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Die Zukunft unserer Evolution

de Axel Lange ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Hat uns die Evolution als intelligente Menschen ausreichend dafür gerüstet, unsere Zukunft für ein würdiges Leben unserer Kinder und Enkel und für den Erhalt der Erde zu steuern?Der Autor entwickelt Szenarien für die zukünftige Evolution des Menschen. Behandelt werden medizinische und gentechnische Entwicklungen wie Nanotechnologie, Organherstellung im 3D-Drucker, Gehirn-Computer-Schnittstellen, ... Leer más

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Hat uns die Evolution als intelligente Menschen ausreichend dafür gerüstet, unsere Zukunft für ein würdiges Leben unserer Kinder und Enkel und für den Erhalt der Erde zu steuern?Der Autor entwickelt Szenarien für die zukünftige Evolution des Menschen. Behandelt werden medizinische und gentechnische Entwicklungen wie Nanotechnologie, Organherstellung im 3D-Drucker, Gehirn-Computer-Schnittstellen,
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De afstamming van den mensch

Een diepgaande verkenning van menselijke evolutie en historische ontwikkeling

de Jan Boeke ...

In "De afstamming van den mensch" verkent Jan Boeke de evolutionaire oorsprong van de mensheid, waarbij hij de nadruk legt op zowel biologische als sociaal-culturele factoren die onze ontwikkeling hebben gevormd. Het boek is geschreven in een rijke, analytische stijl die gebruikmaakt van wetenschappelijke feiten, aangevuld met filosofische gedachtegangen over de implicaties van evolutie op het ... Leer más

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In "De afstamming van den mensch" verkent Jan Boeke de evolutionaire oorsprong van de mensheid, waarbij hij de nadruk legt op zowel biologische als sociaal-culturele factoren die onze ontwikkeling hebben gevormd. Het boek is geschreven in een rijke, analytische stijl die gebruikmaakt van wetenschappelijke feiten, aangevuld met filosofische gedachtegangen over de implicaties van evolutie op het
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Blast Disease of Cereal Crops

Evolution and Adaptation in Context of Climate Change

Edición de S. Chandra Nayaka, Rajashekara Hosahatti, Ganesan Prakash, C. Tara Satyavathi, Rajan Sharma ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Blast is an important foliar disease that infects the majority of cereal crops like rice, finger millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet and wheat, and thus resulting in a huge economic impact. The pathogen is responsible for causing epidemics in many crops and commonly shifts to new hosts. Magnaporthe spp. is the most prominent cause of blast disease on a broad host range of grasses including rice ... Leer más

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Blast is an important foliar disease that infects the majority of cereal crops like rice, finger millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet and wheat, and thus resulting in a huge economic impact. The pathogen is responsible for causing epidemics in many crops and commonly shifts to new hosts. Magnaporthe spp. is the most prominent cause of blast disease on a broad host range of grasses including rice
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Evolutionary Systems Biology

Advances, Questions, and Opportunities

Edición de Anton Crombach ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This new edition captures the advances made in the field of evolutionary systems biology since the publication of the first edition. The first edition focused on laying the foundations of evolutionary systems biology as an interdisciplinary field, where a way of thinking and asking questions is combined with a wide variety of tools, both experimental and theoretical/computational. Since ... Leer más

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This new edition captures the advances made in the field of evolutionary systems biology since the publication of the first edition. The first edition focused on laying the foundations of evolutionary systems biology as an interdisciplinary field, where a way of thinking and asking questions is combined with a wide variety of tools, both experimental and theoretical/computational. Since
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Turning Points

How Critical Events Have Driven Human Evolution, Life, and Development

de Kostas Kampourakis ...

An accessible introduction to core concepts in evolution for lay readers, which shows that random events have played a critical role in the development of lifeCritical historical events--or "turning points"--have shaped evolution and continue to have a decisive effect on individual lives. This theme is explored and explained in this lucid, accessible book for lay readers. The author argues that, ... Leer más

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An accessible introduction to core concepts in evolution for lay readers, which shows that random events have played a critical role in the development of lifeCritical historical events--or "turning points"--have shaped evolution and continue to have a decisive effect on individual lives. This theme is explored and explained in this lucid, accessible book for lay readers. The author argues that,
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Agents and Goals in Evolution

de Samir Okasha ...

