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Alle origini della musicalità negli animali e nell'uomo

de Henkjan, Honing ...

Quando si parla di “musicalità”, probabilmente per la maggior parte delle persone il pensiero corre subito alla popstar o al compositore preferito, oppure a bambini prodigio come Lang Lang o i fratelli Jussen. Ma la musicalità è molto di più: è un’abilità che quasi tutti gli esseri umani possiedono, una serie di caratteristiche che ci permettono di apprezzare e/o produrre musica. Ma è veramente ... Leer más

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Quando si parla di “musicalità”, probabilmente per la maggior parte delle persone il pensiero corre subito alla popstar o al compositore preferito, oppure a bambini prodigio come Lang Lang o i fratelli Jussen. Ma la musicalità è molto di più: è un’abilità che quasi tutti gli esseri umani possiedono, una serie di caratteristiche che ci permettono di apprezzare e/o produrre musica. Ma è veramente
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Time in World History

de Peter Stearns ...

Series series Themes in World History
In this book, Peter Stearns presents the fascinating concept of time through a global historical lens. Covering both calendrical time and clock time, the volume shows how significant changes in conceptions of time are in world history, as they translate many key historical developments from religion to industrialization, into daily experience.The book explores why and how early societies became ... Leer más

$58.99 USD

In this book, Peter Stearns presents the fascinating concept of time through a global historical lens. Covering both calendrical time and clock time, the volume shows how significant changes in conceptions of time are in world history, as they translate many key historical developments from religion to industrialization, into daily experience.The book explores why and how early societies became
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Baby Wars

Parenthood and Family Strife

de Robin Baker, Elizabeth Oram ...

First published in 1998, Baby Wars was the second title in a controversial trilogy of books which placed the past, present and future of human reproduction under the microscope of evolutionary biology. Baby Wars itself was focussed on parenthood and family strife, and attracted such international interest that it was translated into eight different languages. This digital English edition, with a ... Leer más

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First published in 1998, Baby Wars was the second title in a controversial trilogy of books which placed the past, present and future of human reproduction under the microscope of evolutionary biology. Baby Wars itself was focussed on parenthood and family strife, and attracted such international interest that it was translated into eight different languages. This digital English edition, with a
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20 Soruda Evrim Teorisinin Çöküşü

de Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) ...

Evrim teorisi, yaklaşık 150 yıldır dünyanın gündemindedir ve insanların dünyaya bakış açılarını derinden etkilemektedir.Bu teori, yeryüzündeki canlılığın tesadüfler ve doğal şartlar sonucunda, kendiliğinden meydana geldiğini savunur.Ne var ki evrim, bilimsel kanıtları olan bir teori değil, bilimsellik kisvesi altında toplumlara empoze edilmeye çalışılan materyalist bir dogmadır.Modern bilim ... Leer más

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Evrim teorisi, yaklaşık 150 yıldır dünyanın gündemindedir ve insanların dünyaya bakış açılarını derinden etkilemektedir.Bu teori, yeryüzündeki canlılığın tesadüfler ve doğal şartlar sonucunda, kendiliğinden meydana geldiğini savunur.Ne var ki evrim, bilimsel kanıtları olan bir teori değil, bilimsellik kisvesi altında toplumlara empoze edilmeye çalışılan materyalist bir dogmadır.Modern bilim
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Darwin and Women

A Selection of Letters

de Charles Darwin ...

Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships, social and professional, with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining, ... Leer más

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Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships, social and professional, with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining,
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Origin of Group Identity

Viruses, Addiction and Cooperation

de Luis P. Villarreal ...

A sense of belonging is basic to the human experience. But in this, humans are not unique. Essentially all life, from bacteria to humans, have ways by which it determines which members belong and which do not. This is a basic cooperative nature of life I call group membership which is examined in this book. However, cooperation of living things is not easily accounted for by current theory of ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

A sense of belonging is basic to the human experience. But in this, humans are not unique. Essentially all life, from bacteria to humans, have ways by which it determines which members belong and which do not. This is a basic cooperative nature of life I call group membership which is examined in this book. However, cooperation of living things is not easily accounted for by current theory of
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Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae

Edición de Renato Goldenberg, Fabián A. Michelangeli, Frank Almeda ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book presents a synthesis of critical new information for the Melastomataceae, one of the ten richest families among flowering plants with over 5,800 species that has its diversity highly concentrated in tropical or subtropical areas. It describes the family’s global diversity and distribution and summarizes recent advances in systematics, evolution, biogeography, reproductive biology and ... Leer más

$215.09 USD

This book presents a synthesis of critical new information for the Melastomataceae, one of the ten richest families among flowering plants with over 5,800 species that has its diversity highly concentrated in tropical or subtropical areas. It describes the family’s global diversity and distribution and summarizes recent advances in systematics, evolution, biogeography, reproductive biology and
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Let the Earth Bring Forth: Evolution and Scripture

de Howard C. Stutz, ...

