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8 produkter
Morphogenesis and Evolution
Inbunden, 1988
693 kr
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Today, developmental and evolutionary biologists are focusing renewed attention on the developmental process, specifically those genetic and cellular factors which influence variation in individual body shape or metabolism. They are attempting to understand better how evolutionary trends and …
Morphogenesis and Evolution
E-bok, 1988
440 kr
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Today developmental and evolutionary biologists are focussing renewed attention on the developmental process--those genetic and cellular factors that influence variation in individual body shape or metabolism--in an attempt to better understand how evolutionary trends and patterns within …
Common but Less Frequent Loon and Other Essays
Häftad, 1996
418 kr
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From an acclaimed biologist, a view of science as a great intellectual adventure “Thomson loves biology and literature with equal passion. . . . Writing with rare eloquence, he mourns the current death of literary merit in scientific literature, drawing a parallel between the demise of cogent …
Legacy of the Mastodon
The Golden Age of Fossils in America
Häftad, 2009
675 kr
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A history of the early days of fossil hunting in America, replete with high adventure, ruthless competitors, and amazing scientific discoveries The uncovering in the mid-1700s of fossilized mastodon bones and teeth at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, signaled the beginning of a great American adventure. …
Young Charles Darwin
Häftad, 2010
522 kr
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An investigation of Charles Darwin as a young naturalist and how he arrived at his revolutionary ideas What sort of person was the young naturalist who developed an evolutionary idea so logical, so dangerous, that it has dominated biological science for a century and a half? How did the quiet and …
Private Doubt, Public Dilemma
Religion and Science since Jefferson and Darwin
Inbunden, 2015
786 kr
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A distinguished scholar urges scientists and religious thinkers to become colleagues rather than adversaries in areas where their fields overlap “Refreshingly modest and nondogmatic. . . . Brims with lively anecdotes.”—John Horgan, Wall Street Journal Each age has its own crisis—our modern …
Living Fossil
The Story of the Coelacanth
Häftad, 1992
279 kr
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In the winter of 1938, a fishing boat by chance dragged from the Indian Ocean a fish thought extinct for 70 million years. It was a coelacanth, which thrived concurrently with dinosaurs and pterodactyls—an animal of major importance to those who study the history of vertebrate life.Living Fossil …
Jefferson's Shadow
The Story of His Science
Häftad, 2014
366 kr
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A unique account of Thomas Jefferson’s passion for science, the influence of science on his vision for America, and the amazing extent of his scientific contributions In the voluminous literature on Thomas Jefferson, little has been written about his passionate interest in science. This new and …
