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Guttural Pouches In Horses: Evolution, Function And Mycosis

de Dirk Bontes ...

There are unique organs in the head of the horse: guttural pouches. In this short article the mysteries of their evolution, function and the reason of their mycosis are explained for the first time. The two main chapters are the Introduction and the Discussion. In the Introduction the pertinent facts are presented by means of many quotes. The Discussion has the explanations. ... Leer más

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There are unique organs in the head of the horse: guttural pouches. In this short article the mysteries of their evolution, function and the reason of their mycosis are explained for the first time. The two main chapters are the Introduction and the Discussion. In the Introduction the pertinent facts are presented by means of many quotes. The Discussion has the explanations.
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Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences

Edición de Daniel S. Brooks, James DiFrisco, William C. Wimsatt ...

Series series Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
Scientific philosophers examine the nature and significance of levels of organization, a core structural principle in the biological sciences.This volume examines the idea of levels of organization as a distinct object of investigation, considering its merits as a core organizational principle for the scientific image of the natural world. It approaches levels of organization--roughly, the idea ... Leer más

$41.99 USD

Scientific philosophers examine the nature and significance of levels of organization, a core structural principle in the biological sciences.This volume examines the idea of levels of organization as a distinct object of investigation, considering its merits as a core organizational principle for the scientific image of the natural world. It approaches levels of organization--roughly, the idea
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The Origin of Life and the Universe – 1st International Conference - Istanbul, August 2016

de Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) ...

The conference on the Origin of Life and the Universe which scientists from the United States and Turkey participated as speakers along with academicians, researchers, students, businessmen and journalists from various countries organized by the Technics and Science Research Foundation under the auspices of its Honorary Chairman Mr. Adnan Oktar took place at Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel ... Leer más

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The conference on the Origin of Life and the Universe which scientists from the United States and Turkey participated as speakers along with academicians, researchers, students, businessmen and journalists from various countries organized by the Technics and Science Research Foundation under the auspices of its Honorary Chairman Mr. Adnan Oktar took place at Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel
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The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced From the Theory of "Natural Selection"

de Alfred Russel Wallace ...

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1864 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced From the Theory of "Natural Selection"' is an essay on the development of humans and the evolutionary evidence for natural selection. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the ... Leer más

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1864 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced From the Theory of "Natural Selection"' is an essay on the development of humans and the evolutionary evidence for natural selection. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the
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Humanity in a Creative Universe

de Stuart A. Kauffman ...

In the hard sciences, which can often feel out of grasp for many lay readers, there are "great thinkers" who go far beyond the equations, formulas, and research. Minds such as Stephen Hawking philosophize about the functions and nature of the universe, the implications of our existence, and other impossibly fascinating, yet difficult questions. Stuart A. Kauffman is one of those great thinkers. He ... Leer más

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In the hard sciences, which can often feel out of grasp for many lay readers, there are "great thinkers" who go far beyond the equations, formulas, and research. Minds such as Stephen Hawking philosophize about the functions and nature of the universe, the implications of our existence, and other impossibly fascinating, yet difficult questions. Stuart A. Kauffman is one of those great thinkers. He
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The Ancient Origins of Consciousness

How the Brain Created Experience

de Todd E. Feinberg, Jon M. Mallatt ...

How consciousness appeared much earlier in evolutionary history than is commonly assumed, and why all vertebrates and perhaps even some invertebrates are conscious.How is consciousness created? When did it first appear on Earth, and how did it evolve? What constitutes consciousness, and which animals can be said to be sentient? In this book, Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt draw on recent scientific ... Leer más

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How consciousness appeared much earlier in evolutionary history than is commonly assumed, and why all vertebrates and perhaps even some invertebrates are conscious.How is consciousness created? When did it first appear on Earth, and how did it evolve? What constitutes consciousness, and which animals can be said to be sentient? In this book, Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt draw on recent scientific
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THEY CONNED YOU

EXPLOSIVE, UNDENIABLE SCIENTIFIC FACTS PROVING THE BIG BANG AND EVOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE

de Colin B Noble ...

This refreshing and enlightening book exposes the lies and deception used by the evolution movement as they create their own definition of science to suit their agenda through replacing long-established science protocols with flawed illogical theories, misleading claims, and endless unproven assumptions.Finally, in a relaxed easy to understand and logical presentation without confusing academic ... Leer más

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This refreshing and enlightening book exposes the lies and deception used by the evolution movement as they create their own definition of science to suit their agenda through replacing long-established science protocols with flawed illogical theories, misleading claims, and endless unproven assumptions.Finally, in a relaxed easy to understand and logical presentation without confusing academic
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The Nature of Life

Classical and Contemporary Perspectives from Philosophy and Science

de Mark A. Bedau, Carol E. Cleland ...

