Meer dan 200 geleden werd Charles Darwin geboren en zijn werk is nog steeds springlevend. Met name zijn Origin of Species is van groot belang. Het is meer dan een theorie in de biologie. De filosofische betekenis ervan gaat over de grenzen van de natuurwetenschappen heen, het heeft ook onze opvattingen over kennis, moraal en religie veranderd. In een heldere en meeslepende monografie zet filosoof Michael Ruse deze veranderingen op een rij.Ten Have, 2009; 384 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 29,90 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 58 %
Carl Linnaeus, 1707-1778, invented the system, now used worldwide, of giving living organisms 2 Latin names and through his Systema Naturae, published in 1735, brought order to all recorded knowledge about plants and animals. A keen traveller, collector, painter and geologist, his lifelong passion was for botany. This is a lively account of Linnaeus the man, his adventures in the wilds of Lapland, his family life, as well as his scientific achievements.Frances Lincoln; 264 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 40,00 Voor/Our Price € 17,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 55 %
Iain McCalman tells the stories of Charles Darwin and his most vocal supporters and colleagues Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley, and Alfred Wallace. The 4 amateur naturalists voyaged separately from Britain to the southern hemisphere in search of adventure and scientific fame. Darwin's Armada recounts the lives and scientific discoveries of these explorers.Norton, 2009; 423 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 29,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
In this remarkable book Adrian Desmond and James Moore, world authorities on Darwin, give a completely new explanation of how Darwin came to his famous view of evolution, which traced all life to an ancient common ancestor.Allan Lane, 2009; 485 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 39,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 75 %
Why do we eat animals. And would we eat them if we knew how they got to our dinner plates. Jonathan Safran Foer here offers a provocative exploration of what we eat and why. Foer was inspired by the impending birth of his first child to decide once and for all how best to eat, not just nutritionally but also morally. His quest led him to visit factory farms, dissect the emotional components of meals from his childhood, and probe some of his basic thoughts about right and wrong.Little, Brown, 2009; 341 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 25,99 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
Our future is inextricably linked to energy, and in this groundbreaking book, Eberhart examines our historic quest for power and tackles the brutal realization that there are limits to the energy Earth can provide.Harmony, 2007; 285 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 24,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
Deze hoogstaande gids bevat beschrijvingen van ruim 600 soorten loo- en naaldbomen in Europa. De ruim 2400 prachtige afbeeldingen geven het geheel van de bomen met details van blad, schors, wintersilhouet nauwkeurig weer. Tirion, 2009; 272 pp.; NL; index; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Some of the most astounding trees on earth grow in Africa -huge and ancient baobabs, the Kosi palm, and the Welwitschia- and these trees have marked much of that continent's rich history and been a vital part of its folklore. This gorgeously photographed tree safari through southern Africa an Madagascar presents the rare, the giant, the ancient, and the simply beautiful, as well as trees imbued with significance, written about by great explorerers, or associated with magic and ritual.Walker, 2007; 208 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 45,00 Voor/Our Price € 17,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 61 %
Bruce Beehler, a widely travelled expert on birds and tropical ecology, recounts fascinating details from 12 fieldtrips he has taken to the tropics -a.o. Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Panama, the Ivory Coast- over the past 3 decades. He explains the role that rainforests play in the lives of indigenous peoples and the crucial importance of understanding local cultures, customs, and politics. A fascinating mix of scientific discovery, autobiography, and environmental advocacy.Yale, 2008; 258 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 28,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
Large, close-up photograps distinguish this largely visual exploration of wild primates. Among them are intelligent orangutans, Japanese Macaques bathing in warm volcanic hot springs, geladas from the Ethiopian Highlands, bald uakaris from theAmazon forests, chimpanzees a.o.Papadakis, 2008; 224 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 45,00 Voor/Our Price € 16,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
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