5,207円 Described as "a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers" by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to another distinctive corner of Californiaーits desert, the driest and hottest environment in North A...

11,981円 Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea. This fascinating illustrated journey through deep time is the definitive enviro...

1,967円 "A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable and cognitive read.”ーNature The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume today have histories that can be traced out of prehist...

1,440円 In his new book The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack, human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition of "human exceptionalism" in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution. Drawing partly on his own careerーfrom young scientist in awe of his elders t...

14,585円 The paleontological site of Senèze (Haute Loire, central France) was discovered in 1892 inside a volcanic crater. For over 40 years, local peasant Pierre Philis collected fossils and sold them to French and Swiss museums. The site became world-famous for its well-preserved skeletons of ungulates ...

500円 BnF collection ebooks - "Depuis le jour où l'homme a , pour la première fois, soulevé l'épiderme terrestre pour y creuser des sillons et pour y tracer des chemins ; depuis l'époque où il a su pénétrer dans le sein de l'écorce superficielle, soit pour y dérober l'eau potable, soit pour ravir aux e...

900円 जीवाश्म विज्ञान का प्रेमी होने के नाते, लगभग दो दशक पहले मुझे विकासवाद के सिद्धांत में कई खामियां नजर आने लगीं। जिन चीज़ों का मैं अध्ययन और खोज कर रहा था, वे विकासवादियों के दावों से मेल नहीं खाती थीं, और मुझे अधिक से अधिक असंगतियाँ, असंगतियाँ और यहाँ तक कि सरासर झूठ भी मिलते रहे। इसका क्या कारण ...

350円 D’où est venue l’humanité et dans quel ordre se sont combinés les éléments complexes dont les peuples actuels sont formés? La pensée se trouble lorsqu’elle envisage ces questions si obscures. C’est cependant à les résoudre qu’une foule d’esprits sérieux ont consacré toute leur énergie... Le probl...

1,600円 Os pterossauros foram os primeiros vertebrados a conquistar os céus. Durante milhões de anos, habitaram diferentes regiões do planeta, incluindo o Brasil, onde muitos deles viveram. Essas e muitas outras informações você vai encontrar neste livro, que apresenta quase tudo o que se sabe sobre esse...

1,900円 Nathalie A. Cabrol ha dedicato la propria esistenza allo studio di possibili forme di vita al di fuori del nostro pianeta. Dalle vette delle Ande, dove gli organismi resistono a condizioni estreme, fino agli oceani nascosti su altri corpi celesti, il suo viaggio autobiografico nella galassia è un...

5,207円 With this collection of essays, Anthony J. Martin invites us to investigate animal and human traces on the Georgia coast and the remarkable stories these traces, both modern and fossil, tell us. Readers will learn how these traces enabled geologists to discover that the remains of ancient barrier...

1,423円 Find out ALL ABOUT dinosaurs in this fun-filled fact book for kids aged 7+. Travel back in time and meet the dinosaurs! Packed with fascinating facts, super stats, phenomenal photos, and Q&As with real-life experts – All About Dinosaurs is the perfect book for inquisitive kids who love learning a...