In addition to fascinating examples of speciation by mutation and the lesser-known processes of sexual recombination and polyploidy, Howard Stutz examines the evidence from the embryo stages of human beings and other creatures to show how selection and differentiation moved development in certain favored directions while leaving behind evidence of earlier, discarded developments. With rigorous, ... Leer más

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In addition to fascinating examples of speciation by mutation and the lesser-known processes of sexual recombination and polyploidy, Howard Stutz examines the evidence from the embryo stages of human beings and other creatures to show how selection and differentiation moved development in certain favored directions while leaving behind evidence of earlier, discarded developments. With rigorous,
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Concise Handbook of Epidemiology (Second Edition)

de Jalal Eddeen Abubakar Saleh ...

Concise Handbook of Epidemiology is an essential resource introducing readers to core principles, models, and research methods of modern epidemiology. This comprehensive guide covers foundational concepts like health and disease, disease occurrence, epidemiological models, and study designs. It also talks about disease surveillance, outbreak investigations, statistical methods, and advanced ... Leer más

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Concise Handbook of Epidemiology is an essential resource introducing readers to core principles, models, and research methods of modern epidemiology. This comprehensive guide covers foundational concepts like health and disease, disease occurrence, epidemiological models, and study designs. It also talks about disease surveillance, outbreak investigations, statistical methods, and advanced
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The Connections Between Ecology and Infectious Disease

Edición de Christon J. Hurst ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book summarizes current advances in our understanding of how infectious disease represents an ecological interaction between a pathogenic microorganism and the host species in which that microbe causes illness.The contributing authors explain that pathogenic microorganisms often also have broader ecological connections, which can include a natural environmental presence; possible transmission ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

This book summarizes current advances in our understanding of how infectious disease represents an ecological interaction between a pathogenic microorganism and the host species in which that microbe causes illness.The contributing authors explain that pathogenic microorganisms often also have broader ecological connections, which can include a natural environmental presence; possible transmission
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Vegetation of the Canary Islands

de Marcelino J. del Arco Aguilar, Octavio Rodríguez Delgado ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The volcanic and oceanic nature of the Canary Islands, its rich plant biodiversity and high rate of endemism, as well as the relict character of some of its plant communities make it a territory of great biological interest.The main geographic, climatic, bioclimatic, biogeographic and floristic features of the Islands are shown and related to the distributional pattern of potential communities ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

The volcanic and oceanic nature of the Canary Islands, its rich plant biodiversity and high rate of endemism, as well as the relict character of some of its plant communities make it a territory of great biological interest.The main geographic, climatic, bioclimatic, biogeographic and floristic features of the Islands are shown and related to the distributional pattern of potential communities
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Origin and Evolution of Biodiversity

Edición de Pierre Pontarotti ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The book includes 19 selected contributions presented at the 21st Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in Marseille in September 2017. The chapters are grouped into the following five categories:· Genome/Phenotype Evolution· Self/Nonself Evolution· Origin of Biodiversity· Origin of Life· ConceptsThe annual Evolutionary Biology Meetings in Marseille serve to gather leading evolutionary ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

The book includes 19 selected contributions presented at the 21st Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in Marseille in September 2017. The chapters are grouped into the following five categories:· Genome/Phenotype Evolution· Self/Nonself Evolution· Origin of Biodiversity· Origin of Life· ConceptsThe annual Evolutionary Biology Meetings in Marseille serve to gather leading evolutionary
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A Concise Dictionary of Paleontology

de Robert L. Carlton ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This authored dictionary presents a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts, with focus on the most significant orders, genera, and species in terms of historical turning points such as mass extinctions. The book is an accurate and up-to-date collection of the most important paleontological terms and taxa, and may be used as a resource by students, researchers, ... Leer más

$215.09 USD

This authored dictionary presents a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts, with focus on the most significant orders, genera, and species in terms of historical turning points such as mass extinctions. The book is an accurate and up-to-date collection of the most important paleontological terms and taxa, and may be used as a resource by students, researchers,
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Pocket L'Evolution

de Rumi Michael Leigh ...

