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Author | : Mark A. Bedau |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2018-11-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1108722067 |
Introduces a broad range of scientific and philosophical issues about life through the original historical and contemporary sources.
Author | : Rachel Rodríguez |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 45 |
Release | : 2009-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0805087451 |
Inspired by the natural beauty of his homeland of Catalonia, Antoni Gaudi became a celebrated and innovative architect through the unique structures he designed in Barcelona, having a significant impact on architecture as it was known.
Author | : Adrian Forsyth |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2011-05-24 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1439144745 |
Seventeen marvelous essays introducing the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its seventeen marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. Includes a lengthy appendix of practical advice for the tropical traveler.
Author | : John Muir |
Publisher | : Dawn Publications (CA) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Conservationists |
ISBN | : 9781584690092 |
A biography of the man known as "father of America's national parks" and an influential conservationist, told in the first person, using Muir's own words.
Author | : C. H. Waddington |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2017-07-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317351975 |
First published in 1961, this book explains the main trends and problems in modern biological thought, at that time. It was based on lectures presented at the University College of the West Indies, Jamaica, in 1960 to members from different faculties and is therefore an accessible guide for all to the subject.
Author | : Edward Regis |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0195383419 |
This book provides an introduction to the work of the scientists who were attempting literally to create life from scratch, starting with molecular components that they hope to assemble into the world's first synthetic living cell. The book also examines how scientists have unlocked the "three secrets of life," describes the key role played by ATP ("the ultimate driving force of all life"), and outlines the many attempts to explain how life first arose on earth, a puzzle that has given birth to a wide range of theories.
Author | : Patricia E. J. Wiltshire |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0525542213 |
A riveting blend of science writing and true-crime narrative that explores the valuable but often shocking interface between crime and nature--and the secrets each can reveal about the other--from a pioneer in forensic ecology and a trailblazing female scientist. From mud tracks on a quiet country road to dirt specks on the soles of walking boots, forensic ecologist Patricia Wiltshire uses her decades of scientific expertise to find often-overlooked clues left behind by criminal activity. She detects evidence and eliminates hypotheses armed with little more than a microscope, eventually developing a compelling thesis of the who, what, how, and when of a crime. Wiltshire's remarkable accuracy has made her one of the most in-demand police consultants in the world, and her curiosity, humility, and passion for the truth have guided her every step of the way. A riveting blend of science writing and true-crime narrative, The Nature of Life and Death details Wiltshire's unique journey from college professor to crime fighter: solving murders, locating corpses, and exonerating the falsely accused. Along the way, she introduces us to the unseen world all around us and underneath our feet: plants, animals, pollen, spores, fungi, and microbes that we move through every day. Her story is a testament to the power of persistence and reveals how our relationship with the vast natural world reaches far deeper than we might think.
Author | : Richard Fortey |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2011-03-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0307761185 |
By one of Britain's most gifted scientists: a magnificently daring and compulsively readable account of life on Earth (from the "big bang" to the advent of man), based entirely on the most original of all sources--the evidence of fossils. With excitement and driving intelligence, Richard Fortey guides us from the barren globe spinning in space, through the very earliest signs of life in the sulphurous hot springs and volcanic vents of the young planet, the appearance of cells, the slow creation of an atmosphere and the evolution of myriad forms of plants and animals that could then be sustained, including the magnificent era of the dinosaurs, and on to the last moment before the debut of Homo sapiens. Ranging across multiple scientific disciplines, explicating in wonderfully clear and refreshing prose their findings and arguments--about the origins of life, the causes of species extinctions and the first appearance of man--Fortey weaves this history out of the most delicate traceries left in rock, stone and earth. He also explains how, on each aspect of nature and life, scientists have reached the understanding we have today, who made the key discoveries, who their opponents were and why certain ideas won. Brimful of wit, fascinating personal experience and high scholarship, this book may well be our best introduction yet to the complex history of life on Earth. A Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection With 32 pages of photographs
Author | : Jim Carrier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781555912482 |
This whimsical little book celebrates the inextricable link between the wonders of nature and the quirks of the human condition.
Author | : David R. Montgomery |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2015-11-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0393244415 |
"Sure to become a game-changing guide to the future of good food and healthy landscapes." —Dan Barber, chef and author of The Third Plate Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. The Hidden Half of Nature reveals why good health—for people and for plants—depends on Earth’s smallest creatures. Restoring life to their barren yard and recovering from a health crisis, David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé discover astounding parallels between the botanical world and our own bodies. From garden to gut, they show why cultivating beneficial microbiomes holds the key to transforming agriculture and medicine.