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1401) Las abejas
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Este libro le ofrece la posibilidad de conocer en profundidad todo lo relacionado con las abejas y con la apicultura moderna y rentable. Las obreras, la reina, los zánganos... ¿Cómo viven en una colmena? Dónde, cuándo y cómo instalar una colmena. Los materiales, la recolección y la conservación de los productos de la colmena. Aprenda a conocer las diferentes clases de miel, sus propiedades, su sabor, etc., y a aprovechar la laboriosidad de...
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Horns and Beaks completes Ken Carpenter's series on the major dinosaur types. As with his volumes on armored, carnivorous, and sauropodomorph dinosaurs, this book collects original and new information, reflecting the latest discoveries and research on these two groups of animals. The Ornithopods include Iguanodon, one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and analyzed, and perhaps the most common and best-documented group, the hadrosaurs or "duckbilled...
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The brain, with its nearly one hundred billion neurons, is the most complex structure in the universe, and we are living in a period of revolutionary advancements in neuroscience. Yet scientists and skeptics often frame these findings in ways that challenge the Christian worldview. Many professionals and popularizers claim that human beings are their brains, and that all human behavior and experience are merely by-products of brain physiology.
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Paul Rabinow is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His many books include French DNA, Making PCR, and Anthropos Today (Princeton). Talia Dan-Cohen received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.
A Machine to Make a Future represents a remarkably original look at the present and possible future of biotechnology research in the wake of the mapping of the human genome. The central tenet...
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The classic works by the renowned Russian scientist who published the first edition of The Biosphere in 1926. This unabridged translation is made from the 1944 edition and translated from the Russian alongside his other most important book Essays on Geochemistry. In these two volumes, Vernadsky details humanity's impact on the living systems of the planet and concludes with his vision of the noösphere, a sphere of human intelligence.
1406) Biodiesel production manual 101 Homebrew Edition: A do it yourself guide to produce biodiesel on
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Manual to produce your own biodiesel at home.your own backyard.
1407) Your DNA, Your Life
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A guide for anyone looking to utilize the key information their DNA inherently provides to unlock the mechanisms for health and wellness.
No longer are we bound by the deterministic fate of our genetics. Science now tells us that our health destiny is in our hands. This guide lays the foundation for optimizing living based on your DNA and lifestyle habits. Unlock the key to your wellness destiny by using simple, practical information to up and down...
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Daniel Pauly is a living legend in the world of marine biology. He coined the influential term "shifting baselines," in which knowledge of environmental disaster fades over time, leading to a misguided understanding of our world. He blew the whistle on the global fishing industry, alerting the public to the devastation of overfishing. And, he developed data-driven research methods that led to groundbreaking discoveries.
Daniel Pauly is also a man...
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From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dinosaur, one of the largest then known. For decades the mounted skeleton of this giant, Brachiosaurus, was the largest skeleton of a land animal on exhibit in the world. The dinosaur and other animal fossils found at Tendaguru form one of the cornerstones of our understanding...
1411) Las mariposas
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Las mariposas, que conjugan gracia y belleza, nos evocan cierta imagen de lo efímero y lo delicado… A través de la asombrosa fase de metamorfosis que transforma una oruga en un espléndido insecto alado han fascinado a los seres humanos, tanto artistas como científicos. Descubrirá: - el lugar de las mariposas en el reino animal; - su morfología y anatomía; - ciclo de su vida en cuatro fases; - sus apasionantes hábitos; - las fichas de algunas...
1412) The Science of Orgasm
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The coauthor of the international best-selling book The G Spot and Other Discoveries about Human Sexuality, Beverly Whipple joins neuroscientist Barry R. Komisaruk and endocrinologist Carlos Beyer-Flores to view orgasm through the lenses of behavioral neuroscience along with cognitive and physiological sciences. Covering every type of sexual peak experience in women and men from intense to phantom, this fascinating and comprehensive work illuminates...
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The great anthropologist's classic treatise on race and culture. Discusses biological and cultural inheritance, the fallacy of racial, cultural or ethnic superiority, the scientific basis for human individuality, and much more. One of the most influential books of the century, now in a value-priced edition. Introduction by Ruth Bunzel.
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La coordination des fonctions exercées par les différents organes qui composent le corps des animaux repose sur des systèmes de communication qui opèrent au sein de l'organisme pour maintenir l'équilibre fonctionnel indispensable à la vie . L'un de ces systèmes est dit endocrinien, parce qu'il ...
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Could we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself? The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in biomedical science and engineering. Professor, author, and comic book enthusiast E. Paul Zehr uses Marvels Captain America an ordinary man turned into an extraordinary hero, thanks to a military science experiment as an entry-point to this brave new...
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Why was there a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant? Why do some people get cancer and not others? Why is global warming happening? Why does one person get depressed in the face of life's vicissitudes while another finds resilience? Questions like these--questions of causality--form the basis of modern scientific inquiry, posing profound intellectual and methodological challenges for researchers in the physical, natural, biomedical, and social...
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Welcome to the amazing world of Iguanas Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by Iguanas.
You will find Iguanas in nature with pictures to include the many Iguanas species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. Iguanas Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 47 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Iguanas with facts and color photos.
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Rational explanations of the universe leave the spiritually curious cold, and religion-based theories tend to devalue the findings of science. By dividing the creation of matter, energy, life, and mind into three big bangs, Holmes Rolston III strikes a middle path between these two camps. He divines a history of the universe that respects both scientific discovery and the potential presence of an underlying intelligence. In Rolston's first bang, matter-energy...
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Welcome to the amazing world of “Camels Photos and Facts for Everyone”! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by Camels.
You will find Camels in nature with pictures to include the many Camels species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. “Camels Photos and Facts for Everyone” is Book 37 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Camels with facts and color photos.
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Over the past several decades, psychiatry has undergone radical changes. After its midcentury heyday, psychoanalysis gave way to a worldview guided by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which precisely defined mental disorders and their treatments, more recently, this too has been displaced by a model inspired by neuroscience. Each of these three dominant models overturned the previous era's assumptions, methods, treatment options, and goals....
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