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Into the Illusive World

An Exploration of Animals’ Perception

by Paul A. Moore ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Have you ever thought about what a dog smells as it stops to sniff at a tree? Or what a cat is watching as it stares intensely off into space? What about animals in the wild? What do they see, hear, smell, and feel? How do they perceive their surroundings? This is the illusive world. A world filled with fascinating stimuli that we are not equipped to detect. This is particularly true because we ... Read more

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Have you ever thought about what a dog smells as it stops to sniff at a tree? Or what a cat is watching as it stares intensely off into space? What about animals in the wild? What do they see, hear, smell, and feel? How do they perceive their surroundings? This is the illusive world. A world filled with fascinating stimuli that we are not equipped to detect. This is particularly true because we
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Bossen, koraalriffen en hoe het bewustzijn de wereld vormgaf

by Peter Godfrey Smith ...

Peter Godfrey-Smith over hoe we de wereld opnieuw uitvondenIn zijn veelgeprezen boeken Buitengewoon bewustzijn en Metazoa onderzocht Peter Godfrey-Smith het ontstaan van het bewustzijn in het dierenrijk, maar in zijn nieuwe boek bekijkt hij het leven op aarde vanuit een nieuw perspectief. Welke rol speelden organismen – van planten en bacteriën tot dieren en mensen – in de vorming van de wereld ... Read more

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Peter Godfrey-Smith over hoe we de wereld opnieuw uitvondenIn zijn veelgeprezen boeken Buitengewoon bewustzijn en Metazoa onderzocht Peter Godfrey-Smith het ontstaan van het bewustzijn in het dierenrijk, maar in zijn nieuwe boek bekijkt hij het leven op aarde vanuit een nieuw perspectief. Welke rol speelden organismen – van planten en bacteriën tot dieren en mensen – in de vorming van de wereld
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Эволюция человека. Кн. 3. Кости, гены и культура

by Александр Марков, Елена Наймарк ...

Series series Элементы (Россия)
Кто и почему начал изготавливать первые каменные орудия? Как и где люди научились добывать огонь? Чем и что рисовали питекантропы? Что нового узнали ученые о хоббитах с острова Флоренс? Почему развитие гоминид привело к вымиранию африканских хищников? Что можно прочесть в геномах алтайского неандертальца, египетских мумий и древних обитателей Западной Сибири? Как выглядел денисовский человек? ... Read more

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Кто и почему начал изготавливать первые каменные орудия? Как и где люди научились добывать огонь? Чем и что рисовали питекантропы? Что нового узнали ученые о хоббитах с острова Флоренс? Почему развитие гоминид привело к вымиранию африканских хищников? Что можно прочесть в геномах алтайского неандертальца, египетских мумий и древних обитателей Западной Сибири? Как выглядел денисовский человек?
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Understanding Species

by John S. Wilkins ...

Series series Understanding Life
Are species worth saving? Can they be resurrected by technology? What is the use of species in biomedicine? These questions all depend on a clear definition of the concept of 'species', yet biologists have long struggled to define this term. In this accessible book, John S. Wilkins provides an introduction to the concept of 'species' in biology, philosophy, ethics, policymaking and conservation. ... Read more

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Are species worth saving? Can they be resurrected by technology? What is the use of species in biomedicine? These questions all depend on a clear definition of the concept of 'species', yet biologists have long struggled to define this term. In this accessible book, John S. Wilkins provides an introduction to the concept of 'species' in biology, philosophy, ethics, policymaking and conservation.
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Study on Quality of Life of Chinese Residents with Social Change

by Peigang Wang ...

Translated by Liying Hao ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book makes a systematic empirical analysis of the quality of life of Chinese residents from the perspective of social change, expounds the connotation, theory, elements, and research methodology of the quality of life, and focuses on the diachronic dynamic analysis of the multidimensional elements of the quality of life from the perspective of life course and life cycle. According to the ... Read more

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This book makes a systematic empirical analysis of the quality of life of Chinese residents from the perspective of social change, expounds the connotation, theory, elements, and research methodology of the quality of life, and focuses on the diachronic dynamic analysis of the multidimensional elements of the quality of life from the perspective of life course and life cycle. According to the
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The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula

Volume 1

Edited by Javier Loidi ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides a compact, up-to-date and detailed overview of the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, a highly diverse part of Europe in the Mediterranean area. Written by a group of experienced researchers, the volume includes a first section with general chapters discussing the climate, the biogeography and the flora, and a second section with detailed descriptions of the 14 regional ... Read more

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This book provides a compact, up-to-date and detailed overview of the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, a highly diverse part of Europe in the Mediterranean area. Written by a group of experienced researchers, the volume includes a first section with general chapters discussing the climate, the biogeography and the flora, and a second section with detailed descriptions of the 14 regional
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Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection

by Alfred Russel Wallace ...

