This book provides a comprehensive review of the evolution of traits associated with predation and predator defense for bats and all of their prey, both invertebrates (e.g. insects) and vertebrates ……続きを見る
Approximately eight percent of our DNA contains retroviral sequences that are millions of years old. Through engaging stories of scientific discovery, Anna Marie Skalka explains our evolving knowled……続きを見る
Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838……続きを見る
This volume sits at the cross-roads of a number of areas of scientific interest that, in the past, have largely kept themselves separate - agriculture, forestry, population genetics, ecology, conser……続きを見る
Em 2009, comemoraram-se os 200 anos do nascimento de C. Darwin e os 150 anos da publicação de seu mais influente livro, A Origem das Espécies. Por ocasião dessas duas importantes datas relativas ao ……続きを見る
著者:Hannah Holmes
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2009年01月20日
DID YOU KNOW THAT
• we have more hair follicles than a chimpanzee
• a male boxer in top condition can punch with the force of a thirteen-pound mallet swung at twenty miles an hour
• the best human e……続きを見る
著者:Annalee Newitz
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2013年05月14日
In its 4.5 billion–year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomabl……続きを見る
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah is the location of one of the best-known terrestrial records for the late Cretaceous. A major effort in the new century has documented over 2,……続きを見る
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'If only Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry were on tap to all of us, all the time . . . The pair have such a gift for mak……続きを見る
著者:Michael Hannah
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2021年09月16日
Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth's history tell us about the Anthropocene? What do mass extinction events look like and how does life on Earth recover ……続きを見る
Conservation Physiology for the Anthropocene: A Systems Approach, Volume 39A in the Fish Physiology series, is a comprehensive synthesis on the physiology of fish in the Anthropocene. This volume cl……続きを見る
Conservation Physiology for the Anthropocene – A Systems Approach, Volume 39B in the Fish Physiology series, is a comprehensive synthesis related to the physiology of fish in the Anthropocene. This ……続きを見る
This book provides a fundamental understanding of the importance of the microbiome in the life of virtually all multicellular organisms. It explains why microbes are an integral part of living organ……続きを見る
著者:Annalisa Berta
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2023年09月26日
A richly illustrated introduction to the world’s living and extinct sea mammals
From the gregarious sea otter and playful dolphins to the sociable narwhal and iconic polar bear, sea mammals are a la……続きを見る
"Evolution in Modern Thought" is a book that explores the development and impact of the theory of evolution on modern scientific thinking. The book is a collection of essays written by leading scien……続きを見る
Berta and Sumich have succeeded yet again in creating superior marine reading! This book is a succinct yet comprehensive text devoted to the systematics, evolution, morphology, ecology, physiology, ……続きを見る
著者:Joanna Coles
出版社: HarperCollins
発売日: 2018年04月10日
"For those looking for a smart, no-bullshit, effective guide to finding love, look no further."ーEsther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity
"While I’m not sure what Carrie Bradshaw would have made ……続きを見る
New material attributable to Deltasuchus motherali, a neosuchian from the Cenomanian of Texas, provides sampling across much of the ontogeny of this species. Detailed descriptions provide informatio……続きを見る
عندما شرعت في كتابة "الطريق إلى الحقيقة" كان لابد أن تكون نقطة البداية هي الكون، فليس منطقيًا أن نكون جزءًا من هذا الكون و لا نتعرف عليه قدر المستطاع، كيف كانت بدايته؟ و كيف يعمل؟ وكيف يمكن أن تكون ……続きを見る
著者:Danna Staaf
出版社: The Experiment
発売日: 2020年09月15日
From the author of Nursery Earth, a “nimble, fast, surprising, smart, and weird in the very coolest sense of the word” (Sy Montgomery) exploration of the sometimes enormous, often bizarre creatures ……続きを見る
Understanding how simple molecules have given rise to the complex biochemical systems and processes of contemporary biology is widely regarded as one of chemistry’s great unsolved questions. There a……続きを見る