Scientists have long cautioned against attributing familiar emotions to animals, arguing that it limits our ability to truly…

Bad writing is bad for science. The problem is so significant that clear writing has become a legal requirement for federal…

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In the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc, a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of…

In this classic of science history, Shapin takes into account the culture - the variety of beliefs, practices, and…

Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such…

The authors look to the laws of thermodynamics for answers to the questions of evolution, ecology, economics, and even…

Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, this title shows how scientists,…

Finished only weeks before his death in 1994, this autobiography traces the trajectory that led Feyerabend him from an…

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This is Nature editor Henry Gee's magnum opus, a major account of the development of vertebrates.…

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\nRelating his experiences caring for endangered whales, a veterinarian and marine scientist shows we can all share in the…

Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to…

\nAn illustrated visit to the tropical arctic of 205 million years ago when Greenland was green.\n…

Explains how life insurance corporations shaped how we understand American life spans and Americans as risks…

Represents the first articulation of an integrative science of the earth, encompassing most of today's environmental…

Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavour among ecologists in recent years, Jonathan M. Chase and Mathew A.…

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Translation of Forgerons et alchimistes.…

Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. This title follows the history of…

A moving collection of intimate portraits of farm animals who somehow escaped the typical fate of their kind and got to…

Intended as a sequel to Primate Societies, this book compiles thirty-one chapters that review the state of knowledge…

Deals with the biological and physiological characteristics of the cartilaginous fishes: sharks, rays, and chimaeras. In…

Mathematical Physics is an introduction to such basic mathematical structures as groups, vector spaces, topological spaces,…

Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines incapable of conscious thoughts or emotions?…

Produkt Evolution of Cetacean Societies zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of Chicago Press.…

The age of the baroque - a time of great strides in science and mathematics - also saw the construction of some of the…

Challenges long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the…

Zoos, aquariums, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. This book presents the thinking…