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27 produkter
The Call of the Honeyguide
What Science Tells Us about How to Live Well with the Rest of Life
Av Rob Dunn
Inbunden, 2025
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
310 kr
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How rethinking our relationships with other species can help us reimagine the future of humankind In the woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa, sometime deep in our species' past, something strange happened: a bird called out, not to warn others of human presence, but to call attention to herself. Having …
Every Living Thing
Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys
Av Rob Dunn
Häftad, 2012
183 kr
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"If you have any interest in life beyond your own, you should read this book." -Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Dominant Animal Biologist Rob Dunn's Every Little Thing is the story of man's obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys. In the tradition of E.O. Wilson, this …
Wild Life of Our Bodies
Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today
Av Rob Dunn
Häftad, 2015
189 kr
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"An extraordinary book...With clarity and charm [Dunn] takes the reader into the overlap of medicine, ecology, and evolutionary biology to reveal an important domain of the human condition."-Edward O. Wilson, author of Anthill and The Future of Life Biologist Rob Dunn reveals the crucial influence …
Every Living Thing
Man''s Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys
Av Rob Dunn
E-bok, 2009
90 kr
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"Between the covers of [this book] you''ll learn both about life''s amazing diversity and that process of their discovery. . . .[A] fascinating volume." —Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the EnviromentIn a series of vivid portraits of determined—even …
Wild Life of Our Bodies
Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today
Av Rob Dunn
E-bok, 2011
101 kr
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"Extraordinary. . . . takes the reader into the overlap of medicine, ecology, and evolutionary biology to reveal an important domain of the human condition." —Edward O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Anthill and The Future of LifeWe evolved in a wilderness of parasites, mutualists, and …
Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of Chicago
Av Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
207 kr
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Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil (in some …
Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of California
Av Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
207 kr
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Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil (in some …
Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City
Av Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
207 kr
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Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil (in some …
Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants
Av Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
234 kr
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Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil (in some …
Man Who Touched His Own Heart
True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery
Av Rob Dunn
Inbunden, 2015
366 kr
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The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries-which had to be completed in three minutes before death arrived-to heart transplants and …
Never Out of Season
How Having the Food We Want When We Want It Threatens Our Food Supply and Our Future
Av Rob Dunn
Inbunden, 2017
247 kr
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Did you know that 10 plants make up 80% of our plant-based food supply? That the bananas we eat today were standardized in the 1960s, into one consistent strain, and that they are succumbing to a pathogen that might wipe them out? That an $8 cup of coffee is just around the corner? Our food supply …
Delicious
The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human
Inbunden, 2021
246 kr
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A savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolutionNature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are not? Delicious is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of such …
Delicious
The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human
E-bok, 2021
257 kr
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A savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution Nature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are not? Delicious is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of …
Delicious
The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human
Häftad, 2022
195 kr
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A savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolutionNature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are not? Delicious is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of such …
Natural History of the Future
What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species
Av Rob Dunn
Inbunden, 2022
271 kr
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Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. From river levees to enormous one-crop fields, we continue to try to reshape nature for our purposes - so much so it seems we may be in danger of destroying it.In A …
Natural History of the Future
What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species
Av Rob Dunn
Häftad, 2023
148 kr
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Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts are futile. We may see ourselves as life's overlords, but we are instead at its mercy. In …
Natural History of the Future
What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species
Av Rob Dunn
E-bok, 2022
44 kr
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Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future , biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts are futile. We may see ourselves as life''s overlords, but we are instead at its mercy. …
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
Av Rob Dunn
Häftad, 2022
249 kr
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Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live
Av Rob Dunn
Häftad, 2019
177 kr
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Never Home Alone
From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live
Av Rob Dunn
Inbunden, 2019
278 kr
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It's the dream scenario for many of us after a long week: having the house completely to ourselves. No partners, no parents, no kids, no pets. But as we settle into the couch, something stirs: maybe a mouse darts out from under a cupboard, or a fly buzzes lazily past the window. We're not actually …
Never Home Alone
From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live
Av Rob Dunn
Häftad, 2020
104 kr
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In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn takes us to the edge of biology's latest frontier: our own homes. Every house is a wilderness -- from the Egyptian meal moths in our kitchen cupboards and the yeast in a sourdough starter, to the camel crickets living in the basement, to the thousands of …
Nie allein zu Haus
Von Mikroben über Tausendfüßer und Höhlenschrecken bis zu Honigbienen – die Naturgeschichte unserer Häuser
Av Rob Dunn
Häftad, 2021
292 kr
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Dieses Buch lässt einen das eigene Zuhause mit anderen Augen sehen.Selbst wenn die Böden blitzsauber sind und das Haus leer erscheint, sind unsere Häuser voller Leben. In Nie allein zu Haus stellt uns der Biologe Rob Dunn die fast 200.000 Arten vor, die bei uns zu Hause leben, von den ägyptischen …
Nie allein zu Haus
Von Mikroben über Tausendfüßer und Höhlenschrecken bis zu Honigbienen – die Naturgeschichte unserer Häuser
Av Rob Dunn
E-bok, 2021
294 kr
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Dieses Buch lässt einen das eigene Zuhause mit anderen Augen sehen.Selbst wenn die Böden blitzsauber sind und das Haus leer erscheint, sind unsere Häuser voller Leben. In Nie allein zu Haus stellt uns der Biologe Rob Dunn die fast 200.000 Arten vor, die bei uns zu Hause leben, von den ägyptischen …
¿Solo en casa?
La naturaleza del lugar donde vivimos, desde microbios hasta milpiés, grillos de las cuevas y abejas
Av Rob Dunn
E-bok, 2020
179 kr
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Por muy apacible que parezca nuestro hogar, alberga un universo natural que trasciende todo lo imaginable. La vida abunda en el sótano, en el desván, bajo el entarimado del suelo y hasta en la alcachofa de la ducha: "¿Solo en casa?" revela la naturaleza absolutamente inesperada que albergan las …
Delicioso
La evolución del sabor y cómo nos hizo humanos
E-bok, 2022
190 kr
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Solemos representarnos la historia de la humanidad como un relato de penuria y escasez centrado en la búsqueda desesperada de alimentos. Pero ¿y si la evolución de nuestra especie no estuviese tan marcada por el hambre como por la persecución de los sabores agradables y el disfrute? Rob Dunn y …
Szövetségünk a többi fajjal
A mézkalauz dalától az orka bosszújáig
Av Rob Dunn
E-bok, 2026
224 kr
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Az evolúció történetét nemcsak a versengés formálja, hanem a fajok közötti együttműködés is. Évezredekkel ezelőtt, valahol Afrika szubszaharai erdeiben egy madár az énekével az embert hívta segítségül. Ez a madár, a mézkalauz ma is elvezet bennünket a mézzel teli kaptárhoz, hogy aztán megosztozzon …
Natural History of the Future
What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species
Av Rob Dunn
Häftad, 2022
191 kr
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Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts are futile. We may see ourselves as life's overlords, but we are instead at its mercy. In …
