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Introduzione alla Genetica - Libro 6

by Edenilson Brandl ...

La genetica è un campo affascinante e in continua evoluzione che gioca un ruolo chiave nella comprensione dei misteri della vita. Negli ultimi decenni, straordinari progressi nella ricerca genetica hanno rivoluzionato la nostra comprensione dell'ereditarietà, del funzionamento degli organismi viventi e delle basi genetiche delle malattie umane.Questo libro emerge come un tentativo di esplorare e ... Read more

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La genetica è un campo affascinante e in continua evoluzione che gioca un ruolo chiave nella comprensione dei misteri della vita. Negli ultimi decenni, straordinari progressi nella ricerca genetica hanno rivoluzionato la nostra comprensione dell'ereditarietà, del funzionamento degli organismi viventi e delle basi genetiche delle malattie umane.Questo libro emerge come un tentativo di esplorare e
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An Introduction to the Amphibians of Ecuador

Diversity, Conservation, and Cultural History

by Luis A. Coloma, William E. Duellman ...

An Introduction to the Amphibians of Ecuador is the first of four volumes, which are comprehensive, well-illustrated, and authoritative works, making them invaluable to biologists, conservationists, and others. This initial volume delves into the cultural history of amphibians, encompassing ethnobatrachology and folklore, while summarizing the amphibian iconography found in Ecuadorian archaeology. ... Read more

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An Introduction to the Amphibians of Ecuador is the first of four volumes, which are comprehensive, well-illustrated, and authoritative works, making them invaluable to biologists, conservationists, and others. This initial volume delves into the cultural history of amphibians, encompassing ethnobatrachology and folklore, while summarizing the amphibian iconography found in Ecuadorian archaeology.
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Scars of Evolution

What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins

by Elaine Morgan ...

In this lively and controversial book Elaine Morgan presents a challenging interpretation to the question of human evolution. With brilliant logic she argues that our hominid ancestors began to evolve in response to an aquatic environment.Millions of years ago something happened that caused our ancestors to walk on two legs, to lose their fur, to develop larger brains and learn how to speak. ... Read more

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In this lively and controversial book Elaine Morgan presents a challenging interpretation to the question of human evolution. With brilliant logic she argues that our hominid ancestors began to evolve in response to an aquatic environment.Millions of years ago something happened that caused our ancestors to walk on two legs, to lose their fur, to develop larger brains and learn how to speak.
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The Cold War Politics of Genetic Research

An Introduction to the Lysenko Affair

by William deJong-Lambert ...

Series series History (R0)
This book uses the reaction of a number of biologists in the United States and Great Britain to provide an overview of one of the most important controversies in Twentieth Century biology, the “Lysenko Affair.” The book is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of history/history of science. It covers a number of topics which are relevant to understanding the sources and ... Read more

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This book uses the reaction of a number of biologists in the United States and Great Britain to provide an overview of one of the most important controversies in Twentieth Century biology, the “Lysenko Affair.” The book is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of history/history of science. It covers a number of topics which are relevant to understanding the sources and
... Read more
New Atheism: Critical Perspectives and Contemporary Debates

Edited by Christopher R. Cotter, Philip Andrew Quadrio, Jonathan Tuckett ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Whether understood in a narrow sense as the popular works of a small number of (white male) authors, or as a larger more diffuse movement, twenty-first century scholars, journalists, and activists from all ‘sides’ in the atheism versus theism debate, have noted the emergence of a particular form of atheism frequently dubbed ‘New Atheism’. The present collection has been brought together to provide ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Whether understood in a narrow sense as the popular works of a small number of (white male) authors, or as a larger more diffuse movement, twenty-first century scholars, journalists, and activists from all ‘sides’ in the atheism versus theism debate, have noted the emergence of a particular form of atheism frequently dubbed ‘New Atheism’. The present collection has been brought together to provide
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The Cosmic Oasis

The Remarkable Story of Earth's Biosphere

by Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Anne-Sophie Milon ...

