中国人文标识系列:大熊猫,国宝的百年传奇(英)Giant Panda,the Century-old Legend of Living Fossi Animals

中国人文标识系列:大熊猫,国宝的百年传奇(英)Giant Panda,the Century-old Legend of Living Fossi Animals
Author: 高富华
Publisher: China Intercontinental Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2021-02-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 7508545702

大熊猫在蓝色星球的第一次漫步,是在遥远的800万年前; 人类第一次清晰地听到大熊猫的脚步声,是在1869年乍暖还寒的早春。 从大熊猫出现在人类面前的那一刻起,它的“食色性也”就深深地吸引着世人的眼光。 100多年过去了,大熊猫依然是让人着迷。 大熊猫似乎没有过去,因为我们不知道“它是谁”, 有人梳理出了大熊猫从古到今的几十个名称,但哪一个是“大熊猫”? 大熊猫又往哪里去? 虽然从“濒危”降到“易危”,但野外大熊猫的数量依然少得可怜 我们试图揭开大熊猫身上的神秘面纱,让大熊猫永远和人类和谐共生…… The giant panda, or the panda, a rare species that first appeared as early as 8 million years ago, has retained its original appearance and kept its physiological habits over the years, becoming the living fossil of animals on the earth today and the relic of primitive organisms. As a rare animal in the world as well as in China, the giant panda is few in number, no more than 2000 with the wild and the captive combined. But giant pandas and their habitats have drawn worldwide attention since they are flagship species to be protected for biodiversity. The giant panda is the logo of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the giant panda flag can still be seen fluttering around the world. The giant panda has borne witness to major international sports events like the Asian Games and the Olympic Games as the mascot. The giant panda habitat in China has been included on the World Heritage List…

The Annotated Old Four Legs: The story of the coelacanth

The Annotated Old Four Legs: The story of the coelacanth
Author: Mike Bruton
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 177584501X

When the famous South African fish scientist Professor JLB Smith published Old Fourlegs – The Story of the Coelacanth in 1956 he created an international sensation. After all, this 400-million-year-old fish, known only from fossil remains, was thought to have become extinct around 66 million years ago! JLB Smith’s dramatic account of the discovery of the first and second coelacanths in 1938 and 1952 turned him into a cult figure and put South African science on the world map. His book was eventually published in six English editions and translated into nine foreign languages. Mike Bruton’s The Annotated Old Fourlegs includes a facsimile reprint of the original book, to which he has added notes and images in the margins that provide an interesting and revealing commentary on Smith’s text, as well as new introductory and explanatory chapters that bring the coelacanth story up to date.

The New Answers Book Volume 1

The New Answers Book Volume 1
Author: Ken Ham
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1614580162

Evolution...intelligent design...creation...or a little of all three? What do you really believe - and why does it matter to your life, your family, and your faith today? Christians live in a culture with more questions than ever - questions that affect one's acceptance of the Bible as authoritative and trustworthy. Now, discover easy-to-understand answers that reach core truths of the Christian faith and apply the biblical worldview to these subjects: Genesis the Days of Creation millions of years evolution dinosaurs carbon dating UFOs death & suffering Noah's Ark and Flood fossils starlight and time ...and much more. Explore these and other topics, answered biblically and logically in this book from the world's largest apologetics ministry, Answers in Genesis. Timely and scientifically solid, The New Answers Book offers concise answers from leading creationist Ken Ham and scientists such as Dr. David Menton, Dr. Georgia Purdom, Dr. Andrew Snelling, Dr. Jason Lisle, and many more.

The New Answers Book 1

The New Answers Book 1
Author: Ken Ham
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0890515093

Christians live in a culture with more questions than ever - questions that affect one's acceptance of the Bible as authoritative and trustworthy. Now, discover easy-to-understand answers that reach core truths of the Christian faith and apply the biblical worldview to a wide variety of subjects.

The Last Panda

The Last Panda
Author: George B. Schaller
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1994-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780226736297

In this magnificent, heart-wrenching book--hailed Best Book of 1993 by the New York Times Book Review and USA Today--acclaimed naturalist and National Book Award winner George B. Schaller documents the plight of the mysterious panda--and urgently calls for the compassion needed to save these gentle animals from extinction. Includes a new Preface for this edition. 27-color plates.

Reading Comprehension and Skills, Grade 6

Reading Comprehension and Skills, Grade 6
Author:
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2014-03-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483810968

Reading Comprehension and Skills for sixth grade is designed to help students develop a strong foundation of reading basics so that they will become competent readers who can advance to more challenging texts. It includes engaging passages and stories about a variety of subjects to appeal to all readers. The book also encourages vocabulary development and reinforces reading comprehension through leveled activity pages that target each student's individual needs for support. Kelley Wingate's Reading Comprehension and Skills is the perfect choice for both teachers and parents. This valuable reading and comprehension skills practice book provides nearly 100 reproducible pages of exciting activities, 96 durable flash cards, and a motivating award certificate. The differentiated activity pages give students the practice they need at a level that is perfect to help them master basic reading comprehension skills necessary to succeed and are great for use at both school and home.

