization of the primate brain, Social DNA presents a new synthesis of ideas on human social origins – challenging models
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Infinite Life

The Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution, and Life on Earth

by Jules Howard ...

An expansive investigation into the most unifying and enduring structure in the history of life—and a story of biological richness at a moment when so much of our precious biodiversity hangs in the balance.Eggs are the origins of ninety percent of the Earth’s organisms. They can be found as far apart as deep-sea volcanoes and in space. Yet despite their fundamental importance, eggs often find ... Read more

$19.99 USD

An expansive investigation into the most unifying and enduring structure in the history of life—and a story of biological richness at a moment when so much of our precious biodiversity hangs in the balance.Eggs are the origins of ninety percent of the Earth’s organisms. They can be found as far apart as deep-sea volcanoes and in space. Yet despite their fundamental importance, eggs often find
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Lamarck et son OEuvre

Édition enrichie.

by Emile Corra, Lucas Dupuis ...

Dans 'Lamarck et son Œuvre', Émile Corra propose une étude approfondie de la vie et des travaux de Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, une figure emblématique de l'histoire des sciences naturelles. Le livre se présente sous un style érudit, riche en détails et en réflexions critiques, situant Lamarck non seulement comme un précurseur de la théorie de l'évolution, mais aussi dans le contexte intellectual du ... Read more

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Dans 'Lamarck et son Œuvre', Émile Corra propose une étude approfondie de la vie et des travaux de Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, une figure emblématique de l'histoire des sciences naturelles. Le livre se présente sous un style érudit, riche en détails et en réflexions critiques, situant Lamarck non seulement comme un précurseur de la théorie de l'évolution, mais aussi dans le contexte intellectual du
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Modern Trends in Diatom Identification

Fundamentals and Applications

Edited by Gabriel Cristóbal, Saúl Blanco, Gloria Bueno ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
High-resolution images of phytoplankton cells such as diatoms or desmids, which are useful for monitoring water quality, can now be provided by digital microscopes, facilitating the automated analysis and identification of specimens. Conventional approaches are based on optical microscopy; however, manual image analysis is impractical due to the huge diversity of this group of microalgae and its ... Read more

$260.09 USD

High-resolution images of phytoplankton cells such as diatoms or desmids, which are useful for monitoring water quality, can now be provided by digital microscopes, facilitating the automated analysis and identification of specimens. Conventional approaches are based on optical microscopy; however, manual image analysis is impractical due to the huge diversity of this group of microalgae and its
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The Seeds of Forms and the Forms of Seeds

Narratives in Historiography and in Evolutionary Biology

by Anton Markoš, Jan Horský ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This monograph intertwines the two themes of historiography and evolutionary biology and shows that both activities are analogous in their practices; they are spinning stories about the past and thus constructing the world to suit the present of a given community as well as, if necessary, the construction of its tilting into the future. This book presents the history and methodology of both ... Read more

$116.09 USD

This monograph intertwines the two themes of historiography and evolutionary biology and shows that both activities are analogous in their practices; they are spinning stories about the past and thus constructing the world to suit the present of a given community as well as, if necessary, the construction of its tilting into the future. This book presents the history and methodology of both
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Human Population Genetics

A Centennial Tribute to J. B. S. Haldane

Edited by P.P. Majumder ...

J. B. S. Haldane, R. A. Fisher and Sewall Wright simultaneously, and largely independently, laid the foundations of population genetics and the mathematical theory of evolution. Hal dane was born on November 5, 1892. Although he primarily worked at the University College London (UCL), in 1957 he resigned from the UCL and joined the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (India) as a Research ... Read more

$49.49 USD

J. B. S. Haldane, R. A. Fisher and Sewall Wright simultaneously, and largely independently, laid the foundations of population genetics and the mathematical theory of evolution. Hal dane was born on November 5, 1892. Although he primarily worked at the University College London (UCL), in 1957 he resigned from the UCL and joined the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (India) as a Research
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Genomic Diversity

Applications in Human Population Genetics

Edited by Surinder Singh Papiha, Ranjan Deka, Ranajit Chakraborty ...

One of the major themes of human population genetics is assaying genetic variation in human populations. The ultimate goal of this objective is to understand the extent of genetic diversity and the use of this knowledge to reconstruct our evolutionary history. The discipline had undergone a revolutionary transition with the advent of molecular techniques in the 1980s. With this shift, statistical ... Read more

$143.09 USD

One of the major themes of human population genetics is assaying genetic variation in human populations. The ultimate goal of this objective is to understand the extent of genetic diversity and the use of this knowledge to reconstruct our evolutionary history. The discipline had undergone a revolutionary transition with the advent of molecular techniques in the 1980s. With this shift, statistical
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Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

Edited by Sasha W. Eisenman, David E. Zaurov, Lena Struwe ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This unique book is a collaborative effort between researchers at Rutgers University and colleagues from numerous institutions in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. It will be the first book to document more than 200 of the most important medicinal plants of Central Asia, many whose medicinal uses and activities are being described in English for the first time. The majority of the plants described grow ... Read more

$188.09 USD

This unique book is a collaborative effort between researchers at Rutgers University and colleagues from numerous institutions in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. It will be the first book to document more than 200 of the most important medicinal plants of Central Asia, many whose medicinal uses and activities are being described in English for the first time. The majority of the plants described grow
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Evoluzione ed etica

by Henry Thomas Huxley ...