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1870 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection' is a series of essays on evolutionary theory, that include 'Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals, 'The Philosohy of Birds' Nests', 'Creation by Law', and more. Alfred Russel Wallace ... Read more

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1870 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection' is a series of essays on evolutionary theory, that include 'Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals, 'The Philosohy of Birds' Nests', 'Creation by Law', and more. Alfred Russel Wallace
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Literary Darwinism

Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature

by Joseph Carroll ...

In Literary Darwinism, Carroll presents a comprehensive survey of this new movement with a collection of his most important previously published work, along with three new essays. The essays and reviews give commentary on all the major contributors to the field, situate the field as a whole in relation to historical trends and contemporary schools, provide Darwinist readings of major literary ... Read more

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In Literary Darwinism, Carroll presents a comprehensive survey of this new movement with a collection of his most important previously published work, along with three new essays. The essays and reviews give commentary on all the major contributors to the field, situate the field as a whole in relation to historical trends and contemporary schools, provide Darwinist readings of major literary
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Plant Genome Diversity Volume 2

Physical Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Plant Genomes

by Ilia J. Leitch ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This second of two volumes on Plant Genome Diversity provides, in 20 chapters, insights into the structural evolution of plant genomes with all its variations. Starting with an outline of plant phylogeny and its reconstruction, the second part of the volume describes the architecture and dynamics of the plant cell nucleus, the third examines the evolution and diversity of the karyotype in various ... Read more

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This second of two volumes on Plant Genome Diversity provides, in 20 chapters, insights into the structural evolution of plant genomes with all its variations. Starting with an outline of plant phylogeny and its reconstruction, the second part of the volume describes the architecture and dynamics of the plant cell nucleus, the third examines the evolution and diversity of the karyotype in various
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Brazilian Sand Flies

Biology, Taxonomy, Medical Importance and Control

Edited by Elizabeth F. Rangel, Jeffrey J. Shaw ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This is the first English-language book dedicated to Brazilian sand flies and their medical importance. No other country has so many species of these haematophagous insects as Brazil and their diversity has reached an astonishing level. The book contains comprehensive chapters, written by Brazilian experts on their regional distribution, their ecology and their importance as vectors of pathogens ... Read more

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This is the first English-language book dedicated to Brazilian sand flies and their medical importance. No other country has so many species of these haematophagous insects as Brazil and their diversity has reached an astonishing level. The book contains comprehensive chapters, written by Brazilian experts on their regional distribution, their ecology and their importance as vectors of pathogens
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Biodiversity and Chemotaxonomy

Edited by Kishan Gopal Ramawat ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Plant classifications are based on morphological characters and it is difficult, particularly in small plants and grasses, to identify these below generic level on the basis of these characters using a dissecting microscope. Plant species have intra- and inter-specific variation in secondary metabolites which can be utilized as marker compounds for identification and classification of plants. ... Read more

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Plant classifications are based on morphological characters and it is difficult, particularly in small plants and grasses, to identify these below generic level on the basis of these characters using a dissecting microscope. Plant species have intra- and inter-specific variation in secondary metabolites which can be utilized as marker compounds for identification and classification of plants.
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Developing the Hall of Human Origins

Adaptive Resilience

by Shelley L. Smith ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Anthropology and Museums
This book focuses on the development of the National Museum of Natural History’s David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins. As one of the most visited human evolution exhibits in the world and the largest such exhibit in the United States, it has tremendous influence on public perception and knowledge of human evolution. The chapters explore how this exhibit came about, how it has changed since opening, ... Read more

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This book focuses on the development of the National Museum of Natural History’s David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins. As one of the most visited human evolution exhibits in the world and the largest such exhibit in the United States, it has tremendous influence on public perception and knowledge of human evolution. The chapters explore how this exhibit came about, how it has changed since opening,
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Homology and Systematics

Coding Characters for Phylogenetic Analysis

Edited by Robert Scotland, R. Toby Pennington ...

