The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, Paperback - David Quammen

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David QuammenFrom the award-winning author of The Song of the Dodo comes a collection of essays in which various weird and ...

Reducere. "Lively writing about science and nature depends less on the offering of good answers, I think, than on the offering of good questions, " said Davi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David QuammenIn 1981 David Quammen began what might be every freelance writer's dream: a monthly column for Outside magazin...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, "our greatest living chronicler of the natural world...

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and A New York Times Notable Book of 2018. Our understanding of the `tree of life', with powe...

A wonderful collection of traditional Scottish stories for children, full of birds, horses, princesses, magic scarecrows and the seasons.

A journey through the evolving cosmos, considering how human survival will depend on otherworldly perspectives.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Davi...

Reducere. 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 ...

Reducere. In recent years science and philosophy have seen a resurgence of open-mindedness toward deeper views of consciousness. This book explores ideas and...

Sam and Marcia are back in Edinburgh with Zara, Ben and Professor Ampersand. The friends are helping to build an electric-powered flying boat when ...

Reducere. Kid's Guide to Types of Landforms - Children's Science & Nature, Paperback

Reducere. Casting his expert eye over the rapidly diminishing areas of wilderness where predators still reign, the award-winning author ofThe Song of the Dod...

Reducere. Sometimes secrets are hidden in the most obvious places.When Nelly returns home to discover that her mother has mysteriously disappeared, she vows ...

Reducere. David Quammen's book, The Song of the Dodo, is a brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope, far-reaching in its message -- a crucial book...

A quirky and original adventure story. Nelly goes off searching for her mother in a knitted hot air balloon with Columbus, her best friend, who jus...

DescriptionIn 1798, when Napoleon invades Rome, Cardinal Henry Stuart, the last direct heir of the royal House of Stuart, is forced to flee south t...

Reducere. Ask anybody what superpower they wished to possess and odds are the answer just might be "the ability to fly." What is it about soaring through the...

Reducere. Ebola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that transmit these diseases all originate in ...

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 ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe most valued workers today are what the economist Richard Florida calls the Creative Class, skilled individuals ranging from money ma...

Reducere. 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 ...

DescriptionIt is widely understood that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to Davi...

Reducere. An unprecedented and intimate look at the masking traditions of a Congolese tribeThe Kuba of the Democratic Republic of Congo are recognized throug...

A thrilling standalone science fiction space adventure from Philip K. Dick award-winning author S.J. MordenPublisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s):...

There's no way to justify the heliocentric universe with Scripture. The Bible is purely geocentric, and it declares that the sun is moving in a cir...

Reducere. An elegant and absorbing coloring book that offers 40 intricate line drawings created by the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of W...

What's the weather like today? Knowledge of weather is directly linked to geology. There are many advantages to learning the weather but the most i...

Reducere. One of the great intellectual battles of modern times is between evolution and religion. Until now, they have been considered completely irreconcil...

Reducere. Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health--for people and for plants--depends on Earth's smallest creat...

Reducere. Fractals are unique patterns left behind by the unpredictable movement-the chaos-of the world at work. The branching patterns of trees, the veins i...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Benoit MandelbrotAuthor: Richard L. HudsonMathematical superstar and inventor of fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot, has s...

Reducere. "There I Wuz" refers to being in flight somewhere in the sky or perhaps in an otherwise routine situation when something unforeseen happened. It wa...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Robert WhitfordIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 168Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 202 x ...

Reducere. RidgeLines is an exploration of nature and human nature. It is celebration, wonderment, reflection, and deep inquiry. The stories, though in the au...

Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health--for people and for plants--depends on Earth's smallest creat...

Reducere. A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin's Ghosts--a groundbreaking examination of the greatest e...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): David SatterthwaiteNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 19Cover type: Paperb...

Reducere. Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, an...

Federal Twist's charm and significance lie in its intangible aspects: its changing qualities and views, the moods and emotions it evokes, and its d...

Reducere. Consider the complexity of a living cell after 3.8 billion years of evolution. Is it more awesome to suppose that a transcendent God fashioned the ...

Reducere. Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, n...

Reducere. A collection of 100 reproductions of Professor Ernst Haeckel's incredibly detailed sketches of plant and marine life. Over 600 items are included, ...

Reducere. The Constitution FOR the United States was converted into a Trust. A Trust is: "A legal obligation with respect to property given by one person (th...

Reducere. A New Scientist Best Book of 2020 Our evolutionary ancestors once possessed the ability to intuit what food their bodies needed, in what proportion...

Reducere. The philosophy of science movement is in disarray. The collapse of logical empiricism, and the rise of historicism and social construtivism have le...

Nicola Bryant reads a brand new story featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri, set in the far future. Peri is menaced by deadly cat-like robots, whilst...