Wired for Culture. The Natural History of Human Cooperation, Paperback - Mark Pagel

What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rit...

Reducere. A unique trait of the human species is that our personalities, lifestyles, and worldviews are shaped by an accident of birth--namely, the culture i...

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

*A controversial but optimistic book about humanity's increasing co-operation and our technological future

A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world ...

Reducere. "The Natural History of Pennsylvania" is a unique, comprehensive guide to the nature of Pennsylvania. There are more than 400 full-color photograph...

Reducere. The Natural History of Selbourne is a nature history book that describes the bird life of England and the Selbourne area specifically. Here is a pa...

Reducere. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, or just The Natural History of Selborne is a classic nature text by English naturalist and ornitho...

In the last years of World War II, a million tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on one hundred and thirty-one German towns and cities. This t...

Reducere. The Natural History of Ireland by Philip O'Sullivan Beare (c.1590 - 1660) is an important source of the history of Ireland's natural environment an...

This is the story of plant life on Earth, retold through a remarkable record of spectacular fossils. Palaeobotanist Paul Kenrick explains the impor...

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The Natural History Museum, London is home to one of the world's most important and comprehensive collections of natural history specimens, literat...

Reducere. Take this book with you on your next trip to the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands or keep it close to hand in your travel library. The Natur...

Reducere. No animal is more symbolic of the Arctic than the polar bear. In the short space of 150, 000 years, it has undergone behavioural and physiological ...

Reducere. First published in 1998, "The Natural History of Eastern Massachusetts" is a comprehensive guide to the nature of the state east of Quabbin Reservo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Judith SumnerWild and cultivated plants have provided humans with cures for thousands of years. Aspirin, for example, the m...

Reducere. A top neurosurgeon and acclaimed author's unique and highly readable study of the paradox of pain, with fascinating anecdotes on childbirth, migrai...

Publisher: Pryor PublicationsAuthor(s): Albert SmithIllustration(s): 52 line drawingsNumber of pages: 126Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 106 x 13...

Reducere. A beautifully illustrated exploration of Edward Lear's little-known career as a natural-history artist--now in a new expanded paperback edition Edw...

DescriptionWinner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology, American Psychological AssociationWinner of a PROSE Award, Associa...

DescriptionA Wall Street Journal Favorite Read of the YearA Guardian Top Science Book of the YearTool-making or culture, language or religious beli...

Reducere. ``Lavers keeps his intellectual detective story passionate and suspenseful.``-- Washington Post Book World From Biblical stories about virgins to a...

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Reducere. If sexology--the science of sex--came into being sometime in the nineteenth century, then how did statesmen, scientists, and everyday people make m...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Wildlife of Japan Mark BrazilIllustration(s): 600+ color photos, illus., and mapsNumber of pages: 3...

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

The latest edition of the bestselling week-to-view diary from the Natural History Museum. All images are drawn from the award-winning Wildlife Phot...

Reducere. This is a comprehensive guide to the natural history of New York state, with more than 300 full-color photographs, maps and illustrations. Everythi...

A comprehensive introduction to gemstones with stunning colour photographs, written by Natural History Museum curator Robin Hansen.Publisher: The N...

Another fantastic adventure in the animal kingdom for readers aged 5 to 500. The Queen and her loveable pet corgi Mr Brown visit the Natural Histor...

Ann Oakley develops a sociology of the research process, telling how a research project on caring and social support is undertaken. It has much res...

When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and influenti...

A colourful guide to the Natural History Museum, London, designed especially for kids to enjoy.Publisher: The Natural History MuseumAuthor(s): The ...