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Biologie Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Civilisation Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Espace Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Human ecology Nature Nature Ouvrages pour la jeunesse SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General Sciences de la terre Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Sciences Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Wildlife conservationSummary: "How do we keep a love of nature and the wild alive in our increasingly human-dominated world? According to the scientists and writers in this book, doing so is of paramount significance; however, the answer is not necessarily blanket preservation of wild places, which is increasingly unrealistic. Rather, the answer to "how to care for nature" is more nuanced and often entails acceptance of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2024
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Summary: A heady overview of the emerging discipline of synthetic biology and the wonders it can produce, from new drugs and vaccines to biofuels and resurrected wooly mammoths. In this authoritative, sometimes awe-inspiring book, geneticist Church and veteran science writer Regis team up to explore how scientists are now altering the nature of living organisms by modifying their genomes, or genetic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012
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Summary: "Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: The Evolutionof Mystery in Nature delves into the poetry of field biology, showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a memoir, the book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ of California Pr 2013
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Summary: Explore the world in ways never seen before, as you scurry through the chambers of a beehive, soar above mountains with birds, and travel to the far reaches of the universe in this collection of maps that is like no other. Each beautifully illustrated map is accompanied by all the extra information you could need on your journey of discovery. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing