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81) What Is Science?
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English
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Part Three of Antidisestablishmentarianism: Secularists like Charles Watts and Richard Dawkins affirm a single belief, though they vary in their methods of stating it. They believe that there is no evidence for the truth of any "revealed faith and that only secularist science should be permitted to exist. People who call a religion "revealed" mean that somehow these people were told what to believe by a non-material means and that there is no outside...
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University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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This collection of writings and images by the legendary Big Bend photographer offers adventure, history, personal musings, and natural beauty. Photographer-naturalist Peter Koch first visited Big Bend National Park in February, 1945, on assignment to take promotional pictures for the National Park Service. He planned to spend a couple of weeks, and ended up staying for the rest of his life. Koch's magnificent photographs and documentary films introduced...
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IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Get the Summary of Franck Wilczek's's Fundamentals in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. With clarity and an infectious sense of joy, he guides us through the essential concepts that form our understanding of what the world is and...
84) Rafi and Rosi
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Rayo/HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2004
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Two tree frogs, mischievous Rafi and his younger sister Rosi, learn about the plants and animals of Puerto Rico together.
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MyReportLinks.com Books
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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Presents a guide to the Everglades National Park in Florida that describes the plants and animals that live there, and discusses future plans for preserving the park, tourist attractions, and other related topics.
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Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"A thrilling guide to the Cenozoic mammals of South America, featuring seventy-five life reconstructions of extinct species, plus photos of specimens and sites. South America is home to some of the most distinctive mammals on Earth -- giant armadillos, tiny anteaters, the world's largest rodent, and its smallest deer. But the continent once supported a variety of other equally intriguing mammals that have no close living relatives: armored mammals...
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Trees were central to Henry David Thoreau's creativity as a writer, his work as a naturalist, his thought and his inner life. His portraits of them were so perfect, it was as if he could to see the sap flowing beneath their bark. When Thoreau wrote that the poet loves the pine tree as his own shadow in the air, he was speaking about himself. In short, he spoke their language. In this original book, Richard Higgins explores Thoreau's deep connections...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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English
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An account of one year in the Yaak Valley wilderness range, by the acclaimed naturalist and memoirist. Beginning with his family settling in for the long northwestern Montana winter, and capturing all the subtle harbingers of change that mark each passing month -- the initial cruel teasing of spring, the splendor and fecundity of summer, and the bittersweet memories evoked by fall -- this is a beautiful evocation of the "fauna, flora and folks" in...
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Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Originally published in 1879, 'Locusts And Wild Honey' is a collection of essays by American naturalist John Burroughs, dealing with bees, birds, wild flowers and fruits, and much more. Beautifully-written and profoundly thought-provoking, this volume constitutes a must-read for nature lovers and fans of Burroughs' wonderful work. Contents include: "The Pastoral Bees," "Sharp Eyes," "Strawberries," "Is It Going to Rain?" "Speckled Trout," "Birds and...
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Español
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Este libro es una guía para profesores universitarios y de educación media que enseñan historia ambiental por primera vez, para maestros experimentados que desean reforzar sus cursos, para aquellos que están capacitando a futuros maestros para preparar sus propios planes de estudio y para docentes que desean incorporar la historia ambiental en sus cursos de historia universal.
Emily Wakild y Michelle K. Berry ofrecen principios de diseño para...
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Deutsch
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Dieses eBook wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Die Ausgabe ist mit interaktiven Inhalt und Begleitinformationen versehen, einfach zu navigieren und gut gegliedert.
Wilhelm Bölsche (1861/1939) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Obwohl die meisten Schriften Bölsches naturwissenschaftliche Themen behandeln, war er kein Naturwissenschaftler, sondern er hat als Schriftsteller naturwissenschaftliche Themen popularisiert:...
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English
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We know by the calendar when spring officially begins, but how does nature tell us spring has come? In Heralds of Spring in Texas Roland H. Wauer walks us through Texas, from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle, as spring arrives.
In addition to offering us his own special memories of spring in Texas, Wauer brings together the thoughts of other Texas naturalists, professional and avocational, and details and background information about the particular...
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English
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This is John Burroughs 1887 work, 'Birds And Poets'. It contains masterful sketches of bird life interspersed with delightful poems, interesting historical information, and beautiful descriptive prose. This volume will appeal to all with a love of nature writing and poetry, and it would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. Contents include: 'Birds and Poets', 'Touches Of Nature', 'A Bird Medley', 'April', 'Spring Poems', 'Our Rural Divinity',...
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English
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On April 8, 1997, Magi Nams set out on a quest for self, with words tumbling into a notebook she held in her hands while birding on her family's property in northern Nova Scotia, Canada. Even more startling than this unexpected outpouring of observation and reflection was the realization that recording sights, sounds, and thoughts was something she must continue to do. So, for a year-most often while walking or running-Nams gathered word images of...
98) Wild Sex
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English
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Birds do it, bees do it - every member of the animal kingdom does it, from fruit flies to blue whales. But if you think humans have a tough time dating, try having to do it while being hunted down by predators, against a backdrop of unpredictable and life-threatening conditions. The animal kingdom is a wild place — and it's got mating habits to match. The sex lives of our animal cousins are fiendishly difficult, infinitely varied, often incredibly...
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English
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At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human.
"A marvel of storytelling." -Kirkus (Starred Review)
In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision-especially...
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English
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The questions that drive Priscilla Long's Fire and Stone are the questions asked by the painter Paul Gauguin in the title of his 1897 painting: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? These questions look beyond everyday trivialities to ponder the essence of our origins.
Using her own story as a touchstone, Long explores our human roots and how they shape who we are today. Her personal history encompasses childhood as an identical...
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