Series series Things You Should Know (Questions and Answers)
Découvrez les concepts fondamentaux de l'évolution d'une manière simple et claire grâce à ce guide pratique. Que vous soyez un étudiant, un passionné de sciences ou simplement curieux d'en savoir plus, ce livre vous offre une introduction complète et facile à comprendre sur le sujet de l'évolution.Caractéristiques principales :Questions et réponses claires : Comprenez les principes de l'évolution ... Leer más

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Découvrez les concepts fondamentaux de l'évolution d'une manière simple et claire grâce à ce guide pratique. Que vous soyez un étudiant, un passionné de sciences ou simplement curieux d'en savoir plus, ce livre vous offre une introduction complète et facile à comprendre sur le sujet de l'évolution.Caractéristiques principales :Questions et réponses claires : Comprenez les principes de l'évolution
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The Original Cycle

How Our Intervention on the Planet has Generated an Evolutionary Mismatch that has Made Us Ill and What We Can Do to Recover Lost Health and Balance

de Dr. Fernando Bastos ...

The Original Cycle is a fascinating journey through the ages of humanity, exploring how we lived in harmony with the planet for millions of years as hunter-gatherers. However, in recent centuries, our radical interference with the Earth has had devastating consequences for our health. An unprecedented epidemic of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and cancers is ... Leer más

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The Original Cycle is a fascinating journey through the ages of humanity, exploring how we lived in harmony with the planet for millions of years as hunter-gatherers. However, in recent centuries, our radical interference with the Earth has had devastating consequences for our health. An unprecedented epidemic of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and cancers is
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Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music

de Steven Jan ...

Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music by Steven Jan is a comprehensive account of the relationships between evolutionary theory and music. Examining the ‘evolutionary algorithm’ that drives biological and musical-cultural evolution, the book provides a distinctive commentary on how musicality and music can shed light on our understanding of Darwin’s famous theory, and vice-versa.Comprised of ... Leer más

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Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music by Steven Jan is a comprehensive account of the relationships between evolutionary theory and music. Examining the ‘evolutionary algorithm’ that drives biological and musical-cultural evolution, the book provides a distinctive commentary on how musicality and music can shed light on our understanding of Darwin’s famous theory, and vice-versa.Comprised of
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Chordate Origins and Evolution

The Molecular Evolutionary Road to Vertebrates

de Noriyuki Satoh ...

Chordate Origins and Evolution: The Molecular Evolutionary Road to Vertebrates focuses on echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, and others), hemichordates (acorn worms, etc.), cephalochordates (lancelets), urochordates or tunicates (ascidians, larvaceans and others), and vertebrates. In general, evolution of these groups is discussed independently, on a larger scale: ambulacrarians (echi+hemi) and ... Leer más

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Chordate Origins and Evolution: The Molecular Evolutionary Road to Vertebrates focuses on echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, and others), hemichordates (acorn worms, etc.), cephalochordates (lancelets), urochordates or tunicates (ascidians, larvaceans and others), and vertebrates. In general, evolution of these groups is discussed independently, on a larger scale: ambulacrarians (echi+hemi) and
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L'origine della donna

de Elaine Morgan ...

Traducido por Bruno Oddera ...

Elaine Morgan, autrice di questo libro, non è né una femminista né un’accademica, ma una delle maggiori scrittrici di scienza. Madre di tre bambini, all’età di cinquantadue anni, nel 1972, scrisse L’origine della donna, che divenne subito un best seller mondiale, tradotto in venticinque paesi ma ignorato dalla comunità scientifica. Dissacratorio sin dal titolo (echeggia con sorridente humour ... Leer más

$18.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Elaine Morgan, autrice di questo libro, non è né una femminista né un’accademica, ma una delle maggiori scrittrici di scienza. Madre di tre bambini, all’età di cinquantadue anni, nel 1972, scrisse L’origine della donna, che divenne subito un best seller mondiale, tradotto in venticinque paesi ma ignorato dalla comunità scientifica. Dissacratorio sin dal titolo (echeggia con sorridente humour
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Confluence of Evolutionary Science and Christian Faith

Toward an Integration

de Joseph Fortier ...

