5,173円 The important role that randomness plays in evolutionary change John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and insightful biologists, here challenges a central tenet of evolutionary biology. In this concise, elegantly written book, he makes the bold and provocative claim that some biologica...

2,262円 “Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology.”ーNew Scientist Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evo...

10,852円 Crying has fascinated mankind for millenia. Since ancient times, we have known that emotional tears are a unique human characteristic. Unsurprisingly, over hundreds of years, scholars from different backgrounds have speculated about the origin and functions of human tears. According to Charles Da...

164円 Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from a common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural se...

2,177円 In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Liebermanーchair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the fieldーgives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing dis...

299円 On the Origin of Species is a book that changed the way we think about the development of life on earth. The author's controversial theory of natural selection, or survival of the fittest, would make him internationally famous and ut the issue of evolution at the centre of a fierce debate which s...

777円 **"A Copernican revolution for the life sciences."ーMedical Tribune Unlock the mysteries of biology, anthropology, and ancient civilizations in this thought-provoking read where science and spirituality intersect.** Through Jeremy Narby′s travels and research in the Amazon, he discovered that sha...

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15,786円 Metacognition refers to the awareness an individual has of their own mental processes (also referred to as ' thinking about thinking'). In the past thirty years metacognition research has become a rapidly growing field of interdisciplinary research within the cognitive sciences. Just recently, th...

10,746円 Over millions of years, terrestrial plants have competed for limited resources, defended themselves against herbivores, and resisted a myriad of environmental stresses. These struggles have helped generate more than a quarter million terrestrial plant species, each possessing a unique strategy fo...

3,700円 Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone Manual is intended for use outisde the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the key information needed for identification pu...

300円 Im Jahr 1831 suchte der Kapitän der Beagle Fitzroy einen standesgemäßen und naturwissenschaftlich gebildeten Begleiter für eine geplante Vermessungs- und Entdeckungsfahrt nach Südamerika. Der 22jährige Darwin wurde für diese Position von seinem Lehrer und Freund Henslow empfohlen und konnte nach ...