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The Scientific Method: An Evolution of Thinking from Darwin to Dewey
Henry M. Cowles · Harvard University Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The surprising history of the scientific method -- from an evolutionary account of thinking to a simple set of steps -- and the rise of psychology in the nineteenth century.The idea of a single scientific method, shared across specialties and teachable to ten-year-olds, is just over a hundred... |
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Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings
Valerie Trouet · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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What if the stories of trees and people are more closely linked than we ever imagined?Children around the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. Few people, however, know that research into tree rings has also made amazing contributions to our understanding of Earth's... |
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Plants That Merit Attention: Shrubs
Janet Meakin Poor · Timber Press
Pages: 363
Format: Book
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Recommends a variety of useful, but less common trees, and describes each tree's characteristics and care requirements |
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Behind the Curve: Science and the Politics of Global Warming
Joshua P. Howe · University of Washington Press
Format: Hardcover
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In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His project kicked off a half century of research that has expanded our knowledge of climate change. Despite more than fifty years of research,... |
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Above Timberline: A Wildlife Biologist's Rocky Mountain Journal
Dwight R. Smith · Knopf; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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This is the fourth volume in The New Explorer Series, a project initiated by Alan Landsburg Productions of Los Angeles. The idea of the series: to immerse a biologist in a natural environment for an extended period, alone, far from any laboratory or highway. Each biologist was asked to observe... |
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Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
Ben Ehrenreich · Counterpoint
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Robert Macfarlane or Elizabeth Rush, National Magazine Award winner and The Nation columnist Ben Ehrenreich layers climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences into a stunning reckoning of our current moment and our all-too-human urge to grapple with... |
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