Samir Okasha approaches evolutionary biology from a philosophical perspective in Agents and Goals in Evolution, analysing a mode of thinking in biology called agential thinking. He considers how the paradigm case involves treating an evolved organism as if it were an agent pursuing a goal, such as survival or reproduction, and seeing its phenotypic traits as strategies for achieving that goal or ... Leer más

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Samir Okasha approaches evolutionary biology from a philosophical perspective in Agents and Goals in Evolution, analysing a mode of thinking in biology called agential thinking. He considers how the paradigm case involves treating an evolved organism as if it were an agent pursuing a goal, such as survival or reproduction, and seeing its phenotypic traits as strategies for achieving that goal or
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The Last Link: Our Present Knowledge of the Descent of Man

Enriched edition. Unveiling the Origins of Humankind: A Evolutionary Journey through Time

de Ernst Haeckel, Courtney Middleton ...

In "The Last Link: Our Present Knowledge of the Descent of Man," Ernst Haeckel presents a compelling synthesis of contemporary scientific exploration pertaining to human evolution. Written in the late 19th century, the book adopts an engaging narrative style that intertwines scientific inquiry with philosophical reflection, showcasing Haeckel's profound understanding of biology and comparative ... Leer más

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In "The Last Link: Our Present Knowledge of the Descent of Man," Ernst Haeckel presents a compelling synthesis of contemporary scientific exploration pertaining to human evolution. Written in the late 19th century, the book adopts an engaging narrative style that intertwines scientific inquiry with philosophical reflection, showcasing Haeckel's profound understanding of biology and comparative
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Principles of Evolution

Systems, Species, and the History of Life

de Jonathan Bard ...

Principles of Evolution covers all aspects of the subject. Following an introductory section that provides necessary background, it has chapters on the evidence for evolution that cover the fossil record, DNA-sequence homologies, and protein homologies (evo-devo). It also includes a full history of life from the first universal common ancestor, through the rise of the eukaryote and on to the major ... Leer más

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Principles of Evolution covers all aspects of the subject. Following an introductory section that provides necessary background, it has chapters on the evidence for evolution that cover the fossil record, DNA-sequence homologies, and protein homologies (evo-devo). It also includes a full history of life from the first universal common ancestor, through the rise of the eukaryote and on to the major
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The Meme Machine

de Susan Blackmore ...

Series series Popular Science
Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and ... Leer más

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Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and
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Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes

Edición de D T J Littlewood, R. A. Bray ...

Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes elucidates the role of the flatworms in the animal kingdom. It brings together results from an international group of experts, spanning many disciplines, who give evidence for the phylogeny of flatworms and constituent major taxa. A combined approach, using traditional comparative techniques along with the modern techniques of molecular phylogeny, is ... Leer más

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Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes elucidates the role of the flatworms in the animal kingdom. It brings together results from an international group of experts, spanning many disciplines, who give evidence for the phylogeny of flatworms and constituent major taxa. A combined approach, using traditional comparative techniques along with the modern techniques of molecular phylogeny, is
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How the Zebra Got Its Stripes

de Léo Grasset ...

Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? And why does the clitoris of the female hyena exactly resemble and in most respects function like the male's penis?Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations in Africa, Léo Grasset offers answers to these questions and many more in a book of post-Darwinian Just So stories. Complex natural phenomena are ... Leer más

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Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? And why does the clitoris of the female hyena exactly resemble and in most respects function like the male's penis?Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations in Africa, Léo Grasset offers answers to these questions and many more in a book of post-Darwinian Just So stories. Complex natural phenomena are
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Out of Our Minds

What We Think and How We Came to Think It

de Felipe Fernández-Armesto ...

"A stimulating history of how the imagination interacted with its sibling psychological faculties—emotion, perception and reason—to shape the history of human mental life."—The Wall Street JournalTo imagine—to see what is not there—is the startling ability that has fueled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the ... Leer más

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"A stimulating history of how the imagination interacted with its sibling psychological faculties—emotion, perception and reason—to shape the history of human mental life."—The Wall Street JournalTo imagine—to see what is not there—is the startling ability that has fueled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the
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The sacred theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 2)

Exploring the Origins, Structure, and Divine Design of the Earth

de Thomas Burnet ...

