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Reproductive and Developmental Strategies

The Continuity of Life

Edición de Kazuya Kobayashi, Takeshi Kitano, Yasuhiro Iwao, Mariko Kondo ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides new insights into the universality of biological systems in animal reproduction and development by a comparative study of a variety of mechanisms in animals ranging from basal invertebrates to vertebrates, including mammals.Animals accomplish genetic diversity through meiosis and fertilization, and during embryogenesis animals must produce specialized cell types, including germ ... Leer más

$260.09 USD

This book provides new insights into the universality of biological systems in animal reproduction and development by a comparative study of a variety of mechanisms in animals ranging from basal invertebrates to vertebrates, including mammals.Animals accomplish genetic diversity through meiosis and fertilization, and during embryogenesis animals must produce specialized cell types, including germ
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Evolutionary Theory and the Creation Controversy

de Olivier Rieppel ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Evolutionary theory addresses the phenomenon of the origin and diversity of plant and animal species that we observe. In recent times, however, it has become a predominant ideology which has gained currency far beyond its original confines. Attempts to understand the origin and historical development of human culture, civilization and language, of the powers of human cognition, and even the origin ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

Evolutionary theory addresses the phenomenon of the origin and diversity of plant and animal species that we observe. In recent times, however, it has become a predominant ideology which has gained currency far beyond its original confines. Attempts to understand the origin and historical development of human culture, civilization and language, of the powers of human cognition, and even the origin
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Weird Astronomical Theories of the Solar System and Beyond

de David Seargent ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
After addressing strange cosmological hypotheses in Weird Universe, David Seargent tackles the no-less bizarre theories closer to home. Alternate views on the Solar System's formation, comet composition, and the evolution of life on Earth are only some of the topics he addresses in this new work. Although these ideas exist on the fringe of mainstream astronomy, they can still shed light on the ... Leer más

$31.49 USD

After addressing strange cosmological hypotheses in Weird Universe, David Seargent tackles the no-less bizarre theories closer to home. Alternate views on the Solar System's formation, comet composition, and the evolution of life on Earth are only some of the topics he addresses in this new work. Although these ideas exist on the fringe of mainstream astronomy, they can still shed light on the
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Perché solo noi

Linguaggio ed evoluzione

de Robert C. Berwick, Noam Chomsky ...

«Spiegare le origini di ciò che è unico è una vera impresa. Berwick e Chomsky ci riescono magistralmente riguardo alla più straordinaria unicità umana, il possesso del linguaggio, mostrando con finezza la semplicità del meccanismo sottostante»Ian TattersallSolo noi possediamo lo strano oggetto biologico chiamato «linguaggio». Noi e nessun’altra specie animale, compresi i primati non umani, visto ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

«Spiegare le origini di ciò che è unico è una vera impresa. Berwick e Chomsky ci riescono magistralmente riguardo alla più straordinaria unicità umana, il possesso del linguaggio, mostrando con finezza la semplicità del meccanismo sottostante»Ian TattersallSolo noi possediamo lo strano oggetto biologico chiamato «linguaggio». Noi e nessun’altra specie animale, compresi i primati non umani, visto
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Embryogenesis Explained

de Richard Gordon, Natalie K Gordon ...

The greatest mystery of life is how a single fertilized egg develops into a fully functioning, sometimes conscious multicellular organism. Embryogenesis Explained offers a new theory of how embryos build themselves, and combines simple physics with the most recent biochemical and genetic breakthroughs, based on the authors' prediction and then discovery of differentiation waves. They explain their ... Leer más

$142.19 USD

The greatest mystery of life is how a single fertilized egg develops into a fully functioning, sometimes conscious multicellular organism. Embryogenesis Explained offers a new theory of how embryos build themselves, and combines simple physics with the most recent biochemical and genetic breakthroughs, based on the authors' prediction and then discovery of differentiation waves. They explain their
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The Biology of the Avian Respiratory System

Evolution, Development, Structure and Function

Edición de John N. Maina ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The central focus of this book is the avian respiratory system. The authors explain why the respiratory system of modern birds is built the way it is and works the way that it does. Birds have been and continue to attract particular interest to biologists. The more birds are studied, the more it is appreciated that the existence of human-kind on earth very much depends directly and indirectly on ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

The central focus of this book is the avian respiratory system. The authors explain why the respiratory system of modern birds is built the way it is and works the way that it does. Birds have been and continue to attract particular interest to biologists. The more birds are studied, the more it is appreciated that the existence of human-kind on earth very much depends directly and indirectly on
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Evolution and Victorian Musical Culture

de Bennett Zon ...

