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Nature

An Economic History

de Geerat Vermeij ...

From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of thought--economics, evolution, and history--that have developed largely in mutual isolation. Here, Geerat Vermeij undertakes a groundbreaking and provocative exploration of the facts and theories of biology, economics, and geology to show how ... Leer más

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From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of thought--economics, evolution, and history--that have developed largely in mutual isolation. Here, Geerat Vermeij undertakes a groundbreaking and provocative exploration of the facts and theories of biology, economics, and geology to show how
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Science and Spirituality

Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science

de Michael Ruse ...

Michael Ruse provides a new analysis of the often troubled relationship between science and religion. Arguing against both extremes – in one corner, the New Atheists; in the other, the Creationists and their offspring the Intelligent Designers – he asserts that science is undoubtedly the highest and most fruitful source of human inquiry. Yet, by its very nature and its deep reliance on metaphor, ... Leer más

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Michael Ruse provides a new analysis of the often troubled relationship between science and religion. Arguing against both extremes – in one corner, the New Atheists; in the other, the Creationists and their offspring the Intelligent Designers – he asserts that science is undoubtedly the highest and most fruitful source of human inquiry. Yet, by its very nature and its deep reliance on metaphor,
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Homo sapiens divine

Life’s quest for perfection: From a strand of protein to the exalted human and beyond

de Varghese Mani ...

Explicit evidence exists for the progression of life—over a period of three-and-a-half billion years—from a strand of protein to an intelligent human, through trial, rejection and selection. The process continues and, if not hindered, a higher destiny awaits us in the distant future.Is life a property of matter? Is evolution a passive process? Or, does it have an aim or purpose? What is the role ... Leer más

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Explicit evidence exists for the progression of life—over a period of three-and-a-half billion years—from a strand of protein to an intelligent human, through trial, rejection and selection. The process continues and, if not hindered, a higher destiny awaits us in the distant future.Is life a property of matter? Is evolution a passive process? Or, does it have an aim or purpose? What is the role
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El reino del lenguaje

de Tom Wolfe ...

Traducido por Benito Gómez Ibáñez ...

Tom Wolfe, feroz y sagaz polemista, arremete contra las verdades absolutas del evolucionismo aplicado a la lingüística en su testamento literario.Además de un gran periodista y narrador, Tom Wolfe fue siempre un polemista fervoroso, vibrante e implacable, tal como demostró en sus diatribas contra ciertos mitos intocables del arte y la arquitectura modernos. Después de dieciséis años, el autor ... Leer más

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Tom Wolfe, feroz y sagaz polemista, arremete contra las verdades absolutas del evolucionismo aplicado a la lingüística en su testamento literario.Además de un gran periodista y narrador, Tom Wolfe fue siempre un polemista fervoroso, vibrante e implacable, tal como demostró en sus diatribas contra ciertos mitos intocables del arte y la arquitectura modernos. Después de dieciséis años, el autor
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The Solitary Self

Darwin and the Selfish Gene

de Mary Midgley ...

Renowned philosopher Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. Midgley argues cogently and convincingly that simple, one-sided accounts of human motives, such as the 'selfish gene' tendency in recent neo-Darwinian thought, may be illuminating but are always unrealistic. Such neatness, she shows, cannot be ... Leer más

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Renowned philosopher Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. Midgley argues cogently and convincingly that simple, one-sided accounts of human motives, such as the 'selfish gene' tendency in recent neo-Darwinian thought, may be illuminating but are always unrealistic. Such neatness, she shows, cannot be
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Probably Approximately Correct

Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex World

de Leslie Valiant ...

From a leading computer scientist, a unifying theory that will revolutionize our understanding of how life evolves and learns.How does life prosper in a complex and erratic world? While we know that nature follows patterns -- such as the law of gravity -- our everyday lives are beyond what known science can predict. We nevertheless muddle through even in the absence of theories of how to act. But ... Leer más

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From a leading computer scientist, a unifying theory that will revolutionize our understanding of how life evolves and learns.How does life prosper in a complex and erratic world? While we know that nature follows patterns -- such as the law of gravity -- our everyday lives are beyond what known science can predict. We nevertheless muddle through even in the absence of theories of how to act. But
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Darwin in Love

The Rest of the Story

de David Loye ...

The startling, long ignored, but now widely acclaimed new story of the life and full theory of the Darwin who wrote only twice about “survival of the fittest” but 95 times about the evolutionary drive of LOVE in the lives of all species—including us—in The Descent of Man. This is the first of five books for Darwin’s New World View Series. Book by book the series will unfold pioneering evolutionary ... Leer más

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The startling, long ignored, but now widely acclaimed new story of the life and full theory of the Darwin who wrote only twice about “survival of the fittest” but 95 times about the evolutionary drive of LOVE in the lives of all species—including us—in The Descent of Man. This is the first of five books for Darwin’s New World View Series. Book by book the series will unfold pioneering evolutionary
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The Descent of Man (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Selection in Relation to Sex

de Charles Darwin, Phoebe Iverleigh ...

In The Descent of Man (1871), Charles Darwin extends the theory of natural selection from the origin of species to the vexed question of human origins. Combining comparative anatomy, embryology, psychology, ethnography, and observation of animal behavior, the book argues that humans share common ancestry with other animals and that mental and moral faculties evolved gradually. Its prose is patient ... Leer más

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In The Descent of Man (1871), Charles Darwin extends the theory of natural selection from the origin of species to the vexed question of human origins. Combining comparative anatomy, embryology, psychology, ethnography, and observation of animal behavior, the book argues that humans share common ancestry with other animals and that mental and moral faculties evolved gradually. Its prose is patient
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Evolutionary Concepts in Immunology

de Robert Jack, Louis Du Pasquier ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Immunology is a nodal subject that links many areas of biology. It permeates the biosciences, and also plays crucial roles in diagnosis and therapy in areas of clinical medicine ranging from the control of infectious and autoimmune diseases to tumour therapy. Monoclonal antibodies and small molecule modulators of immunity are major factors in the pharmaceutical industry and now constitute a multi ... Leer más

$62.99 USD

Immunology is a nodal subject that links many areas of biology. It permeates the biosciences, and also plays crucial roles in diagnosis and therapy in areas of clinical medicine ranging from the control of infectious and autoimmune diseases to tumour therapy. Monoclonal antibodies and small molecule modulators of immunity are major factors in the pharmaceutical industry and now constitute a multi
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Zombie Science

de Jonathan Wells ...

In 2000, biologist Jonathan Wells took the science world by storm with Icons of Evolution, a book showing how biology textbooks routinely promote Darwinism using bogus evidence—icons of evolution like Ernst Haeckel's faked embryo drawings and peppered moths glued to tree trunks. Critics of the book complained that Wells had merely gathered up a handful of innocent textbook errors and blown them ... Leer más

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In 2000, biologist Jonathan Wells took the science world by storm with Icons of Evolution, a book showing how biology textbooks routinely promote Darwinism using bogus evidence—icons of evolution like Ernst Haeckel's faked embryo drawings and peppered moths glued to tree trunks. Critics of the book complained that Wells had merely gathered up a handful of innocent textbook errors and blown them
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The Selfish Biosphere

Unlocking Life's Mystery

de Igor Krichtafovitch ...

A book on the origin of life and biological evolution. It offers a new, scientifically verified approach, an alternative to both Darwinism and Creationism. It is a continuation of my previous publications on this topic. The book is richly illustrated for easy and entertaining reading. All audiences. 114 pages. ... Leer más

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A book on the origin of life and biological evolution. It offers a new, scientifically verified approach, an alternative to both Darwinism and Creationism. It is a continuation of my previous publications on this topic. The book is richly illustrated for easy and entertaining reading. All audiences. 114 pages.
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Dinosaurs Come Alive

de Ronnie Gregory ...