When looking at groups of organisms, shared characteristics (homologues) provide the raw data from which hypotheses of common ancestry may be suggested. In order to explore the relationship between homologues and particular hypotheses of common ancestry, complex matrices are devised, where homologues are coded, allowing theories of homology to be developed and tested. Practically nothing has been ... Read more

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When looking at groups of organisms, shared characteristics (homologues) provide the raw data from which hypotheses of common ancestry may be suggested. In order to explore the relationship between homologues and particular hypotheses of common ancestry, complex matrices are devised, where homologues are coded, allowing theories of homology to be developed and tested. Practically nothing has been
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Paléontologie

Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

Partez à la découverte de la paléontologie avec ce Grand Article Universalis !La paléontologie, terme créé en 1834 par le zoologiste français Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, a pour objet l'étude des êtres (ontologie) qui ont vécu à la surface du globe terrestre avant les temps actuels (palaios en grec signifie «ancien»). Ces êtres sont connus grâce aux fossiles ...Un ouvrage spécialement conçu ... Read more

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Partez à la découverte de la paléontologie avec ce Grand Article Universalis !La paléontologie, terme créé en 1834 par le zoologiste français Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, a pour objet l'étude des êtres (ontologie) qui ont vécu à la surface du globe terrestre avant les temps actuels (palaios en grec signifie «ancien»). Ces êtres sont connus grâce aux fossiles ...Un ouvrage spécialement conçu
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Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution

Edited by Jessica F. Brinkworth, Kate Pechenkina ...

Series Book 38 - Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
The immune systems of human and non-human primates have diverged over time, such that some species differ considerably in their susceptibility, symptoms**,** and survival of particular infectious diseases. Variation in primate immunity is such that major human pathogens - such as immunodeficiency viruses, herpesviruses and malaria-inducing species of Plasmodium - elicit striking differences in ... Read more

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The immune systems of human and non-human primates have diverged over time, such that some species differ considerably in their susceptibility, symptoms**,** and survival of particular infectious diseases. Variation in primate immunity is such that major human pathogens - such as immunodeficiency viruses, herpesviruses and malaria-inducing species of Plasmodium - elicit striking differences in
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Evolution

Contextualizing AI in Human History

by Ameet Joshi ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This book explores, from a high level, the parallels between the evolution of humans and the evolution of machines. The book reviews practical questions about the future of AI but also engages in philosophical discussions about what machine intelligence could mean for the human experience.The book focuses on what is intelligence and what separates intelligent species from non-so-intelligent ones. ... Read more

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This book explores, from a high level, the parallels between the evolution of humans and the evolution of machines. The book reviews practical questions about the future of AI but also engages in philosophical discussions about what machine intelligence could mean for the human experience.The book focuses on what is intelligence and what separates intelligent species from non-so-intelligent ones.
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Hydroides of the World

by Elena Kupriyanova, Yanan Sun, Eunice Wong, Harry A... ten Hove ...

Serpulid polychaetes are a unique and highly specialised group of marine segmented worms that have adapted to inhabiting self-secreted calcareous tubes attached to a wide range of hard substrates. These animals are found across all depths and habitats of the world’s oceans, and some form mutually beneficial associations with live corals. The genus Hydroides is of special concern and importance, as ... Read more

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Serpulid polychaetes are a unique and highly specialised group of marine segmented worms that have adapted to inhabiting self-secreted calcareous tubes attached to a wide range of hard substrates. These animals are found across all depths and habitats of the world’s oceans, and some form mutually beneficial associations with live corals. The genus Hydroides is of special concern and importance, as
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Time and Science

In 3 VolumesVolume 1: The Metaphysics of Time and Its EvolutionVolume 2: Life SciencesVolume 3: Physical Sciences and Cosmology

by Carlo Rovelli, Rémy Lestienne, Paul A Harris ...

Prominent scientists and philosophers of science address contemporary debates on the nature of Time. Their contributions freely discuss its unity and reality, its compatibility with the orders of classical philosophy (present, past and future) and with the disputed idea of free will (Volume 1). They also present a detailed and updated state of the role of Time in the so-called exact sciences: ... Read more

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Prominent scientists and philosophers of science address contemporary debates on the nature of Time. Their contributions freely discuss its unity and reality, its compatibility with the orders of classical philosophy (present, past and future) and with the disputed idea of free will (Volume 1). They also present a detailed and updated state of the role of Time in the so-called exact sciences:
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Marine Decapod Crustacea

A Guide to Families and Genera of the World

by Gary C.B. Poore, Shane T. Ahyong ...

