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  • The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy

    What Animals on Earth Reveal About Aliens--and Ourselves

    de Arik Kershenbaum ...
    From a noted Cambridge zoologist, a wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like, using universal laws that govern life on Earth and in space.Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Yet rather than taking a realistic approach to what aliens might be like, we imagine that life on other planets is the stuff of science fiction. The time ... Leer más

    $90 MXN

  • Our Inner Ape

    The Best And Worst Of Human Nature

    de Frans de Waal ...
    We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy and morality by virtue of our genes? From a scientist and writer whom E. O. Wilson has called 'the world authority on primate social behavior' comes a lively look at the most provocative aspects of human nature - power, sex, violence, kindness, and ... Leer más

    $243 MXN

  • Estimating Species Trees

    Practical and Theoretical Aspects

    Edición de L. Lacey Knowles, Laura S. Kubatko ...
    Recent computational and modeling advances have produced methods for estimating species trees directly, avoiding the problems and limitations of the traditional phylogenetic paradigm where an estimated gene tree is equated with the history of species divergence. The overarching goal of the volume is to increase the visibility and use of these new methods by the entire phylogenetic community by ... Leer más

    $2,372 MXN

  • Why Geese Don't Get Obese (And We Do)

    How Evolution's Strategies for Survival Affect Our Everyday Lives

    de Eric P. Widmaier ...
    What drives us to eat and accounts for different appetites? Why is breathing at high altitudes easy for birds and difficult for humans? Why do animals have two sets of sensory organs--eyes, ears, nostrils, etc...?In Why Geese Don't Get Obese, physiologist Eric Widmaier describes the astonishing ways humans and other creatures have adapted to their environmental challenges in order to survive. ... Leer más

    $193 MXN

  • The Logic of Self-Destruction

    The Algorithm of Human Rationality

    de Matthew Blakeway ...
    Why do knowingly act in ways that undermine our own wellbeing, like loving the wrong person or staying in an unfulfilling job? Why are ideologies so compelling? Why are we so convinced that our own, deeply held views are irrefutable?The Logic of Self-Destruction argues that our beliefs are at the heart of our problems, and that if we can see the human brain for what it really is - a robustly ... Leer más

    $73 MXN

  • Lone Survivors

    How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth

    de Chris Stringer ...
    A top researcher proposes a controversial new theory of human evolution in a book "combining the thrill of a novel with a remarkable depth of perspective" ( Nature).In this groundbreaking and engaging work of science, world-renowned paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer sets out a new theory of humanity's origin, challenging both the multiregionalists (who hold that modern humans developed from ... Leer más

    $211 MXN

  • Humans

    The Evolution of a Species

    de Professor Alice Roberts, DK ...
    Humans – who are we?Physically, Homo sapiens is unremarkable in the animal world – a hairless ape. But somehow, in combination, our characteristics make us remarkable. With our dexterity and brain power, we discovered ways of finding food and beating the elements not only in our home on the African savanna, but in every habitat from jungle to Arctic waste. Humans tells the story of our evolution ... Leer más

    $475 MXN

  • A Cooperative Species

    Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

    de Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis ...
    A thought-provoking scientific exploration of the evolutionary origins of human cooperation.Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded behavior is widespread and cannot be explained simply by far-sighted self-interest or a desire to help close ... Leer más

    $287 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • How Life Began

    Evolution's Three Geneses

    de Alexandre Meinesz ...
    Traducido por Daniel Simberloff ...
    An engaging, accessible argument explicating the origins of life from a marine biologist and the author of Killer Algae.The Christian Bible states that God created the heavens and the Earth roughly six thousand years ago. This episode in Genesis departs markedly from scientific theories developed over the last two centuries which hold that life appeared on Earth about 3.5 billion years ago in the ... Leer más

    $174 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?

    An MIT Professor Answers Questions on God and Science

    de Ian Hutchinson ...
    Series series Veritas Books
    Plasma physicist Ian Hutchinson has been asked hundreds of questions about faith and science:What is faith and what is science? Are they compatible?Are there realities science cannot explain?Is God's existence a scientific question?Is the Bible consistent with the modern scientific understanding of the universe?Are there scientific reasons to believe in God?In this comprehensive volume, Hutchinson ... Leer más

    $428 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Lost World of the Dinosaurs

    Uncovering the Secrets of the Prehistoric Age

    de Armin Schmitt ...
    ***A Library Journal Best Book of 2024*"An insightful and informative meander through the evolution of dinosaurs and other extinct species, with a touch of personal flair.”—Steve Brusatte, professor and paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the DinosaursAn enrapturing tale of the age of the dinosaurs, tracing their earliest ... Leer más

    $208 MXN

  • Undeniable

    Evolution and the Science of Creation

    de Bill Nye ...
    The popular scientist explains the marvels and mysteries of evolution in this "fun to read and easy to absorb" New York Times bestseller ( The Washington Post).Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as ... Leer más

    $193 MXN

  • Improbable Destinies

    Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution

    de Jonathan B. Losos ...
    A major new book overturning our assumptions about how evolution worksEarth’s natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times. But evolutionary biologists also point out many examples of contingency, cases where the tiniest change—a random mutation or an ancient butterfly sneeze ... Leer más

