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It took Charles Darwin more than twenty years to publish this book, in part because he realized that it would ignite a firestorm of controversy. The Origin of Species first appeared in 1859, and it ……続きを見る

Blast is an important foliar disease that infects the majority of cereal crops like rice, finger millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet and wheat, and thus resulting in a huge economic impact. The pat……続きを見る

Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as 'The Origin of Species'. It took Charles Darwin more than twenty years to publish this book, in part because he realized that it w……続きを見る

Of the world’s seven continents, Asia is the largest. Its physical landscapes, political units, and ethnic groups are both wide-ranging and many. Southwest, South and Middle Asia are highly populate……続きを見る

The ebook is designed to be read on devices with large color displays The Kindle edition is incompatible with iOS. See below for a list of supported devices. This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic……続きを見る

This book comes from two authors with scientific backgrounds. It recognises the huge advances made through science and their beneficial impact on society. However, it also expresses concern that the……続きを見る

How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us? We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, ……続きを見る

Der Konflikt zwischen Schöpfungsglaube und Evolution ist überraschend heftig wieder aufgeflammt. Prominente Biologen wie Richard Dawkins vertreten einen aggressiven Atheismus, während die Vertreter ……続きを見る

EVOLUTION OF ISLAND MAMMALS Evolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammal……続きを見る

This collection of essays discusses fascinating aspects of the concept that microbes are at the root of all ecosystems. The content is divided into seven parts, the first of those emphasizes that mi……続きを見る

"Vi er ikke født til det liv, vi lever. Vi er snarere født til det liv, vi levede for en million år siden. Og for 100.000 år siden. Og vel stadig for 10.000 år siden – i alle de år, hvor miljøet gan……続きを見る

Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into……続きを見る

Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the……続きを見る

Charles Darwin er en af verdenshistoriens mest kendte og indflydelsesrige videnskabsmænd. "Liv og breve" er udgivet af hans søn Francis Darwin og gengiver foruden en lang række af den store videnska……続きを見る

Charles Darwins bog "Arternes Oprindelse" fra 1859 betragtes endnu den dag i dag som det vigtigste bidrag til biologien nogensinde. Bogen, der bygger på en lang række af Charles Darwins egne opdagel……続きを見る

A growing body of evidence from the sciences suggests that our moral beliefs have an evolutionary basis. To explain how human morality evolved, some philosophers have called for the study of moralit……続きを見る

Karl Gjellerups prisvindende afhandling ”Arvelighed og moral” behandler nogle af det sene 1800-tals mest omdiskuterede teorier, heriblandt Charles Darwins evolutionsteori. I lighed med Herbert Spenc……続きを見る

With Comeuppance, William Flesch delivers the freshest, most generous thinking about the novel since Walter Benjamin wrote on the storyteller and Wayne C. Booth on the rhetoric of fiction. In clear ……続きを見る

Nikola Tesla's 'Collected Works' is a compilation of the elusive inventor's groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of electricity and magnetism. Known for his innovative mind and eccentric persona……続きを見る

In 'Tesla: The Problem of Increasing Human Energy', Nikola Tesla delves into the fascinating world of energy consumption and the limitless potential for increasing human energy. Known for his ground……続きを見る

This two-volume edited book highlights and reviews the potential of the fossil record to calibrate the origin and evolution of parasitism, and the techniques to understand the development of parasit……続きを見る

Rarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and enjoys most. But such is Stephen Jay Gould’s command of paleontology and evolutionary theory, and his gift fo……続きを見る

“Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” was Haeckel’s answerーthe wrong oneーto the most vexing question of nineteenth-century biology: what is the relationship between individual development (ontogeny) ……続きを見る

Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolution of a bigger beak in a bird? Wouldn't it be much m……続きを見る

Recent advances in statistical approaches called phylogenetic comparative methods (PCMs) have provided paleontologists with a powerful set of analytical tools for investigating evolutionary tempo an……続きを見る

Wittgenstein famously remarked in 1923, "Darwin's theory has no more relevance for philosophy than any other hypothesis in natural science." Yet today we are witnessing a major revival of interest i……続きを見る

The book examines basic principles of the structure and organization of living organisms and their differences from objects of inanimate nature. It covers how a single program-information structure ……続きを見る

Seit 120 Jahren liegt die Stärke des ***STRASBURGERs***in der ausgewogenen Darstellung aller Teilgebiete der Pflanzenwissenschaften. In der vorliegenden 38. Auflage sind besonders die Teile Struktur……続きを見る

Contributors explore common elements in the evolutionary histories of both human and insect agriculture resulting from convergent evolution. During the past 12,000 years, agriculture originated in h……続きを見る

La magnitudo dei terremoti viene veramente modificata? Come mai è più difficile cuocere la pasta in montagna? Il riscaldamento globale impedirà di avere nevicate? Per fare un pozzo conviene chiamare……続きを見る