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Information Theory And Evolution (Third Edition)

by John Scales Avery ...

This highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution, against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems. As the author shows, this paradox has ... Read more

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This highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution, against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems. As the author shows, this paradox has
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Een kaars in het donker

Mijn leven in de wetenschap

by Richard Dawkins ...

Translated by Bart Voorzanger ...

'Een kaars in het donker' is het uitermate onderhoudende vervolg op 'Verwondering of hoe ik wetenschapper werd'. Richard Dawkins vertelt over zijn intellectuele leven sinds het verschijnen van De zelfzuchtige genen. Dankzij dit werk genoot hij in deze jaren wereldwijde bewondering. Dawkins drijft minzaam de spot met de wereld van universiteiten, uitgeverijen en televisie, en met de mannen en ... Read more

$20.96 USD

'Een kaars in het donker' is het uitermate onderhoudende vervolg op 'Verwondering of hoe ik wetenschapper werd'. Richard Dawkins vertelt over zijn intellectuele leven sinds het verschijnen van De zelfzuchtige genen. Dankzij dit werk genoot hij in deze jaren wereldwijde bewondering. Dawkins drijft minzaam de spot met de wereld van universiteiten, uitgeverijen en televisie, en met de mannen en
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Protocells and the Origin of Life

by Roberto Serra, Marco Villani ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
How life can emerge in a lifeless environment is one of the major open scientific challenges. This book pays particular attention to self-organization phenomena that might have led to the appearance of the first protocells, i.e. cell-like structures, much simpler than present-day cells, endowed with some primitive kinds of metabolism and heredity. After a brief description of the known facts and ... Read more

$71.99 USD

How life can emerge in a lifeless environment is one of the major open scientific challenges. This book pays particular attention to self-organization phenomena that might have led to the appearance of the first protocells, i.e. cell-like structures, much simpler than present-day cells, endowed with some primitive kinds of metabolism and heredity. After a brief description of the known facts and
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Geschlecht im Wandel: Eine interdisziplinäre Reise durch Biologie, Kultur und Diskriminierung

by Peter M. Kappeler ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Warum spielen Geschlecht und Gender eine so durchdringende Rolle bei der Gestaltung unserer Gesellschaften? Diese interdisziplinäre Frage lässt sich mit Forschungsergebnissen aus Biologie, Evolution und Anthropologie beantworten. Vor allem Frauen sind die zahlenmäßig größte Gruppe von Menschen, die aufgrund eines einzigen Merkmals in allen heutigen Gesellschaften diskriminiert und unterdrückt ... Read more

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Warum spielen Geschlecht und Gender eine so durchdringende Rolle bei der Gestaltung unserer Gesellschaften? Diese interdisziplinäre Frage lässt sich mit Forschungsergebnissen aus Biologie, Evolution und Anthropologie beantworten. Vor allem Frauen sind die zahlenmäßig größte Gruppe von Menschen, die aufgrund eines einzigen Merkmals in allen heutigen Gesellschaften diskriminiert und unterdrückt
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The Chess Game of Reality

by Azhar Feili ...

What if reality isn't a fixed stage but an infinite game of cosmic chess? And what if our perception is merely one way of playing it?In this groundbreaking philosophical exploration, The Chess Game of Reality challenges everything you think you know about consciousness, existence, and the universe itself. Drawing from quantum mechanics, evolutionary biology, and the latest advancements in ... Read more

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What if reality isn't a fixed stage but an infinite game of cosmic chess? And what if our perception is merely one way of playing it?In this groundbreaking philosophical exploration, The Chess Game of Reality challenges everything you think you know about consciousness, existence, and the universe itself. Drawing from quantum mechanics, evolutionary biology, and the latest advancements in
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Evolution Confusion

The Logic of Origins

by Stan Birchfield ...

Finally, a fresh look at the creation-evolution debate. Designed for anyone who wonders about biological origins, Evolution Confusion: The Logic of Origins cuts through the jargon with an unconventional exposé of naturalism—the dominant philosophy underlying all of science today. Using logic, math, science, and a healthy dose of common sense, this book scrutinizes naturalism like never before. In ... Read more

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Finally, a fresh look at the creation-evolution debate. Designed for anyone who wonders about biological origins, Evolution Confusion: The Logic of Origins cuts through the jargon with an unconventional exposé of naturalism—the dominant philosophy underlying all of science today. Using logic, math, science, and a healthy dose of common sense, this book scrutinizes naturalism like never before. In
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Alfred Russel Wallace

Letters from the Malay Archipelago

Edited by John van Wyhe, Kees Rookmaaker ...