Brent Robenston was a seasoned Helicopter pilot in Viet Nam. During his last mission, which took him and his crew beyond the borders of Cambodia, they rescued a delirious Vietnamese man with an unbelievable story. Attempting to return to his life at home, Brent could not get the man's story out of his head. It was inevitable, he had to return to Cambodia to see with his own eyes If what the man ... Leer más

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Brent Robenston was a seasoned Helicopter pilot in Viet Nam. During his last mission, which took him and his crew beyond the borders of Cambodia, they rescued a delirious Vietnamese man with an unbelievable story. Attempting to return to his life at home, Brent could not get the man's story out of his head. It was inevitable, he had to return to Cambodia to see with his own eyes If what the man
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Father Time

How Nurturing Is Natural for Men

de Sarah Blaffer Hrdy ...

A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babiesIt has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasn’t it always been so? When evolutionary science came along, it rubber-stamped this venerable division of labor: mammalian males evolved to compete for status and mates, while females were ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babiesIt has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasn’t it always been so? When evolutionary science came along, it rubber-stamped this venerable division of labor: mammalian males evolved to compete for status and mates, while females were
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The Artful Species

Aesthetics, Art, and Evolution

de Stephen Davies ...

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic sensibilities hundreds of thousands of years ago and the art standing of prehistoric cave paintings is virtually uncontested. In Part One, Stephen Davies analyses the key concepts of the aesthetic, art, and evolution, and ... Leer más

$26.59 USD

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic sensibilities hundreds of thousands of years ago and the art standing of prehistoric cave paintings is virtually uncontested. In Part One, Stephen Davies analyses the key concepts of the aesthetic, art, and evolution, and
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The Origin and Evolution of Cultures

de Robert Boyd, Peter J. Richerson ...

Series series Evolution and Cognition
Oxford presents, in one convenient and coherently organized volume, 20 influential but until now relatively inaccessible articles that form the backbone of Boyd and Richerson's path-breaking work on evolution and culture. Their interdisciplinary research is based on two notions. First, that culture is crucial for understanding human behavior; unlike other organisms, socially transmitted beliefs, ... Leer más

$57.59 USD

Oxford presents, in one convenient and coherently organized volume, 20 influential but until now relatively inaccessible articles that form the backbone of Boyd and Richerson's path-breaking work on evolution and culture. Their interdisciplinary research is based on two notions. First, that culture is crucial for understanding human behavior; unlike other organisms, socially transmitted beliefs,
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Once We All Had Gills

Growing Up Evolutionist in an Evolving World

de Rudolf A. Raff ...

In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. Noting that science has too often been the object of controversy in school curriculums and debates on public policy issues ... Leer más

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In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. Noting that science has too often been the object of controversy in school curriculums and debates on public policy issues
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This Fleeting World (Ketabe Donya dar Gozar)

de David Christian, Amir Kolini (translator) ...

Donya Dar Gozar (This Fleeting World) tells the story of the universe and history of humanity in only 100 pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. The translator, Dr Amir Kolini, was born in Iran and now lives in California. He saw ... Leer más

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Donya Dar Gozar (This Fleeting World) tells the story of the universe and history of humanity in only 100 pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. The translator, Dr Amir Kolini, was born in Iran and now lives in California. He saw
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The Implications of Evolution for Metaphysics

Theism, Idealism, and Naturalism

de David H. Gordon ...

