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The Problem of War

Darwinism, Christianity, and their Battle to Understand Human Conflict

de Michael Ruse ...

Darwinian evolutionary theory is one of the brightest jewels in the crown of science, yet it has been highly controversial since its first appearance in the On the Origin of Species in 1859. Well known is the opposition of so many Christians, an opposition that shows little sign of abating today. In The Problem of War, philosopher Michael Ruse argues that the roots of the unease lie not simply (as ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

Darwinian evolutionary theory is one of the brightest jewels in the crown of science, yet it has been highly controversial since its first appearance in the On the Origin of Species in 1859. Well known is the opposition of so many Christians, an opposition that shows little sign of abating today. In The Problem of War, philosopher Michael Ruse argues that the roots of the unease lie not simply (as
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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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Mutants and AI: Shaping the Future of Global Evolution

de Benjamin Katz ...

A vision for the Ark The Earth now groans beneath our strain Her skies are choked, her seas in pain A warming world, by three degrees Could bring us crumbling to our knees. The soil will burn, the water rise With mass death under ashen skies A fractured world, torn apart by strife Disintegration of societies, and life. But why this path of grim decay? What leads us to this darkened way? We cannot ... Leer más

$3.99 USD

A vision for the Ark The Earth now groans beneath our strain Her skies are choked, her seas in pain A warming world, by three degrees Could bring us crumbling to our knees. The soil will burn, the water rise With mass death under ashen skies A fractured world, torn apart by strife Disintegration of societies, and life. But why this path of grim decay? What leads us to this darkened way? We cannot
... Leer más
The Cyclic Peptide Toxins of Amanita and Other Poisonous Mushrooms

de Jonathan Walton ...

Poisonous mushrooms have fascinated scientists and laypersons alike for thousands of years. Almost all mushroom fatalities are due to the genus Amanita, whose poetic common names (death cap, destroying angel) attest to their lethality. In his classic 1986 book, Theodor Wieland covered the state of our knowledge about the chemistry and biochemistry of the toxins of Amanita mushrooms up until that ... Leer más

$152.99 USD

Poisonous mushrooms have fascinated scientists and laypersons alike for thousands of years. Almost all mushroom fatalities are due to the genus Amanita, whose poetic common names (death cap, destroying angel) attest to their lethality. In his classic 1986 book, Theodor Wieland covered the state of our knowledge about the chemistry and biochemistry of the toxins of Amanita mushrooms up until that
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Chiloé

The Ethnobiology of an Island Culture

Edición de Anton Daughters, Ana Pitchon ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This volume focuses on the ethnobiology of southern Chile’s Archipelago of Chiloé. Chiloé presents a unique perspective on the intersection of society and biology owing to its vast natural resources, historic culture of cooperation, geographic isolation, and external resource exploitation. Contributions to this volume cover knowledge bases in both marine and terrestrial systems, and how specific ... Leer más

$89.99 USD

This volume focuses on the ethnobiology of southern Chile’s Archipelago of Chiloé. Chiloé presents a unique perspective on the intersection of society and biology owing to its vast natural resources, historic culture of cooperation, geographic isolation, and external resource exploitation. Contributions to this volume cover knowledge bases in both marine and terrestrial systems, and how specific
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Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis): An Environmentally Friendly Native Grass for Animals

Edición de Gongshe Liu, Xiaoxia Li, Qingfen Zhang ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book summarizes the latest research on sheepgrass, both in China and around the globe, as well as fundamental information on the topic. Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel) is a key species in the eastern part of the Eurasian steppe and widely distributed in northern China. It is highly adaptable and holds considerable value in terms of animal husbandry and ecology / the environment. ... Leer más

$89.99 USD

This book summarizes the latest research on sheepgrass, both in China and around the globe, as well as fundamental information on the topic. Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel) is a key species in the eastern part of the Eurasian steppe and widely distributed in northern China. It is highly adaptable and holds considerable value in terms of animal husbandry and ecology / the environment.
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Critique of the Theory of Evolution

de Walter Friedman ...

