Búsqueda de Editorial : COLUMBIA U.P

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  • THE STORY OF EVOLUTION IN 25 DISCOVERIES *
    PROTHERO D. R.
    The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity’s place in the universe into necessary perspective. Despite a history of controversy, the evidence for evolution continues to accumulate as a result of many separate strands of amazing scientific sleuthing.In The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries, Donald R. Prothero explores the ...
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    34,70 €

  • TRAVELS WITH TRILOBITES *
    ANDY SECHER
    Trilobites were some of the most successful and versatile organisms ever to exist. Among the earliest forms of complex animal life, these hard-shelled marine invertebrates inhabited the primal seas of the Paleozoic Era. Their march through evolutionary time began in the Lower Cambrian, some 521 million years ago, and lasted until their demise at the end of the Permian, more tha...
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    55,00 €

  • CARBONIFEROUS GIANTS AND MASS EXTINCTION: *
    JR. MCGHEE GEORGE
    Picture a world of dog-sized scorpions and millipedes as long as a car; tropical rainforests with trees towering over 150 feet into the sky and a giant polar continent five times larger than Antarctica. That world was not imaginary; it was the earth more than 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period of the Paleozoic era. In Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction, Geo...
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    61,50 €

  • WEIRD DINOSAURS *
    JOHN PICKRELL
    From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosaurs unearthed by an eccentric Transylvanian baron; an aquatic, crocodile-snouted carni...
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    42,00 €

  • DINOSAURS: *
    SPENCER LUCAS
    Geared towards a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook, sixth edition, is a concise and lucid presentation of the biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. It clarifies the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of the various species while modeling the best approach for navigating new and existing research. Revised to reflect recent fossil discover...
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    105,00 €

  • GREENHOUSE OF THE DINOSAURS *
    DONALD R. PROTHERO
    Donald R. Prothero's science books combine leading research with first-person narratives of discovery, injecting warmth and familiarity into a profession that has much to offer nonspecialists. Bringing his trademark style and wit to an increasingly relevant subject of concern, Prothero links the climate changes that have occurred over the past 200 million years to their effects...
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    49,00 €

  • RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ANIMAL ECOLOGY: *
    CONTROVERSIES AND CONSEQUENCES 2ND EDITION REVISED
    Provides an analysis of some of the most frequently used research techniques in animal ecology, identifying their limitations and misuses, as well as possible solutions to such pitfalls.Contents1. Hypothesis Testing in Ecology, by Charles J. Krebs2: A Critical Review of the Effects of Marking on the Biology of Vertebrates, by Dennis L. Murray and Mark R. Fuller3. Animal Home Ra...
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    77,50 €