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  • Oxygen

    A Four Billion Year History

    Series series Princeton Science Library
    The remarkable scientific story of how Earth became an oxygenated planetThe air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it come to be this way? Donald Canfield covers this vast history, emphasizing its relationship to the evolution of life and the evolving ... Leer más

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  • Oxygen

    A Four Billion Year History

    Series series Science Essentials
    The remarkable scientific story of how Earth became an oxygenated planetThe air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? Donald Canfield—one of the world's leading authorities on geochemistry, earth history, and the early oceans—covers this ... Leer más

    $32.39 USD

  • Islandscapes and Tourism

    An Anthology

    The links between islands and tourism, as sights of pleasure is embodied in the touristification of sun, sand and sea. Islandscapes are central to the tourist imaginaries that shape islands as touristified places - curated, designed and commodified for both mass tourism and more niche inclined versions. Yet while islands are parlayed for touristic pleasure seekers, islands are also home to ... Leer más

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  • Earth's Deep History

    How It Was Discovered and Why It Matters

    "Tells the story . . . of how 'natural philosophers' developed the ideas of geology accepted today . . . Fascinating." — San Francisco Book ReviewEarth has been witness to dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, and comets and asteroids crashing, as well as the birth of humans who are curious to understand it. But how was all this discovered? How was the evidence for ... Leer más

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  • Planet of the Bugs

    Evolution and the Rise of Insects

    This "excellent guide to the history of our planet" offers a bugs-eye view of evolution, biodiversity, and todays ecological crises ( The Guardian, UK).According to entomologist Scott Richard Shaw, dinosaurs never ruled the earth—and neither do humans. The true potentates of our planet are, and always have been, insects. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient Earth and ending in the far reaches ... Leer más

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  • The Collapse of Western Civilization

    A View from the Future

    The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought and—finally—the disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093, when the disintegration of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet led to mass migration and a complete reshuffling of the global order. Writing from ... Leer más

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  • The Sixth Extinction

    An Unnatural History

    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALISTThe 10th-anniversary edition of the instant classic, The Sixth Extinction, now with a new epilogue. Kolbert blends intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our ... Leer más

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  • Undeniable

    Evolution and the Science of Creation

    de Bill Nye ...
    The popular scientist explains the marvels and mysteries of evolution in this "fun to read and easy to absorb" New York Times bestseller ( The Washington Post).Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as ... Leer más

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  • Tourism and Sustainability

    Development, globalisation and new tourism in the Third World

    By January 2015 the world’s richest 80 people had as much wealth as the poorest 50 per cent of the world’s population. It is a global unevenness through which the barriers to in-migration of Third World migrants to wealthy First World nations go ever higher, while the barriers to travel in the reverse direction are all but extinct.So how exactly does tourism contribute to narrowing this glaring ... Leer más

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  • Sustainable Tourism in Island Destinations

    Series series Tourism, Environment and Development Series
    Many of the world's islands are dependent on tourism as their main source of income. It is therefore imperative that these destinations are managed for long-term viability. The natural appeal of a destination is typically one of its main tourism related assets, yet the natural environment is also the feature most directly threatened by potential overexploitation.Sustainable Tourism in Island ... Leer más

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  • Animals and Tourism

    Understanding Diverse Relationships

    Edición de Kevin Markwell ...
    Series Libro 67 - Aspects of Tourism
    This book critically examines the many ways in which tourism and animals intersect, whether as tourist attractions, wildlife conservation tools, as travel companions or as meat to be eaten. It aims to make a meaningful contribution to the growing body of knowledge concerning the relationships between animals, tourists and the tourism industry. The chapters are organised into three themes: ethics ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Tourism Mobilities

    Places to Play, Places in Play

    Many places around the world are being produced, converted, interpreted and made fit for tourist consumption.This fascinating book analyzes tourist performances such as walking, shopping, sunbathing, photographing, eating and clubbing, and studies why, and indeed how, some places become global centres whilst others don’t. Arranged in four distinct parts, Sheller and Urry consider:Performing ... Leer más

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