Bringing together the latest scientific advances and some of the most enduring subtle philosophical puzzles and problems, this book collects original historical and contemporary sources to explore the wide range of issues surrounding the nature of life. Selections ranging from Aristotle and Descartes to Sagan and Dawkins are organised around four broad themes covering classical discussions of life ... Leer más

$47.59 USD

Bringing together the latest scientific advances and some of the most enduring subtle philosophical puzzles and problems, this book collects original historical and contemporary sources to explore the wide range of issues surrounding the nature of life. Selections ranging from Aristotle and Descartes to Sagan and Dawkins are organised around four broad themes covering classical discussions of life
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Movement And Habits Of Climbing Plant (Mobi Classics)

de Charles Darwin ...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. ... Leer más

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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.
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The Reign of Christ the King

In Both Public and Private Life

de Michael Davies ...

Proves that Christ, being God, has an absolute right to reign in our social and political lives, as well as in our personal lives. This book is easy to read and important for our times, in which secularism and pluralism reign supreme. Provocative on every page! ... Leer más

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Proves that Christ, being God, has an absolute right to reign in our social and political lives, as well as in our personal lives. This book is easy to read and important for our times, in which secularism and pluralism reign supreme. Provocative on every page!
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Divine Intelligence - Is Life Woven Into the Fabric of the Universe

de Ylia Callan ...

Is life a cosmic accident or the inevitable expression of a deeper intelligence woven into the fabric of the universe?Divine Intelligence takes readers on a breathtaking journey through science, philosophy, and cosmic wonder. Drawing on the latest discoveries in astrobiology, physics, and planetary science, this thought-provoking book explores a growing body of evidence suggesting that life is not ... Leer más

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Is life a cosmic accident or the inevitable expression of a deeper intelligence woven into the fabric of the universe?Divine Intelligence takes readers on a breathtaking journey through science, philosophy, and cosmic wonder. Drawing on the latest discoveries in astrobiology, physics, and planetary science, this thought-provoking book explores a growing body of evidence suggesting that life is not
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The Three Failures of Creationism

Logic, Rhetoric, and Science

de Walter Fitch ...

Walter M. Fitch, a pioneer in the study of molecular evolution, has written this cogent overview of why creationism fails with respect to all the fundamentals of scientific inquiry. He explains the basics of logic and rhetoric at the heart of scientific thinking, shows what a logical syllogism is, and tells how one can detect that an argument is logically fallacious, and therefore invalid, or even ... Leer más

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Walter M. Fitch, a pioneer in the study of molecular evolution, has written this cogent overview of why creationism fails with respect to all the fundamentals of scientific inquiry. He explains the basics of logic and rhetoric at the heart of scientific thinking, shows what a logical syllogism is, and tells how one can detect that an argument is logically fallacious, and therefore invalid, or even
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Evolutionary Psychology

An Introduction

de Lance Workman, Will Reader ...

While evolutionary psychology is a fascinating science, it is also often misunderstood. In this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook, Workman and Reader assume no prior knowledge of evolution and instead carefully guide students towards a level of understanding where they can critically apply evolutionary theory to psychological explanation. The authors provide an engaging and balanced ... Leer más

$49.19 USD

While evolutionary psychology is a fascinating science, it is also often misunderstood. In this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook, Workman and Reader assume no prior knowledge of evolution and instead carefully guide students towards a level of understanding where they can critically apply evolutionary theory to psychological explanation. The authors provide an engaging and balanced
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First Principles

de Herbert Spencer ...

Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era. Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies. As a polymath, he contributed to a wide range of subjects, ... Leer más

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Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era. Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies. As a polymath, he contributed to a wide range of subjects,
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Death on Earth

Adventures in Evolution and Mortality

de Mr Jules Howard ...

There is nothing more life-affirming than understanding death in all its forms.Natural selection depends on death; little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We are all survivors of starvation, drought, volcanic eruptions, meteorites, plagues, parasites, predators, freak weather events, tussles and scraps, and our bodies are shaped ... Leer más

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There is nothing more life-affirming than understanding death in all its forms.Natural selection depends on death; little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We are all survivors of starvation, drought, volcanic eruptions, meteorites, plagues, parasites, predators, freak weather events, tussles and scraps, and our bodies are shaped
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Catastrophes!

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Other Earth-Shattering Disasters

de Donald R. Prothero ...

Devastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the earth—and a humbling view of our future. Paleontologist and geologist Donald R. Prothero tells the harrowing human stories behind these catastrophic events.Prothero describes in gripping detail some of the most important natural disasters in history:• the New Madrid, Missouri, ... Leer más

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Devastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the earth—and a humbling view of our future. Paleontologist and geologist Donald R. Prothero tells the harrowing human stories behind these catastrophic events.Prothero describes in gripping detail some of the most important natural disasters in history:• the New Madrid, Missouri,
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The Erotic Life of Manuscripts

New Testament Textual Criticism and the Biological Sciences

de Yii-Jan Lin ...

