Science & Nature 59

This is the e-book version of The Gravity of Love, published in print form by The St. Thomas Poetry Series in 2023. 続きを見る

“Tells the story . . . of how ‘natural philosophers’ developed the ideas of geology accepted today . . . Fascinating.” ーSan Francisco Book Review Earth has been witness to dinosaurs, global ice age……続きを見る

At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. "A marvel of storytelling." ーKirkus (Starred Review) In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuros……続きを見る

**A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 ** **A Christian Science Monitor Top Ten Book of September** In a world dominated by people and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly v……続きを見る

From the beginning, humans have been wanderers. Our feet carried us out of Africa and propelled us to far-flung corners of the world, often through incredible feats of innovation and imagination. Th……続きを見る

Os cães ficam mais felizes se podem farejar livremente. Os golfinhos são capazes de localizar seres humanos, identificando não só a pessoa, mas também seus ossos e órgãos internos, como o pulmão. Os……続きを見る

Humanity is by many measures the biggest success story in the animal kingdom; but what are the costs of this triumph? Over its three million years of existence, the human species has continuously mo……続きを見る

From one of the world's great science writers, a book that explores the deepest principles of evolutionary history. In this groundbreaking new approach to the evolution of all life, Richard Dawkins ……続きを見る

Taxonomists specializing in different groups once based phylogenetic analysis only on morphological data; molecular data was used more rarely. Although molecular systematics is routine today, the us……続きを見る

This volume discusses the aspects of a phylogenetic analysis that go beyond basic calculation of most parsimonious trees. Practical application of all principles discussed is illustrated by referenc……続きを見る

“James Prosek has eloquently demonstrated that angling is a kind of universal language. . . . he has taken us on an unforgettable journey.” ー Thomas McGuane, author of The Cadence of Grass and The ……続きを見る

The renowned biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins presents his most expansive work in this revised edition that offers a comprehensive look at evolution. Loosely based on the form of Chaucer's Cant……続きを見る

Frogs are extraordinary creatures. Unlike most other animals, they have mastered both land and water, and are capable of breathing through their skins and their lungs. Some of them are so poisonous ……続きを見る

“Lavers keeps his intellectual detective story passionate and suspenseful.” ー Washington Post Book World From Biblical stories about virgins to adventures with Harry Potter, unicorns have enchanted……続きを見る

Gathering its waters from the plains of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, the Kaw is truly America’s prairie river; the only one to arise entirely on the Great Plains and traverse all three major gras……続きを見る

The appearance of periodical cicadas in 2024 is not only an extraordinary natural event, but also a vivid reminder of the incredible diversity and complexity of life on our planet. These insects, wi……続きを見る

La aparición de cigarras periódicas en 2024 no es sólo un extraordinario acontecimiento natural, sino también un vívido recordatorio de la increíble diversidad y complejidad de la vida en nuestro pl……続きを見る

The Story of the Universe was inspired by a very old ideaーthat the universe is one river and that galaxies, stars, planets, and people are all whirls and eddies in the universal flow, arising in th……続きを見る

In this book in the 'Wildlife of the World' series, expert wildlife photographer Hugh Lansdown reveals some of the most fascinating and endangered animals to be found on the strange, mysterious, tro……続きを見る

A definitive account of the bright-eyed assassins of the British countryside. Stoats, weasels, martens and polecats belong to the mustelid family, along with badgers and otters, and feral American m……続きを見る

In this addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know? series, David Day examines the most forbidding and formidably inaccessible continent on Earth. For over a century following its discovery by Euro……続きを見る

The following is a collection of mysterious reports from Georgia covering the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mysterious airships in the Flap of 1897, Balls of Fire in Dyas, the Flying Woman of ……続きを見る

The Pascagoula River is the largest unobstructed river in the contiguous United States. Because of this lack of restraint, the river has been left to rise and fall naturally with the seasons, overfl……続きを見る

Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico. Their incredible journeyーnearly 3,000 miles longーtakes them through Oklahoma, Texas, and other US states, where butterfly ……続きを見る