A marvelously illustrated A-to-Z compendium of bird names from around the globeThe Bird Name Book is an alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group bird names, from "e;accentor"e; to "e;zeledonia.
The child is neither an adult miniature nor an immature human being: at each age, it expresses specific abilities that optimize adaptation to its environment and development of new acquisitions.
Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini, a distinguished philosopher and scientist working in tandem, reveal major flaws at the heart of Darwinian evolutionary theory.
Wildlife Demography compiles the multitude of available estimation techniques based on sex and age data, and presents these varying techniques in one organized, unified volume.
The important role that randomness plays in evolutionary changeJohn Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and insightful biologists, here challenges a central tenet of evolutionary biology.
A follow-up to the highly successful first edition, this book reviews the manifold ways that scale influences the interpretation of ecological variation.
HACE mucho que los problemas ecológicos han alcanzado una dimensión global: la contaminación de la atmósfera y de las entes hídricas, la destrucción de la capa de ozono, el efecto invernadero, el cambio climático, la sobrepesca en los océanos, la superpoblación humana, y un largo etcétera.
La estructura de la naturaleza, la estructura del conocimiento científico, cómo se genera el conocimiento, cómo se comunica el conocimiento y la investigación.
If you think baby brain is bad for you, think again - because neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay (author of The Women's Brain Book) has looked at studies and talked to experts from all over the world and the proof is in: giving birth is one of the best things to ever happen to a woman's brain.
The essential insider's guide for ecologists at all career stages-now completely updated and expandedMost books and courses in ecology focus on facts and concepts but do little to explain the process of research.
A lo largo del texto, siguiendo las teorías de sistemas, sondearemos la siguiente hipótesis: La Economía es un subsistema de redes de los sistemas antroposfera y tecnosfera, que tiene como deber-ser optimizar la coexistencia armónica y articulada de estos dos sistemas con la geosfera y la biosfera, agregando valor (riqueza) cuantificable en el mercado de bienes y servicios.
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Beginning in 1925, when at twenty-three she embarked on her first field work in Samoa, Mead sent family and friends these letters from the field to make a little more real for them the exotic worlds that absorbed her.
An authoritative exploration of why understanding evolution is crucial to human life todayIt is easy to think of evolution as something that happened long ago, or that occurs only in "e;nature,"e; or that is so slow that its ongoing impact is virtually nonexistent when viewed from the perspective of a single human lifetime.
Insan dahil tum canli turlerinin dogal secilim yoluyla bir ya da birkac ortak atadan evrildigini one surmus ve o gunun sartlarina gore bu teoriyi destekleyen pek cok kanit sunmustur.
Este libro nace del interés de las instituciones académicas latinoamericanas y europeas agrupadas en el Colectivo Iberoamericano de Bioética y Cine (CIBC) en contribuir a la búsqueda de sentido en medio del absurdo que representa la perseverancia de la vida durante la pandemia de COVID-19.
Das Standardwerk der Bestsellerautorin überarbeitet, aktualisiert und extrem unterhaltsam: Franca Parianen schreibt über ein Thema, das uns alle angeht: Hormone.
The most comprehensive and up-to-date general reference book on honey bee biologyHoney bees are marvelously charismatic organisms with a long history of interaction with humans.
The human brain is an impossibly complex and delicate instrument - capable of extraordinary calculations, abundant creativity and linguistic dexterity.
Inhaltlich stellt der Text zunächst die aktuelle neurobiologische und paarpsychologische Forschung zum Thema Liebesbeziehungen vor, ergänzt durch eine Übersicht der Entwicklung von Partnerschaften aus soziologischer und juristischer Perspektive.
The marvelous microbes that made life on Earth possible and support our very existenceFor almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves.
El presente volumen ofrece al lector reflexiones y sugerencias interpretativas sobre los aspectos capitales de la nueva Ley Orgánica 3/2021, de Regulación de la Eutanasia, realizadas por especialistas de primer orden en las diferentes vertientes de la materia.
Charles Darwin desempeñó un papel crucial a la hora de convertir la herencia en una cuestión científica y, sin embargo, fracasó estrepitosamente a la hora de responderla.
En abril de 2006, Neil Shubin y su equipo aparecieron en los titulares de prensa mundiales cuando dieron a conocer al Tiktaalik, un pez fósil con extremidades de 375 millones de años de edad, el eslabón perdido entre las antiguas criaturas del mar y las primeras criaturas en empezar a caminar en tierra.
Si hay algo que nos ha mostrado la pandemia, es la fragilidad de las bases sobre las que creíamos que se sostenía nuestro mundo y las profundas crisis sociales y ecológicas que estaban presentes desde hace tiempo pero que, por diversas razones, éramos incapaces de abordar en profundidad.
An engaging journey into the biological principles underpinning a beloved science-fiction franchiseIn Star Trek, crew members travel to unusual planets, meet diverse beings, and encounter unique civilizations.
This book is an authoritative work on the ecology of some of America's most iconic large mammals in a natural environment - and of the interplay between climate, landscape, and animals in the interior of the world's first and most famous national park.
