Darwin S Forgotten World

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 0727006924

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Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Popular Culture Ink
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1989-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0831721057

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Darwin's Forgotten World by Charles Darwin Pdf

Depicts the tortoises, iguanas, lava lizards, birds, seals, and other creatures of the Galapagos Archipelago and is prefaced by an overview of the voyage of the HMS Beagle

Author : Richard O. Prum
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385537223

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The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O. Prum Pdf

A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste for the beautiful"—create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world. In the great halls of science, dogma holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection explains every branch on the tree of life: which species thrive, which wither away to extinction, and what features each evolves. But can adaptation by natural selection really account for everything we see in nature? Yale University ornithologist Richard Prum—reviving Darwin's own views—thinks not. Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus Pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. In thirty years of fieldwork, Prum has seen numerous display traits that seem disconnected from, if not outright contrary to, selection for individual survival. To explain this, he dusts off Darwin's long-neglected theory of sexual selection in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons—for the mere pleasure of it—is an independent engine of evolutionary change. Mate choice can drive ornamental traits from the constraints of adaptive evolution, allowing them to grow ever more elaborate. It also sets the stakes for sexual conflict, in which the sexual autonomy of the female evolves in response to male sexual control. Most crucially, this framework provides important insights into the evolution of human sexuality, particularly the ways in which female preferences have changed male bodies, and even maleness itself, through evolutionary time. The Evolution of Beauty presents a unique scientific vision for how nature's splendor contributes to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Raupo
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003830705

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Darwin's Forgotten World by Charles Darwin Pdf

Author : Outlet,Outlet Book Company Staff,Random House Value Publishing Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517295598

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Darwins Forgotten World by Outlet,Outlet Book Company Staff,Random House Value Publishing Staff Pdf

Author : Michael J. Ryan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691191393

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A Taste for the Beautiful by Michael J. Ryan Pdf

"In A Taste for the Beautiful, Michael Ryan, one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, tells the remarkable story of how he and other scientists have taken up where Darwin left off, transforming our understanding of sexual selection and shedding new light on animal and human behavior. Drawing on cutting-edge science, Ryan explores the key questions: Why do animals perceive certain traits as beautiful and others not? Do animals have an inherent sexual aesthetic and, if so, where is it rooted? Ryan argues that the answers lie in the brain--particularly of females, who act as biological puppeteers, spurring the development of beautiful traits in males."--Back cover

Author : David N. Livingstone
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1573830933

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Darwin's Forgotten Defenders by David N. Livingstone Pdf

This book is the first systematic investigation of the response of evangelical intellectuals in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to Darwin's evolutionary theories. Despite evidence to the contrary, many people continue to believe that warfare between science and religion over the issue of evolution broke out as soon as Darwin published The Origin of the Species in 1859. In fact, as David Livingstone points out, a substantial number of that era's leaders in science and technology had little trouble reconciling their conservative theological views to Darwin's new theories. The author contends that the sort of pitched battle being waged by the "creationist" movement today has its roots not in the evangelical heritage of the nineteenth century but in the fundamentalism that emerged during the early decades of the twentieth century. This study, which sheds new light on previously neglected aspects of the Darwinian controversies, should have appeal for all who are interested in the relationship between science and religion. -- from back cover

Author : Martin Brasier
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191613906

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Darwin's Lost World by Martin Brasier Pdf

Darwin made a powerful argument for evolution in the Origin of Species, based on all the evidence available to him. But a few things puzzled him. One was how inheritance works - he did not know about genes. This book concerns another of Darwin's Dilemmas, and the efforts of modern palaeontologists to solve it. What puzzled Darwin is that the most very ancient rocks, before the Cambrian, seemed to be barren, when he would expect them to be teeming with life. Darwin speculated that this was probably because the fossils had not been found yet. Decades of work by modern palaeontologists have indeed brought us amazing fossils from far beyond the Cambrian, from the depths of the Precambrian, so life was certainly around. Yet the fossils are enigmatic, and something does seem to happen around the Cambrian to speed up evolution drastically and produce many of the early forms of animals we know today. In this book, Martin Brasier, a leading palaeontologist working on early life, takes us into the deep, dark ages of the Precambrian to explore Darwin's Lost World. Decoding the evidence in these ancient rocks, piecing together the puzzle of what happened over 540 million years ago to drive what is known as the Cambrian Explosion, is very difficult. The world was vastly different then from the one we know now, and we are in terrain with few familiar landmarks. Brasier is a master storyteller, and combines the account of what we now know of the strange creatures of these ancient times with engaging and amusing anecdotes from his expeditions to Siberia, Outer Mongolia, Barbuda, and other places, giving a vivid impression of the people, places, and challenges involved in such work. He ends by presenting his own take on the Cambrian Explosion, based on the picture emerging from this very active field of research. A vital clue involves worms - burrowing worms are one of the key signs of the start of the Cambrian. This is fitting: Darwin was inordinately fond of worms.

