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Inside the quest to unlock the mysteries of development―and find the key to transforming our future. Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact, emerging as dazzlingly complex, exquisitely engineered assemblages of trillions of cells. This metamorphosis constitutes one of nature’s most spectacular yet...
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Recent advances in medicine and technology have expanded our understanding of aging across the animal kingdom, and our own timeless quest for the fountain of youth. Yet, despite modern humans living longer today than ever before, the public’s understanding of what is possible is limited to our species—until now. In this spunky, effervescent debut, the key to immortality is revealed to be a superpower within reach. With mind-bending stories from...
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"After tracking the lives of thousands of people from birth to midlife, four of the world's preeminent psychologists reveal what they have learned about how humans develop. Does temperament in childhood predict adult personality? What role do parents playin shaping how a child matures? Is day care bad-or good-for children? Does adolescent delinquency forecast a life of crime? Do genes influence success in life? Is health in adulthood shaped by childhood...
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Las especies evolucionan, cambian con el paso del tiempo y así lo pudo constatar y argumentar Charles Darwin. La que tiene entre las manos es una obra que intenta integrar dos grandes visiones de la evolución que a menudo se presentan enfrentadas. Por un lado, la visión que enfatiza la contingencia, los accidentes congelados y la irreversibilidad, y determina una ciencia eminentemente histórica. De la otra, la visión más racional, basada en...
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Ian Robertson has always been fascinated by how the mind makes images, for that awesome power directly and deeply affects our lives. All of us "visualize" the world differently, and how we do so dictates the way we feel, remember, and think--and therefore our health, memory, and creativity. In this lively, accessible and fascinating book, Robertson explains that most of us employ language as a basis for visualization. In effect, we think in words...
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This book tells the story of the founding and development of a remarkable research institute, primarily from the scientists' view but with enough context to validate its earned reputation as a research powerhouse.
The Institute's origin as "La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation" is told by the Founders' daughter Nina Fishman. Its evolution from modest beginnings to a major research organization unfolds in interviews with scientists who spent major...
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«El cálculo de la vida» versa sobre biología y sus aproximaciones teóricas desde una perspectiva cualitativa. Andrés Moya pretende mostrar que la biología actual está más cerca que nunca de realizar el sueño de Goethe, de la convergencia de las tradiciones analíticas y sintéticas para comprender al organismo vivo en su totalidad.
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"Parecía merecer la pena probar hasta qué punto el principio de la evolución vertía luz en algunos de los problemas más complejos de la historia natural del hombre. [...] La principal conclusión a la que se llega en este libro [es] que el hombre desciende de alguna forma de organización inferior..." (Charles Darwin: 'El origen del hombre', 1871). Con motivo del 150 aniversario de "El origen del hombre y la selección en relación al sexo",...
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First published in 1871, "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin. In this volume, Darwin attempts to marry the theories of human evolution with evolutionary theory, exploring evolutionary ethics, evolutionary psychology, differences between sexes, differences between human races, and the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society. Contents include: "Principles Of Sexual Selection",...
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Stanton Braude is lecturer in biology at Washington University in St. Louis. Bobbi S. Low is professor of resource ecology at the University of Michigan.
An innovative introduction to ecology and evolution
This unique textbook introduces undergraduate students to quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. It explores the core concepts shared by these related fields using tools and practical...
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In Darwin and Facial Expression, Paul Ekman and a cast of other notable scholars and scientists, reconsider the central concepts and key sources of information in Darwin's work on emotional expression. First published in 1972 to celebrate the centennial of the publication of Darwin's, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, it is the first of three works edited by Dr. Ekman and others on the subject. This Malor edition contains new and...
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Une étude comparative de la sexualité
Qu'est-ce que la sexualité? Quand et comment est-elle apparue? Quels sont les principaux traits de son évolution? Fort de sa compétence en génétique et en biologie évolutive, Jean Génermont propose des réponses et des pistes de réflexion issues de ses propres travaux, tout en s'appuyant sur de nombreux exemples pris aussi bien chez les animaux que chez les plantes terrestres.
Jean Génermont effectue...
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Une étude approfondie des théories darwiniennes et de leurs différentes implications
La théorie darwinienne de l'évolution reste le paradigme dominant de la biologie et de la paléontologie. Elle prouve sa fécondité et sa puissance explicative dans de très nombreux domaines. Pourtant, dans cet ouvrage, pas question d'un fétichisme de Darwin, mais d'un examen attentif du domaine de validité épistémologique et expérimental des idées du...
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Une étude approfondie des théories darwiniennes et de leurs différentes implications
La théorie darwinienne de l'évolution reste le paradigme dominant de la biologie et de la paléontologie. Elle prouve sa fécondité et sa puissance explicative dans de très nombreux domaines. Pourtant, dans cet ouvrage, pas question d'un fétichisme de Darwin, mais d'un examen attentif du domaine de validité épistémologique et expérimental des idées du...
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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published over 150 years ago, is considered one of history's most influential books and continues to serve as the foundation of thought for evolutionary biology. Since Darwin's time, however, new fields of science have emerged that simply give us better answers to the question of origins. With a Ph.D. in cell and developmental biology from Harvard University, Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson is uniquely qualified to...
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Une étude consacrée à un essai du célèbre embryologue Wilhelm Roux
En 1881, le grand embryologiste allemand Wilhelm Roux publie cet essai dont la densité et l'originalité ne cessent, encore aujourd'hui, d'étonner. Inspiré par les idées de Charles Darwin, il cherche à en prolonger la portée en imaginant l'organisme comme un territoire o des formes variables de sélection naturelle opèrent sur toutes les entités, de la cellule à l'organe....
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