This engaging book explores the dynamic relationship between evolutionary science and musical culture in Victorian Britain, drawing upon a wealth of popular scientific and musical literature to contextualize evolutionary theories of the Darwinian and non-Darwinian revolutions. Bennett Zon uses musical culture to question the hegemonic role ascribed to Darwin by later thinkers, and interrogates the ... Leer más

$130.39 USD

This engaging book explores the dynamic relationship between evolutionary science and musical culture in Victorian Britain, drawing upon a wealth of popular scientific and musical literature to contextualize evolutionary theories of the Darwinian and non-Darwinian revolutions. Bennett Zon uses musical culture to question the hegemonic role ascribed to Darwin by later thinkers, and interrogates the
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Medicinally Important Trees

de Aisha Saleem Khan ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides researchers and advanced students associated with plant and pharmaceutical sciences with comprehensive information on medicinal trees, including their identification, morphological characteristics, traditional and economic uses, along with the latest research on their medicinal compounds.The text covers the ecological distribution of over 150 trees, which are characterized ... Leer más

$215.09 USD

This book provides researchers and advanced students associated with plant and pharmaceutical sciences with comprehensive information on medicinal trees, including their identification, morphological characteristics, traditional and economic uses, along with the latest research on their medicinal compounds.The text covers the ecological distribution of over 150 trees, which are characterized
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Primate Evolution and Human Origins

de Russell L. Ciochon ...

Primate Evolution and Human Origins compiles, for the first time, the major ideas and publications that have shaped our current view of the evolutionary biology of the primates and the origin of the human line. Designed for freshmen-to-graduate students in anthropology, paleontology, and biology, the book is a unique collection of classic papers, culled from the past 20 years of research. It is ... Leer más

$76.99 USD

Primate Evolution and Human Origins compiles, for the first time, the major ideas and publications that have shaped our current view of the evolutionary biology of the primates and the origin of the human line. Designed for freshmen-to-graduate students in anthropology, paleontology, and biology, the book is a unique collection of classic papers, culled from the past 20 years of research. It is
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Creation: What We Get to Know by Now.: [A Scientific Approach]

de J Joseph Ph.D, I Daisy mary ...

This book talks about the Science behind the Creation event... Today the "Creation vs Evolution debate" runs with such an intense polarization. That the general public have a hard time choosing between religion and science.Surprisingly the fact remains that even the experts of either field are un-familiar with the fundamentals of the other. This book tries to educate its readers by talking about, ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This book talks about the Science behind the Creation event... Today the "Creation vs Evolution debate" runs with such an intense polarization. That the general public have a hard time choosing between religion and science.Surprisingly the fact remains that even the experts of either field are un-familiar with the fundamentals of the other. This book tries to educate its readers by talking about,
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Essential Readings in Biosemiotics

Anthology and Commentary

de Donald Favareau ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Synthesizing the findings from a wide range of disciplines – from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics – the emerging field of Biosemiotics explores the highly complex phenomenon of sign processing in living systems. Seeking to advance a naturalistic understanding of the evolution and development of sign-dependent life processes, contemporary biosemiotic theory offers important ... Leer más

$314.09 USD

Synthesizing the findings from a wide range of disciplines – from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics – the emerging field of Biosemiotics explores the highly complex phenomenon of sign processing in living systems. Seeking to advance a naturalistic understanding of the evolution and development of sign-dependent life processes, contemporary biosemiotic theory offers important
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Understanding Evolution

de Kostas Kampourakis ...

