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"Purported to be part jackrabbit and part antelope, the jackalope began as a local joke concocted by two young brothers in a small Wyoming town during the Great Depression. Their creation quickly spread around the U.S., where it now regularly appears as innumerable forms of kitsch ... Although the jackalope is an invention of the imagination, it is nevertheless connected to actual horned rabbits, which exist in nature and have for centuries been collected...
83) Mutual Aid
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Kropotkin's Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution represents one of the major contributions to twentieth-century political thought. A classic, though often misunderstood text of anarchist thinking, the book offers an exciting and viable alternative to our current political models. Kropotkin's idea of mutual aid is the radical practice of caring for each other while actively working to change the world. This new and authoritative edition of Kropotkin's...
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Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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xii, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"In the last decade, the science of understanding the human brain and replicating its most complicated processes through artificial intelligence has grown exponentially. Intricate neurological functions ranging from writing poetry to crafting original articles, arenas that had long been thought of as science fiction, have become our reality. And yet, large gaps remain in what AI can achieve-gaps that, as pioneering artificial intelligence entrepreneur...
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Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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322 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the smart in your smart phone, it has the run of your house, and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also threaten our existence. Though primitive today, 'intelligent' computer systems double in speed and...
88) We go way back
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Inventive, entertaining, and wide-ranging, this picture book takes readers way back in time to tell the story of how life on Earth began.
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Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2013
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208 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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For too long the Neanderthals have been seen as dim-witted evolutionary dead-enders who looked and behaved completely differently from us, but in recent years their story has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and advances in scientific techniques. In a compelling narrative one that has not previously been told in a way that encompasses the entire dramatic arc from evolution to expansion to extinction this book takes a fresh and engaging look...
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This work offers an alternative paradigm for viewing life and its dynamic capacity for change. Rather than focusing on the end result of evolution with concepts such as resilience and fitness, it focuses on the actual process of change, in which life goes through a fragile period. Using plain-spoken language and based on an earlier scholarly work, it examines six biological domains which exhibit fragility and make for evolutionary novelty. They
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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English
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"Award-winning author-illustrator Drew Sheneman brings budding paleontologists the truth about dinosaurs in this informative and hilarious nonfiction picture book that will teach kids everything they didn't know (and never thought to ask) about their favorite subject, Dinosaurs! A long, long time ago, planet Earth was full of dinosaurs. Giant dinosaurs that ate plants, meat-eating dinosaurs that walked on two feet, dinosaurs with armored frills,...
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English naturalist Charles Darwin is among one of the most influential figures in the history of science. Inspired by evidence that he collected during his expedition on the 'HMS Beagle' and his research regarding selective breeding, Darwin theorized that all species descended from a common ancestor. In his groundbreaking work of evolutionary biology, "On the Origin of Species," he details the scientific theory of evolution, which posits that species...
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"Crack open this book and take a read. You will be transported, illuminated, and delighted." -Psychology Today
Just 125,000 years ago, humanity was on a path to extinction, until a dramatic shift occurred. We used our mental abilities to navigate new terrain and changing climates. We hunted, foraged, tracked tides, shucked oysters-anything we could do to survive. Before long, our species had pulled itself back from the brink and was on more stable...
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The Teaching Co
Pub. Date
2001.
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2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook.
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English
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Anthropologist Barbara J. King uses her wealth of research experience to open a window of understanding into the legacy left by the primate past. Explore a host of intriguing issues ranging from the development of human love and loyalty to the possible biological tendency towards aggression to what behaviors people inherit from their closest living relatives.
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Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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This extraordinary true story of LUCA, our Last Universal Common Ancestor, the tiny organism that every unique life-form on Earth can be traced back to, breaks down scientific concepts for young readers.
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English
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"An evolutionary case for the existence of free will. Scientists are learning more and more about how brain activity controls behavior and how neural circuits weigh alternatives and initiate actions. As we probe ever deeper into the mechanics of decision making, many conclude that agency--or free will--is an illusion. In Free Agents, leading neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell presents a wealth of evidence to the contrary, arguing that we are not mere machines...
98) Charles Darwin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Discover the life of Charles Darwin, the scientist who changed the way people see the world. Although he didn't do very well at school, Charles Darwin was passionately curious about wildlife, humans and plants. After a journey to South America, he developed his landmark theory: that all living things are related"--OCLC.
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What drives us to eat and accounts for different appetites? Why is breathing at high altitudes easy for birds and difficult for humans? Why do animals have two sets of sensory organs-eyes, ears, nostrils, etc...?
In Why Geese Don't Get Obese, physiologist Eric Widmaier describes the astonishing ways humans and other creatures have adapted to their environmental challenges in order to survive. Surprising examples, a sense of humor, and some insightful...
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Man's Selection sets the scientific record straight by taking a fresh look at Charles Darwin's phenomenal theories regarding Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design. In The Origin of Species, Darwin stated that "the Creator" originated one or more forms of life, that "the Creator" established the laws governing nature, and that "the works of the Creator" were superior to those of man. Darwin also addressed intelligent Design through the inclusion...
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