After the nineteenth-century “turn from idealism,” when idealist philosophies were largely abandoned for materialist ones, many analytic philosophers have adhered to scientific naturalism as the new orthodoxy, largely due to the success of scientific advancements. The New Atheists, such as Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, claim it is Darwin who deserves much of the credit for repudiating the ... Leer más

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After the nineteenth-century “turn from idealism,” when idealist philosophies were largely abandoned for materialist ones, many analytic philosophers have adhered to scientific naturalism as the new orthodoxy, largely due to the success of scientific advancements. The New Atheists, such as Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, claim it is Darwin who deserves much of the credit for repudiating the
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The Notochord

Development, Evolution and contributions to the vertebral column

de P. Eckhard Witten, Brian K. Hall ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
Although it is the defining organ of the Chordata, the notochord and its cells are one of the least understood vertebrate organs. This may be because large parts of the notochord are often replaced with cartilaginous or bony vertebral bodies. The presence of cartilage in the notochord raises questions about the evolutionary relationships between notochord cells and cartilage cells. This book ... Leer más

$70.99 USD

Although it is the defining organ of the Chordata, the notochord and its cells are one of the least understood vertebrate organs. This may be because large parts of the notochord are often replaced with cartilaginous or bony vertebral bodies. The presence of cartilage in the notochord raises questions about the evolutionary relationships between notochord cells and cartilage cells. This book
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How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes

de Will Cuppy ...

A survey of life on earth, in all its variety and pagentry, by a very annoyed humorist.From early man, the Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, to irascible observations on mankind and the animal kingdom today (including “Birds I Could Do Without”), Will Cuppy, a perennially perturbed hermit, is your guide in these are very funny essays.For eight years, from 1921 to 1929, Will Cuppy lived alone on Jones ... Leer más

$8.69 USD

A survey of life on earth, in all its variety and pagentry, by a very annoyed humorist.From early man, the Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, to irascible observations on mankind and the animal kingdom today (including “Birds I Could Do Without”), Will Cuppy, a perennially perturbed hermit, is your guide in these are very funny essays.For eight years, from 1921 to 1929, Will Cuppy lived alone on Jones
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Geological Observations On South America (Mobi Classics)

de Charles Darwin ...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. ... Leer más

$0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.
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Xenopus

From Basic Biology to Disease Models in the Genomic Era

Edición de Abraham Fainsod, Sally A. Moody ...

This book focuses on the amphibian, Xenopus, one of the most commonly used model animals in the biological sciences. Over the past 50 years, the use of Xenopus has made possible many fundamental contributions to our knowledge in cell biology, developmental biology, molecular biology, and neurobiology. In recent years, with the completion of the genome sequence of the main two species and the ... Leer más

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This book focuses on the amphibian, Xenopus, one of the most commonly used model animals in the biological sciences. Over the past 50 years, the use of Xenopus has made possible many fundamental contributions to our knowledge in cell biology, developmental biology, molecular biology, and neurobiology. In recent years, with the completion of the genome sequence of the main two species and the
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The Parrot in the Mirror

How evolving to be like birds made us human

de Antone Martinho-Truswell ...

How similar are your choices, behaviours, and lifestyle to those of a parrot? We humans are not like other mammals. We look like them, but we don't act like them. In fact, many of our defining human traits: our longevity, intelligence, monogamy and childrearing, and learning and language, all deep parts of what it means to be human, are far more similar to birds than to our fellow mammals. These ... Leer más

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How similar are your choices, behaviours, and lifestyle to those of a parrot? We humans are not like other mammals. We look like them, but we don't act like them. In fact, many of our defining human traits: our longevity, intelligence, monogamy and childrearing, and learning and language, all deep parts of what it means to be human, are far more similar to birds than to our fellow mammals. These
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The Evolution of Language

de W. Tecumseh Fitch ...

Series series Approaches to the Evolution of Language
Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any normal human child will learn a language based on rather sparse data in the surrounding world, while even the brightest chimpanzee, exposed to the same environment, will not. Why not? How, and why, did language evolve in our species and ... Leer más

$72.99 USD

Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any normal human child will learn a language based on rather sparse data in the surrounding world, while even the brightest chimpanzee, exposed to the same environment, will not. Why not? How, and why, did language evolve in our species and
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