Since the New Testament's inception as written text, its manuscripts have been subject to all the dangers of history: scribal error, emendation, injury, and total destruction. The traditional goal of modern textual criticism has been to reconstruct an "original text" from surviving manuscripts, adjudicating among all the variant texts resulting from the slips, additions, and embellishments of ... Leer más

$100.79 USD

Since the New Testament's inception as written text, its manuscripts have been subject to all the dangers of history: scribal error, emendation, injury, and total destruction. The traditional goal of modern textual criticism has been to reconstruct an "original text" from surviving manuscripts, adjudicating among all the variant texts resulting from the slips, additions, and embellishments of
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Evolution

Its nature, its evidence, and its relation to religious thought (Illustrations)

de Joseph le Conte ...

The subject of the following work may be expressed in three questions: What is evolution? Is it true? What then? Surely, there are no questions of the day more burning than these. Much has been written on each of them, addressed to different classes of minds: some to the scientific, some to the popular, and some to the religious and theological; but nothing has yet appeared which covers the whole ... Leer más

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The subject of the following work may be expressed in three questions: What is evolution? Is it true? What then? Surely, there are no questions of the day more burning than these. Much has been written on each of them, addressed to different classes of minds: some to the scientific, some to the popular, and some to the religious and theological; but nothing has yet appeared which covers the whole
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The Secret Perfume of Birds

Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent

de Danielle J. Whittaker ...

The untold story of a stunning discovery: not only can birds smell, but their scents may be the secret to understanding their world.Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Book in Popular Science and MathematicsThe puzzling lack of evidence for the peculiar but widespread belief that birds have no sense of smell irked evolutionary biologist Danielle Whittaker. Exploring the science behind the myth led ... Leer más

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The untold story of a stunning discovery: not only can birds smell, but their scents may be the secret to understanding their world.Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Book in Popular Science and MathematicsThe puzzling lack of evidence for the peculiar but widespread belief that birds have no sense of smell irked evolutionary biologist Danielle Whittaker. Exploring the science behind the myth led
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Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life

How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Thought You Knew

de Steve Stewart-Williams ...

If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong, or does it imply that ... Leer más

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If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong, or does it imply that
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The Doctrine of Evolution

de Henry Crampton ...

The purpose of these this book is to describe in concise outline the Doctrine of Evolution, its basis in the facts of natural history, and its wide and universal scope. They fall naturally into two groups. Those of the first part deal with matters of definition, with the essential characteristics of hving things, and, at greater length, with the evidences of organic evolution. The the second group ... Leer más

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The purpose of these this book is to describe in concise outline the Doctrine of Evolution, its basis in the facts of natural history, and its wide and universal scope. They fall naturally into two groups. Those of the first part deal with matters of definition, with the essential characteristics of hving things, and, at greater length, with the evidences of organic evolution. The the second group
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Evolutionary Biology: Self/Nonself Evolution, Species and Complex Traits Evolution, Methods and Concepts

Edición de Pierre Pontarotti ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 20th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2016. They are grouped under the following major themes:· Self/Nonself Evolution· Species Evolution and Evolution of Complex Traits· Methods and ConceptsThe aims of the annual meetings in Marseille – which bring together leading evolutionary biologists and other ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 20th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2016. They are grouped under the following major themes:· Self/Nonself Evolution· Species Evolution and Evolution of Complex Traits· Methods and ConceptsThe aims of the annual meetings in Marseille – which bring together leading evolutionary biologists and other
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The Evolution of the Human Head

de Daniel E. Lieberman ...

In one sense, human heads function much like those of other mammals. We use them to chew, smell, swallow, think, hear, and so on. But, in other respects, the human head is quite unusual. Unlike other animals, even our great ape cousins, our heads are short and wide, very big brained, snoutless, largely furless, and perched on a short, nearly vertical neck. Daniel E. Lieberman sets out to explain ... Leer más

$51.29 USD

In one sense, human heads function much like those of other mammals. We use them to chew, smell, swallow, think, hear, and so on. But, in other respects, the human head is quite unusual. Unlike other animals, even our great ape cousins, our heads are short and wide, very big brained, snoutless, largely furless, and perched on a short, nearly vertical neck. Daniel E. Lieberman sets out to explain
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Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins

Cosmology, Geology, and Biology in Christian Perspective

de Robert C. Bishop, Larry L. Funck, Stephen O. Moshier, John H. Walton, Raymond J. Lewis ...

Series series BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity
The question of origins remains a stumbling block for many. But just as the Psalmist gained insight into God's character through the observation of nature, modern scientific study can deepen and enrich our vision of the Creator and our place in his creation. In this often contentious field Bishop, Funck, Lewis, Moshier, and Walton serve as our able guides. Based on over two decades of teaching ... Leer más

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The question of origins remains a stumbling block for many. But just as the Psalmist gained insight into God's character through the observation of nature, modern scientific study can deepen and enrich our vision of the Creator and our place in his creation. In this often contentious field Bishop, Funck, Lewis, Moshier, and Walton serve as our able guides. Based on over two decades of teaching
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