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1 - 12 de 12 resultados para “olivier rieppel”
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  • Turtles as Hopeful Monsters

    Origins and Evolution

    de Olivier Rieppel ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    Where do turtles hail from? Why and how did they acquire shells? These questions have spurred heated debate and intense research for more than two hundred years. Brilliantly weaving evidence from the latest paleontological discoveries with an accessible, incisive look at different theories of biological evolution and their proponents, Turtles as Hopeful Monsters tells the fascinating evolutionary ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Mesozoic Sea Dragons

    Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio

    de Olivier Rieppel ...
    An extensive, illustrated study of the ancient fish and marine reptiles who once lived in a tropical lagoon that is now a Swiss mountain.Told in rich detail and with gorgeous color recreations, this is the story of marine life in the age before the dinosaurs. During the Middle Triassic Period (247–237 million years ago), the mountain of Monte San Giorgio in Switzerland was a tropical lagoon. Today ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Phylogenetic Systematics

    Haeckel to Hennig

    de Olivier Rieppel ...
    Series series Species and Systematics
    Phylogenetic Systematics: Haeckel to Hennig traces the development of phylogenetic systematics against the foil of idealistic morphology through 100 years of German biology. It starts with the iconic Ernst Haeckel-the German Darwin from Jena-and the evolutionary morphology he developed. It ends with Willi Hennig, the founder of modern phylogenetic ... Leer más

    $91.99 USD

  • Evolutionary Theory and the Creation Controversy

    de Olivier Rieppel ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Evolutionary theory addresses the phenomenon of the origin and diversity of plant and animal species that we observe. In recent times, however, it has become a predominant ideology which has gained currency far beyond its original confines. Attempts to understand the origin and historical development of human culture, civilization and language, of the powers of human cognition, and even the origin ... Leer más

    $143.09 USD

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  • Lone Survivors

    How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth

    de Chris Stringer ...
    A top researcher proposes a controversial new theory of human evolution in a book "combining the thrill of a novel with a remarkable depth of perspective" ( Nature).In this groundbreaking and engaging work of science, world-renowned paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer sets out a new theory of humanity's origin, challenging both the multiregionalists (who hold that modern humans developed from ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

  • Why Evolution Is True

    de Jerry A. Coyne ...
    "Coyne's knowledge of evolutionary biology is prodigious, his deployment of it as masterful as his touch is light." -Richard DawkinsIn the current debate about creationism and intelligent design, there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence. Yet the proof of evolution by natural selection is vast, varied, and magnificent. In this succinct and accessible summary of ... Leer más

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  • The Complete Dinosaur

    de M. K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz Jr., James O. Farlow ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    A new edition of the illustrated compendium that is "a gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts" ( Science).What do we know about dinosaurs, and how do we know it? How did they grow, move, eat, and reproduce? Were they warm-blooded or cold-blooded? How intelligent were they? How are the various groups of dinosaurs related to each other, and to other kinds of living and extinct vertebrates? What can ... Leer más

    $18.79 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Great Fossil Enigma

    The Search for the Conodont Animal

    de Simon J. Knell ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    A fascinating, comprehensive, accessible account of conodont fossils—one of paleontology's greatest mysteries: "Deserves to be widely read and enjoyed" ( Priscum).Stephen Jay Gould borrowed from Winston Churchill when he described the eel-like conodont animal as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The search for its identity confounded scientists for more than a century. Some thought ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

    More Reflections in Natural History

    de Stephen Jay Gould ...
    "Gould is a natural writer; he has something to say and the inclination and skill with which to say it."—P. B. Medawar, New York Review of BooksWith sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack

    And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution

    de Ian Tattersall ...
    "An opinionated, authoritative, and delightfully provocative account of efforts to make sense of human fossil discoveries." — Kirkus Reviews , (starred review)"Superb science history." ― Booklist (starred review)In his new book The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack, human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition ... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Ever Since Darwin

    Reflections in Natural History

    de Stephen Jay Gould ...
    More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of science.Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould's first book, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. Like all succeeding ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

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  • Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet

    Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene

    Edición de Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Nils Bubandt, Elaine Gan, Heather Anne Swanson ...
    Living on a damaged planet challenges who we are and where we live. This timely anthology calls on twenty eminent humanists and scientists to revitalize curiosity, observation, and transdisciplinary conversation about life on earth.As human-induced environmental change threatens multispecies livability, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet puts forward a bold proposal: entangled histories, situated ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD