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Science in an Age of Unreason

par John Staddon ...

Lu par Ralph Lister ...

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7 heure 2 min

Science is undergoing an identity crisis! A renowned psychologist and biologist diagnoses our age of wishful, magical thinking and blasts out a clarion call for a return to reason and the search for objective knowledge and truth. Fans of Matt Ridley and Nicholas Wade will adore this trenchant meditation and call to action.Science is in trouble. Real questions in desperate need of answers ... En savoir plus

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Science is undergoing an identity crisis! A renowned psychologist and biologist diagnoses our age of wishful, magical thinking and blasts out a clarion call for a return to reason and the search for objective knowledge and truth. Fans of Matt Ridley and Nicholas Wade will adore this trenchant meditation and call to action.Science is in trouble. Real questions in desperate need of answers
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Pax and Enviro-Tech Gamechangers

Volume 3 of Do Unto Earth

par Penelope Jean Hayes, Carole Serene Borgens ...

Lu par Penelope Jean Hayes ...

Collections Livre audio : 3 - The Do Unto Earth Series
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1 heures 20 min

Did aliens really crash at Roswell in 1947? (And, where are the bodies?) Do ETs help mankind advance our technology? Is there a magical soil that can turn saltwater to fresh and end the global water shortage crisis? What’s the best replacement material to all plastics? What’s coming that will make cell phones a thing of the past as our communication technology advances? All this and more is ... En savoir plus

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Did aliens really crash at Roswell in 1947? (And, where are the bodies?) Do ETs help mankind advance our technology? Is there a magical soil that can turn saltwater to fresh and end the global water shortage crisis? What’s the best replacement material to all plastics? What’s coming that will make cell phones a thing of the past as our communication technology advances? All this and more is
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Евангелие от LUCA: В поисках родословной животного мира

par Максим Винарский, Максим Винарский ...

Lu par Стефан Барковский ...

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11 heure 5 min

Автор рассказывает о мире животном и о роде человеческом. Только LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor) — не апостол, а наш общий предок, и, чтобы разобраться, что же это за существо, вы, вместе с биологом Максимом Винарским, проделаете путь протяженностью более 4 млрд лет. Он познакомит вас с историей возникновения и эволюцией многоклеточных животных. Объяснит, что мы, люди, всего лишь одна из ... En savoir plus

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Автор рассказывает о мире животном и о роде человеческом. Только LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor) — не апостол, а наш общий предок, и, чтобы разобраться, что же это за существо, вы, вместе с биологом Максимом Винарским, проделаете путь протяженностью более 4 млрд лет. Он познакомит вас с историей возникновения и эволюцией многоклеточных животных. Объяснит, что мы, люди, всего лишь одна из
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Ошибки природы: Пределы и несовершенство естественного отбора

par Энди Добсон ...

Lu par Андрей Троммельман ...

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9 heure 1 min

Эта аудиокнига об эволюции, но не о ее величайших достижениях. Напротив, в ней рассматриваются всевозможные эволюционные решения, которые можно назвать самоубийственными, неудачными, неэкономными или откровенно странными — и объясняется, почему всему этому благоприятствует естественный отбор. В грандиозной борьбе за выживание проявляются некоторые удивительные закономерности: животные всегда ... En savoir plus

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Эта аудиокнига об эволюции, но не о ее величайших достижениях. Напротив, в ней рассматриваются всевозможные эволюционные решения, которые можно назвать самоубийственными, неудачными, неэкономными или откровенно странными — и объясняется, почему всему этому благоприятствует естественный отбор. В грандиозной борьбе за выживание проявляются некоторые удивительные закономерности: животные всегда
... En savoir plus
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The Red Queen

Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

par Matt Ridley ...

Lu par Simon Prebble ...

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12 heure 52 min

“A terrific book, witty and lucid, and brimming with provocative conjectures.” (Wall Street Journal) from the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller GenomeBrilliantly written, The Red Queen compels us to rethink everything from the persistence of sexism to the endurance of romantic love.Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has ... ... En savoir plus

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“A terrific book, witty and lucid, and brimming with provocative conjectures.” (Wall Street Journal) from the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller GenomeBrilliantly written, The Red Queen compels us to rethink everything from the persistence of sexism to the endurance of romantic love.Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has ...
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Les clefs de la philosophie spagyrique

par Le Charles Breton ...

