Book Description
A colourful Earth System Science textbook on the Cretaceous world, with numerous learning features and website.
Author : P. W. Skelton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 24,25 MB
Release : 2003-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521538435
A colourful Earth System Science textbook on the Cretaceous world, with numerous learning features and website.
Author : A. T. Swaine
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Earth
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Author : Oswald Heer
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 27,68 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Geology
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Author : Heer (Professor of the University of Turich.)
Publisher :
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 1876
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Author : Geerat J. Vermeij
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1429925779
"One of the master naturalists of our time" (American Scientist) reveals how evolutionary theory explains and affects not just the natural world but our society---and its future. Evolution has outgrown its original home in biology and geology. The Evolutionary World shows how evolution---descent with modification---is a concept that organizes, explains, and predicts a multitude of unconnected facts and phenomena. Adaptation plays a role not only in the development of new species but the development of human civilization. By understanding how evolutionary theory has played out in areas such as our economic system, our preparation for catastrophes, and even the development of communities, we can learn not just how these systems work but also what challenges lie ahead. Blind since the age of three, Dr. Geerat J. Vermeij has become renowned for his unique abilities to recognize details in the natural world that other scientists would never have noticed. In this book, he presents a new argument for evolution's broader importance. He explores similarities between genomes and languages, the contrasting natural economies of islands and continents, the emergence and importance of human values, the long-range consequences of global warming, and the perils of monopoly. He also shows that the lessons of evolution have implications for education, our system of laws, and economic growth. The Evolutionary World makes a fascinating argument about the broad-reaching impact and importance of evolution. It offers a way for us to understand and work with evolution's principles so that we can devise better solutions for our own lives, society, and the environment around us.
Author : William Andrews
Publisher :
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 19,40 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Earth
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Author : Cincinnati Society of Natural History
Publisher :
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 19,63 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Natural history
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Author : Cincinnati Society of Natural History
Publisher :
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 32,94 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Natural history
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Author : Robert Brown
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Physical geography
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Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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