Author : Dougal Dixon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Human evolution
ISBN : 0713723149
Man After Man
Dougal Dixon
Man After Man
Man After Man Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Man After Man book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
When the Whales Walked
Dougal Dixon
Author : Dougal Dixon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781912413959
When the Whales Walked by Dougal Dixon Pdf
From the moment life crawled out of the oceans and onto land, to when our primate ancestors climbed down from the trees, the history of Planet Earth is filled with incredible stories. This beautifully illustrated guide explores some of the most exciting and incredible events in evolution, through 13 case studies. Step back in time and discover a world where whales once walked, crocodiles were warm-blooded, and snakes had legs! Meet terrifying giant birds, and tiny elephants living on islands in this fascinating creature guide like no other. Learn how whales once walked on four legs before taking to the oceans; how dinosaurs evolved into birds; and how the first cats were small and lived in trees. Featuring a stunning mix of annotated illustrations, illustrated scenes, and family trees, evolution is explained here in a captivating and novel style that will make children look at animals in a whole new way.
After Man
Dougal Dixen
Author : Dougal Dixen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1911081012
After Man by Dougal Dixen Pdf
In 1981 St Martin's Press published After Man, the first edition of palaeontologist Dougal Dixon's vision of an 'alternative evolution': one without mankind. To some, this was seen as sacrilege, but Dixon himself only ever saw the decision to obliterate his own species from his vision as a practical one.
After Man: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition
Dougal Dixon
Author : Dougal Dixon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1911081179
After Man: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition by Dougal Dixon Pdf
An expanded edition of Dougal Dixon's classic illustrated work of speculative biology, published to celebrate the book's 40th anniversary. Features a new cover and more than 10 pages of never before seen sketches and production material. In 1981 St Martin's Press published After Man, the first edition of palaeontologist Dougal Dixon's vision of an 'alternative evolution': one without mankind.
Plagues upon the Earth
Kyle Harper
Author : Kyle Harper
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691224725
Plagues upon the Earth by Kyle Harper Pdf
A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in our evolutionary past, and why its growth is accelerated by technological progress. He shows that the story of disease is entangled with the history of slavery, colonialism, and capitalism, and reveals the enduring effects of historical plagues in patterns of wealth, health, power, and inequality. He also tells the story of humanity’s escape from infectious disease—a triumph that makes life as we know it possible, yet destabilizes the environment and fosters new diseases. Panoramic in scope, Plagues upon the Earth traces the role of disease in the transition to farming, the spread of cities, the advance of transportation, and the stupendous increase in human population. Harper offers a new interpretation of humanity’s path to control over infectious disease—one where rising evolutionary threats constantly push back against human progress, and where the devastating effects of modernization contribute to the great divergence between societies. The book reminds us that human health is globally interdependent—and inseparable from the well-being of the planet itself. Putting the COVID-19 pandemic in perspective, Plagues upon the Earth tells the story of how we got here as a species, and it may help us decide where we want to go.
Becoming a Man
P. Carl
Author : P. Carl
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982105105
Becoming a Man by P. Carl Pdf
A “scrupulously honest” (O, The Oprah Magazine) debut memoir that explores one man’s gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America. Becoming a Man is a “moving narrative [that] illuminates the joy, courage, necessity, and risk-taking of gender transition” (Kirkus Reviews). For fifty years P. Carl lived as a girl and then as a queer woman, building a career, a life, and a loving marriage, yet still waiting to realize himself in full. As Carl embarks on his gender transition, he takes us inside the complex shifts and questions that arise throughout—the alternating moments of arrival and estrangement. He writes intimately about how transitioning reconfigures both his own inner experience and his closest bonds—his twenty-year relationship with his wife, Lynette; his already tumultuous relationships with his parents; and seemingly solid friendships that are subtly altered, often painfully and wordlessly. Carl “has written a poignant and candid self-appraisal of life as a ‘work-of-progress’” (Booklist) and blends the remarkable story of his own personal journey with incisive cultural commentary, writing beautifully about gender, power, and inequality in America. His transition occurs amid the rise of the Trump administration and the #MeToo movement—a transition point in America’s own story, when transphobia and toxic masculinity are under fire even as they thrive in the highest halls of power. Carl’s quest to become himself and to reckon with his masculinity mirrors, in many ways, the challenge before the country as a whole, to imagine a society where every member can have a vibrant, livable life. Here, through this brave and deeply personal work, Carl brings an unparalleled new voice to this conversation.
