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  • The Art of Naming

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    Traducido por Elisabeth Lauffer ...
    Exploring scientific naming as a joyful and creative act—from a lizard named after Jim Morrison to the Ampulex dementor wasps inspired by Harry Potter!Tyrannosaurus rex. Homo sapiens. Heteropoda davidbowie. There are about 1.8 million discovered and named plant and animal species, and millions more still to be discovered. Naming is the necessary next step after discovery; it is through the naming ... Leer más

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  • Stachel und Staat

    Eine leidenschaftliche Naturgeschichte von Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen

    de Michael Ohl ...
    Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen: Wir preisen ihren Nutzen als Insektenvertilger, Obstbaumbestäuber und Waldpolizei. Und doch haben wir vor ihnen und ihrem schmerzhaften Stich Angst. Der Stachel ist die wichtigste Erfindung dieser Insektengruppe und Grundlage für die enorme Vielfalt an Arten und Lebensstrategien. Dieses mit einzigartigen Makroaufnahmen üppig bebilderte Buch lässt sich auf die ... Leer más

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  • Die Kunst der Benennung

    de Michael Ohl ...
    1942, mitten im Zweiten Weltkrieg, führt Hitler einen ganz persönlichen Kampf: den Kampf für die Spitzmaus. Biologen, die sich erdreistet hatten, dem irrtümlich als "Maus" bezeichneten Tier einen anderen Namen zu verpassen, drohte er mit einem Arbeitseinsatz an der Ostfront. Um die richtigen Namen für die Natur wird - wenn auch weniger dramatisch - seit jeher gerungen. Entgegen der ausgefeilten ... Leer más

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  • Spinnen

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    In Jean-Henri Fabres poetischen Beschreibungen treten die Spinnen als lauernde Mörderinnen oder als Opfer spinnenjagender Wespen auf. Sie sind für ihn so abstoßend wie furchteinflößend, in ihrem Verhalten aber gleichermaßen anziehend und faszinierend. Begeistert von der Südfranzösischen Tarantel, der Schwarzen Witwe und der Kreuzspinne, beobachtet er gespannt deren Beutefang, ihre Paarung und ... Leer más

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  • Probably Overthinking It

    How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions

    "A delightful exposition of commonly-encountered statistical fallacies and paradoxes and why they matter." —Samuel H. Preston, coauthor of Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population ProcessesAn essential guide to the ways data can improve decision making.Statistics are everywhere: in news reports, at the doctor's office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock market to the weather. Allen ... Leer más

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  • The Book of Minds

    How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens

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  • Revisionaries

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  • 1494

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  • The Skeptics' Guide to the Future

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