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Books : Science & Nature : Popular Science : Environment & Ecology : Ecology : Human Ecology
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In this text, Jay Griffiths takes the subject of 'time' in her teeth and chews at it until it's a far more palatable item. Her exploration of the passage of time includes; our obsession with speed; war; and Mercury and the mythology of time and speed.
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This revised edition sets out the major changes in the scientific world and in the authors' own thinking that have occurred since the book was first published. It also provides a selected bibliography of books and articles about epigenetic inheritance and its role in evolution.
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Adaptive radiation, a process that has given rise to much of life's diversity, occurs when a single ancestral species diversifies into an impressive array of species. This book focuses on the 'ecological theory' of adaptive radiation, a body of ideas that began with Darwin and was developed through the first half of the 20th century.
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Environmental and human catastrophe looms ever larger for planet Earth. Powerful action is required now to turn a deepening global crisis into an unprecedented opportunity for positive change. This book shows how a dramatic transformation of how humans relate to the Earth, and to one another, can be achieved.
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Ecovillage Living is a guide to everything youave always wanted to know about ecovillages, from the tools to make them happen to the people behind them.
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During evolution, there have been several major changes in the way genetic information is organized and transmitted. These transitions include the origin of life itself, the first eukaryotic cells, reproduction by sexual means, and more. This illustrated book discusses these major transitions and their implications, along with diagrams.
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Shows how we can meet more of our needs for wood products, paper, textiles, food and housing from local renewable and waste resources. Outlines the theoretical framework of bioregional development and the award winning practical solutions that BioRegional have developed with industry partners.
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The No Logo of climate change -- a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened on a global scale.
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Presents a combination of biology and computer science (including artificial intelligence, robotics, operations research, information display, and computer graphics), modelling the mechanisms underlying collective behaviour in social insects. This work talks about swarm intelligence, a subfield of artificial intelligence.
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Bats are found throughout the world, and their 966 species represent one quarter of all mammals found on earth. This book describes all the bats and their natural history, with an emphasis on how the lives of bats exemplify processes and principles of broad biological relevance.
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