Lu par Nicola Charbono ...

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3 heure 24 min

Découvrez les mystères de la philosophie spagyrique avec "Les clefs de la philosophie spagyrique" de Charles Le Breton. Plongez dans un univers où les élixirs et pierres chymiques surpassent en noblesse et en énergie les mixtes naturels dont ils sont issus. Ces élixirs, d'une pureté et d'une subtilité inégalées, sont imprégnés d'esprits et de chaleur naturelle. À chaque multiplication, leurs ... En savoir plus

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Découvrez les mystères de la philosophie spagyrique avec "Les clefs de la philosophie spagyrique" de Charles Le Breton. Plongez dans un univers où les élixirs et pierres chymiques surpassent en noblesse et en énergie les mixtes naturels dont ils sont issus. Ces élixirs, d'une pureté et d'une subtilité inégalées, sont imprégnés d'esprits et de chaleur naturelle. À chaque multiplication, leurs
... En savoir plus
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Life as No One Knows It

The Physics of Life's Emergence

par Sara Imari Walker ...

Lu par Sara Imari Walker ...

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7 heure 20 min

An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges.What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like.In ... En savoir plus

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An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges.What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like.In
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El hombre prehistórico es también una mujer

Una historia de la invisibilidad de las mujeres

par Marylène Patou-Mathis ...

Lu par Charo Soria ...

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7 heure 23 min

Una deslumbrante investigación hasta los orígenes del ser humano para sacar a la mujer de la caverna.«Un ensayo tan erudito como reivindicativo. [...] Patou-Mathis muestra que el cambio de la mirada sobre la prehistoria no depende solo de la ciencia, sino de la perspectiva.»Guillermo Altares, BabeliaNo, las mujeres prehistóricas no se pasaban el día barriendo la cueva y cuidando de los hijos ... En savoir plus

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Una deslumbrante investigación hasta los orígenes del ser humano para sacar a la mujer de la caverna.«Un ensayo tan erudito como reivindicativo. [...] Patou-Mathis muestra que el cambio de la mirada sobre la prehistoria no depende solo de la ciencia, sino de la perspectiva.»Guillermo Altares, BabeliaNo, las mujeres prehistóricas no se pasaban el día barriendo la cueva y cuidando de los hijos
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The Last Days of the Dinosaurs

An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

par Riley Black ...

Lu par Christina Delaine ...

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8 heure 53 min

In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks listeners through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life’s losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the ... En savoir plus

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In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks listeners through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life’s losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the
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Accidental Mind, The

How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God

par David J. Linden ...

Lu par Ray Porter ...

Version Longue

7 heure 56 min

You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones.To which this audiobook says: Pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wonderfully accessible, the neuroscientist David Linden counters the widespread assumption ... En savoir plus

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You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones.To which this audiobook says: Pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wonderfully accessible, the neuroscientist David Linden counters the widespread assumption
... En savoir plus
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Metazoa

Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind

par Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

Lu par Peter Godfrey-Smith, Mitch Riley ...

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9 heure 49 min

**This program is read by Peter Godfrey-Smith with Mitch Riley.The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness.**Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are ... En savoir plus

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**This program is read by Peter Godfrey-Smith with Mitch Riley.The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness.**Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are
... En savoir plus
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Origin of Life

What Everyone Needs to Know

par David W. Deamer ...

Lu par David de Vries ...

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3 heure 2 min

It seems likely that scientists will someday discover how life can emerge on habitable planets like the early Earth and Mars.In Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know®, David W. Deamer has written a comprehensive guide to the origin of life that is organized in three sections. The first section addresses questions such as: Where do the atoms of life come from? How old is Earth? What was the ... En savoir plus

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It seems likely that scientists will someday discover how life can emerge on habitable planets like the early Earth and Mars.In Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know®, David W. Deamer has written a comprehensive guide to the origin of life that is organized in three sections. The first section addresses questions such as: Where do the atoms of life come from? How old is Earth? What was the
... En savoir plus
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Jaws

The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

par Sandra Kahn, Paul R. Erhlich ...

