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A treatise on the laws governing proportional form in both nature and the arts and sciences, this well-illustrated volume amply demonstrates how a design's geometrical construction can captivate both the eye and the mind. Flowers, shells, and other natural organisms appear here, along with artistic...

Indigenous, Modern and Postcolonial Relations to Nature contributes to the young field of intercultural philosophy by introducing the perspective of critical and postcolonial thinkers who have focused on systematic racism, power relations and the intersection of cultural identity and political struggle. Angela...

Avec Jean-Marie Pelt (JMP), tout part du jardin et tout revient au jardin. Tel est le fil rouge de ce livre à deux voix, écrit en alternance : JMP parle de l'importance des jardins dans la maison, la rue, la ville, sur la Terre. En contrepoint, Paul Couturiau apporte une biographie thématique du...

A collection of inspirational and meaningful quotes perfect for every lover of the great outdoors. From simple walks and hikes in the woods, to longer treks and camping, we eagerly search for opportunities to escape into nature. Now there is a beautiful collection of inspired readings to take...

The many tasks that animals carry out and their actions require a degree of judgement, knowledge, experience and expertise going far beyond what they could imaginably do with the degree of intelligence available to them. Even simple observation is enough for us to know that it is not the animals themselves...

This book is all about nature, from the start of nature till the end. On how nature took its start and how it will end. Miracle of gaseous state is based on formation of time, derivation of universe, foundation of human, reality of death, and conception of expanding and contraction of universe. Lastly,...

L’ordre physique des choses et la langue de la poésie, le visible et le nom : dans l’histoire et l’odyssée de ce rapport, ce livre mène des enquêtes, opère des rapprochements : la lumière, les astres, l’eau, les nuages, le feu, les plantes, les animaux habitent depuis toujours la poésie,...

Devoted to Nature explores the religious underpinnings of American environmentalism, tracing the theological character of American environmental thought from its Romantic foundations to contemporary nature spirituality. During the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, religious sources were central...

Rae Karen Hauck shares a heartfelt collection of inspirational stories and photos that weave together profound experiences from the author's life. The book offers readers a glimpse of the spiritual that is present in everday life. Through nature, the universe is constantly in communication with each...

Georges-Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffon's The Epochs of Nature, originally published as Les Époques de la Nature in 1778, is one of the first great popular science books, a work of style and insight that was devoured by Catherine the Great of Russia and influenced Humboldt, Darwin, Lyell, Vernadsky,...

In Masterminding Nature, Margaret Derry examines the evolution of modern animal breeding from the invention of improved breeding methodologies in eighteenth-century England to the application of molecular genetics in the 1980s and 1990s. A clear and concise introduction to the science and practice...

Flocks of waterfowl exploding into steely skies above frozen marshland, salamanders creeping across the forest floor to vernal pools, chorusing frogs peeping their ecstasy while warblers crowd budding trees, turtles sunning on floating logs, the ecological engineering of beavers—these are but a...

Natural Bliss is just that a bliss that dawns spontaneously in Life and while in Nature. It includes bliss that arises naturally in a quiet, curious and attentive mind, which tries to learn about itself and its unique place in the Natural Order. Out of this love for Life and Nature, has emerged this...

De nos jours, notre contexte de vie est généralement urbain, souvent stressant… Passer du temps dans la nature au contact du « sauvage » permet d’apaiser le corps et l’esprit, de retrouver une harmonie. Dans cet ouvrage, l’auteur donne conseils et techniques pour « survivre » en...