Astrobiology is an interdisciplinary field that asks profound scientific questions. How did life originate on the Earth? How has life …
This new series is aimed at the same people as the Practical Astronomy Series - in general, active amateur astronomers. …
Wonderfull Life of Stepehen Gould was probably one of the first books I did read on history of life. Although …
The evolution of our Universe and the formation of stars and galaxies are mysteries that have long puzzled scientists. Recent …
Sir Isaac Newton famously said, regarding his discoveries, "If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders …
Leading researchers in the area of the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the universe contributed to Exobiology:Matter, Energy, …
Edgard Gunzig and Pasquale Nardone RGGR Universite Libre de Bruxelles CP231 1050 Bruxelles Belgium The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on …
The general topic of this volume concerns the origin, evolution, distribution, and destiny of life in the Universe. Firstly, it …
This is the first book devoted entirely to Differential Evolution (DE) for global permutative-based combinatorial optimization.Since its original development, DE …
Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement …
Renowned philosopher Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to …
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was …
This work is the third edition of the classic text «Introduction to Concepts and Theories in Physical Science». It has …
Understanding Behaviorism explains the basis of behavior analysis and its application to human problems in a scholarly but accessible manner. …
It is often claimed that humans are rational, linguistic, cultural, or moral creatures. What these characterizations may all have in …
Our conceptions of human nature affect everything aspect of our lives, from child-rearing to politics to morality to the arts. …
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1. The Workshop and this Tome In the excellent bucolic setting of SchloB Ringberg in Upper Bavaria, over 50 scientists …
This book contains a series of lectures given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) "Structure Formation in the Universe", …
Our universe seems strangely ''biophilic,'' or hospitable to life. Is this happenstance, providence, or coincidence? According to cosmologist Martin Rees, …
One of the world's foremost primatologists explores what our two closest relatives in the animal kingdom--the violent, power-hungry chimpanzee and …
“Monkey see, monkey do” may sound simple, but how an individual perceives and processes the behavior of another is one …
"Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, seven times larger than they should be for the size of our bodies. …
How did we come to have minds?For centuries, this question has intrigued psychologists, physicists, poets, and philosophers, who have wondered …
Scholars have long been captivated by the parallels between birdsong and human speech and language. In this book, leading scholars …
Commencing with a chapter which places Physcomitrella into phylogenetic position, this important publication then covers the following major topics. Population …
Geological timeline -- Introduction: How scientific discoveries are made -- Origin of the dinosaurs -- Making the tree -- Digging …
Richard W. Bulliet has long been a leading figure in the study of human-animal relations, and in his newest work, …
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Although research in curve shortening flow has been very active for nearly 20 years, the results of those efforts have …
This book is the final one in a series of three texts which together provide a modern, complete and authoritative …
Volume 2 contains the basic physical ideas and laws used in the study of the outer layers of a star …
Cambridge University Press, 1997, 302 pp.In Volume 3 of Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics we will discuss the internal structure and …
This text remains one of the clearest, most authoritative and most accurate works in the field. The standard history treats …