This volume brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) during his famous travels of 1854-62 in the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia). it was these travels which led him to come independently to the same conclusion as Charles Darwin: that evolution occurs through natural selection. Beautifully written, the letters are ... Read more

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This volume brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) during his famous travels of 1854-62 in the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia). it was these travels which led him to come independently to the same conclusion as Charles Darwin: that evolution occurs through natural selection. Beautifully written, the letters are
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Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Ostracoda

Theme 3 of the 13th International Symposium on Ostracoda (ISO97)

Edited by Koen Martens, David J. Horne ...

Series Book 148 - Developments in Hydrobiology
Ostracoda (Crustacea) are potentially excellent model organisms for evolutionary studies, because they combine an extensive fossil record with a wide recent distribution and therefore allow studies on both patterns and processes leading to extant diversity. The main scientific domains contributing theories, concepts, and data to evolutionary biology are morphology (including ontogeny), ... Read more

$143.09 USD

Ostracoda (Crustacea) are potentially excellent model organisms for evolutionary studies, because they combine an extensive fossil record with a wide recent distribution and therefore allow studies on both patterns and processes leading to extant diversity. The main scientific domains contributing theories, concepts, and data to evolutionary biology are morphology (including ontogeny),
... Read more
Evolutionäre Medizin

Eine Einführung für Mediziner und Biologen

by Werner Buselmaier ...

Series series Medicine (German Language)
Werner Buselmaier erläutert, dass die evolutionäre Medizin den Menschen als Ergebnis einer langen Entwicklung sieht. Diese Betrachtungsweise im Licht der Evolution ist für das Verständnis der Natur des gesunden wie des kranken Menschen von außerordentlicher Bedeutung. Die zunehmende Erkenntnis, dass es zum vollständigen Verständnis einer Krankheit sowohl unmittelbarer als auch evolutionsbiologischer ... Read more

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Werner Buselmaier erläutert, dass die evolutionäre Medizin den Menschen als Ergebnis einer langen Entwicklung sieht. Diese Betrachtungsweise im Licht der Evolution ist für das Verständnis der Natur des gesunden wie des kranken Menschen von außerordentlicher Bedeutung. Die zunehmende Erkenntnis, dass es zum vollständigen Verständnis einer Krankheit sowohl unmittelbarer als auch evolutionsbiologischer
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Biology’s Big Bang: The Cambrian Explosion

In a Nutshell, #5

by Paul K. Chien ...

Series Book 5 - In a Nutshell
Darwinian evolution predicts the gradual emergence of new life forms in the history of life. But the fossil record tells a different story. Journey with Professor Paul K. Chien to Chengjiang, China, and the world's most extraordinary Cambrian fossil site. As he shows, this fossil site (along with many others around the world) points not to gradual evolution but to the sudden appearance of entirely ... Read more

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Darwinian evolution predicts the gradual emergence of new life forms in the history of life. But the fossil record tells a different story. Journey with Professor Paul K. Chien to Chengjiang, China, and the world's most extraordinary Cambrian fossil site. As he shows, this fossil site (along with many others around the world) points not to gradual evolution but to the sudden appearance of entirely
... Read more
Xenopus

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Caroline W. Beck ...

Series series Springer Protocols
This detailed volume brings together protocols spanning classical and modern approaches to using Xenopus laevis and/or Xenopus tropicalis in scientific research. From maintaining healthy colonies and raising tadpoles to protocols for embryo culture, microinjection, CRISPR and base editing, and transgenesis, this book showcases the versatility of this tractable model in the study of developmental ... Read more

$269.09 USD

This detailed volume brings together protocols spanning classical and modern approaches to using Xenopus laevis and/or Xenopus tropicalis in scientific research. From maintaining healthy colonies and raising tadpoles to protocols for embryo culture, microinjection, CRISPR and base editing, and transgenesis, this book showcases the versatility of this tractable model in the study of developmental
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Introduction a L'Embryologie Synthetique

by Edenilson Brandl ...

À l'ère actuelle, où la science et la technologie progressent à pas de géant, nous sommes témoins de découvertes et de réalisations qui nous mettent au défi de repenser notre compréhension de la vie, de la santé et du potentiel humain. Des avancées remarquables dans le domaine de l'embryologie synthétique et de la thérapie génique ont été les protagonistes d'une révolution scientifique qui nous ... Read more

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À l'ère actuelle, où la science et la technologie progressent à pas de géant, nous sommes témoins de découvertes et de réalisations qui nous mettent au défi de repenser notre compréhension de la vie, de la santé et du potentiel humain. Des avancées remarquables dans le domaine de l'embryologie synthétique et de la thérapie génique ont été les protagonistes d'une révolution scientifique qui nous
... Read more
Open Questions in Developmental Biology

Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Perspectives

Edited by Igor Adameyko, Gerhard Schlosser ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
This book explores the enduring and emerging questions in developmental biology, offering a comprehensive overview that bridges traditional concepts with the innovative inquiries shaping future research. Each chapter delves into a fundamental unresolved question reflecting the insights of the past and the likely vibrancy of future inquiry. These discussions are followed by reviews of novel areas, ... Read more

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This book explores the enduring and emerging questions in developmental biology, offering a comprehensive overview that bridges traditional concepts with the innovative inquiries shaping future research. Each chapter delves into a fundamental unresolved question reflecting the insights of the past and the likely vibrancy of future inquiry. These discussions are followed by reviews of novel areas,
... Read more
Homo Solidaricus — Derrubando o mito do ser humano egoísta

by Ingvar Skjerve, Wegard Harsvik ...