In this book, Walter Friedman exposes internal contradictions that nullify the theory of evolution. He also reveals the ways Charles Darwin falsified observation data to promote his pseudoscientific discovery. In a variety of ways, Friedman aims to undercut the logical assumptions of evolutionary theory. First, he applies elementary probability theory to show that a random mutation cannot spread ... Leer más

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In this book, Walter Friedman exposes internal contradictions that nullify the theory of evolution. He also reveals the ways Charles Darwin falsified observation data to promote his pseudoscientific discovery. In a variety of ways, Friedman aims to undercut the logical assumptions of evolutionary theory. First, he applies elementary probability theory to show that a random mutation cannot spread
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Organelles, Genomes and Eukaryote Phylogeny

An Evolutionary Synthesis in the Age of Genomics

Edición de Robert P Hirt, David S. Horner ...

The recent revolution in molecular biology has spread through every field of biology including systematics and evolution. Researchers can now analyze the genomes of different species relatively quickly, and this is generating a great deal of data and theories about relationships between taxa as well as how they originated and diversified. Org ... Leer más

$94.99 USD

The recent revolution in molecular biology has spread through every field of biology including systematics and evolution. Researchers can now analyze the genomes of different species relatively quickly, and this is generating a great deal of data and theories about relationships between taxa as well as how they originated and diversified. Org
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Toba: When Humanity Nearly Went Extinct

de Heinrich Wilson ...

Seventy-five thousand years ago, something tore the sky open over Sumatra. By the time the ash settled, an estimated 10,000 humans were all that remained on Earth.We are the descendants of those few who didn't die. Every person alive today, regardless of nationality or culture, carries the genetic footprint of that tiny, desperate remnant of survivors who pushed through a decade of volcanic winter ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Seventy-five thousand years ago, something tore the sky open over Sumatra. By the time the ash settled, an estimated 10,000 humans were all that remained on Earth.We are the descendants of those few who didn't die. Every person alive today, regardless of nationality or culture, carries the genetic footprint of that tiny, desperate remnant of survivors who pushed through a decade of volcanic winter
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Early Primates & Anthropoid Elaboration

Couplets in Evolutionary Time, #4

de Michael A. Susko ...

Series Libro 4 - Couplets in Evolutionary Time
First Primates & Anthropoid Elaboration explores the fourth couplet in life's evolutionary journey, tracing two pivotal grade-level changes that brought evolution strikingly closer to the human condition. The first pulse follows the emergence of primates, whose arboreal adaptations transformed movement, perception, and social interaction into an integrated functional whole. The second pulse ... Leer más

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First Primates & Anthropoid Elaboration explores the fourth couplet in life's evolutionary journey, tracing two pivotal grade-level changes that brought evolution strikingly closer to the human condition. The first pulse follows the emergence of primates, whose arboreal adaptations transformed movement, perception, and social interaction into an integrated functional whole. The second pulse
... Leer más
A Brief History of Time #2

de R White ...

A Brief History of Time #2 - At Last The Truth!This brilliant sequel demolishes the lies and ideologies of the warring armies of Creationists and Evolutionists with startling new revelations that will rock cherished beliefs just as surely as did Stephen Hawking's original book.Scientific research and space exploration has progressed vastly since 1988 and now #2 takes the reader into mysteries of ... Leer más

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A Brief History of Time #2 - At Last The Truth!This brilliant sequel demolishes the lies and ideologies of the warring armies of Creationists and Evolutionists with startling new revelations that will rock cherished beliefs just as surely as did Stephen Hawking's original book.Scientific research and space exploration has progressed vastly since 1988 and now #2 takes the reader into mysteries of
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Identification and Control of Common Weeds: Volume 1

de Zhenghao Xu, Guoning Zhou ...

This book introduces readers to nearly 600 common weeds. In addition to essential information, each chapter includes photos for a specific type of weed to show its morphology in different growth periods, such as seedling, root, flower, fruit, and mature plant. The book also discusses control measures, including agricultural, chemical, physical, biological, and comprehensive methods. The Volume1 ... Leer más

$143.99 USD

This book introduces readers to nearly 600 common weeds. In addition to essential information, each chapter includes photos for a specific type of weed to show its morphology in different growth periods, such as seedling, root, flower, fruit, and mature plant. The book also discusses control measures, including agricultural, chemical, physical, biological, and comprehensive methods. The Volume1
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Climate - Vegetation:

