The History of Prehistory: An Adventure Through 4 Billion Years of Life on Earth!

Reducere. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Extraordinary. . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read this book."--The New Y...

4.6 billion years of the story of life on Earth, in 52, 000 words. Brief, brilliant and entirely gripping.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Henry ...

Evolution is one of the most fundamental principles that governs life. Its actions may be subtle, but they can be observed every day, such as preda...

Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Henry GeeNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 136 x 188 x 28Cover type: Hardbac...

The story of how scientists are using the modern techniques to draw information out of the oldest rocks on Earth. This title also reveals the human...

Reducere. From the foremost authority on the famed Georgia barrier island, here is the first in-depth look at Jekyll Island's early history. Much of what def...

Reducere. "A sublime chronicle of our planet. -Booklist, STARRED reviewA primer for every Earth resident, by Harvard's acclaimed geologistHow well do you kno...

This unconventional book takes a journey of discovery into the realm of time and timing methods. It highlights the fallacies of methods currently a...

Reducere. Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music. --Daniel Levitin A colossal history spanning cultures, time, and ...

Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, still set the paradigm of how we understand the evolution of life--but scientif...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Judy FosterAuthor: Marlene DerletBased on many years of research into ancient history and prehistory, this insightful tome ...

A unique perspective on how our living planet has evolved and adapted, from early organisms to life in the current Anthropocene.Publisher: Quercus ...

Hailed by The New York Times for writing "with wonderful clarity about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along, " nationally bests...

Reducere. If every known species on Earth were a leaf on a tree, that tree would have 1 750 000 leaves. Since humans count for just one leaf on the tree, we ...

Reducere. After magnifying the beauty of unseen organisms in Tiny Creatures, Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton turn their talents to the vast variety of life on...

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Publis...

Reducere. An accessible graphic introduction to evolution for the most science-phobic readerIllustrated by the brilliant duo Kevin Cannon and Zander Cannon, ...

DescriptionThe author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived investigates what it means to be human--and the ways we are (and aren't) unique...

Nothing begins when you thought it did...Illustrations: 40 integrated greyscale images

Reducere. To understand continental drift and plate tectonics, the shifting and collisions that make and unmake continents, requires a long view. The Earth, ...

Reducere. Our world is filled with extraordinary diversity, from amoebas to zebras, from tiny toadstools to giant oaks. The wonders of the natural world are ...

Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary book explores the origin of life as ...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Ben RawlenceNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 242 x 38Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

'On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over th...

'On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over th...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Basques, then keep reading...The Basques live in a portion of the Pyrenees in the far southw...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Basques, then keep reading...The Basques live in a portion of the Pyrenees in the far southw...

Reducere. This book is an account of a zoo-geographic reconnaissance through the Brazilian hinterland. In 1914 Theodore Roosevelt with his son, Kermit and Co...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Arkan LushwalaThe Time of the Black Jaguar speaks to the times of change that we are now living in. The insights contained ...

Publisher: Foxglove Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Nicholas LeachIllustration(s): 187 black and white and colourNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 202...

The story of life's development on earth from the dinosaurs onwards, illustrated by Kate Greenaway medallist Grahame Baker-Smith.

Reducere. Sherman Sage (ca. 1844-1943) was an unforgettable Arapaho man who witnessed profound change in his community and was one of the last to see the Pla...

Reducere. Is the emergence of life on Earth the result of a single chance event or combination of lucky accidents, or is it the outcome of biochemical forces...

Reducere. This lively collection of 34 of the best history walks in North Carolina highlights the richness and diversity of the state's history, from the tim...

DescriptionTitan is a moon of Saturn, most recently explored by the Cassini/Huygens probes. Titan is of huge interest to scientists, as the conditi...

On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient...

Reducere. Apollo 15 command module pilot Al Worden was one of the highest-profile personalities among the Apollo astronauts, renowned for his outspokenness a...

Reducere. This lively and provocative book leaves no stone unturned and no taboo untouched as it pieces together evidence from highly controversial artifacts...

DescriptionAn exciting adventure starting in the bizarre capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, then crossing the Caspian Sea to Baku in Azerbaijan. Th...

The moving and inspiring story of an Auschwitz survivor who shares what he's learned about gratitude, tolerance and kindness.Publisher: Pan Macmill...

Reducere. DescriptionVolume I of this acclaimed series is now available in an abridged paperback edition. The result of years of work by scholars from all ov...

The Living and the Dead. An analysis of the relationship between the two worlds during Prehistory at the Lower Danube - Alexandru Morintz, Cristian Sc

From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth, a colorful band of amateur naturalists explored the most perilous corners of the planet to ...

This book provides an account of the development of European culture and society during a period of remarkable innovation.Publisher: Taylor & Franc...