Alone in the known universe the Earth glows bright with life, a unique cosmic oasis of biodiversity which is now under threat from our own actions. The Earth is a unique as a living planet, a cosmic oasis drifting in the vastness of barren space. It is strikingly and obviously different from our nearest heavenly neighbours, the Moon, Venus and Mars, in its thin skin of biology, extending from the ... Read more

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Alone in the known universe the Earth glows bright with life, a unique cosmic oasis of biodiversity which is now under threat from our own actions. The Earth is a unique as a living planet, a cosmic oasis drifting in the vastness of barren space. It is strikingly and obviously different from our nearest heavenly neighbours, the Moon, Venus and Mars, in its thin skin of biology, extending from the
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Neotropical Gradients and Their Analysis

Edited by Randall W. Myster ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The importance of the Neotropics to the world's climate, biogeochemical cycling and biodiversity cannot be questioned. This book suggests that gradients are key to understanding both these issues and Neotropical ecosystem structure, function and dynamics in general. Those gradients are either spatial, temporal or spatio-temporal, where many temporal and spatio-temporal gradients are initiated by ... Read more

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The importance of the Neotropics to the world's climate, biogeochemical cycling and biodiversity cannot be questioned. This book suggests that gradients are key to understanding both these issues and Neotropical ecosystem structure, function and dynamics in general. Those gradients are either spatial, temporal or spatio-temporal, where many temporal and spatio-temporal gradients are initiated by
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Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, Volume 1

by Winston Frank Ponder, David R. Lindberg, Juliet Mary Ponder ...

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry diseases, while many non-marine molluscs are threatened by human impacts which have resulted in more extinctions than all tetrapod vertebrates combined. This book and its companion volume provide the first comprehensive ... Read more

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Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry diseases, while many non-marine molluscs are threatened by human impacts which have resulted in more extinctions than all tetrapod vertebrates combined. This book and its companion volume provide the first comprehensive
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Женщина: эволюционный взгляд на то, как и почему появилась женская форма

by Дина Эмера ...

Translated by Екатерина Мясникова ...

Series series Женская территория
На протяжении веков женское тело волновало умы не только художников и писателей, старавшихся передать всю его притягательность, но и ученых, неизменно задававшихся одними и теми же вопросами: почему женское тело так сильно отличается от мужского? Что привело к формированию этих отличий? И как, столь хрупкое, оно выносит нагрузки и боль не только наравне, но и лучше мужчин? Эволюционный генетик и ... Read more

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На протяжении веков женское тело волновало умы не только художников и писателей, старавшихся передать всю его притягательность, но и ученых, неизменно задававшихся одними и теми же вопросами: почему женское тело так сильно отличается от мужского? Что привело к формированию этих отличий? И как, столь хрупкое, оно выносит нагрузки и боль не только наравне, но и лучше мужчин? Эволюционный генетик и
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Comments on David Reich's Book (2018) Who We Are and How We Got Here

Buttressing the Human Niche, #5

by Razie Mah ...

Series Book 5 - Buttressing the Human Niche
In 1994, Luca Cavalli-Sforza publishes The History and Geography of Human Genes, using phenotypic markers such as blood antigens. Now, decades later, the techniques for sequencing the human genome have dramatically improved. So has mathematical modeling. David Reich, geneticist at Harvard Medical School, is ready to unveil the results of population sampling, as well as DNA sampling from ancient ... Read more

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In 1994, Luca Cavalli-Sforza publishes The History and Geography of Human Genes, using phenotypic markers such as blood antigens. Now, decades later, the techniques for sequencing the human genome have dramatically improved. So has mathematical modeling. David Reich, geneticist at Harvard Medical School, is ready to unveil the results of population sampling, as well as DNA sampling from ancient
... Read more
Climate, Planetary and Evolutionary Sciences

A Machine-Generated Literature Overview

Edited by Guido Visconti ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book presents the result of an innovative challenge, to create a systematic literature overview driven by machine-generated content. Questions and related keywords were prepared for the machine to query, discover, collate and structure by Artificial Intelligence (AI) clustering. The AI-based approach seemed especially suitable to provide an innovative perspective as the topics are indeed both ... Read more

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This book presents the result of an innovative challenge, to create a systematic literature overview driven by machine-generated content. Questions and related keywords were prepared for the machine to query, discover, collate and structure by Artificial Intelligence (AI) clustering. The AI-based approach seemed especially suitable to provide an innovative perspective as the topics are indeed both
... Read more
Prehistoric Australasia

Visions of Evolution and Extinction

by Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand, John Long, Trevor H. Worthy ...

For most of the past 300 million years, the world’s continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated island it is today. Over time, its creatures began to evolve in ways not seen anywhere else on Earth, with tree-climbing crocodiles, gigantic venomous lizards ... Read more

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For most of the past 300 million years, the world’s continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated island it is today. Over time, its creatures began to evolve in ways not seen anywhere else on Earth, with tree-climbing crocodiles, gigantic venomous lizards
... Read more
Is Theistic Evolution Viable?

A Reflection on Evolution and Christian Theism

by Brendan Sweetman ...

This book explores one of the most contentious issues in contemporary thought: the relationship between Christian theism and evolutionary theory. In a defense of theistic evolution, the author argues that God’s purposes and evolutionary processes are not merely compatible but can be reconciled in a way that is both viable and intellectually compelling. The book addresses several pressing questions ... Read more

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This book explores one of the most contentious issues in contemporary thought: the relationship between Christian theism and evolutionary theory. In a defense of theistic evolution, the author argues that God’s purposes and evolutionary processes are not merely compatible but can be reconciled in a way that is both viable and intellectually compelling. The book addresses several pressing questions
... Read more
Un erizo en la tormenta

Ensayos sobre libros y ciencia

by Stephen Jay Gould ...

Translated by Fani Manresa Besolí ...

Series series Drakontos
Como biólogo darwinista, Gould libró una guerra sin cuartel contra quienes simplifican excesivamente la teoría de la evolución. A menudo insistió en que comprender cómo funciona un organismo hoy no necesariamente explica por qué evolucionó de un determinado modo. Y cuando el organismo en cuestión era el ser humano, Gould admitió de buen grado que más valía recurrir a Lamarck que a Darwin, pues los ... Read more

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Como biólogo darwinista, Gould libró una guerra sin cuartel contra quienes simplifican excesivamente la teoría de la evolución. A menudo insistió en que comprender cómo funciona un organismo hoy no necesariamente explica por qué evolucionó de un determinado modo. Y cuando el organismo en cuestión era el ser humano, Gould admitió de buen grado que más valía recurrir a Lamarck que a Darwin, pues los
... Read more
L'idea pericolosa di Darwin

L'evoluzione e i significati della vita

by Daniel Dennett ...

Translated by Simonetta Frediani ...

«Dennett vuole convincerci non solo che il mondo è privo di ganci appesi al cielo, ma che in un mondo del genere possiamo vivere felici. E sorprendentemente ci riesce.»John Maynard SmithDa che cosa si sente minacciato chi mette in discussione i principi della selezione naturale? La schiera degli oppositori al darwinismo integrale è piuttosto variegata, e accanto a presenze scontate, come i ... Read more

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«Dennett vuole convincerci non solo che il mondo è privo di ganci appesi al cielo, ma che in un mondo del genere possiamo vivere felici. E sorprendentemente ci riesce.»John Maynard SmithDa che cosa si sente minacciato chi mette in discussione i principi della selezione naturale? La schiera degli oppositori al darwinismo integrale è piuttosto variegata, e accanto a presenze scontate, come i
... Read more
Actualistic Taphonomy in South America

Edited by Sergio Martínez, Alejandra Rojas, Fernanda Cabrera ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Highlighting the latest research on Actualistic Taphonomy (AT), this book presents the outcomes of a meeting that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, in October 2017. Its respective chapters offer valuable insights into South American archaeology, invertebrate and vertebrate fauna, and flora.In recent years, there has been a surge of new research on AT, as evidenced by numerous papers, talks, ... Read more

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Highlighting the latest research on Actualistic Taphonomy (AT), this book presents the outcomes of a meeting that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, in October 2017. Its respective chapters offer valuable insights into South American archaeology, invertebrate and vertebrate fauna, and flora.In recent years, there has been a surge of new research on AT, as evidenced by numerous papers, talks,
... Read more
Teoria evoluției - mit sau realitate?

by Bogdan Mateciuc ...

De mai bine de o sută de ani, teoria evoluției este promovată ca un fapt științific deja dovedit, iar cei ce sunt sceptici față de ea sunt priviți ca ignoranți sau fundamentaliști religioși. Totuși, dincolo de eventualele înclinații religioase ale scepticului, teoria evoluției comportă contradicții și iraționalități peste care nu se poate trece în lipsa unui efort de voință - în lipsa unei decizii ... Read more

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De mai bine de o sută de ani, teoria evoluției este promovată ca un fapt științific deja dovedit, iar cei ce sunt sceptici față de ea sunt priviți ca ignoranți sau fundamentaliști religioși. Totuși, dincolo de eventualele înclinații religioase ale scepticului, teoria evoluției comportă contradicții și iraționalități peste care nu se poate trece în lipsa unui efort de voință - în lipsa unei decizii
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How Giraffes Work

by Graham Mitchell ...

There are few creatures more beautiful, aloof, and fascinating than giraffes. Their social and ecological impact has been documented by many researchers. However, the inner workings of extant giraffes are less well known. That is why Graham Mitchell decided to write How Giraffes Work: a comprehensive overview of the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry--in short, the normal functions--of a free ... Read more

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There are few creatures more beautiful, aloof, and fascinating than giraffes. Their social and ecological impact has been documented by many researchers. However, the inner workings of extant giraffes are less well known. That is why Graham Mitchell decided to write How Giraffes Work: a comprehensive overview of the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry--in short, the normal functions--of a free
... Read more
What is Darwinism?

