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More horrifying than Jaws-- because it's true! Since 1990 there have been 283 shark attacks worldwide--40 of which were fatal... In the past 15 years, reports of shark attacks have substantially inc……続きを見る

This volume of essays, which originated in the inaugural Dublin Gastronomy Symposium held in the Dublin Institute of Technology in June 2012, offers fascinating insights into the significant role pl……続きを見る

Il libro descrive la possibile distribuzione della vita nella Via Lattea. Tramite l’equazione di Drake individua i parametri per calcolare in numero di civiltà intelligenti con cui potremmo comunica……続きを見る

This book describes the possible distribution of life in the Milky Way. Our description is mathematical in order to be extrapolated from what we know that happened on Earth to what might have happen……続きを見る

Basado en el reconocido curso de la Universidad de California en Berkeley, Pensamiento crítico para el tercer milenio es un manual para desarrollar el pensamiento crítico, tomar mejores decisiones y……続きを見る

Traditional Western attitudes towards death deal with it as a painful inevitability, something that has to be navigated as a trauma and a taboo. They focus essentially on the 'management' of death, ……続きを見る

Two historians and philosophers of science offer an essential primer on the meaning and limits of regeneration. In punishment for his stealing fire, the Greek gods chained Prometheus to a rock, wher……続きを見る

A concise primer that complicates a convenient truth in biologyーthe divide between germ and somatic cellsーwith far-reaching ethical and public policy ramifications. Scientists have long held that ……続きを見る

In ancient Ireland there were 365 different parts to the body, and a different plant to cure each part. So the wild plants of Ireland are bound up in our culture and folklore from the earliest times……続きを見る

Niall Mac Coitir provides a comprehensive look at the folklore, legends and history of animals in Ireland, and describes their relations with people, being hunted for food, fur, sport, or as vermin,……続きを見る

Name the five Great Trees of Ireland? What trees are most often found beside holy wells or cemeteries? Which tree gave the Red Branch Knights of Ulster their name? Ireland was once so heavily wooded……続きを見る

一本好讀的入門書 介紹再生的歷史、哲學與科學 以及再生在醫學到生態學的應用 這本書展現許多非凡傑出之處，也提出一種獨特的途徑，不僅讓廣大讀者受益，也是應對人類與全球生態發展當前挑戰所必需的。這是一項重……続きを見る

Birds have been important symbols in our art and culture for thousands of years. They have inspired poets and painters, and feature in many place names and legends. In this book, Niall Mac Coitir dr……続きを見る

Quello della vita extraterrestre è uno dei temi più affascinanti eppure meno conosciuti, perché abbonda il sensazionalismo mentre scarseggiano i riferimenti affidabili. In questo libro l’autore, ……続きを見る

We are in the midst of a growing ecological crisis. Developing technologies and cultural interventions are throwing the status of “human” into question. It is against this context that Patricia McCo……続きを見る

This book offers a vision of how evolutionary life processes can be modelled. It presents a mathematical description that can be used not only for the full evolution of life on Earth from RNA to mod……続きを見る

Don't go into the woods today. . . If you're on a cruise, tramping through a forest or holidaying in an exotic location, you are constantly being watched - somewhere close by a creature is lurking, ……続きを見る

This volume provides a detailed examination of phycobiliproteins, the photosynthetic antenna pigments found in algae. 続きを見る

The biggest-ever selection of first-hand accounts and news reports of shark attacks, both recent and historical, shows how sharks are masters of the ocean and how we enter their domain at our own ri……続きを見る