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A compilation of major reference sources on the animal kingdom. This guide is aimed at librarians, students, zoologists and conservationists. It contains an author/title index, and a separate subject index, including the common and scientific names of animal groups and geographical locations.

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Includes stories that reveal how DNA determines the characteristics of the adult organism.

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We've lit big fires and gentle flames over the ages to open our minds, to warn of danger, to brighten our way through the darkness and to allow us to read at night. This work is concerned with the world and the simple beauty of science. It also features cameos from Albert Einstein, Samuel Pepys, Charles Dickens, and Thomas the Tank Engine.

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Both in science and in practical affairs we reason by combining facts only inconclusively supported by evidence. Building on an abstract understanding of this process of combination, this book constructs a theory of epistemic probability. It opens with a critique of the well-known Bayesian theory of epistemic probability.

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Argues that civilization-threatening crises can be solved only by adopting ethical systems more compatible with science.

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Suitable for readers who want to learn about amphibians, the animal group that includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians, this work looks at the "natural history" of amphibians worldwide: where they live; how they reproduce; how they have been affected by evolutionary processes; and what factors will determine their destinies over time.

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Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings Why do beetles and mice commit infanticide Why are twins and birth defects more common in older human mothers This book examines what behavioral ecologists have discovered about family dynamics and what these insights might tell us about human biology and behavior.

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Using shells to explore major areas of biology, the author of this celebration of the shell examines such issues as the evolution of shells and their function. He demonstrates how shells provide insight into the lives of animals of this era, as well as those of the distant past.

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In the decades following the Civil War - as industrialization, urbanization, and economic expansion reshaped the landscape - many Americans began seeking adventure and aesthetic gratification through avian pursuits. This book reconstructs this story through the experiences of birdwatchers, collectors, conservationists, and taxidermists.

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Roll over Galileo. You, too, Bacon, Newton, and Descartes. When it comes to taking credit for creating modern science, you fellows have held the limelight far too long.

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This book is a shorter, more accessible and updated follow-up to Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game, which remains the only book that sheds a largely hopeful light on our post-truth condition across a wide range of intellectual fields and public affairs, including Brexit, Trump and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This book is a shorter, more accessible and updated follow-up to Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game, which remains the only book that sheds a largely hopeful light on our post-truth condition across a wide range of intellectual fields and public affairs, including Brexit, Trump and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Explores the ways in which science affects urban life, examines how the environment is shaped by human understanding of the world, and describes how developing technologies will shape the future of cities.

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Marketing Models are neither just Statistics nor just Marketing, but a synthesis of the information sources creating a cohesive predictive system. If you're looking for a book that talks about the logic of marketing and the design of statistical models in an integrated way to increase model accuracy and improve business profits, then this book was written for you.

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From the use of metals by prehistoric man to the alchemical experiments of medieval and renaissance man to the complex chemical skills of contemporary man, Asimov traces the development of this building block of our technological world.

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The newest Pentium chip powering PCs and laptops contains 40 million electronic switches packed onto a piece of silicon about the size of a thumbnail. Several years from now, if this incredible shrinking continues, a single chip will hold a billion switches, then a trillion.