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  • Patrons of Paleontology

    How Government Support Shaped a Science

    Collections series Life of the Past
    A history of North American and European governments supporting paleontology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the motivation behind it.In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Early Modern Supernatural

    The Dark Side of European Culture, 1400–1700

    Collections series Praeger Series on the Early Modern World
    Devils, ghosts, poltergeists, werewolves, and witches are all covered in this book about the "dark side" of supernatural beliefs in early modern Europe, tapping period literature, folklore, art, and scholarly writings in its investigation.The dark side of early modern European culture could be deemed equal in historical significance to Christianity based on the hundreds of books that were printed ... En savoir plus

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  • Patrons of Paleontology

    How Government Support Shaped a Science

    Collections series Life of the Past
    In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore. In Patrons of Paleontology, Jane Davidson explores the motivation behind this rush to fund exploration, arguing ... En savoir plus

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  • David Teniers the Younger

    For some time there has existed a need for a new account of the life and stylistic development of David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690). This need is made all the more obvious by the fact that Adolf Rosenberg's book, writ-ten in 1898, remains a most complete study of Teniers. 1 De Peyre's Biogra-phie Critique of 1910 added little information not already published by Rosenberg.2 A number of recent ... En savoir plus

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    Patrons of Paleontology

    How Government Support Shaped a Science

    Lu par Randye Kaye ...
    Collections series Life of the Past

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    10 heure 12 min

    In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore. In Patrons of Paleontology, Jane Davidson explores the motivation behind this rush to fund exploration, ... En savoir plus

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    Remarkable Creatures

    Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species

    par Sean B. Carroll ...
    Lu par Jim Bond ...

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    9 heure 36 min

    National Book Award Finalist: A biologist's "thoroughly enjoyable" account of the expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet (Publishers Weekly).Not so long ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species' history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. But scientists ... En savoir plus

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  • The Ghost Orchard

    par Helen Humphreys ...
    For readers of H is for Hawk and The Frozen Thames, The Ghost Orchard is award-winning author Helen Humphreys’ fascinating journey into the secret history of an iconic food. Delving deep into the storied past of the apple in North America, Humphreys explores the intricate link between agriculture, settlement, and human relationships. With her signature insight and exquisite prose, she brings light ... En savoir plus

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    Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species

    par Sean B. Carroll ...
    National Book Award Finalist: A biologist's "thoroughly enjoyable" account of the expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet ( Publishers Weekly).Not so long ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species' history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. But scientists ... En savoir plus

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  • The Eternal Frontier

    An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples

    par Tim Flannery ...
    A comprehensive history of the continent, "full of engaging and attention-catching information about North America's geology, climate, and paleontology" ( The Washington Post Book World).Here, "the rock star of modern science" tells the unforgettable story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs ... En savoir plus

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  • Field Study

    Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium

    par Helen Humphreys ...
    “[A] delightful mix of memoir and field study.” — Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewAward-winning and beloved author Helen Humphreys discovers her local herbarium and realizes we need to look for beauty in whatever nature we have left — no matter how diminishedAward-winning poet and novelist Helen Humphreys returns to her series of nature meditations in this gorgeously written and illustrated book ... En savoir plus

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  • Bees in America

    How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation

    par Tammy Horn ...
    "Integrates history, technology, sociology, economics, and politics with this remarkable insect serving as the unifying concept" ( Buffalo News).The tiny, industrious honey bee has become part of popular imagination—reflected in our art, our advertising, even our language itself with such terms as queen bee and busy as a bee. Honey bees—and the values associated with them—have influenced American ... En savoir plus

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  • A Sea without Fish

    Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region

    Collections series Life of the Past
    A "superbly written, richly illustrated" guide to the animals who lived 450 million years ago—in the fossil-rich area where Cincinnati, Ohio now stands ( Rocks & Minerals).The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limestones and shales that were deposited as sediments on the sea floor during the Ordovician Period, about 450 ... En savoir plus

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