In this book I have attempted to chart a path for the reader toward understanding how rigorous empirical scientific thought and solid, informed as well as inspired religious faith are in fact congruent with respect to evolution. The instruments that are used in this book to chart this path include: (1) the findings of scripture scholars regarding the Genesis creation narratives; (2) the basic ... Leer más

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In this book I have attempted to chart a path for the reader toward understanding how rigorous empirical scientific thought and solid, informed as well as inspired religious faith are in fact congruent with respect to evolution. The instruments that are used in this book to chart this path include: (1) the findings of scripture scholars regarding the Genesis creation narratives; (2) the basic
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The Neanderthal's Necklace

In Search of the First Thinkers

de Juan Luis Arsuaga ...

Traducido por Andy Klatt ...

Neanderthals are at the center of this compelling narrative by Europe's leading anthropologist, not because they were our ancestors but because they were not. Members of a parallel humanity that evolved in Europe for hundreds of thousands of years, they were in direct competition with Cro-Magnons -- modern humans. The way Neanderthals lived and the reasons why they disappeared 50,000 years ago ... Leer más

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Neanderthals are at the center of this compelling narrative by Europe's leading anthropologist, not because they were our ancestors but because they were not. Members of a parallel humanity that evolved in Europe for hundreds of thousands of years, they were in direct competition with Cro-Magnons -- modern humans. The way Neanderthals lived and the reasons why they disappeared 50,000 years ago
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Orchid Biology: Recent Trends & Challenges

Edición de Shaik Mahammad Khasim, Sadanand Nagesh Hegde, María Teresa González-Arnao, Kanchit Thammasiri ...

This book on “Orchid Biology: Recent Trends & Challenges” reviews the latest strategies for the preservation and conservation of orchid diversity and orchid germplasm. It is an outcome of the Proceedings of the International Symposium on “Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants & Orchids: Emerging Trends and Challenges” held on 9-11 February 2018 at Acharya Nagarjuna University, India. In addition, ... Leer más

$260.09 USD

This book on “Orchid Biology: Recent Trends & Challenges” reviews the latest strategies for the preservation and conservation of orchid diversity and orchid germplasm. It is an outcome of the Proceedings of the International Symposium on “Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants & Orchids: Emerging Trends and Challenges” held on 9-11 February 2018 at Acharya Nagarjuna University, India. In addition,
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Epigenetic Processes and Evolution of Life

de Jana Švorcová, Anton Markoš ...

The book covers the possible story of emergence of life and its subsequent evolution, emphasizing the necessary evolutionary step negotiation of a common "language set" which kept all inhabitants in the biosphere together, ensuring a basic level of understanding among them. The book focuses on "protocols of communication" (both genetic and epigenetic) representing norms shared and understood ... Leer más

$70.99 USD

The book covers the possible story of emergence of life and its subsequent evolution, emphasizing the necessary evolutionary step negotiation of a common "language set" which kept all inhabitants in the biosphere together, ensuring a basic level of understanding among them. The book focuses on "protocols of communication" (both genetic and epigenetic) representing norms shared and understood
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Zoo and Aquarium History

Ancient Animal Collections to Conservation Centers

Edición de Vernon N. Kisling, Jr ...

Wild animals have been housed in zoos and aquariums for 5,000 years, fascinating people living in virtually every society. Today, these institutions are at a new milestone in their history. This second edition of Zoo and Aquarium History takes the reader on a journey through the transition of private collections to menageries, to zoos, then zoological gardens, and more recently conservation ... Leer más

$77.99 USD

Wild animals have been housed in zoos and aquariums for 5,000 years, fascinating people living in virtually every society. Today, these institutions are at a new milestone in their history. This second edition of Zoo and Aquarium History takes the reader on a journey through the transition of private collections to menageries, to zoos, then zoological gardens, and more recently conservation
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Biochemical Evolution

The Pursuit of Perfection

de Athel Cornish-Bowden ...

Biochemical Evolution: The Pursuit of Perfection, Second Edition describes the relationship between biochemistry and evolutionary biology, arguing that each depends on the other to be properly understood. ... Leer más

$70.99 USD

Biochemical Evolution: The Pursuit of Perfection, Second Edition describes the relationship between biochemistry and evolutionary biology, arguing that each depends on the other to be properly understood.
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