A cooperação é fundamental para a espécie humana. A solidariedade está profundamente enraizada no que somos. A Noruega vem liderando os países de maior qualidade de vida do mundo há décadas. O que este livro procura esclarecer são as razões disso ― razões geralmente ignoradas pelo mesmo noticiário que se apressa em anunciar esse ranking como se não tivesse nem causas nem consequências. A ... Read more

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A cooperação é fundamental para a espécie humana. A solidariedade está profundamente enraizada no que somos. A Noruega vem liderando os países de maior qualidade de vida do mundo há décadas. O que este livro procura esclarecer são as razões disso ― razões geralmente ignoradas pelo mesmo noticiário que se apressa em anunciar esse ranking como se não tivesse nem causas nem consequências. A
... Read more
Una herencia incómoda

Genes, raza e historia humana

by Nicholas Wade ...

Translated by Joandomènec Ros ...

Series series Ariel
Buceando en las nuevas evidencias que ha dejado la descodificación del genoma humano, el periodista científico Nicholas Wade nos adentra en las bases genéticas de la raza y su rol fundamental en la historia de la humanidad.Pocas ideas han sido más perniciosas que aquellas que afirman que hay razas inherentemente superiores a otras. Por esa razón, el debate sobre las diferencias biológicas entre ... Read more

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Buceando en las nuevas evidencias que ha dejado la descodificación del genoma humano, el periodista científico Nicholas Wade nos adentra en las bases genéticas de la raza y su rol fundamental en la historia de la humanidad.Pocas ideas han sido más perniciosas que aquellas que afirman que hay razas inherentemente superiores a otras. Por esa razón, el debate sobre las diferencias biológicas entre
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Cardio-Respiratory Control in Vertebrates

Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects

Edited by Mogens L. Glass, Stephen C. Wood ...

Hopefully, this book will be taken off of the shelf frequently to be studied carefully over many years. More than 40 researchers were involved in this project, which examines respiration, circulation, and metabolism from ?sh to the land vertebrates, including human beings. A breathable and stable atmosphere ?rst appeared about 500 million years ago. Oxygen levels are not stable in aquatic ... Read more

$188.09 USD

Hopefully, this book will be taken off of the shelf frequently to be studied carefully over many years. More than 40 researchers were involved in this project, which examines respiration, circulation, and metabolism from ?sh to the land vertebrates, including human beings. A breathable and stable atmosphere ?rst appeared about 500 million years ago. Oxygen levels are not stable in aquatic
... Read more
Dictyostelids

Evolution, Genomics and Cell Biology

Edited by Maria Romeralo, Sandra Baldauf, Ricardo Escalante ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Since their discovery in 1869, the dictyostelids have attracted the attention of scientists in a wide variety of fields. This interest has stemmed from their peculiar lifestyle and developmental properties, which were shaped by the evolutionary forces that generated multicellularity during eukaryotic evolution. More recently, the dictyostelids have gained attention due to the striking similarities ... Read more

$143.09 USD

Since their discovery in 1869, the dictyostelids have attracted the attention of scientists in a wide variety of fields. This interest has stemmed from their peculiar lifestyle and developmental properties, which were shaped by the evolutionary forces that generated multicellularity during eukaryotic evolution. More recently, the dictyostelids have gained attention due to the striking similarities
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The Nature of Nurture

Rethinking Why and How Childhood Adversity Shapes Development

by Jay Belsky ...

From a leading expert on child development, a radical evolutionary perspective on how childhood experiences shape later life.Children who grow up in troubled circumstances—experiencing deprivation or instability, living in a dangerous neighborhood or an abusive family—are more prone to aggression, recklessness, and sexual promiscuity later in life. To most of us, the lesson is clear: adverse ... Read more

$28.69 USD

From a leading expert on child development, a radical evolutionary perspective on how childhood experiences shape later life.Children who grow up in troubled circumstances—experiencing deprivation or instability, living in a dangerous neighborhood or an abusive family—are more prone to aggression, recklessness, and sexual promiscuity later in life. To most of us, the lesson is clear: adverse
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Was Hitler a Darwinian?

Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory

by Robert J. Richards ...