The Sacred Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 2) by Thomas Burnet is a landmark exploration of the natural world, cosmology, and theological interpretation, offering listeners a profound insight into 17th-century scientific and philosophical thought. In this audiobook, Burnet continues his meticulous examination of the Earth’s formation, structure, and destiny, blending scholarly rigor with a deep ... Leer más

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The Sacred Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 2) by Thomas Burnet is a landmark exploration of the natural world, cosmology, and theological interpretation, offering listeners a profound insight into 17th-century scientific and philosophical thought. In this audiobook, Burnet continues his meticulous examination of the Earth’s formation, structure, and destiny, blending scholarly rigor with a deep
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Allergy and Tissue Metabolism

de W. G. Smith ...

Allergy and Tissue Metabolism covers some of the more important features of the state of knowledge in the relevant areas of allergy and tissue metabolism. This book is composed of nine chapters, and starts with a survey of the link between immune system and allergic diseases. The subsequent chapters deal with the evaluation of anaphylactic shock mechanisms using some animal models and the ... Leer más

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Allergy and Tissue Metabolism covers some of the more important features of the state of knowledge in the relevant areas of allergy and tissue metabolism. This book is composed of nine chapters, and starts with a survey of the link between immune system and allergic diseases. The subsequent chapters deal with the evaluation of anaphylactic shock mechanisms using some animal models and the
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Reflections on the Musical Mind

An Evolutionary Perspective

de Jay Schulkin ...

What's so special about music? We experience it internally, yet at the same time it is highly social. Music engages our cognitive/affective and sensory systems. We use music to communicate with one another--and even with other species--the things that we cannot express through language. Music is both ancient and ever evolving. Without music, our world is missing something essential.In Reflections ... Leer más

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What's so special about music? We experience it internally, yet at the same time it is highly social. Music engages our cognitive/affective and sensory systems. We use music to communicate with one another--and even with other species--the things that we cannot express through language. Music is both ancient and ever evolving. Without music, our world is missing something essential.In Reflections
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Revolutions that Made the Earth

de Tim Lenton, Andrew Watson ...

The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common, such as an increase in complexity, energy utilization, and information processing by life. This book describes these revolutions, showing the fundamental interdependence ... Leer más

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The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common, such as an increase in complexity, energy utilization, and information processing by life. This book describes these revolutions, showing the fundamental interdependence
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Sympatric Divergence

de Hassan Rasheed ...

Speciation as a science is still in the theoretical stages because of the difficulty in observing its processes. Most research done up to about the 1950s has concentrated on the analysis of natural species population patterns, formulating a hypothesis of speciation events consistent with known genetic facts and theories, and then testing the hypothesis through its predictability of specific ... Leer más

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Speciation as a science is still in the theoretical stages because of the difficulty in observing its processes. Most research done up to about the 1950s has concentrated on the analysis of natural species population patterns, formulating a hypothesis of speciation events consistent with known genetic facts and theories, and then testing the hypothesis through its predictability of specific
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Nature through Time

Virtual field trips through the Nature of the past

Edición de Edoardo Martinetto, Emanuel Tschopp, Robert A. Gastaldo ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book simulates a historical walk through nature, teaching readers about the biodiversity on Earth in various eras with a focus on past terrestrial environments. Geared towards a student audience, using simple terms and avoiding long complex explanations, the book discusses the plants and animals that lived on land, the evolution of natural systems, and how these biological systems changed ... Leer más

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This book simulates a historical walk through nature, teaching readers about the biodiversity on Earth in various eras with a focus on past terrestrial environments. Geared towards a student audience, using simple terms and avoiding long complex explanations, the book discusses the plants and animals that lived on land, the evolution of natural systems, and how these biological systems changed
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Culture Evolving

Bridging Life Sciences and Humanities

Edición de Jan Toman, Jan Havlíček, Tomáš Hermann, Radek Kundt, Jana Švorcová ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This volume examines how evolutionary principles can help us understand the dynamics of culture while acknowledging the risks of their uncritical application. Drawing on perspectives from the philosophy and history of science, anthropology, archaeology, behavioural science, and evolutionary biology, it explores how ideas about evolution have shaped – and at times distorted – our understanding of ... Leer más

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This volume examines how evolutionary principles can help us understand the dynamics of culture while acknowledging the risks of their uncritical application. Drawing on perspectives from the philosophy and history of science, anthropology, archaeology, behavioural science, and evolutionary biology, it explores how ideas about evolution have shaped – and at times distorted – our understanding of
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Rates of Evolution

A Quantitative Synthesis

de Philip D. Gingerich ...

