Views of Nature, Von Humboldt Alexander

Автор: Fry Douglas P.
Название: War, Peace, and Human Nature: The Convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views
ISBN: 0190232463 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190232467
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: In War, Peace, and Human Nature, editor Douglas P. Fry brings together leading experts in such fields as evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, and primatology to answer fundamental questions about peace, conflict, and human nature in an evolutionary context.

Автор: Barash David P.
Название: Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature
ISBN: 0199751943 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199751945
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal
aspects of being human.

Homo Mysterious examines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things that we don't yet know about ourselves, laying out the best current hypotheses, and pointing toward insights that scientists are just beginning to glimpse. Why do women experience orgasm? Why do men have a shorter
lifespan than women? Why does homosexuality exist? Why does religion exist in virtually every culture? Why do we have a fondness for the arts? Why do we have such large brains? And why does consciousness exist? Readers are plunged into an ocean of unknowns--the blank spots on the human evolutionary
map, the terra incognita of our own species--and are introduced to the major hypotheses that currently occupy scientists who are attempting to unravel each puzzle (including some solutions proposed here for the first time). Throughout the book, readers are invited to share the thrill of science at
its cutting edge, a place where we know what we don't know, and, moreover, where we know enough to come up with some compelling and seductive explanations.

Homo Mysterious is a guide to creative thought and future explorations, based on the best, most current thinking by evolutionary scientists. It captures the allure of the "not-yet-known" for those interested in stretching their scientific imaginations.

Автор: William Agosta
Название: Thieves, Deceivers and Killers: Tales of Chemistry in Nature
ISBN: 0691092737 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691092737
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Описание: From mating to parenting, foraging to self-defense, plant and animal activities are accomplished by the secretion or exchange of organic chemicals. This book introduces the science that encompasses these diverse phenomena. It talks about the organisms that steal, counterfeit, or interpret the chemical signals of other species for their own ends.

Автор: Judith Shapiro
Название: Mao`s War against Nature
ISBN: 0521786800 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521786805
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Under Mao, the traditional Chinese ideal of `harmony between heaven and humans` was abrogated in favor of Mao`s insistence that `people will conquer nature`. Mao and the Chinese Communist Party`s `war` to bend the physical world to human will often had disastrous consequences both for human beings and the natural environment.

Автор: Hawking Stephen, Penrose Roger
Название: The Nature of Space and Time: new edition
ISBN: 0691145709 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691145709
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Описание: New edition, with new afterword, of the famous lectures by Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.

Автор: Mikhail
Название: Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt
ISBN: 1107640180 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107640184
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt and the imperial orders of the Ottoman state, this book charts how changes in the control of natural resources fundamentally altered the nature of Ottoman imperial sovereignty in Egypt and throughout the empire.

Автор: E.A. REES
Название: NATURE OF STALIN`S DICTATORSHIP: THE POLITBURO, 1924-1953
ISBN: 1403904014 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403904010
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This is the first attempt to systematically study the nature of the political leadership system under Stalin. It draws on a wealth of new archival material to highlight Stalin`s relations with his co-leaders and wider elite groups, and offers different perspectives on the nature and degree of Stalin`s system of personal power.

Автор: DAVIES, PAUL SHELDON
Название: SUBJECTS OF THE WORLD: DARWIN`S RHETORIC AND THE STUDY OF AGENCY IN NATURE
ISBN: 0226137635 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226137636
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Описание: Being human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. What we need to move forward in our understanding of human agency, this book argues, is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking.

Автор: BRAM BUSCHER
Название: Nature Inc.: Environmental Conservation in the Neoliberal Age
ISBN: 0816530955 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816530953
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Can ""market forces"" solve the world's environmental problems? The stakes are undeniably high. With wildlife populations and biodiversity riches threatened across the globe, it is obvious that new and innovative methods of addressing the crisis are vital to the future of the planet. But is ""the market"" the answer? As public funding for conservation efforts grows ever scarcer and the private sector is brimming with ideas about how its role—along with its profits— can grow, market forces have found their way into environmental management to a degree unimaginable only a few years ago. Ecotourism, payment for environmental services (PES), and new conservation finance instruments such as species banking, carbon trading, and biodiversity derivatives are only some of the market mechanisms that have sprung into being. This is ""Nature™ Inc."": a fast-growing frontier of networks, activities, knowledge, and regulations that are rapidly changing the relations between people and nature on both global and local scales.Nature™ Inc. brings together cutting-edge research by respected scholars from around the world to analyse how ""neoliberal conservation"" is reshaping human–nature relations that have been fashioned over two centuries of capitalist development. Contributors synthesize and add to a growing body of academic literature that cuts across the disciplinary boundaries of geography, sociology, anthropology, political science, and development studies to critically interrogate the increasing emphasis on neoliberal market-based mechanisms in environmental conservation. They all grapple with one overriding question: can capitalist market mechanisms resolve the environmental problems they have helped create?

Автор: Glanville
Название: The Growth and Nature of Egyptology
ISBN: 1107637775 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107637771
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Originally published in 1947, this book presents the content of Stephen Glanville`s inaugural lecture upon taking up the position of Professor of Egyptology at Cambridge University. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Egyptology, ancient history and archaeology.

Автор: Washington Haydn
Название: Human Dependence on Nature
ISBN: 0415632587 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415632584
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Humanity is dependent on Nature to survive, yet our society largely acts as if this is not the case. The energy that powers our very cells, the nutrients that make up our bodies, the ecosystem services that clean our water and air; these are all provided by the Nature from which we have evolved and of which we are a part. This book examines why we deny or ignore this dependence and what we can do differently to help solve the environmental crisis. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Haydn Washington provides an excellent overview of humanity’s relationship with Nature. The book looks at energy flow, nutrient cycling, ecosystem services, ecosystem collapse as well as exploring our psychological and spiritual dependency on nature. It also examines anthropocentrism and denial as causes of our unwillingness to respect our inherent dependence on the natural environment. The book concludes by bringing these issues together and providing a framework for solutions to the environmental crisis.

Автор: Douglass Robin
Название: Rousseau and Hobbes: Nature, Free Will, and the Passions
ISBN: 0198724969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198724964
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Описание: Robin Douglass presents the first comprehensive study of the relationship between Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, two of the most important figures in the history of modern political thought. He explores and evaluates the most important differences between them, and advances an original interpretation of Rousseau`s political philosophy.