Lu par Gregg Rizzo ...

Version Longue

4 heure 34 min

There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of ... En savoir plus

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There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of
... En savoir plus
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Growing Up Human

The Evolution of Childhood

par Brenna Hassett ...

Lu par Laurel Lefkow ...

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11 heure 40 min

Bloomsbury presents Growing Up Human by Brenna Hassett, read by Laurel Lefkow.Brings the science of biological anthropology to bear on understanding how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon everyone has experienced – childhood.Tracking deep into our evolutionary history, anthropological science has begun to unravel one particular feature that sets us apart from the many, many animals ... En savoir plus

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Bloomsbury presents Growing Up Human by Brenna Hassett, read by Laurel Lefkow.Brings the science of biological anthropology to bear on understanding how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon everyone has experienced – childhood.Tracking deep into our evolutionary history, anthropological science has begun to unravel one particular feature that sets us apart from the many, many animals
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Homo Mysterious

Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature

par David P. Barash ...

Lu par Joe Barrett ...

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11 heure 27 min

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 ... En savoir plus

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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
... En savoir plus
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Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design

par Ken Ham, Hugh Ross, Deborah Haarsma, Stephen C. Meyer, James Stump, Stanley N. Gundry, Zondervan ...

Lu par Karen Ireland, Samm Musick, John Behrens ...

Collections series Counterpoints: Bible and Theology
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8 heure 53 min

Evolution--or the broader topic of origins--has enormous relevance to how we understand the Christian faith and how we interpret Scripture.Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design presents the current "state of the conversation" about origins among evangelicals representing four key positions:Young Earth Creationism - Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis)Old Earth (Progressive) Creationism ... En savoir plus

$37.99 CAD

Evolution--or the broader topic of origins--has enormous relevance to how we understand the Christian faith and how we interpret Scripture.Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design presents the current "state of the conversation" about origins among evangelicals representing four key positions:Young Earth Creationism - Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis)Old Earth (Progressive) Creationism
... En savoir plus
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On The Origin Of Species

par Charles Darwin ...

Lu par Richard Dawkins ...

Version Abrégée

5 heure 52 min

"On the Origin of Species must be high on any serious list of the most important and influential books ever written. On its first publication in 1859, Thomas Henry Huxley exclaimed 'How extremely stupid of me not to have thought of that.' Charles Darwin's revolutionary idea is, indeed, an astoundingly simple one, especially when you measure it against the magnitude of what it explains - every fact ... En savoir plus

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"On the Origin of Species must be high on any serious list of the most important and influential books ever written. On its first publication in 1859, Thomas Henry Huxley exclaimed 'How extremely stupid of me not to have thought of that.' Charles Darwin's revolutionary idea is, indeed, an astoundingly simple one, especially when you measure it against the magnitude of what it explains - every fact
... En savoir plus
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Why is Sex Fun?

The Evolution of Human Sexuality

par Jared Diamond ...

Lu par L.J. Ganser ...

Collections series Science Masters
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5 heure 17 min

To us humans the sex lives of many animals seem weird. In fact, by comparison with all the other animals, we are the ones with the weird sex lives. How did that come to be?Just count our bizarre ways. We are the only social species to insist on carrying out sex privately. Stranger yet, we have sex at any time, even when the female can't be fertilized (for example, because she is already pregnant, ... En savoir plus

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To us humans the sex lives of many animals seem weird. In fact, by comparison with all the other animals, we are the ones with the weird sex lives. How did that come to be?Just count our bizarre ways. We are the only social species to insist on carrying out sex privately. Stranger yet, we have sex at any time, even when the female can't be fertilized (for example, because she is already pregnant,
... En savoir plus
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A Better Ape

The Evolution of the Moral Mind and How it Made us Human

par Victor Kumar, Richmond Campbell ...

Lu par Chris Henry Coffey ...

