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Author | : Diane Ackerman |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2011-12-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0307763315 |
Download A Natural History of the Senses Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. “Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in.” —The New York Times
Author | : Scott Atran |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1993-01-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521438711 |
Download Cognitive Foundations of Natural History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Inspired by a debate between Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, this work traces the development of natural history from Aristotle to Darwin, and demonstrates how the science of plants and animals has emerged from the common conceptions of folkbiology.
Author | : Pliny (the Elder.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 1855 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Christoph Irmscher |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2019-09-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1978805861 |
Download The Poetics of Natural History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Newly expanded and in full color, this groundbreaking book argues that early American natural historians had a distinctly poetic sensibility, producing work that had a visionary intensity. Covering naturalists from John James Audubon to PT Barnum, it considers not only natural history writing, but also illustrations, photographs, and actual collections of flora and fauna. Photography and all associated expenses made possible by a generous grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund
Author | : Kathryn Hennessy |
Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Natural history |
ISBN | : 9780756667528 |
Download Natural History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A landmark in reference publishing and overseen and authenticated by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Natural History presents an unrivaled visual survey of Earth's natural history. Giving a clear overview of the classification of our natural world-over 6,000 species-Natural History looks at every kingdom of life, from bacteria, minerals, and rocks to fossils to plants and animals. Featuring a remarkable array of specially commissioned photographs, Natural History looks at thousands of specimens and species displayed in visual galleries that take the reader on an incredible journey from the most fundamental building blocks of the world's landscapes, through the simplest of life forms, to plants, fungi, and animals.
Author | : Brian W. Ogilvie |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2008-09-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0226620867 |
Download The Science of Describing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Out of the diverse traditions of medical humanism, classical philology, and natural philosophy, Renaissance naturalists created a new science devoted to discovering and describing plants and animals. Drawing on published natural histories, manuscript correspondence, garden plans, travelogues, watercolors, and drawings, The Science of Describing reconstructs the evolution of this discipline of description through four generations of naturalists. In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, naturalists focused on understanding ancient and medieval descriptions of the natural world, but by the mid-sixteenth century naturalists turned toward distinguishing and cataloguing new plant and animal species. To do so, they developed new techniques of observing and recording, created botanical gardens and herbaria, and exchanged correspondence and specimens within an international community. By the early seventeenth century, naturalists began the daunting task of sorting through the wealth of information they had accumulated, putting a new emphasis on taxonomy and classification. Illustrated with woodcuts, engravings, and photographs, The Science of Describing is the first broad interpretation of Renaissance natural history in more than a generation and will appeal widely to an interdisciplinary audience.
Author | : University of Iowa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 622 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Barbados-Antigua Expedition |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael Tomasello |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2018-04-09 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0674986830 |
Download A Natural History of Human Thinking Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since Darwin, thinkers have struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from other animals. Michael Tomasello weaves his twenty years of comparative studies of humans and great apes into a compelling argument that cooperative social interaction is the key to our cognitive uniqueness. Tomasello maintains that our prehuman ancestors, like today's great apes, were social beings who could solve problems by thinking. But they were almost entirely competitive, aiming only at their individual goals. As ecological changes forced them into more cooperative living arrangements, early humans had to coordinate their actions and communicate their thoughts with collaborative partners. Tomasello's "shared intentionality hypothesis" captures how these more socially complex forms of life led to more conceptually complex forms of thinking. In order to survive, humans had to learn to see the world from multiple social perspectives, to draw socially recursive inferences, and to monitor their own thinking via the normative standards of the group. Even language and culture arose from the preexisting need to work together and coordinate thoughts. A Natural History of Human Thinking is the most detailed scientific analysis to date of the connection between human sociality and cognition.
Author | : Eric Dorfman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2017-10-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1315531879 |
Download The Future of Natural History Museums Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Natural history museums are changing, both because of their own internal development and in response to changes in context. Historically, the aim of collecting from nature was to develop encyclopedic assemblages to satisfy human curiosity and build a basis for taxonomic information. Today, with global biodiversity in rapid decline, there are new reasons to build and maintain collections, while audiences are more diverse, numerous, and technically savvy. Institutions must learn to embrace new technology while retaining the authenticity of their stories and the value placed on their objects. The Future of Natural History Museums begins to develop a cohesive discourse that balances the disparate issues that our institutions will face over the next decades. It disassembles the topic into various key elements and, through commentary and synthesis, explores a cohesive picture of the trajectory of the natural history museum sector. This book contributes to the study of collections, teaching and learning, ethics, and running non-profit businesses and will be of interest to museum and heritage professionals and academics and senior students in Biological Sciences and Museum Studies.
Author | : Helen Anne Curry |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 683 |
Release | : 2018-11-22 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 131651031X |
Download Worlds of Natural History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.