Enriched edition.

by Charles Hodge, Brett Morgan ...

In "What is Darwinism?" Charles Hodge embarks on a critical examination of the theories posited by Charles Darwin, delving into the implications of natural selection on the fabric of faith and scientific understanding. Hodge's prose reflects the intellectual fervor of the late 19th century, intertwining clear, accessible language with rigorous philosophical inquiry. He situates Darwinism within ... Read more

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In "What is Darwinism?" Charles Hodge embarks on a critical examination of the theories posited by Charles Darwin, delving into the implications of natural selection on the fabric of faith and scientific understanding. Hodge's prose reflects the intellectual fervor of the late 19th century, intertwining clear, accessible language with rigorous philosophical inquiry. He situates Darwinism within
... Read more
Essays of a Biologist (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Reflections on Evolution, Heredity, Animal Behavior, and Scientific Humanism

by Julian Huxley, Pearl Cressmere ...

In Essays of a Biologist, Julian Huxley gathers a series of meditations on life, evolution, heredity, development, animal behavior, and humanity's place within nature. Written in lucid, elegant prose, the volume belongs to the early twentieth-century tradition of scientific humanism, where biology is not merely a technical discipline but a key to philosophy and culture. Its essays combine ... Read more

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In Essays of a Biologist, Julian Huxley gathers a series of meditations on life, evolution, heredity, development, animal behavior, and humanity's place within nature. Written in lucid, elegant prose, the volume belongs to the early twentieth-century tradition of scientific humanism, where biology is not merely a technical discipline but a key to philosophy and culture. Its essays combine
... Read more
Saving Creation

Nature and Faith in the Life of Holmes Rolston III

by Christopher J. Preston ...

Holmes Rolston III has long been recognized as the father of environmental ethics.” Internationally renowned for the synthesis he has found in evolutionary biology and Christianity, Rolston has followed an immensely interesting life course. In this compelling biography, Rolston’s story is traced from childhood to the present, detailing the process by which he has come to hone his profound ... Read more

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Holmes Rolston III has long been recognized as the father of environmental ethics.” Internationally renowned for the synthesis he has found in evolutionary biology and Christianity, Rolston has followed an immensely interesting life course. In this compelling biography, Rolston’s story is traced from childhood to the present, detailing the process by which he has come to hone his profound
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Untangling Molecular Biodiversity: Explaining Unity And Diversity Principles Of Organization With Molecular Structure And Evolutionary Genomics

by Gustavo Caetano-anolles ...

Untangling Molecular Biodiversity presents a unique global framework to explain molecular and organismal biodiversity that is grounded in evolutionary genomics. This book will tackle important questions such as the origin of life, the emergence of biochemistry, the origin of viruses, the nature of the last universal common ancestor responsible for diversified life, the role of information and ... Read more

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Untangling Molecular Biodiversity presents a unique global framework to explain molecular and organismal biodiversity that is grounded in evolutionary genomics. This book will tackle important questions such as the origin of life, the emergence of biochemistry, the origin of viruses, the nature of the last universal common ancestor responsible for diversified life, the role of information and
... Read more
The Unification of the Arts

A Framework for Understanding What the Arts Share and Why

by Steven Brown ...

What are the arts? What functions do the arts serve in human life? There has been a surge of cognitive, biological, and evolutionary interest in the arts in recent years, most of it oriented towards individual artforms. However, there has been virtually no bridging work to integrate the arts under a single theoretical perspective. This book presents the first integrated cognitive account of the ... Read more

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What are the arts? What functions do the arts serve in human life? There has been a surge of cognitive, biological, and evolutionary interest in the arts in recent years, most of it oriented towards individual artforms. However, there has been virtually no bridging work to integrate the arts under a single theoretical perspective. This book presents the first integrated cognitive account of the
... Read more
Ecology and Conservation of Pinnipeds in Latin America

Edited by Gisela Heckel, Yolanda Schramm ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Pinnipeds are marine mammals that include eared seals, true seals, and walruses. This book presents detailed reviews on the ecology and conservation of 10 pinniped species along the coasts and islands in Latin America, from Mexico to Chile and Argentina. Topics covered include their population dynamics, trophic ecology, reproduction, and behavior. In addition, the book addresses major conservation ... Read more

$143.09 USD

Pinnipeds are marine mammals that include eared seals, true seals, and walruses. This book presents detailed reviews on the ecology and conservation of 10 pinniped species along the coasts and islands in Latin America, from Mexico to Chile and Argentina. Topics covered include their population dynamics, trophic ecology, reproduction, and behavior. In addition, the book addresses major conservation
... Read more

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