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11 produkter
Radical by Nature
The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace
Häftad, 2025
217 kr
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A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selectionAlfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast Asia were the stuff of legend. A collector of …
Darwin and the Art of Botany
Observations on the Curious World of Plants
Av James T. Costa, Bobbi Angell
Inbunden, 2023
301 kr
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Charles Darwin is best known for his work on the evolution of animals, but in fact a large part of his contribution to the natural sciences is focused on plants. His observations are crucial to our modern understanding of everything from the amazing pollination process of orchids to the way that …
Radical by Nature
The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace
Inbunden, 2023
390 kr
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A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selectionAlfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast Asia were the stuff of legend. A collector of …
Darwin's Backyard
How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory
Inbunden, 2017
289 kr
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James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Charles Darwin’s youth and travels on the HMS Beagle to Down House, his bustling home of forty years. To test his insights into evolution, Darwin devised experiments using his garden and greenhouse, the surrounding land and his …
Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species
Inbunden, 2014
487 kr
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Charles Darwin is often credited with discovering evolution through natural selection, but the idea was not his alone. The naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, working independently, saw the same process at work in the natural world and elaborated much the same theory. Their important scientific …
Descent of Man
An Annotated Edition of Darwin’s Classic Work
Av Charles Darwin, James T. Costa m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
479 kr
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The first annotated edition of the book that shocked the Victorian world and continues to generate controversy todayWhen Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was published in 1871, the book was an immediate sensation. It presents Darwin's account of how we evolved from primates and expounds his …
Darwin's Backyard
How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory
Häftad, 2018
193 kr
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James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Charles Darwin’s youth and travels on the HMS Beagle to Down House, his bustling home of forty years. To test his insights into evolution, Darwin devised experiments using his garden and greenhouse, the surrounding land and his …
Other Insect Societies
Inbunden, 2006
849 kr
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Asked to name an insect society, most of us--whether casual or professional students of nature--quickly point to one of the so-called eusocial marvels: the ant colony, the beehive, the termite mound, the wasp nest. Each is awe-inspiring in its division of labor--collective defense, foraging, and …
Descent of Man
An Annotated Edition of Darwin's Classic Work
Av Charles Darwin, Elizabeth E. Yale m. fl.
E-bok, 2026
642 kr
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The first annotated edition of the book that shocked the Victorian world and continues to generate controversy todayWhen Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was published in 1871, the book was an immediate sensation. It presents Darwin's account of how we evolved from primates and expounds his …
Radical by Nature
The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace
E-bok, 2023
288 kr
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A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast Asia were the stuff of legend. A collector of …
Descent of Man
An Annotated Edition of Darwin's Classic Work
Av Charles Darwin, Elizabeth E. Yale m. fl.
E-bok, 2026
642 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The first annotated edition of the book that shocked the Victorian world and continues to generate controversy todayWhen Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was published in 1871, the book was an immediate sensation. It presents Darwin's account of how we evolved from primates and expounds his …