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11 heure 57 min

Humans are moral creatures.Among all life on Earth, we alone experience rich moral emotions, follow complex rules governing how we treat one another, and engage in moral dialogue. But how did human morality evolve? And can humans become morally evolved?In A Better Ape, Victor Kumar and Richmond Campbell draw on the latest research in the biological and social sciences to explain the key role that ... En savoir plus

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Humans are moral creatures.Among all life on Earth, we alone experience rich moral emotions, follow complex rules governing how we treat one another, and engage in moral dialogue. But how did human morality evolve? And can humans become morally evolved?In A Better Ape, Victor Kumar and Richmond Campbell draw on the latest research in the biological and social sciences to explain the key role that
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Политика у шимпанзе. Власть и секс у приматов

par Франс Де Валь ...

Lu par Алексей Багдасаров ...

Version Abrégée

9 heure 27 min

Что отличает человека от обезьяны? Меньше, чем многим бы хотелось. И уж точно не только люди умеют бороться за власть. В 1970-х годах тогда еще молодой ученый Франс де Валь исследовал одну из крупнейших в мире колоний шимпанзе, живущих под открытым небом в зоопарке Арнема в Нидерландах. И выяснил, что обезьяны способны вести себя так, словно читали Макиавелли! Первое издание книги было хорошо ... En savoir plus

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Что отличает человека от обезьяны? Меньше, чем многим бы хотелось. И уж точно не только люди умеют бороться за власть. В 1970-х годах тогда еще молодой ученый Франс де Валь исследовал одну из крупнейших в мире колоний шимпанзе, живущих под открытым небом в зоопарке Арнема в Нидерландах. И выяснил, что обезьяны способны вести себя так, словно читали Макиавелли! Первое издание книги было хорошо
... En savoir plus
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The Sediments Of Time

My Lifelong Search for the Past

par Meave Leakey, Samira Leakey ...

Lu par Susan Lyons ...

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14 heure 35 min

"Extraordinary . . . This inspirational autobiography stands among the finest scientist memoirs."—New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceMeave Leakey’s thrilling, high-stakes memoir—written with her daughter Samira—encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly ... En savoir plus

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"Extraordinary . . . This inspirational autobiography stands among the finest scientist memoirs."—New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceMeave Leakey’s thrilling, high-stakes memoir—written with her daughter Samira—encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly
... En savoir plus
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The Gap

The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals

par Thomas Suddendorf ...

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11 heure

There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals. Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the Earth, whereas even our closest animal relatives sit unobtrusively in their dwindling habitats. Yet despite longstanding debates, the nature of this apparent gap has remained unclear. What exactly is the difference between ... En savoir plus

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There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals. Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the Earth, whereas even our closest animal relatives sit unobtrusively in their dwindling habitats. Yet despite longstanding debates, the nature of this apparent gap has remained unclear. What exactly is the difference between
... En savoir plus
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Why Are We Here?

The Story of the Origin, Evolution, and Future of Life on Our Planet

par Bruce Brodie ...

Lu par Mike Lenz ...

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14 heure 8 min

From the big bang, to the origin and evolution of intelligent life in a search for the meaning of human existence, Why are We Here?, by author Bruce Brodie, offers a look at evolution and the future of life on the planet. Through many years of research and study, Brodie addresses a host of questions: • How did chemistry come to life? • How did the release of oxygen by cyanobacteria change the ... En savoir plus

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From the big bang, to the origin and evolution of intelligent life in a search for the meaning of human existence, Why are We Here?, by author Bruce Brodie, offers a look at evolution and the future of life on the planet. Through many years of research and study, Brodie addresses a host of questions: • How did chemistry come to life? • How did the release of oxygen by cyanobacteria change the
... En savoir plus
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Origin of Species, The

par Charles Darwin ...

Lu par James Harrington ...

Version Longue

14 heure 42 min

"The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin revolutionizes our understanding of life on Earth with its groundbreaking theory of natural selection. Darwin meticulously documents how species evolve over time through variations and survival of the fittest, challenging existing beliefs about creation and the diversity of life. This seminal work combines extensive observations with detailed scientific ... En savoir plus

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"The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin revolutionizes our understanding of life on Earth with its groundbreaking theory of natural selection. Darwin meticulously documents how species evolve over time through variations and survival of the fittest, challenging existing beliefs about creation and the diversity of life. This seminal work combines extensive observations with detailed scientific
... En savoir plus

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