Deep History, Climate Change, and the Evolution of Human Culture, Paperback - Louise (University of Oregon) Westling

This Element follows the development of humans in constantly changing climates and environments from Homo erectus 1.9 million years ago, to fully m...

John Culliney and David Jones uncover intersections between science and philosophy. Connecting evidence from evolutionary science with early insigh...

In this Element, we examine the psychological impacts of climate change, especially focused on how it will lead to increases in aggressive behavior...

Policymakers, academics and the media have claimed that climate change causes conflicts. This study presents an innovative framework to evaluate th...

Reducere. Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley d...

This book describes how environmental destruction and extreme inequality are the result of the human economy becoming ultrasocial: a society dedica...

An argument that health is optimal responsiveness and is often best treated at the system level.

Under one cover, Frank Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: sc...

Arguing that humans are, in a fundamental sense, social beings, this book articulates that this can be grasped from understanding the complex socia...

Reducere. Esalen is on the edge. Located in Big Sur, California, just off Highway 1, Esalen is, geographically speaking, a literal cliff, hanging rather prec...

Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. This book offer...

Does climate change cause conflict? Did it cause the Syrian uprising? Some policymakers and academics have made this claim, but is it true? This st...

One of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers presents the results of his lifetime study of man's cultural achievements An Essay on Man is a...

Pieces together Australia's climate history for the first time. It shows a continent always vulnerable to climate extremes and variability. It give...

Teaching Secondary History provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of teaching History to years 7-12 in Australian schools...

Covering a range of topics, including fads, public policy, the spread of religion, and herd behavior in markets, this title shows that human cultur...

The book comprises a series of mini-essays on distinct topics in which technical terms are simplified, considering how humans made the long journey...

An intelligently provocative book about Darwin's 'other' theory discusses the curious ways in which sexual attraction has influenced the evolution ...

Reducere. Progress Unchained reinterprets the history of the idea of progress using parallels between evolutionary biology and changing views of human histor...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Elizabeth (Fitchburg State University, USA) GordonIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 336Pu...

Reducere. Climate Change and the Course of Global History presents the first global study by a historian to fully integrate the earth-system approach of the ...

An exploration of how the physicality of the material world shapes our thoughts, emotions, cosmological frameworks, social relations and our bodies...

Publisher: Cornell University PressAuthor(s): Mary C. NeuburgerIllustration(s): 18 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 246Publication date: ...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressIllustration(s): 9 b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 248Collection: e-flux ArchitecturePublication date: 20...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the U. S. and around the world, we are mired in political conflicts that are filled with bitterness, hatred, prejudice and personal a...

Reducere. "Encyclopedia of Weather" features: Spectacular color photographs, detailed diagrams, beautiful graphics, and maps Easy-to-understand text that is ...

Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants? Darwin's Pharmacy shows they are by weaving the evolutionary theory of sexual s...

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, lik...

Publisher: Open University PressAuthor(s): Sarah FlynnPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 171 x 239 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera f...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Provides a concise, thorough overview of the science, technology, economics, policy, and politics of climate change in a single volume. Ideal for u...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Engaging with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, this ground ...

Reducere. Drawing on his theory of the origins of the modern mind, Merlin Donald's thesis presents the forces, both cultural and neuronal, that power our dis...

Busby explains how climate change can affect security outcomes, including violent conflict and humanitarian emergencies. Through case studies from ...

DescriptionClimate alarmists' continue to issue dire forecasts of global disasters in coming decades based on long-term computer projections of all...

This Element reviews and discusses the implications of climate change for the development of children, and for the caregivers and professionals who...

Climate change is increasingly acknowledged as a security issue. But how exactly is 'security' understood? McDonald identifies different accounts o...

Reducere. Kim Sterelny here builds on his original account of the evolutionary development and interaction of human culture and cooperation, which he first p...

Climate change was once understood as solely an environmental issue. A growing class of activists now claim climate change to be a gender, equity, ...

Reducere. Ancient relics--stone tools, bones, footprints, and even DNA--offer many clues about our human ancestors and how they lived. At the same time, our ...

Reducere. While Glaciers Slept weaves together the parallel stories of what happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. M Jackson, a noted sci...

Our oceans are suffering under the impacts of climate change. Despite the critical role that oceans play in climate regulation, international clima...

This book is for researchers, students and those with an interest in organisation and management studies, environmental politics, and sustainabilit...