In tracing the history of Darwin’s accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values from the understanding of nature. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, ... Read more

$23.09 USD

In tracing the history of Darwin’s accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values from the understanding of nature. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior,
... Read more
Evolution of the Human Genome I

The Genome and Genes

Edited by Naruya Saitou ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book reviews the human genome from an evolutionary perspective. No such book has ever been published before, although there are many books on human genomes. There are two parts in this book: Overview of the Human Genome (Part I) and The Human Genome Viewed through Genes (Part II). In Part I, after a brief review of human evolution and the human genome (by Naruya Saitou), chapters on rubbish ... Read more

$188.09 USD

This book reviews the human genome from an evolutionary perspective. No such book has ever been published before, although there are many books on human genomes. There are two parts in this book: Overview of the Human Genome (Part I) and The Human Genome Viewed through Genes (Part II). In Part I, after a brief review of human evolution and the human genome (by Naruya Saitou), chapters on rubbish
... Read more
نظرية التطور وأصل الإنسان

by سلامة موسى ...

منذ بزوغ فجر الوجود الإنساني على الأرض، كانت الأسئلة الكبرى تراود الفكر البشري، بحثًا عن جوهر الأصل والمنشأ، الذي أطلق عليه الإغريق قديمًا اسم "اللوجوس". هذا السؤال المحوري تلقى إجابات متباينة تتأرجح بين المفاهيم المادية التي يعتنقها الملاحدة، مرورًا بالإجابات الروحانية التي يقدمها أهل الدين. في قلب هذه الجدلية، تبرز نظرية التطور كمعلم فلسفي وبيولوجي كبير، مبني على أسس مادية، وتُقدم تفسيرًا للأصل ... Read more

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منذ بزوغ فجر الوجود الإنساني على الأرض، كانت الأسئلة الكبرى تراود الفكر البشري، بحثًا عن جوهر الأصل والمنشأ، الذي أطلق عليه الإغريق قديمًا اسم "اللوجوس". هذا السؤال المحوري تلقى إجابات متباينة تتأرجح بين المفاهيم المادية التي يعتنقها الملاحدة، مرورًا بالإجابات الروحانية التي يقدمها أهل الدين. في قلب هذه الجدلية، تبرز نظرية التطور كمعلم فلسفي وبيولوجي كبير، مبني على أسس مادية، وتُقدم تفسيرًا للأصل
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Madagaskar - Von Makis, Menschen und einem bedrohten Paradies

Edited by Lennart Pyritz ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Madagaskar quillt über mit Besonderheiten und Superlativen. Den Grund dafür verrät ein Blick in die Geschichte: Madagaskar ist bereits seit 90 Millionen Jahren durch Hunderte Kilometer tiefes Wasser vom Rest der Welt getrennt. Viele Tierarten kommen nur auf der Insel vor. Die Besiedlung erfolgte aus Indonesien, Afrika und dem Nahen Osten. Die Folge ist ein einmaliger multikultureller Schmelztiegel ... Read more

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Madagaskar quillt über mit Besonderheiten und Superlativen. Den Grund dafür verrät ein Blick in die Geschichte: Madagaskar ist bereits seit 90 Millionen Jahren durch Hunderte Kilometer tiefes Wasser vom Rest der Welt getrennt. Viele Tierarten kommen nur auf der Insel vor. Die Besiedlung erfolgte aus Indonesien, Afrika und dem Nahen Osten. Die Folge ist ein einmaliger multikultureller Schmelztiegel
... Read more
Restoring Meaning: Evolution Revisited

by Albert Low ...

"Restoring Meaning: Evolution Revisited" offers an original and fertile way to integrate spiritual and scientific views of human evolution. It offers a new and refreshing alternative to the way we think about our origins: random mutation (mechanistic neo-Darwinism), Genesis (God did it all personally), and Intelligent Design (God personally does what we can't otherwise account for). The result is ... Read more

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"Restoring Meaning: Evolution Revisited" offers an original and fertile way to integrate spiritual and scientific views of human evolution. It offers a new and refreshing alternative to the way we think about our origins: random mutation (mechanistic neo-Darwinism), Genesis (God did it all personally), and Intelligent Design (God personally does what we can't otherwise account for). The result is
... Read more
Wise Bones

Accessing Ancient Bone Intelligence for Healing and Aliveness

by Connie Lawrence ...

What if many therapies and self-help programs are teaching us to override the intelligence of our bodies?Connie Lawrence, a trauma therapist for more than twenty years, shares her unlikely journey from a wistful romance to finding a backbone-and eventually to a new pathway of working with the**intelligence of the body rather than automatically calming and soothing-the go-to in therapy and the self ... Read more

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What if many therapies and self-help programs are teaching us to override the intelligence of our bodies?Connie Lawrence, a trauma therapist for more than twenty years, shares her unlikely journey from a wistful romance to finding a backbone-and eventually to a new pathway of working with the**intelligence of the body rather than automatically calming and soothing-the go-to in therapy and the self
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