Decapod crustaceans, shrimps, crabs, prawns and their allies are highly visible and important members of marine environments. They are among the most charismatic of marine animals, inhabiting beaches, rocky shores and the deep sea, hiding under stones, burrowing in the sediment and nestling in among algae and many other microhabitats. However, most are difficult to identify by the specialist and ... Read more

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Decapod crustaceans, shrimps, crabs, prawns and their allies are highly visible and important members of marine environments. They are among the most charismatic of marine animals, inhabiting beaches, rocky shores and the deep sea, hiding under stones, burrowing in the sediment and nestling in among algae and many other microhabitats. However, most are difficult to identify by the specialist and
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Homo Falsus - Lying Man: Physics, Consciousness, Language, Information, and I

by Boris Rusakov ...

Homo Falsus (Lying Man) explores the topic of human consciousness in a way that many people may have never considered. PhD physicist Boris Rusakov analyzes the functionality of human consciousness and determines that it consists of basic concepts, i.e. abstractions that mostly have nothing to do with reality. Only incidentally they sometimes do. He suggests a scenario of how human consciousness ... Read more

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Homo Falsus (Lying Man) explores the topic of human consciousness in a way that many people may have never considered. PhD physicist Boris Rusakov analyzes the functionality of human consciousness and determines that it consists of basic concepts, i.e. abstractions that mostly have nothing to do with reality. Only incidentally they sometimes do. He suggests a scenario of how human consciousness
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Über den Bildungstrieb

Bereicherte Ausgabe. Die Evolutionstheorie des deutschen Wissenschaftlers auf dem Weg zur Naturgeschichte

by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Leif Dean ...

In "Über den Bildungstrieb" untersucht Johann Friedrich Blumenbach die fundamentalen Mechanismen, die der Bildung und Entwicklung des Menschen zugrunde liegen. Das Werk verbindet philosophische Überlegungen mit den Aufkünften der Naturwissenschaften und reflektiert den Bildungsdrang als treibende Kraft in der menschlichen Evolution. Blumenbach, einer der Väter der modernen Anthropologie, ... Read more

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In "Über den Bildungstrieb" untersucht Johann Friedrich Blumenbach die fundamentalen Mechanismen, die der Bildung und Entwicklung des Menschen zugrunde liegen. Das Werk verbindet philosophische Überlegungen mit den Aufkünften der Naturwissenschaften und reflektiert den Bildungsdrang als treibende Kraft in der menschlichen Evolution. Blumenbach, einer der Väter der modernen Anthropologie,
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Haldane, Mayr, and Beanbag Genetics

by Krishna Dronamraju ...

Haldane, Mayr, and Beanbag Genetics presents a summary of the classic exchange between two great biologists - J.B.S. Haldane and Ernst Mayr - regarding the value of the contributions of the mathematical school represented by J.B.S. Haldane, R.A. Fisher and S. Wright to the theory of evolution. Their pioneering contributions from 1918 to the 1960s dominated and shaped the field of population ... Read more

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Haldane, Mayr, and Beanbag Genetics presents a summary of the classic exchange between two great biologists - J.B.S. Haldane and Ernst Mayr - regarding the value of the contributions of the mathematical school represented by J.B.S. Haldane, R.A. Fisher and S. Wright to the theory of evolution. Their pioneering contributions from 1918 to the 1960s dominated and shaped the field of population
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Nature Remade

Engineering Life, Envisioning Worlds

Edited by Luis A. Campos, Michael R. Dietrich, Tiago Saraiva, Christian C. Young ...

Series series Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory
“Engineering” has firmly taken root in the entangled bank of biology even as proposals to remake the living world have sent tendrils in every direction, and at every scale. Nature Remade explores these complex prospects from a resolutely historical approach, tracing cases across the decades of the long twentieth century. These essays span the many levels at which life has been engineered: molecule ... Read more

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“Engineering” has firmly taken root in the entangled bank of biology even as proposals to remake the living world have sent tendrils in every direction, and at every scale. Nature Remade explores these complex prospects from a resolutely historical approach, tracing cases across the decades of the long twentieth century. These essays span the many levels at which life has been engineered: molecule
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Universe, Human Species, Reality

A Physicalist Approach

by Jacques Vanier ...

Series series Discovering Physics
Universe, Human Species, Reality: A Physicalist Approach describes the functioning of the material universe with the use of intermediate mathematical language. The book uses a physicalist approach in the sense that it is based entirely on physical phenomena and on reality, and does not use philosophical or theological argumentation based on abstract reasoning not anchored in physical observations ... Read more

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Universe, Human Species, Reality: A Physicalist Approach describes the functioning of the material universe with the use of intermediate mathematical language. The book uses a physicalist approach in the sense that it is based entirely on physical phenomena and on reality, and does not use philosophical or theological argumentation based on abstract reasoning not anchored in physical observations
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