After Humanity
Michael Ward
Author : Michael Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1943243778
After Humanity by Michael Ward Pdf
After Humanity is a guide to one of C.S. Lewis's most widely admired but least accessible works, The Abolition of Man, which originated as a series of lectures on ethics that he delivered during the Second World War. These lectures tackle the thorny question of whether moral value is objective or not. When we say something is right or wrong, are we recognizing a reality outside ourselves, or merely reporting a subjective sentiment? Lewis addresses the matter from a purely philosophical standpoint, leaving theological matters to one side. He makes a powerful case against subjectivism, issuing an intellectual warning that, in our "post-truth" twenty-first century, has even more relevance than when he originally presented it. Lewis characterized The Abolition of Man as "almost my favourite among my books," and his biographer Walter Hooper has called it "an all but indispensable introduction to the entire corpus of Lewisiana." In After Humanity, Michael Ward sheds much-needed light on this important but difficult work, explaining both its general academic context and the particular circumstances in Lewis's life that helped give rise to it, including his front-line service in the trenches of the First World War. After Humanity contains a detailed commentary clarifying the many allusions and quotations scattered throughout Lewis's argument. It shows how this resolutely philosophical thesis fits in with his other, more explicitly Christian works. It also includes a full-color photo gallery, displaying images of people, places, and documents that relate to The Abolition of Man, among them Lewis's original "blurb" for the book, which has never before been published.
Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit
Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781608464579
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit Pdf
The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author delivers a collection of essays that serve as the perfect “antidote to mansplaining” (The Stranger). In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note— because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!” This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the great feminist writer Virginia Woolf’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women. “In this series of personal but unsentimental essays, Solnit gives succinct shorthand to a familiar female experience that before had gone unarticulated, perhaps even unrecognized.” —The New York Times “Essential feminist reading.” —The New Republic “This slim book hums with power and wit.” —Boston Globe “Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these accessible essays. Honest and full of wit, this is an integral read that furthers the conversation on feminism and contemporary society.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Essential.” —Marketplace “Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions.” —Salon
The People's Peking Man
Sigrid Schmalzer
Author : Sigrid Schmalzer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226738611
The People's Peking Man by Sigrid Schmalzer Pdf
In the 1920s an international team of scientists and miners unearthed the richest evidence of human evolution the world had ever seen: Peking Man. After the communist revolution of 1949, Peking Man became a prominent figure in the movement to bring science to the people. In a new state with twin goals of crushing “superstition” and establishing a socialist society, the story of human evolution was the first lesson in Marxist philosophy offered to the masses. At the same time, even Mao’s populist commitment to mass participation in science failed to account for the power of popular culture—represented most strikingly in legends about the Bigfoot-like Wild Man—to reshape ideas about human nature. The People’s Peking Man is a skilled social history of twentieth-century Chinese paleoanthropology and a compelling cultural—and at times comparative—history of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. By focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, The People’s Peking Man offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science.
Son of Man
Rajan Khanna,Robert Silverberg
Author : Rajan Khanna,Robert Silverberg
Publisher : Pyr
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781591028314
Son of Man by Rajan Khanna,Robert Silverberg Pdf
The classic science fiction novel, now back in print Clay is a man from the 20th Century who is somehow caught up in a time-flux and transported into a distant future. The earth and the life on it have changed beyond recognition. Even the human race has evolved into many different forms, now coexisting on the planet. The seemingly omnipotent Skimmers, the tyrannosaur-like Eaters, the sedentary Awaiters, the squid-like Breathers, the Interceders, the Destroyers—all of these are "Sons of Man". Befriended and besexed by the Skimmers, Clay goes on a journey which takes him around the future earth and into the depths of his own soul. He is human, but what does that mean?
Future Evolution
Peter D. Ward
Author : Peter D. Ward
Publisher : W. H. Freeman
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0716734966
Future Evolution by Peter D. Ward Pdf
Everyone wonders what tomorrow holds, but what will the real future look like? Not decades or even hundreds of years from now, but thousands or millions of years into the future. Will our species change radically? Or will we become builders of the next dominant intelligence on Earth- the machine? These and other seemingly fantastic scenarios are the very possible realities explored in Peter Ward's Future Evolution, a penetrating look at what might come next in the history of the planet. Looking to the past for clues about the future, Ward describes how the main catalyst for evolutionary change has historically been mass extinction. While many scientist direly predict that humanity will eventually create such a situation, Ward argues that one is already well underway--the extinction of large mammals--and that a new Age of Humanity is coming that will radically revise the diversity of life on Earth. Finally, Ward examines the question of human extinction and reaches the startling conclusion that the likeliest scenario is not our imminent demise but long term survival--perhaps reaching as far as the death of the Sun! Full of Alexis Rockman's breathtaking color images of what animals, plants and other organisms might look like thousands and millions of years from now, Future Evolution takes readers on an incredible journey through time from the deep past into the far future.
Last and First Men
Olaf Stapledon
Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:312735062
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon Pdf
Sam
Richard Marazano,Shang Xiao
Author : Richard Marazano,Shang Xiao
Publisher : Cinebook
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1849182183
Sam by Richard Marazano,Shang Xiao Pdf
After most of the human race is exterminated by killer robots, Ian and his companions survive in the sewers, scavenging on the surface for food and supplies, where one day, they are intercepted by a robot that mysteriously spares them.
The Ice Age
Dougal Dixon
Author : Dougal Dixon
Publisher : TickTock Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Animals, Fossil
ISBN : 1846960371
The Ice Age by Dougal Dixon Pdf
Part of the 'Prehistoric World' series, this title brings to life the most amazing animals from this period. It is packed with facts about each animal's lifestyle and habitat and information about its physical characteristics and famous fossil finds.
The New Dinosaurs
Dougal Dixon
Author : Dougal Dixon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0792483057