Afro-Asian Mediterranean and Red Sea Coastal Lands

de M.A. Zahran ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Deserts are unique ecosystems with their own biotic and abiotic components, and are often rich in renewable natural resources, the appropriate management of which can contribute significantly to the sustainable management of desert regions for the welfare of the people.Yet while there are many books on the flora of the countries fringing the important desert countries of the Mediterranean and Red ... Leer más

$188.99 USD

Deserts are unique ecosystems with their own biotic and abiotic components, and are often rich in renewable natural resources, the appropriate management of which can contribute significantly to the sustainable management of desert regions for the welfare of the people.Yet while there are many books on the flora of the countries fringing the important desert countries of the Mediterranean and Red
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Darwinism - An Exposition Of The Theory Of Natural Selection - With Some Of Its Applications

de Alfred Russel Wallace ...

This volume contains Alfred Russel Wallace's 1889 book, "Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with Some of Its Applications". It is a fascinating exploration of biological evolution by the co-discoverer of the natural selection principle. It constitutes a defence of the theory against scientific criticisms, and is one of the most cited of Wallace's writings. This volume will ... Leer más

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This volume contains Alfred Russel Wallace's 1889 book, "Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with Some of Its Applications". It is a fascinating exploration of biological evolution by the co-discoverer of the natural selection principle. It constitutes a defence of the theory against scientific criticisms, and is one of the most cited of Wallace's writings. This volume will
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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Brazil

Edición de Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena, Denise Dias da Cruz ...

Series series Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of ... Leer más

$269.99 USD

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of
... Leer más
High School Biology

Questions & Explanations for Organismal Biology

de Sterling Education ...

Thousands of students use Sterling to achieve academic success!Master high school organismal biology with questions and detailed explanations.This book provides practice questions covering organismal biology topics for comprehensive high school biology preparation. The detailed explanations describe why one answer is correct and why another attractive choice is wrong. They provide comprehensive ... Leer más

$35.99 USD

Thousands of students use Sterling to achieve academic success!Master high school organismal biology with questions and detailed explanations.This book provides practice questions covering organismal biology topics for comprehensive high school biology preparation. The detailed explanations describe why one answer is correct and why another attractive choice is wrong. They provide comprehensive
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Making of the World

Sapiens' Journey From Wilderness to Civilization

de Mahbub H. Khan ...

Humanity was once scattered into small-sized, nomadic groups that barely knew each other. Each lived inside its bubble of myths and beliefs. The notion of one single community, related by a common origin and similar aspirations—the world—began to evolve along with the founding of early civilizations. It was an auspicious development that has changed not only the way we live but also how we think. ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

Humanity was once scattered into small-sized, nomadic groups that barely knew each other. Each lived inside its bubble of myths and beliefs. The notion of one single community, related by a common origin and similar aspirations—the world—began to evolve along with the founding of early civilizations. It was an auspicious development that has changed not only the way we live but also how we think.
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Behavioral Ecology of Neotropical Birds

Edición de Juan Carlos Reboreda, Vanina Dafne Fiorini, Diego Tomás Tuero ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book covers central aspects of behavioral ecology, including sexual selection, social and genetic mating systems, cooperative breeding, brood parasitism, brood reduction, migration, personalities and communication. Over the past several years, Neotropical bird species from temperate to tropical latitudes of South America have been extensively studied, yielding valuable insights into the ... Leer más

$134.99 USD

This book covers central aspects of behavioral ecology, including sexual selection, social and genetic mating systems, cooperative breeding, brood parasitism, brood reduction, migration, personalities and communication. Over the past several years, Neotropical bird species from temperate to tropical latitudes of South America have been extensively studied, yielding valuable insights into the
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Charles Darwin's Incomplete Revolution

The Origin of Species and the Static Worldview

de Richard G. Delisle ...

