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Evolution

From Man to Ape Darwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920

Novoa Adriana, Levine Alex

ISBN: HB: 9780226596167, University of Chicago Press, December 2010
328 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones

Upon its publication, "The Origin of Species" was critically embraced in Europe and North America. But how did Darwin's theories fare in other regions of the world? Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine offer here a history and interpretation of the receptio...

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Evolution

Nature

Orchard Invisible A Natural History of Seeds

Silvertown Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9780226757742, ISBN: HB: 9780226757735, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
224 pp., 21.5x13 cm, 21 halftones

The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of lif...

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Nature

Forest Primeval The Geologic History of Wood and Petrified Forests

Hickey Leo J.

ISBN: PB: 9780912532646, Yale University Press, August 2010
62 pp., 21x14 cm, 22 black&white illus.

Wood: perhaps no natural material has been used longer by man, and none seems more suited to human tastes and needs. Its properties are the result of a long evolutionary history as an integral part of the earth's forests. This story describes what it...

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Biology's First Law The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems

McShea Daniel W., Brandon Robert N.

ISBN: PB: 9780226562261, ISBN: HB: 9780226562254, University of Chicago Press, July 2010
184 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 line drawings, 1 table, 2 halftones

Life on earth is characterized by three striking phenomena that demand explanation: adaptation – the marvelous fit between organism and environment; diversity – the great variety of organisms; and complexity – the enormous intricacy of their internal...

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Evolution

Darwin's Pictures Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874

Voss Julia

ISBN: HB: 9780300141740, Yale University Press, June 2010
288 pp., 21x14 cm, 63 black&white illus., 16 colour illus.

In this first-ever examination of Charles Darwin's sketches, drawings, and illustrations, Julia Voss presents the history of evolutionary theory told in pictures. Darwin had a life-long interest in pictorial representations of nature, sketching out h...

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Earth Sciences

Worlds Before Adam The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform

Rudwick Martin J. S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226731292, ISBN: HB: 9780226731285, University of Chicago Press, May 2010
648 pp., 25.5x17 cm, 40 line drawings, 125 halftones

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, scientists reconstructed the immensely long history of the earth – and the relatively recent arrival of human life. The geologists of the period, many of whom were devout believers, agreed about...

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Evolution

Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins

Alexander Denis R., Numbers Ronald L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226608419, ISBN: HB: 9780226608402, University of Chicago Press, May 2010
448 pp., 23x15 cm, 30 halftones

Over the course of human history, the sciences, and biology in particular, have often been manipulated to cause immense human suffering. For example, biology has been used to justify eugenic programs, forced sterilization, human experimentation, and...

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Evolution

Natural History of Time

Richet Pascal

ISBN: PB: 9780226712888, ISBN: HB: 9780226712871, University of Chicago Press, May 2010
481 pp., 23x15 cm, 27 line drawings, 3 tables, 12 halftones

For most of history, people trusted mythology or religion to provide an answer to the pressing question of the earth's age, even though nature abounds with clues. In "A Natural History of Time", geophysicist Pascal Richet tells the fascinating story...

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