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History Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences: From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back: Parallels and Crossings Between Economics and Evolution (Hardcover)

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the major key concepts common to economics and evolutionary biology. Written by a group of philosophers of science biologists and economists it proposes analyses of the meaning of twenty-five concepts... more

Environmental Principles and the Evolution of Environmental Law (Hardcover)

Environmental principles are elusive concepts in environmental law - their meanings and legal functions are ambiguous and they have varying histories in different jurisdictions. This book explores the legal understanding of environmental principles. more

Pre-Owned Genesis : The Evolution of Biology 9780195156195

What is evolution? What is a gene? How did these concepts originate and how did they develop? Genesis is a short history from Lamarck and Darwin to DNA and the Human Genome Project one that can be read by nonspecialists and which incorporates new... more

Billions of Years Amazing Changes : The Story of Evolution (Paperback)

This highly engaging exploration of the concept of evolution lays out the history of life on earth--what we know and how we know it. Ever since Charles Darwin revealed his landmark ideas about evolution in 1859 new findings have confirmed expanded and... more

Dinosaurs : A Concise Natural History 9780521282376 Used / Pre-owned

Dinosaurs continues to make science exciting and understandable to non-science majors through its emphasis on scientific concepts rather than endless facts. New material includes coverage of pterosaurs and more on the early evolution of dinosaurs.... more

Evolutionary Biology: Convergent Evolution Evolution of Complex Traits Concepts and Methods (Paperback)

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Evolution of the horse ... American museum of natural history. In two parts. Evolution of the horse in nature by W. D. Matthew. The horse under domestication: its origin and the s

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History of Mechanism and Machine Science: A History of the Work Concept (Hardcover)

This book traces the history of the concept of work from its earliest stages and shows that its further formalization leads to equilibrium principle and to the principle of virtual works and so pointing the way ahead for future research and... more

The Theory of Evolution : Principles Concepts and Assumptions (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

9780226671024. Pre-owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 464. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 464 p. Contains: Illustrations. Darwin s nineteenth-century writings laid the foundations for modern studies of evolution and... more

Pre-Owned The Evolution of Physics from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta BWB40742802

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Particle or Wave : The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics 9780691135120 Used / Pre-owned

Particle or Wave is the first popular-level book to explain the origins and development of modern physical concepts about matter and the controversies surrounding them. The dichotomy between particle and wave reflects a dispute--whether the universe s... more

Some Experiments On the Evolution of Concepts: A Preliminary Report (Paperback)

Hull presents the results of a series of experiments aimed at understanding the evolution of concepts in organisms. His report includes insights into the link between learning and the formation of abstract ideas. This work has been selected by scholars... more

Pre-Owned Particle or Wave The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics Hardcover

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Oxford Ecology and Evolution Game Theory in Biology: Concepts and Frontiers (Hardcover)

The principles of game theory apply to a wide range of topics in biology. This book presents the central concepts in evolutionary game theory and provides an authoritative and up-to-date account. The focus is on concepts that are important for... more

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A history of physics in its elementary branches including the evolution of physical laboratories 1899 [Leather Bound]

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History of Physics: Turbulence--An Odyssey: Origins and Evolution of a Research Field at the Interface of Science and Engineering (Paperback)

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Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums (Paperback)

The natural history museum is a place where the line between high and low culture effectively vanishes--where our awe of nature our taste for the bizarre and our thirst for knowledge all blend happily together. But as Stephen Asma shows in Stuffed... more

Kings dethroned a history of the evolution of astronomy from the time of the roman empire up to the present day showing it to be an amazing series of blunde [Premium Leather Bound]

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Modern Library Chronicles: Evolution : The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory (Series #17) (Paperback)

I often said before starting that I had no doubt I should frequently repent of the whole undertaking. So wrote Charles Darwin aboard The Beagle bound for the Galapagos Islands and what would arguably become the greatest and most controversial discovery... more

Pre-Owned In the Beginning: World History from Human Evolution to the First States (Paperback) 0072848030 9780072848038

This engaging and accessible volume draws on the most recent historical archeological scholarship to tell the stories of human evolution gathering and hunting societies and the distinct breakthroughs that led to the emergence of the earliest cities... more

Evolution in History Language and Science Four Addresses Delivered at the Crystal Palace Company s School of Art Science and Literature (Hardcover)

In this collection of insightful lectures the Crystal Palace Company explores the cutting-edge topics that shape our understanding of the world. From evolution and linguistics to advances in science these talks are a fascinating glimpse into the minds... more

Pre-Owned A New History of Life : The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth (Hardcover) 9781608199075

Two leading scientists offer a provocative new account based on the latest scientific research of how life on our planet evolved--the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades.Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket... more

Pre-Owned Science and Earth History : The Evolution-Creation Controversy 9780879754143 Used

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Pre-Owned A Pocket History of Human Evolution: How We Became Sapiens (Paperback 9781615196043) by Silvana Condemi François Savatier

9781615196043. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 160. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Contains: Illustrations. A concise illustrated update on our earliest ancestors the first sapiens - and on how (and... more

Prehistoric Life: An Examination of the History of Life and Evolution (Paperback)

Prehistoric Life: An Examination of the History of Life and Evolution is a concise accessible textbook focusing on the history of life and evolution within geological and climatic contexts. The book begins with an introduction to the notion of science... more

A History of Physics in Its Elementary Branches Including the Evolution of Physical Laboratories / Cajori Florian (1899) (1899) [Leather Bound]

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History Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences: Understanding Evolution in Darwin s Origin: The Emerging Context of Evolutionary Thinking (Hardcover)

This book aims to encourage the reading of On the Origin of Species and to include it in the teaching of evolution. With a comprehensive overview of the development of Darwin s theory the volume provides relevant aspects of Darwin s life and work in... more

Georges Cuvier Zoologist: A Study in the History of Evolution Theory (Hardcover)

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The history of creation or The development of the earth and its inhabitants by the action of natural causes : a popular exposition of the doctrine of evolution in general and of

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Cornell Extension Bulletin : Botany History and Evolution of the Gladiolus (Hardcover)

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Cornell Extension Bulletin: Botany History and Evolution of the Gladiolus (Hardcover)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Volume 1 the Mount Wilson Observatory: Breaking the Code of Cosmic Evolution (Paperback)

Perched atop a mountain wilderness the two mammoth solar tower telescopes and the 60- and 100-inch behemoth night-time reflectors of the Mount Wilson Observatory were the largest in the world and at the center of the development of astrophysics. This... more

The History of creation or The development of the earth and its inhabitants by the action of natural causes : a popular exposition of the doctrine of evolution in general and of

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Pre-Owned Prehistoric Life: An Examination of the History of Life and Evolution Paperback

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Pre-Owned Extinction and Evolution: What Fossils Reveal about the History of Life Paperback

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