The Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Natural History
Author | : Roger J. Lincoln |
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Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 1990 |
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Author | : Roger J. Lincoln |
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Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 1990 |
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Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 1995 |
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Author | : R. J. Lincoln |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1990-05-03 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521399418 |
This concise dictionary of organisms and their ecology contains over 10,000 entries on ecosystems, habitats, communities, populations, species, trophic structures, productivity, energetics, dynamics, associations, behavior, reproduction, and physiology. The taxonomy of plants, animals, monerans, protistans and fungi down to ordinal level is introduced, based on a modern system of classification favored by many workers. The definitions give brief details of structure, biology, distribution, diversity, common names, and taxa of special interest. For the majority of flowering plants and invertebrate animals the classification goes down to family level. Fossil groups are covered in a much more selective manner with an emphasis on vernacular names. Definitions are always clear and concise and the text is complemented by some 700 illustrations mostly of living organisms, but some showing biogeographical areas and a range of collecting equipment. This new dictionary has been developed from the authors' earlier work, Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (Cambridge University Press, 1982), to produce a less specialized book covering a subject field that can best be summed up as traditional natural history.
Author | : Jacqueline Mitton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2007-12-20 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521823647 |
This lavishly illustrated new dictionary written by an experienced writer and consultant on astronomy provides an essential guide to the universe for amateur astronomers of all ages. Around 1300 carefully selected and cross-referenced entries are complemented by hundreds of beautiful colour illustrations, taken from space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other major observatories on Earth and in space. Distinguished stellar illustrator Wil Tirion has drawn 20 new star maps especially for inclusion here. A myriad of named astronomical objects, constellations, observatories and space missions are described in detail, as well as biographical sketches for 70 of the most luminous individuals in the history of astronomy and space science. Acronyms and specialist terms are clearly explained, making for the most thorough and carefully assembled reference resource that teachers and enthusiasts of astronomy will ever need.
Author | : Greg Woolf |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2003-11-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521827751 |
New history richly illustrated in colour and aimed at the general reader.
Author | : Chris Cook |
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Total Pages | : 713 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History, Modern |
ISBN | : 9780521612388 |
Author | : Michael Hickey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2000-11-16 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521794015 |
A particularly versatile reference work for all those needing a guide to botanical terminology and plant structure.
Author | : Patricia Buckley Ebrey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1999-05-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521669917 |
A look at the over eight thousand year history and civilization of China.
Author | : David Hudson McNicoll |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 1863 |
Genre | : Natural history |
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Author | : Paul G. Bahn |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780521454735 |
Beautifully illustrated in color with many rare and unique photographs, prints, and drawings, "The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art" presents the first balanced and truly worldwide survey of prehistoric art. A fascinating study of an often neglected area, the book is a powerful combination of illustration and analysis. 164 color plates. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.