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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $8.91
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Manufacturer: Bison Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Loren Eiseley
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Publisher: Bison Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 576.8
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Publication Date: 1999-05-01
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Reading Level: 183
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Description: The quest to understand humankind's place in the universe is an old one, perhaps as old as the human species itself. That quest is tinged with science, but also with magic, for, writes the paleontologist Loren Eiseley (1907-1977), a human being "is both pragmatist and mystic. He has been so since the beginning, and it may well be that the quality of his inquiring and perceptive intellect will cause him to remain so till the end." In this lively, literate set of essays, originally delivered in 1959 as a lecture series at the University of Cincinnati, Eiseley traces the history of science, giving special attention to the 18th and 19th centuries, which witnessed the rise of a kind of scientific inquiry that crossed narrow disciplines. Building on the ideas of Newton and Laplace, for instance, the Scottish scientist James Hutton developed the foundations of historical geology; Hutton's doctoral work had not been in physics but physiology, and his dissertation concerned the circulation of the blood, from which he evidently hit on the idea of considering the earth as a living organism. Eiseley moves on to discuss trends in evolutionary thought, putting in good words for such neglected figures as Jean Lamarck, a "much maligned thinker [who] glimpsed ecological change and adjustment before Darwin." Eiseley's explorations end with an admonition that our scientific understanding may well have outpaced our moral evolution, leading to the danger that "we have created an unbearable last idol for our worship"--namely, ourselves. His wise words remain compelling reading today. --Gregory McNamee
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $10.64
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Manufacturer: University of Minnesota Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Hoover Helen
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Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Edition: 1st University of Minnesota Press Ed
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.776
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Publication Date: 1999-03
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Reading Level: 320
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Price: $38.00
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Sale: $15.75
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Manufacturer: Diadem Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: John Muir
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Publisher: Diadem Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.794082
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Publication Date: 1992-08
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Reading Level: 1030
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Description: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Our National Parks; and more.
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $9.68
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Manufacturer: Judaica Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Lee M. Spetner
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Publisher: Judaica Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 576.8
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Publication Date: 1997-06-01
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Reading Level: 262
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Description: Physicist Dr. Lee M. Spetner's new book has biologists and geneticists across the country praising this book as one of the most serious challenges to the modern theory of evolution. "Dr. Spetner has an extraordinary ability to present complex mathematical, statistical, and biological issues in a comprehensible manner."--Rabbi Joseph Elias, The Jewish Observer "It is certainly the most rational attack on evolution that I have ever read"--Professor E. Simon, Department of Biology, Purdue University
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Price: $13.00
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Sale: $7.26
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Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Muir
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.794
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Publication Date: 2008-03-25
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: A stirring tribute to one of America’s most remote and beautiful places by one of the first modern preservationists
This Penguin Classic—Muir’s first book—puts a pioneering conservationist’s passion for nature in high relief. With a poet’s sensitivity and a naturalist’s eye, Muir celebrates the Sierra Nevada, which he dedicated his life to saving, and recounts his breathtaking visits to Yosemite Valley, Kings Canyon, Sequoia Groves, and Mount Whiskey. The Mountains of California is an affecting celebration of raw nature by one of its most ardent defenders.
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Price: $99.95
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Sale: $77.56
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Manufacturer: Sinauer Associates
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Michael Lynch::Bruce Walsh
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Publisher: Sinauer Associates
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 576.53
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Publication Date: 1998-01
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Reading Level: 980
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Description: Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits brings together the diverse array of theoretical and empirical applications of quantitative genetics under one cover, in a way that is both comprehensive and accessible to anyone with a rudimentary understanding of statistics and genetics. What was originally envisioned as a single text has now become two, with the focus of this first book being on the basic biology and methods of analysis of quantitative characters. (The second book, Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits, will address the basic principles that govern the evolutionary dynamics of quantitative characters under the forces of mutation, random genetic drift, and natural and/or artificial selection, integrating the theory of evolution of such characters with existing empirical data from natural and domesticated plant and animal populations.) Written as a general text in quantitative genetics, the book will also be useful as a basic reference for the seasoned professional. Throughout, central theoretical concepts are developed from first principles. To aid the less statistically sophisticated reader, several chapters and appendices focus on the basic statistical tools needed to digest the book. Wherever possible, theoretical and analytical concepts are illustrated with empirical examples from diverse settings. Three major features of Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits distinguish it from earlier work. First, it reflects the explosive influx over the past few years of quantitative-genetic thinking into evolutionary biology. Second, in animal breeding, enormous strides have been made in the development of new techniques for estimating breeding values (for the purposes of identifying elite individuals in selection programs) and for estimating variance components from samples of complex pedigrees. In this text's last two chapters, the authors outline the basic principles of complex pedigree analysis, without getting bogged down in technical details. Third, Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits provides a broad overview of the newly emerging array of techniques for quantitative-trait loci (QTL) analysis, currently one of the most active fields of quantitative-genetic research. Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits contains numerous fully-worked examples and illustrations of theoretical concepts, as well as over 2,000 references with indices by subject, author, and organism. In addition, the authors maintain a World Wide Web site featuring up-to-date lists of computer programs and on-line resources, and added information on various topics presented in the text.
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Price: $10.95
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Sale: $5.17
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Donald M. Silver::Patricia Wynne
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577.480967
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Publication Date: 1997-03-01
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Reading Level: 48
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Description: The African grasslands stretch across the continent below the Sahara. In a swuare of land about the size of a living room, children will see animals they might have encountered only at the zoo. . .discover the rewards and dangers of their natural home. . .and observe how these creatures live with each other in a changing, endangered environment. It's an exciting journey of discovery, coming to you from the One Small Square series of interactive science and nature books. . .where the next stop could be as near as your backyard or as far as half a world away.
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Price: $8.95
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Sale: $4.56
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Manufacturer: Dawn Pubns
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini
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Publisher: Dawn Pubns
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.315409791
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Publication Date: 2002-09-01
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Reading Level: 32
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Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Description: Here is another model nature journal from a naturalist who has been journaling habitats since she was a youngster. In the desert she sees Gila monsters, watches scorpions with a black light and harvests saguaro flowers with a Native American family that helps her see this unique, arid environment with appreciative eyes. The "collage-style" journal features clippings of articles about animals and plants, stories of the native Tonoho O'odham, her own youthful journal entries, and even her own desert poetry. "Saguaro Moon" is a wonderful way to learn about the desert and also be inspired to keep a nature journal.
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Price: $64.95
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Sale: $51.64
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Manufacturer: Sinauer Associates
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Dan Graur::Wen-Hsiung Li
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Publisher: Sinauer Associates
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Edition: 2 Sub
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Dewey Decimal Number: 572.838
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Publication Date: 2000-01-15
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Reading Level: 481
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Description: This textbook has been updated to incorporate the many advances in genomics, protein engineering, computational biology and bioinformatics. In the 2nd edition, the authors continue to explain evolutionary change at the molecular level in a way that can be understood without much prerequisite knowledge of molecular biology, evolution or mathematics.
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Manufacturer: Hadley House
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Terry Redlin
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Publisher: Hadley House
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508
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Publication Date: 1987-06
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Reading Level: 132
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