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Everglades: America's Wetland
Mac Stone · University Press of Florida
Format: Hardcover |
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"Fervent and stirring." - David Yarnold, president and CEO, National Audubon Society "Stone's spectacular photography captures the splendor of America's Everglades. His remarkable book is convincing proof that our nation cannot risk losing this unique natural wonder."... |
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The Extreme Life of the Sea
Stephen R Palumbi · Princeton Univ Pr
Pages: 225
Format: Hardcover |
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The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world--the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. It dives into the icy Arctic and boiling... |
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Everyone Is African: How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
Daniel J. Fairbanks · Prometheus Books |
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What does science say about race? In this book a distinguished research geneticist presents abundant evidence showing that traditional notions about distinct racial differences have little scientific foundation. In short, racism is not just morally wrong; it has no basis in fact.The author... |
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The Perfect Theory
Pedro G Ferreira · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback |
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Physicists have been exploring, debating, and questioning the general theory of relativity ever since Albert Einstein first presented it in 1915. In this sweeping narrative of science and culture, astrophysicist Pedro Ferreira brings general relativity to life through the story of the brilliant... |
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Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction
Jules Howard · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover |
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One thousand million years ago, a huge revolution occurred on Earth--sex happened for the first time. From that moment on, the world became ever more colorful and bizarre, ringing with elaborate songs and dances, epic battles, and rallying cries as the desires of males and females collided,... |
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The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent (A Natural History of Dragons Book 2)
Marie Brennan · Tor Books
Format: Kindle Edition |
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Publishers Weekly01/27/2014
Brennan's sequel to A Natural History of Dragons is more of the same–a literate account of a woman's fieldwork on dragons, which in this imagined 19th-century world are natural creatures. Isabella, Lady Trent, has even determined the six criteria for classifying... |
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Bats: A World of Science and Mystery
M. Brock Fenton · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover |
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There are more than 1,300 species of bats - or almost a quarter of the world's mammal species. But before you shrink in fear from these furry "creatures of the night," consider the bat's fundamental role in our ecosystem. A single brown bat can eat several thousand insects... |
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Waterfalls and Wildflowers in the Southern Appalachians: Thirty Great Hikes
Timothy P. Spira · The University of North Carolina Press; 1 edition |
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If you love waterfalls, here are some of the best hikes in the Southern Appalachians. And if you love plants--or simply would like to learn more about them--you will be in hiking heaven: naturalist Tim Spira's guidebook links waterfalls and wildflowers in a spectacularly beautiful region... |
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