Translated by Carolina Ruata, Laura De Fabeck ...

Questo breve interessantissimo saggio sul rapporto tra etica e teoria dell’evoluzione è uno dei testi più importanti e brillanti della prosa scientifica del XIX secolo. L’autore, a dieci anni dalla morte di Darwin, si trovava nella posizione di più influente e prestigioso esponente dell’evoluzionismo.Georges John Romanes, discepolo di Darwin e autore di studi pionieristici di psicologia comparata, ... Read more

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Questo breve interessantissimo saggio sul rapporto tra etica e teoria dell’evoluzione è uno dei testi più importanti e brillanti della prosa scientifica del XIX secolo. L’autore, a dieci anni dalla morte di Darwin, si trovava nella posizione di più influente e prestigioso esponente dell’evoluzionismo.Georges John Romanes, discepolo di Darwin e autore di studi pionieristici di psicologia comparata,
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Похождения видов. Вампироноги, паукохвосты и другие переходные формы в эволюции животных

by Андрей Журавлев ...

Эта книга о палеонтологии — единственной науке, которая способна показать, кем были предки разных существ, населяющих сегодняшнюю Землю. Еще совсем недавно мы даже не подозревали, что киты ведут свой род от парнокопытных, птицы — от динозавров, а жуки и пауки — конечно, через множество промежуточных стадий — от червей с хоботком и коготками на мягких лапках. Да, молекулярная биология может ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Эта книга о палеонтологии — единственной науке, которая способна показать, кем были предки разных существ, населяющих сегодняшнюю Землю. Еще совсем недавно мы даже не подозревали, что киты ведут свой род от парнокопытных, птицы — от динозавров, а жуки и пауки — конечно, через множество промежуточных стадий — от червей с хоботком и коготками на мягких лапках. Да, молекулярная биология может
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Seeing Opera Anew

A Cultural and Biological Perspective

by Joseph Cone ...

What people ultimately want from opera, audience research suggests, is to be absorbed in a story that engages their feelings, even moves them deeply, and that may lead them to insights about life and, perhaps, themselves.How and why can this combination of music and drama do that? What causes people to be moved by opera? How is it that people may become more informed about living and their own ... Read more

$60.99 USD

What people ultimately want from opera, audience research suggests, is to be absorbed in a story that engages their feelings, even moves them deeply, and that may lead them to insights about life and, perhaps, themselves.How and why can this combination of music and drama do that? What causes people to be moved by opera? How is it that people may become more informed about living and their own
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The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates

Edited by Russell Tuttle ...

These original contributions on the evolution of primates and the techniques for studying the subject cover an enormous range of material and incorporate the work of specialists from many different fields, showing the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to problems of primate morphology and phylogeny. Collectively, they demonstrate the concerns and methods of leading contemporary workers in ... Read more

$73.99 USD

These original contributions on the evolution of primates and the techniques for studying the subject cover an enormous range of material and incorporate the work of specialists from many different fields, showing the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to problems of primate morphology and phylogeny. Collectively, they demonstrate the concerns and methods of leading contemporary workers in
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Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals

Volume I:History, Geology, and Magnetostratigraphy

Edited by Richard H Tedford, Zhan-Xiang Qiu, Lawrence J Flynn ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
The Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China embodies the bulk of our knowledge on successions of terrestrial vertebrates in the northern part of East Asia. Everything we know about Asian mammals of the last 6 million years has a historical basis in the documentation of the geology of Yushe. This volume introduces the basin in its geological setting, describes the succession of ... Read more

$107.09 USD

The Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China embodies the bulk of our knowledge on successions of terrestrial vertebrates in the northern part of East Asia. Everything we know about Asian mammals of the last 6 million years has a historical basis in the documentation of the geology of Yushe. This volume introduces the basin in its geological setting, describes the succession of
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The Evolution of Culture

Volume IV

Edited by Stefan Linquist ...

Series series The International Library of Essays on Evolutionary Thought
Recent years have seen a transformation in thinking about the nature of culture. Rather than viewing culture in opposition to biology, a growing number of researchers now regard culture as subject to evolutionary processes. Recent developments in this field have shifted some of the traditional academic fault lines. Alliances are forming between researchers trained in anthropology, evolutionary ... Read more

$64.99 USD

Recent years have seen a transformation in thinking about the nature of culture. Rather than viewing culture in opposition to biology, a growing number of researchers now regard culture as subject to evolutionary processes. Recent developments in this field have shifted some of the traditional academic fault lines. Alliances are forming between researchers trained in anthropology, evolutionary
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Agnihotri - I Custodi del Fuoco

Il Sentiero di Guarigione del Guerriero del Fuoco

by Massimo Rodolfi ...

