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What do developments in biology, and genetics in particular, mean for theology? You couldn't ask for a more qualified guide than Prof. Paul Scherz, who holds a Ph.D. in genetics from Harvard and a Ph.D. in theology from Notre Dame. A superb lecturer, he will help you answer some of the most pressing questions of our time. What do evolutionary theory and our growing understanding of genetics mean for Christian theology? In this audio course, you will...
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TMW Media
Pub. Date
2005.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (16 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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The Wonders of Biology series covers subjects from animals and insects to plants and fungi. Students will develop a basic understanding of the fundamentals of Biology and work their way up to more complex subjects. Are animals intelligent? Bees communicate with each other and monkeys use rocks and sticks to help them get food. Is this instinctual or is it evidence of thought? Some scientists believe that one measure of intelligence is self-awareness...
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In an ecosystem, organisms interact with one another and their environment. This means that an imbalance could easily topple an entire ecosystem. Therefore, it is important that there is a thorough understanding of what an ecosystem is, its inhabitants and organization levels, and what you can do to protect it. Read, learn and do your part in keeping an ecosystem healthy.
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English
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Let's study the life cycle of a plant. This creative biology book gives a new meaning to in-depth learning. It has information on the life cycle of both seed and non-seed plants. It also includes information on how plants reproduce. Information presented here are appropriate for fifth graders. Improve your grades in biology.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.
Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible...
Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible...
7) Sick
Publisher
Seeker
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (123 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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SICK looks at how diseases work inside our body. We talk to the top doctors and researchers to uncover the mysteries of viruses, bacteria, fungi and our own immune system.
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English
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Beloved, best-selling science writer Mary Roach's "acutely entertaining, morbidly fascinating" (Susan Adams, Forbes) classic, now with a new epilogue.
For two thousand years, cadavers – some willingly, some unwittingly – have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1,073 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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In these 36 lectures, get answers to questions about the evolution of the human diet and its relationship to our bodies. Bringing together insights from fields including anthropology, health science, biology, and sociology, this partnership between The Great Courses and National Geographic lays bare what science can teach us about food.
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PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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There’s an inseparable bond between water and life. But the world is changing and the pulse between the two is faltering. See how the flow of water is driven by its relationship with life.
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PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Examine a new theory that puts water at the center of how humans first stood upright, see how civilizations are dictated by their relationship to rivers, learn how “virtual water” has hidden the consequences of excess water use, and more.
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PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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What’s it like to live in a world without access to water? Investigate global changes in storms across America, the over-use of aquifers around the world, the “mining” of underground water for profit, and more.
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English
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Every fossil tells a story. Best-selling paleontology author Donald R. Prothero describes twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils in a gripping, scientific history of life on Earth. Recounting the adventures behind the discovery of these objects and fully interpreting their significance within the larger fossil record, Prothero creates a riveting and enlightening overview for anyone interested in the history of life on our planet. The twenty-five...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 57 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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The Emmy Award winning JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE tells an epic story of cosmic, Earth and human transformation from The Big Bang to today. Evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme and Yale historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker have crafted an elegant narrative that both illuminates and celebrates the profound role humans play in the flourishing of the Earth. Living organisms emerged within the vast drama of the universe - a drama that continues...
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"Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a...
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