Series Libro 1 - Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development
This book offers a thorough reanalysis of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, which for many people represents the work that alone gave rise to evolutionism. Of course, scholars today know better than that. Yet, few resist the temptation of turning to the Origin in order to support it or reject it in light of their own work. Apparently, Darwin fills the mythical role of a founding figure that must ... Leer más

$107.99 USD

This book offers a thorough reanalysis of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, which for many people represents the work that alone gave rise to evolutionism. Of course, scholars today know better than that. Yet, few resist the temptation of turning to the Origin in order to support it or reject it in light of their own work. Apparently, Darwin fills the mythical role of a founding figure that must
... Leer más
Heads, Jaws, and Muscles

Anatomical, Functional, and Developmental Diversity in Chordate Evolution

Edición de Janine M. Ziermann, Raul E. Diaz Jr, Rui Diogo ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The vertebrate head is the most complex part of the animal body and its diversity in nature reflects a variety of life styles, feeding modes, and ecological adaptations. This book will take you on a journey to discover the origin and diversification of the head, which evolved from a seemingly headless chordate ancestor. Despite their structural diversity, heads develop in a highly conserved ... Leer más

$98.99 USD

The vertebrate head is the most complex part of the animal body and its diversity in nature reflects a variety of life styles, feeding modes, and ecological adaptations. This book will take you on a journey to discover the origin and diversification of the head, which evolved from a seemingly headless chordate ancestor. Despite their structural diversity, heads develop in a highly conserved
... Leer más
Rediscovering Darwin

The Rest of Darwin's Theory and Why We Need It Today

de David Loye ...

Hailed as a breakthrough in 12 pages of pre-publication reviews by leading evolutionary thinkers, this new book has been rushed into print for impact in the wake of both the honoring and the dishonoring of Darwin’s 209th birthday on February 12.Rediscovering Darwin: The Rest of Darwin’s Theory and Why We Need it Today weaves three gripping stories into a compelling single account. First a new ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

Hailed as a breakthrough in 12 pages of pre-publication reviews by leading evolutionary thinkers, this new book has been rushed into print for impact in the wake of both the honoring and the dishonoring of Darwin’s 209th birthday on February 12.Rediscovering Darwin: The Rest of Darwin’s Theory and Why We Need it Today weaves three gripping stories into a compelling single account. First a new
... Leer más
The Evolution of Consciousness

The Origins of the Way We Think

de Robert Ornstein ...

Series series Psychology of Conscious Evolution Trilogy
A provocative look at how the human mind evolved, and what this means for our future. What is the mind? How is it that, like the proverbial fish that knows so little about the surrounding water, we know so little about something that controls every aspect of our individual and collective lives? Passionate, entertaining and provocative, The Evolution of Consciousness presents a fundamental ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

A provocative look at how the human mind evolved, and what this means for our future. What is the mind? How is it that, like the proverbial fish that knows so little about the surrounding water, we know so little about something that controls every aspect of our individual and collective lives? Passionate, entertaining and provocative, The Evolution of Consciousness presents a fundamental
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Vertebrate Evolution

From Origins to Dinosaurs and Beyond

de Donald R. Prothero ...

The first vertebrate animals appear in the fossil record over 520 million years ago. These lineages diversified and eventually crept ashore leading to further evolutionary divergence and the appearance of the familiar charismatic vertebrates of today. From the tiniest fishes, diminutive salamanders, and miniaturized lizards to gargantuan dinosaurs, enormous brontotheres, and immense whales, ... Leer más

$91.99 USD

The first vertebrate animals appear in the fossil record over 520 million years ago. These lineages diversified and eventually crept ashore leading to further evolutionary divergence and the appearance of the familiar charismatic vertebrates of today. From the tiniest fishes, diminutive salamanders, and miniaturized lizards to gargantuan dinosaurs, enormous brontotheres, and immense whales,
... Leer más
How Did Humans Evolve? A Concise Overview.

de Dr. Hakim. K. Saboowala ...

How Did Humans Evolve?A Concise Overview.All of us know what evolution is and how it generally works, but how much do we know about how we evolved?The story of human evolution isn’t one that’s taught in much detail, yet it’s one of the most important because it’s our story.It also offers valuable insight into how our bodies and minds were formed, and how we changed to become the most... ... Leer más

$6.00 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

How Did Humans Evolve?A Concise Overview.All of us know what evolution is and how it generally works, but how much do we know about how we evolved?The story of human evolution isn’t one that’s taught in much detail, yet it’s one of the most important because it’s our story.It also offers valuable insight into how our bodies and minds were formed, and how we changed to become the most...
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