Author : Richard O. Prum
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780345804570

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The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O. Prum Pdf

A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste for the beautiful"—create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world. "A delicious read, both seductive and mutinous.... Minutely detailed, exquisitely observant, deeply informed, and often tenderly sensual."—New York Times Book Review In the great halls of science, dogma holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection explains every branch on the tree of life: which species thrive, which wither away to extinction, and what features each evolves. But can adaptation by natural selection really account for everything we see in nature? Yale University ornithologist Richard Prum—reviving Darwin's own views—thinks not. Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus Pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. In thirty years of fieldwork, Prum has seen numerous display traits that seem disconnected from, if not outright contrary to, selection for individual survival. To explain this, he dusts off Darwin's long-neglected theory of sexual selection in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons—for the mere pleasure of it—is an independent engine of evolutionary change. Mate choice can drive ornamental traits from the constraints of adaptive evolution, allowing them to grow ever more elaborate. It also sets the stakes for sexual conflict, in which the sexual autonomy of the female evolves in response to male sexual control. Most crucially, this framework provides important insights into the evolution of human sexuality, particularly the ways in which female preferences have changed male bodies, and even maleness itself, through evolutionary time. The Evolution of Beauty presents a unique scientific vision for how nature's splendor contributes to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves.

Author : Peter J. Bowler
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226068671

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Darwin Deleted by Peter J. Bowler Pdf

A history of science text imagining how evolutionary theory and biology would have been understood if Darwin had never published his "Origin of Species" and other works.--publisher summary.

Author : Kimberly J Stern
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780472130078

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The Social Life of Criticism by Kimberly J Stern Pdf

Contends that gender politics were influential in the early development of literary criticism and the writings of female critics

Author : Stephen B. Heard
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300252699

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Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider by Stephen B. Heard Pdf

An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance Ever since Carl Linnaeus’s binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible history examines the fascinating stories behind taxonomic nomenclature, from Linnaeus himself naming a small and unpleasant weed after a rival botanist to the recent influx of scientific names based on pop-culture icons—including David Bowie’s spider, Frank Zappa’s jellyfish, and Beyoncé’s fly. Exploring the naming process as an opportunity for scientists to express themselves in creative ways, Stephen B. Heard’s fresh approach shows how scientific names function as a window into both the passions and foibles of the scientific community and as a more general indicator of the ways in which humans relate to, and impose order on, the natural world.

Author : Bill Bryson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780544812161

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The Best American Travel Writing 2016 by Bill Bryson Pdf

This collection gathers the best travel essays from The New Yorker, Harpers, GQ and more—featuring Paul Theroux, Alice Gregory, Dave Eggers and others. Why do I travel? Why does anyone of us travel? Bill Bryson poses these questions in his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2016, and though he admits, “I wasn’t at all sure I knew the answer,” these questions start us on the path of some fascinating explorations. While the various contributors to this collection travel for different reasons, they all come back with stories. Whether traversing the Arctic by dogsled, attending a surreal film festival in North Korea, or strolling the streets of a fast-changing Havana, some of today’s best travel writers share their experiences of the world and the human condition, offering, if not answers, than illumination and insight. The Best American Travel Writing 2016 includes Michael Chabon, William T. Vollmann, Helen Macdonald, Sara Corbett, Stephanie Pearson, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Pico Iyer, and others.

Author : Kostas Kampourakis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781009375726

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Darwin Mythology by Kostas Kampourakis Pdf

Many historical figures have their lives and works shrouded in myth, both in life and long after their deaths. Charles Darwin (1809–82) is no exception to this phenomenon and his hero-worship has become an accepted narrative. This concise, accessible and engaging collection unpacks this narrative to rehumanize Darwin's story and establish what it meant to be a 'genius' in the Victorian context. Leading Darwin scholars have come together to argue that, far from being a lonely genius in an ivory tower, Darwin had fortune, diligence and – crucially – community behind him. The aims of this essential work are twofold. First, to set the historical record straight, debunking the most pervasive myths and correcting falsehoods. Second, to provide a deeper understanding of the nature of science itself, relevant to historians, scientists and the public alike.

Author : Michael Hume Jackson
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781895176070

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Galapagos by Michael Hume Jackson Pdf

This book details the natural history of the plants and animals found in the Galapagos Islands. A list of the dominant plants according to vegetation zone is included. Of particular note is the discussion of the problems of colonisation by founding populations, biological evolution, and ecology, and of the evolutionary processes bringing about species diversity.