Current books on evolutionary theory all seem to take for granted the fact that students find evolution easy to understand when actually, from a psychological perspective, it is a rather counterintuitive idea. Evolutionary theory, like all scientific theories, is a means to understanding the natural world. Understanding Evolution is intended for undergraduate students in the life sciences, biology ... Leer más

$27.89 USD

Current books on evolutionary theory all seem to take for granted the fact that students find evolution easy to understand when actually, from a psychological perspective, it is a rather counterintuitive idea. Evolutionary theory, like all scientific theories, is a means to understanding the natural world. Understanding Evolution is intended for undergraduate students in the life sciences, biology
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The Biology of Neotropical Scorpions

From Taxonomy and Genetics to Ecology and Ethnobiology

Edición de André Felipe de Araujo Lira, Edmundo González-Santillán ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The Biology of Neotropical Scorpions focuses on comprehensive aspects of scorpions of the Neotropical region, such as public health to biogeographic history. This innovative book is devoted to tackling that lack of knowledge and bringing together a bundle of studies to offer students, researchers, and professionals a comprehensive background to start their research with scorpions as model ... Leer más

$251.09 USD

The Biology of Neotropical Scorpions focuses on comprehensive aspects of scorpions of the Neotropical region, such as public health to biogeographic history. This innovative book is devoted to tackling that lack of knowledge and bringing together a bundle of studies to offer students, researchers, and professionals a comprehensive background to start their research with scorpions as model
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Herbert Spencer: Collected Writings

de Herbert Spencer ...

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination. Until recently Spencer's posthumous reputation rested almost excusively on his social and political thought, which has itself frequently been subject to serious misrepresentation. But historians of ideas now ... Leer más

$155.99 USD

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination. Until recently Spencer's posthumous reputation rested almost excusively on his social and political thought, which has itself frequently been subject to serious misrepresentation. But historians of ideas now
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 26, 1878

de Charles Darwin ...

Series series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ... Leer más

$133.69 USD

This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging
... Leer más
Sensing Sound

Evolutionary Neurobiology of a Novel Sense of Hearing

de Bernd Fritzsch ...

Hearing is a prerequisite for the evolution of language and thus the development of human societies. It is the only major sense whose evolution can be traced back to vertebrates, starting with sarcopterygians.The book explores the evolution of auditory development that has remained largely unexplored in contemporary theories of neurosensory brain evolution, including the telencephalon. It ... Leer más

$72.99 USD

Hearing is a prerequisite for the evolution of language and thus the development of human societies. It is the only major sense whose evolution can be traced back to vertebrates, starting with sarcopterygians.The book explores the evolution of auditory development that has remained largely unexplored in contemporary theories of neurosensory brain evolution, including the telencephalon. It
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Superintelligenz?

Moeglichkeiten und Grenzen Kuenstlicher Intelligenz in interdisziplinaerer Perspektive

Edición de Markus Iff, Andreas Losch ...

Series Libro 39 - Jahrbuch der Karl-Heim-Gesellschaft
Im Zusammenhang mit der Weiterentwicklung der KI und damit einhergehender technischer Konstruke stellt sich die Frage, wie sich Künstliche Intelligenz von menschlicher Intelligenz unterscheidet und was genau unter Intelligenz zu verstehen ist. Wird hier irgendwann eine eigenständige Art von bewusstem Leben entstehen, das nicht leibgebunden und körperbezogen ist? Ob und wie werden Autonomie und ... Leer más

$36.89 USD

Im Zusammenhang mit der Weiterentwicklung der KI und damit einhergehender technischer Konstruke stellt sich die Frage, wie sich Künstliche Intelligenz von menschlicher Intelligenz unterscheidet und was genau unter Intelligenz zu verstehen ist. Wird hier irgendwann eine eigenständige Art von bewusstem Leben entstehen, das nicht leibgebunden und körperbezogen ist? Ob und wie werden Autonomie und
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Darwinowska teoria ewolucji

Pochodzenie gatunków

de Romain Parmentier ...

Traducido por Kâmil Kowalski ...

W 1859 roku ukazała się przełomowa książka Karola Darwina O powstawaniu gatunków drogą doboru naturalnego, w której przedstawił on przełomową koncepcję, że wszystkie gatunki na Ziemi są wynikiem powolnego procesu ewolucji i nadal ewoluują w ramach walki znanej obecnie jako przetrwanie najsilniejszych. Wnioski Darwina były owocem wielu lat uważnych obserwacji, ale okazały się kontrowersyjne, ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

W 1859 roku ukazała się przełomowa książka Karola Darwina O powstawaniu gatunków drogą doboru naturalnego, w której przedstawił on przełomową koncepcję, że wszystkie gatunki na Ziemi są wynikiem powolnego procesu ewolucji i nadal ewoluują w ramach walki znanej obecnie jako przetrwanie najsilniejszych. Wnioski Darwina były owocem wielu lat uważnych obserwacji, ale okazały się kontrowersyjne,
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Bioinformatics

A One Semester Course

de Khalid Sayood, Hasan H. Otu ...