How fast is evolution, and why does it matter? The rate of evolution, and whether it is gradual or punctuated, is a hotly debated topic among biologists and paleontologists. This book compiles and compares examples of evolution from laboratory, field, and fossil record studies, analyzing them to extract their underlying rates. It concludes that while change is slow when averaged over many ... Leer más

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How fast is evolution, and why does it matter? The rate of evolution, and whether it is gradual or punctuated, is a hotly debated topic among biologists and paleontologists. This book compiles and compares examples of evolution from laboratory, field, and fossil record studies, analyzing them to extract their underlying rates. It concludes that while change is slow when averaged over many
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Теория эволюции Дарвина

Появление видов

de Romain Parmentier ...

Traducido por Nastia Abramov ...

В 1859 году была опубликована фундаментальная книга Чарльза Дарвина о происхождении видов путем естественного отбора с новаторской идеей о том, что все виды на Земле являются результатом медленного эволюционного процесса и продолжают развиваться в рамках борьбы, которая сегодня известна как выживание сильнейших. Выводы Дарвина были результатом многолетних тщательных наблюдений, но оказались ... Leer más

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В 1859 году была опубликована фундаментальная книга Чарльза Дарвина о происхождении видов путем естественного отбора с новаторской идеей о том, что все виды на Земле являются результатом медленного эволюционного процесса и продолжают развиваться в рамках борьбы, которая сегодня известна как выживание сильнейших. Выводы Дарвина были результатом многолетних тщательных наблюдений, но оказались
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A Century of Geneticists

Mutation to Medicine

de Krishna Dronamraju ...

Genetics, like all scientific disciplines, is a human endeavor. Thus, the lives of geneticists - their friendships, colleagues and associations - play an important role in the historical development of the science. This book summarizes the history of genetics by reviewing the lives of the prominent and influential researchers beginning with the earliest and simplest branches of genetics (studies ... Leer más

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Genetics, like all scientific disciplines, is a human endeavor. Thus, the lives of geneticists - their friendships, colleagues and associations - play an important role in the historical development of the science. This book summarizes the history of genetics by reviewing the lives of the prominent and influential researchers beginning with the earliest and simplest branches of genetics (studies
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Evolution in Isolation

The Search for an Island Syndrome in Plants

de Kevin C. Burns ...

Oceanic islands are storehouses for unique creatures. Zoologists have long been fascinated by island animals because they break all the rules. Speedy, nervous, little birds repeatedly evolve to become plump, tame and flightless on islands. Equally strange and wonderful plants have evolved on islands. However, plants are very poorly understood relative to animals. Do plants repeatedly evolve ... Leer más

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Oceanic islands are storehouses for unique creatures. Zoologists have long been fascinated by island animals because they break all the rules. Speedy, nervous, little birds repeatedly evolve to become plump, tame and flightless on islands. Equally strange and wonderful plants have evolved on islands. However, plants are very poorly understood relative to animals. Do plants repeatedly evolve
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Life History Evolution

A Biological Meta-Theory for the Social Sciences

de Steven C. Hertler, Aurelio José Figueredo, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre, Heitor B. F. Fernandes, Michael A. Woodley of Menie ...

The social sciences share a mission to shed light on human nature and society. However, there is no widely accepted meta-theory; no foundation from which variables can be linked, causally sequenced, or ultimately explained. This book advances “life history evolution” as the missing meta-theory for the social sciences. Originally a biological theory for the variation between species, research on ... Leer más

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The social sciences share a mission to shed light on human nature and society. However, there is no widely accepted meta-theory; no foundation from which variables can be linked, causally sequenced, or ultimately explained. This book advances “life history evolution” as the missing meta-theory for the social sciences. Originally a biological theory for the variation between species, research on
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