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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “david mcfarland”
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  • The Biological Bases of Economic Behaviour

    A Concise Introduction

    by David McFarland ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Human genetics has changed little over the past 20,000 years, but human economic behaviour has changed a lot. These changes are probably due to human cultural evolution. But studies of human hunter-gatherers, and of a variety of other animal species, show that their micro-economic behaviour is much the same. Whereas the standard economic analysis focuses on money, the biological approach brings ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour

    by David McFarland ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference Online
    Covering every aspect of animal behaviour from adaptation to warning, this accessible A-Z also includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology. Clear and informative entries on topics such as communication, learning, and navigation are backed up by examples and illustrations where appropriate. The new edition adds 80 new entries, expands coverage of behavioural ecology ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Complex Mind

    An Interdisciplinary Approach

    by David McFarland, Keith Stenning, Maggie McGonigle ...
    Combining the study of animal minds, artificial minds, and human evolution, this book examine the advances made by comparative psychologists in explaining the intelligent behaviour of primates, the design of artificial autonomous systems and the cognitive products of language evolution. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs

    The Question of Alien Minds

    by David McFarland ...
    When we interact with animals, we intuitively read thoughts and feelings into their expressions and actions - it is easy to suppose that they have minds like ours. And as technology grows more sophisticated, we might soon find ourselves interpreting the behaviour of robots too in human terms. It is natural for us to humanize other beings in this way, but is it philosophically or scientifically ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    The hunt to find the genes that make us human

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    Humans are primates, and our closest relatives are the other African apes - chimpanzees closest of all. With the mapping of the human genome, and that of the chimp, a direct comparison of the differences between the two, letter by letter along the billions of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts of the DNA code, has led to the widely vaunted claim that we differ from chimps by a mere 1.6% of our genetic code. A ... Read more

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  • Animal Wise

    How We Know Animals Think and Feel

    by Virginia Morell ...
    The New York Times Bestseller that explores animal intelligence and will alter the way we as humans view other species.Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a fish? Or a parrot, dolphin, or an elephant? Do they experience thoughts that are similar to ours, or have feelings of grief and love? These are tough questions, but scientists are answering them. They know that ants teach and rats ... Read more

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  • Why She Buys

    The New Strategy for Reaching the World's Most Powerful Consumers

    by Bridget Brennan ...
    If the consumer economy had a sex, it would be female.If the business world had a sex, it would be male.And therein lies the pickle.Women are the engine of the global economy, driving 80 percent of consumer spending in the United States alone. They hold the purse strings, and when they’ve got a tight grip on them as they do now, companies must be shrewder than ever to win them over. Just when ... Read more

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  • The Domestic Dog

    Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People

    Edited by James Serpell ...
    Why do dogs behave in the ways that they do? Why did our ancestors tame wolves? How have we ended up with so many breeds of dog, and how can we understand their role in contemporary human society? Explore the answers to these questions and many more in this study of the domestic dog. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this much-anticipated update incorporates two decades of new ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Analysis of Mind

    Exploring Consciousness, Perception, and Memory in the Human Mind

    by Bertrand Russell ...
    In "The Analysis of Mind," Bertrand Russell ventures into the intricate realm of philosophy and psychology, interrogating the relationship between mental processes and the external world. With a clarity of prose emblematic of Russell'Äôs literary style, the book employs logical analysis while engaging deeply with contemporary theories of the mind during the early 20th century. Through a systematic ... Read more

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  • Hacking Growth

    How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success

    by Sean Ellis, Morgan Brown ...
    The definitive playbook by the pioneers of Growth Hacking, one of the hottest business methodologies in Silicon Valley and beyond.It seems hard to believe today, but there was a time when Airbnb was the best-kept secret of travel hackers and couch surfers, Pinterest was a niche web site frequented only by bakers and crafters, LinkedIn was an exclusive network for C-suite executives and top-level ... Read more

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  • Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites

    Second Edition

    by Robert Poulin ...
    Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and other animals in fundamental ways, but in recent years they have become a powerful model system for the study of ecology and evolution, with practical applications in disease prevention. Here, in a thoroughly revised and ... Read more

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  • An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

    by Hume, David ...
    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in English in 1748. It was a revision of an earlier effort, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, published anonymously in London in 1739–40. Hume was disappointed with the reception of the Treatise, which "fell dead-born from the press," as he put it, and so tried again to disseminate his ... Read more

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