Series series eBColl Synthesis Collection 11
This book focuses on bioinformatics, the study of the management and analysis of information used in biological systems. Particular emphasis explains to the reader how to study and extract useful information, such as relatedness of species, function of specific sequences, and genome organization from genomic sequences.This book focuses on the algorithmic aspects of bioinformatics and not on ... Leer más

$58.49 USD

This book focuses on bioinformatics, the study of the management and analysis of information used in biological systems. Particular emphasis explains to the reader how to study and extract useful information, such as relatedness of species, function of specific sequences, and genome organization from genomic sequences.This book focuses on the algorithmic aspects of bioinformatics and not on
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International Code of Phylogenetic Nomenclature (PhyloCode)

de Kevin de Queiroz, Philip Cantino ...

The PhyloCode is a set of principles, rules, and recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature, a system for naming taxa by explicit reference to phylogeny. In contrast, the current botanical, zoological, and bacteriological codes define taxa by reference to taxonomic ranks (e.g., family, genus) and types. This code will govern the names of clades; species names will still be governed by ... Leer más

$65.99 USD

The PhyloCode is a set of principles, rules, and recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature, a system for naming taxa by explicit reference to phylogeny. In contrast, the current botanical, zoological, and bacteriological codes define taxa by reference to taxonomic ranks (e.g., family, genus) and types. This code will govern the names of clades; species names will still be governed by
... Leer más
The Evolution of Religion, Religiosity and Theology

A Multi-Level and Multi-Disciplinary Approach

Edición de Jay R. Feierman, Lluis Oviedo ...

Series series Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
This book takes a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary approach to religion, religiosity and theology from their earliest beginnings to the present day. It uniquely brings together the natural sciences and theology to explore how religious practice emerged and developed through the four sections into which the book is organized: Evolutionary biology; Philosophical linguistics, psychology and ... Leer más

$66.99 USD

This book takes a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary approach to religion, religiosity and theology from their earliest beginnings to the present day. It uniquely brings together the natural sciences and theology to explore how religious practice emerged and developed through the four sections into which the book is organized: Evolutionary biology; Philosophical linguistics, psychology and
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Evolution and Ethics of Eugenics

de Nicolae Sfetcu ...

As eugenics is defined, it is very difficult to make a clear distinction between science (medicine, genetic engineering) and eugenics as a included field. And to set a line over which genetic engineering should not go further, according to moral, legal and religious norms. If we accept the help of genetics in finding ways to fight cancer, diabetes, or HIV, we also accept positive eugenics as they ... Leer más

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As eugenics is defined, it is very difficult to make a clear distinction between science (medicine, genetic engineering) and eugenics as a included field. And to set a line over which genetic engineering should not go further, according to moral, legal and religious norms. If we accept the help of genetics in finding ways to fight cancer, diabetes, or HIV, we also accept positive eugenics as they
... Leer más
So I Am human

de Rom Lammar ...

Popular-science book about man written for all those who are interested in learning more about the conditions of human existence and what can be learned from it in order to lead a happier life.In a science-oriented world, the number of those who have become disoriented is growing rapidly when it comes to answering questions that go beyond what the sciences are able to answer. These are existential ... Leer más

$9.00 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Popular-science book about man written for all those who are interested in learning more about the conditions of human existence and what can be learned from it in order to lead a happier life.In a science-oriented world, the number of those who have become disoriented is growing rapidly when it comes to answering questions that go beyond what the sciences are able to answer. These are existential
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Evolutionary Biology

Conceptual, Ethical, and Religious Issues

Edición de R. Paul Thompson, Denis Walsh ...

Evolution - both the fact that it occurred and the theory describing the mechanisms by which it occurred - is an intrinsic and central component in modern biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky captures this well in the much-quoted title of his 1973 paper 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'. The correctness of this assertion is even more obvious today: philosophers of biology ... Leer más

$38.99 USD

Evolution - both the fact that it occurred and the theory describing the mechanisms by which it occurred - is an intrinsic and central component in modern biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky captures this well in the much-quoted title of his 1973 paper 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'. The correctness of this assertion is even more obvious today: philosophers of biology
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