Nature category: 119170 books
by Cat Urbigkit
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming’s open range tending to a herd of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature – from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the livestock guardian animals (BIG dogs and a pair of burros named...
by Thomas H. Huxley, Stephen Jay Gould
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Thomas H. Huxley was one of the first supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and he did more than any other writer to advance its acceptance among scientists and nonscientists alike. His most famous book, Man’s Place in Nature, published only five years after...
The Nature of Nutrition
A Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Nutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for nutrients determines whether wild animals thrive, how populations evolve and decline, and how ecological communities...
Understanding Biocentrism: The True Nature of the Universe Revealed
Discover How Life and Consciousness Unveil the True Nature of The Universe
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Have You Ever Wondered About The True Nature Of The Universe? What Is Beyond The Mysterious Beyond? Is There Another Life Somewhere? While many explorers are trying to find answers to our questions, Dr. Robert Lanza comes forward with a revolutionary new view of the universe. Understanding Biocentrism...
Blue Biophilic Cities
Nature and Resilience Along The Urban Coast
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
There is a growing recognition of the contact we need with nature to be happy, healthy and to lead meaningful lives. We need that nature daily, if not hourly, and so it must be nearby to where we live and work. This is central to the concept of ‘biophilic cities’ which is emerging as a global...
Nature Lover's Almanac, A
Kinky Bugs, Stealthy Critters, Prosperous Plants & Celestial Wonders
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Did you know that: We all have follicle mites living on our faces? In India, the humble pigeon is a symbol of lust? Jumping spiders sometimes watch TV with you? Healthy garden soil has the same characteristics as a good chocolate cake? The North Pole rarely points north? The caterpillar of the silver-spotted...
by Claudio Tuniz
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
You cannot hide from radioactivity. Even the book you are holding is slightly radioactive, but there are more serious risks. Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature. It is a process that has been harnessed to provide wide and...
Beyond the War on Invasive Species
A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Invasive species are everywhere, from forests and prairies to mountaintops and river mouths. Their rampant nature and sheer numbers appear to overtake fragile native species and forever change the ecosystems that they depend on. Concerns that invasive species represent significant threats to global...
by Alfred North Whitehead
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
This volume on ‘the Concept of Nature’ forms a companion book to my previous work An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge. Either book can be read independently, but they supplement each other. In part the present book supplies points of view which were omitted from its predecessor;...
Information and the Nature of Reality
From Physics to Metaphysics
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Many scientists regard mass and energy as the primary currency of nature. In recent years, however, the concept of information has gained importance. Why? In this book, eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information, from quantum information to biological and...
Information and the Nature of Reality
From Physics to Metaphysics
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Many scientists regard mass and energy as the primary currency of nature. In recent years, however, the concept of information has gained importance. Why? In this book, eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information, from quantum information to biological and...
Design in Nature
How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
In this groundbreaking book, Adrian Bejan takes the recurring patterns in nature—trees, tributaries, air passages, neural networks, and lightning bolts—and reveals how a single principle of physics, the Constructal Law, accounts for the evolution of these and all other designs in our world.
Everything—from...
Acts of God
The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2006
As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided? How much of the damage from Hurricane Katrina was bad luck, and how much was poor city planning? Steinberg's Acts of God is a provocative...
by Andreas Michael Theodorou
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Every person who believes in the existence of God imagines God in appearance, nature and character differently than any other person. How is this illogical situation possible? The explanation can only be that since there is no real evidence upon which the existence and description of God can be based,...