Abominable Snowmen, Legend Come to Life

Abominable Snowmen, Legend Come to Life
Author: Ivan T. Sanderson
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages: 569
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1602068852

Scottish zoologist IVAN TERRANCE SANDERSON (1911-1973) coined the word cryptozoology and first used it in print in this hard-to-find 1961 work, the story of "hairy hominids" across the planet from the very beginnings of human civilization until the mid 20th century. With its scientific, anthropological approach, this is one of the first books to treat the phenomenon of "Bigfoot" seriously, and introduced a groundbreaking classification system for the spectrum of subhumanoids. "I am happy that a whole new generation of cryptozoologists-in-training will be able to read Ivan T. Sanderson's classic book," says cryptozoologist Loren Coleman in his new introduction. "This book opened the minds of many to the vastness of the hominoid reports. and spotlighted for people that Bigfoot/Sasquatch research was the next area for exploration in North America." This new edition, complete with the original illustrations and maps, is part of Cosimo's Loren Coleman Presents series. LOREN COLEMAN is author of numerous books of cryptozoology, including Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America and Mothman and Other Curious Encounters.

Living Fossils

Living Fossils
Author: N. Eldredge
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461382718

The case history approach has an impressive record of success in a variety of disciplines. Collections of case histories, casebooks, are now widely used in all sorts of specialties other than in their familiar appli cation to law and medicine. The case method had its formal beginning at Harvard in 1871 when Christopher Lagdell developed it as a means of teaching. It was so successful in teaching law that it was soon adopted in medical education, and the collection of cases provided the raw material for research on various diseases. Subsequently, the case history approach spread to such varied fields as business, psychology, management, and economics, and there are over 100 books in print that use this approach. The idea for a series of Casehooks in Earth Science grew from my experience in organizing and editing a collection of examples of one variety of sedimentary deposits. The prqject began as an effort to bring some order to a large number of descriptions of these deposits that were so varied in presentation and terminology that even specialists found them difficult to compare and analyze. Thus, from the beginning, it was evident that something more than a simple collection of papers was needed. Accordingly, the nearly fifty contributors worked together with George de Vries Klein and me to establish a standard format for presenting the case histories.

Fossils of the Carpathian Region

Fossils of the Carpathian Region
Author: István Fozy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2013-12-18
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0253009871

A comprehensive review of the fossil record of the Carpathian Basin. Fossils of the Carpathian Region describes and illustrates the region’s fossils, recounts their history, and tells the stories of key people involved in paleontological research in the area. In addition to covering all the important fossils of this region, special attention is given to rare finds and complete skeletons. The region’s fossils range from tiny foraminifera to the Transylvanian dinosaurs and mammals of the Carpathian Basin. The book also gives nonspecialists the opportunity to gain a basic understanding of paleontology. Sidebars present brief biographies of important figures and explain how to collect, prepare, and interpret fossils. “An excellently written scientific book. . . . The good illustrations are an incentive to start reading and dive into the wide area covered by two experts in their respective fields. . . . A rich source of otherwise not published background knowledge on the paleontology and geology of the region.” —Christian A. Meyer, Natural History Museum, Basel “Fossils of the Carpathian Region . . . is beautifully produced with high-quality color illustrations throughout and an exhaustive bibliography and index. . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice “This book fills a gap in the geological texts on the Carpathians, especially in Hungary, and offers a valuable wealth of geological-paleontological and scientific-historical information from the Ordovician to the Pleistocene. This extensive and relatively inexpensive work is an unrivaled recommendation for amateurs and amateur geologists / paleontologists.” —Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie [translated from German]

Endangered

Endangered
Author: Tim Flach
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1683351150

The acclaimed wildlife photographer presents “a powerful visual record of threatened animals and ecosystems facing the harshest of challenges” (The Guardian, UK). In Endangered, the result of an extraordinary multiyear project to document the lives of threatened species, acclaimed photographer Tim Flach explores one of the most pressing issues of our time. Traveling around the world—to settings ranging from forest to savannah to the polar seas to the great coral reefs—Flach has captured stunning images of endangered animals and their disappearing ecosystems. Among Flach’s subjects are primates coping with habitat loss, big cats in a losing battle with human settlements, elephants hunted for their ivory, and numerous bird species taken as pets. With eminent zoologist Jonathan Baillie providing insightful commentary on this ambitious project, Endangered unfolds as a series of vivid, interconnected stories that pose gripping moral dilemmas, unforgettably expressed by more than 180 of Flach’s incredible images.