    $139 MXN

  • The Thinking Animal

    What Other Intelligence Reveals About Our Own

    de Nichola Raihani ...
    The remarkable story of how evolution built minds—and how ours became extraordinaryWhy do dogs say hello, but never goodbye?What makes baby penguins think the first animal they see is their mother?Why are bonobos impulsive while chimpanzees show restraint?And what does all this tell us about how humans think?In The Thinking Animal, Nichola Raihani explores one of science's most enduring questions: ... Leer más

    $242 MXN

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  • Respect and Responsibility in Pacific Coast Indigenous Nations

    The World Raven Makes

    de E. N. Anderson, Raymond Pierotti ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines ways of conserving, managing, and interacting with plant and animal resources by Native American cultural groups of the Pacific Coast of North America, from Alaska to California. These practices helped them maintain and restore ecological balance for thousands of years. Building upon the authors’ and others’ previous works, the book brings in perspectives from ethnography and ... Leer más

    $1,636 MXN

  • O último abraço da matriarca

    As emoções dos animais e o que elas revelam sobre nós

    de Frans de Waal ...
    Traducido por Pedro Maia Soares ...
    Desafiando a ruptura humano-animal e propondo a discussão de grandes questões éticas e filosóficas da atualidade, o grande primatólogo Frans de Waal nos leva a uma jornada irresistível pela riqueza emocional dos animais. Neste livro comovente e original, ele nos mostra que estamos muito mais conectados a nossos companheiros planetários do que jamais ousamos imaginar.Às vésperas de Mama completar ... Leer más

    $179 MXN

  • A era da empatia

    Lições da natureza para uma sociedade mais gentil

    de Frans de Waal ...
    Traducido por Rejane Rubino ...
    O que os chimpanzés puderam nos ensinar sobre a crise econômica global? O primatólogo Frans de Waal mostra como a biologia predispõe os seres humanos a construir uma sociedade mais justa e solidária, para além do "cada um por si" dos mercados e da visão da natureza como basicamente "egoísta".Em A era da empatia, Frans de Waal mostra como diversos animais, incluindo os seres humanos, foram dotados ... Leer más

    $159 MXN

  • Evolution The Greatest Show On Earth and The Slow Burn of Biological Innovation

    Science

    de KAN ...
    Series series Science
    Beneath the quiet surface of a garden, deep within the crushing pressures of the midnight zone in the ocean, and inside the very cells of your own body, a four-billion-year-old drama is unfolding. It is a story of survival, of impossible odds, and of a relentless drive to persist against the cold indifference of the universe. This is the story of evolution.For centuries, humanity looked at the ... Leer más

    Antes $68 MXN Ahora $60 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Togetherness

    Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life's Greatest Collaborations

    de Rowan Hooper ...
    **A wondrous, eye-opening exploration of the surprising ways life is interconnected—and why it matters"Absolutely enthralling. I was hooked from the first sentence." —Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body**From evolution to capitalism, our belief in the “survival of the fittest” has shaped our view of the world. But we got it wrong—and our mistake has brought us ... Leer más

    $216 MXN

  • Protocells and the Origin of Life

    de Roberto Serra, Marco Villani ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    How life can emerge in a lifeless environment is one of the major open scientific challenges. This book pays particular attention to self-organization phenomena that might have led to the appearance of the first protocells, i.e. cell-like structures, much simpler than present-day cells, endowed with some primitive kinds of metabolism and heredity. After a brief description of the known facts and ... Leer más

    $1,273 MXN

  • New Weird Fiction and the Anthropocene

    Jeff VanderMeer and Ecological Awareness

    de Trang Dang ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book explores the development of ecological awareness in Jeff VanderMeer's New Weird novels, focusing specifically on the Southern Reach (2014-2024) and Borne (2017-2019) series. Examining the New Weird genre as an understudied part of climate fiction, the chapters investigate how these texts' language, content, and form develop unique and fascinating ways in which one can think and live more ... Leer más

    $2,000 MXN

  • Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods

    Advancing Methods, Analysis, and Interpretation

    Edición de Kevin Padian, Ellen-Thérèse Lamm ...
    The microscopic examination of fossilized bone tissue is a sophisticated and increasingly important analytical tool for understanding the life history of ancient organisms. This book provides an essential primer and manual for using fossil bone histology to investigate the biology of extinct tetrapods. Twelve experts summarize advances in the field over the past three decades, reviewing ... Leer más

    Antes $1,572 MXN Ahora $1,312 MXN

  • On Teaching Evolution

    de Bertha Vazquez ...
    Written by members of the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science who have tackled the topic of evolution in their classroom for decades, On Teaching Evolution offers practical advice and sample lesson plans for fellow science teachers. Learn about what inspired them to love teaching evolution and the experiences that help guide their teaching practices.Contributing authors include: Bertha ... Leer más

    $463 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Most Delicious Poison

    The Story of Nature's Toxins—From Spices to Vices

    de Noah Whiteman ...
    **An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—to them.“A magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force.” —Neil Shubin, biology professor and author or Your Inner Fish**A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes.Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a ... Leer más

    Antes $219 MXN Ahora $34 MXN