Per guarire gli altri bisogna guarire se stessi. Ecco il Sentiero…A te che stai cercando il Sentiero che porta al tuo cuore, finalmente l’hai trovato. Riposa un momento, prima della battaglia finale, ascolta il dolce e tremendo silenzio dell’alba che viene. Già si vede il chiarore che annuncia il possente rombo del Fuoco, all’erta Cavaliere, ciò che devi sconfiggere è dentro di te. Trovato che ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Per guarire gli altri bisogna guarire se stessi. Ecco il Sentiero…A te che stai cercando il Sentiero che porta al tuo cuore, finalmente l’hai trovato. Riposa un momento, prima della battaglia finale, ascolta il dolce e tremendo silenzio dell’alba che viene. Già si vede il chiarore che annuncia il possente rombo del Fuoco, all’erta Cavaliere, ciò che devi sconfiggere è dentro di te. Trovato che
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Progress in Botany 77

Edited by Ulrich Lüttge, Francisco M. Cánovas, Rainer Matyssek ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on plant genetics, physiology, ecology, and evolution. ... Read more

$143.09 USD

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on plant genetics, physiology, ecology, and evolution.
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Das Mosaik der Menschwerdung

Vom aufrechten Gang zur Eroberung der Erde: Humanevolution im Überblick

by Dierk Suhr ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Humanevolution im Überblick: Das Mosaik der MenschwerdungBis vor wenigen Jahren schien die Entstehung des Menschen weitgehend geklärt, der menschliche Stammbaum vollständig darstellbar: Entstanden in Afrika, sollte sich unsere Gattung von Vor- und Frühmenschen in einer aufsteigenden Reihe zum modernen Homo sapiens entwickelt haben. Auslöser dieser Entwicklung sollten aufrechter Gang, ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Humanevolution im Überblick: Das Mosaik der MenschwerdungBis vor wenigen Jahren schien die Entstehung des Menschen weitgehend geklärt, der menschliche Stammbaum vollständig darstellbar: Entstanden in Afrika, sollte sich unsere Gattung von Vor- und Frühmenschen in einer aufsteigenden Reihe zum modernen Homo sapiens entwickelt haben. Auslöser dieser Entwicklung sollten aufrechter Gang,
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Arvelighed og moral

En undersøgelse

by Karl Gjellerup ...

Karl Gjellerups prisvindende afhandling ”Arvelighed og moral” behandler nogle af det sene 1800-tals mest omdiskuterede teorier, heriblandt Charles Darwins evolutionsteori. I lighed med Herbert Spencer og Francis Galton forsvarer Karl Gjellerup en deterministisk, evolutionær og naturalistisk tilgang til moral, der udviser forfatterens store håb for, at fremtidige generationer kan udvikle sig i ... Read more

$13.59 USD

Karl Gjellerups prisvindende afhandling ”Arvelighed og moral” behandler nogle af det sene 1800-tals mest omdiskuterede teorier, heriblandt Charles Darwins evolutionsteori. I lighed med Herbert Spencer og Francis Galton forsvarer Karl Gjellerup en deterministisk, evolutionær og naturalistisk tilgang til moral, der udviser forfatterens store håb for, at fremtidige generationer kan udvikle sig i
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The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles

by J. Sean Doody, Vladimir Dinets, Gordon M. Burghardt ...

Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles.Reptiles have been too often dismissed as dull animals with tiny brains and simple, "asocial" lives. In reality, reptiles engage in a remarkable diversity of complex social behavior. They can live in families; communicate ... Read more

$63.99 USD

Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles.Reptiles have been too often dismissed as dull animals with tiny brains and simple, "asocial" lives. In reality, reptiles engage in a remarkable diversity of complex social behavior. They can live in families; communicate
... Read more
Unravelling the algae

the past, present, and future of algal systematics

Edited by Juliet Brodie, Jane Lewis ...

Acting as titans in global control of the biosphere and colonizing virtually all corners of the earth, algae, extremely diverse and numerous oxygenic, photosynthetic organisms, can be major players in and drivers of environmental change. For hundreds of years, since their evolutionary origins by endosymbiosis, when a protozoan enslaved a cyanobacte ... Read more

$94.99 USD

Acting as titans in global control of the biosphere and colonizing virtually all corners of the earth, algae, extremely diverse and numerous oxygenic, photosynthetic organisms, can be major players in and drivers of environmental change. For hundreds of years, since their evolutionary origins by endosymbiosis, when a protozoan enslaved a cyanobacte
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On the Origin of Humankind

by Ilya Gladkih ...

How could evolution have created the human body so perfectly? This was the question that inspired my journey of exploration—a journey I assumed would lead me to reaffirm the theory of evolution. But as I measured and compared the human body to engineered products, what I discovered was completely unexpected. Analyzing systems like the cardiovascular network and structures like teeth, I began to ... Read more

$8.09 USD

How could evolution have created the human body so perfectly? This was the question that inspired my journey of exploration—a journey I assumed would lead me to reaffirm the theory of evolution. But as I measured and compared the human body to engineered products, what I discovered was completely unexpected. Analyzing systems like the cardiovascular network and structures like teeth, I began to
... Read more

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