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Common sense series Discover more. The lives of animals Discovering life's story 2 Evolution of Darwin General science collection (New York, N.Y.) In the blood (Princeton, N.J.) Librarian special (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Life revolution Sustainable development, the world challenge The Gene codeFilter By Series
Common sense series Discover more. The lives of animals Discovering life's story 2 Evolution of Darwin General science collection (New York, N.Y.) In the blood (Princeton, N.J.) Librarian special (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Life revolution Sustainable development, the world challenge The Gene codeLeopold, Aldo
Summary: A Sand County almanac is often hailed as a foundational work of the modern environmental movement. Here, it is paired with over fifty other pieces by Leopold: uncollected articles, essays, speeches, and other writings that chart the evolution of his ideas over the course of three decades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.73 LEOSummary: This program shows the structure and replicating processes of DNA and the effect of genetic mutation; demonstrates the Lederberg Experiment; and recapitulates the evidence provided by fossils and structural and biological homologies that the process of adaptation and the selection of adaptors rests on a wide range of genetic variability. After viewing the program, students should have a general...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What does genetic diversity mean, and what is its relationship to evolution? This video answers that intriguing question as it summarizes the theory of natural selection and describes the process of trait inheritance. Advances stemming from the Human Genome Project-an ever-deepening understanding of life on Earth, improvements in disease detection and treatment, and applications of genomics to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Naish, Darren
Summary: Dinosaurs: The Ultimate Guide to How They Lived taps into our enduring interest in dinosaurs, shedding new light on different dinosaur groups. Leading paleontology experts Darren Naish and Paul Barrett trace the evolution, anatomy, biology, ecology, behavior, and lifestyle of a variety of dinosaurs. They also remind us that dinosaurs are far from extinct: they present evidence supporting the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.9 NAISummary: This program provides an explanation of how the twin techniques of gene splicing and cloning are helping to unravel the secrets of variation. Genetic engineering is altering the branching pattern of natural evolution-which proceeds by mutations within a species and sexual recombination within that species-into a network, in which genes are moved within the laboratory from any species to any...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The brain-the "Enchanted Loom," as Sir Charles Sherrington, one of the founders of modern brain research, called it-is the most intricate, almost unfathomably complex product of evolution. It is a tapestry woven of a hundred billion threads-the fibers of all its nerve cells. Computers have large memories and prodigious abilities to calculate, but are slow at interpreting visual images that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Hakim, Joy
Summary: "Can species change? Or go extinct? In the eighteenth century, most people answer no to both questions. But in the century that follows, that certainty gets challenged as some people in Europe question the common belief that all creatures are the same as they've been since life's creation. The Evolution of an Idea, the second volume of Discovering Life's Story, opens with the Swedish naturalist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MITeen Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 509 HAKBradley, Doug
Summary: "In this intriguing and engaging narrative, readers learn that living organisms must adapt to survive as their surroundings change. Scientists believe that all forms of life developed from earlier types of living things through a process called evolution. By studying the developmental history of everything from single cell organisms to complex vertebrates, readers are presented with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 576.8 BRASummary: "Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecology and Conservation is the first practical and comprehensive manual that provides step-by-step instructions for creating natural science research projects that involve collaboration between scientists and the general public. As citizen-science projects become increasingly common, there is a growing need for concrete best practices around planning and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.9 HANSummary: Since Charles Darwin formulated his theory of natural selection, our view of the world has changed. Although Darwin's theory itself has "evolved," scientists agree that living species slowly but surely diverged from common ancestors. This program begins with a segment on fossils, one of the most convincing proofs of evolution. It then retraces the major steps of evolution as they were uncovered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Illegal deforestation, slash-and-burn practices, poverty, land disputes-these are among the many problems associated with farming in Madagascar. This program guides viewers through the real-world challenges of building sustainable agriculture in the country. Outlining reasons why many growers are unable or unwilling to leave outmoded techniques behind, the film visits community offices that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Itō, Junji
Summary: "A woman walks alone at the foot of Mount Sengoku. A man appears, saying he's been waiting for her, and invites her to a nearby village. Surprisingly, the village is covered in hairlike volcanic glass fibers, and all of it shines a bright gold. At night, when the villagers perform their custom of gazing up at the starry sky, countless unidentified flying objects come raining down on them--the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ITOSummary: Distinguished evolutionary biologists among the auditors of the foregoing lectures take on not only Luther Sutherland
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In this program, genetic teams in England and Finland study how defective genes can be altered to halt transmission of disease through the generations. In England, geneticist John Burn discovers a woman's lethal cancer gene, inherited from her father. She undergoes early treatment that saves her life. Thirty genetic diseases exist in Finland. Steve Jones traces a defective gene in one family,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Leinbach, Ken
Summary: Describes the history, vision and impact of The Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and its model for urban environmental education. Strategies that can be used elsewhere called the Neighborhood Environmental Education Project are included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304 LEIProthero, Donald R.
Summary: Donald R. Prothero's Evolution is an entertaining and rigorous history of the transitional forms and series found in the fossil record. Its engaging narrative of scientific discovery and well-grounded analysis has led to the book's widespread adoption in courses that teach the nature and value of fossil evidence for evolution. Evolution tackles systematics and cladistics, rock dating,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 PROSummary: Likening the beauty and complexity of DNA to an epic poem, this program revolves around the idea that we all carry the story of life on Earth in our genes, and that the similarities between species may play a more significant role in that story than previously thought. A visit to Iceland's hot springs reveals heat-, acid-, and salt-resistant organisms called Archaea-primordial versions of which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Delaney, Tara
Summary: This book includes dozens of therapeutic games for kids with autism and sensory spectrum disorders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 DELTattersall, Ian
Summary: What happens now that human population has outpaced biological natural selection? Two leading scientists reveal how we became who we are--and what we might become. "When you think of evolution, the picture that most likely comes to mind is a straight-forward progression, the iconic illustration of a primate morphing into a proud, upright human being. But in reality, random events have played...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.7 TATLosos, Jonathan B.
Summary: "Earth's natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times. But evolutionary biologists also point out many examples of contingency, cases where the tiniest change--a random mutation or an ancient butterfly sneeze--caused evolution to take a completely different course. What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 LOSSummary: The effects of sensory deprivation are still poorly understood. In this program, six volunteers undergo a 48-hour study of near-total isolation, conducted inside a former fallout shelter. Led by clinical psychologist Dr. Ian Robbins, the experiment has a twofold focus: observation of the subjects during their seclusion-which is enhanced by arm cuffs, heavily filtered goggles, and static-filled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Mech, L. David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.74 MECBowler, Peter J.
Contents: The idea of evolution: its scope and implications -- The pre-evolutionary worldview -- Evolution in the enlightenment -- Nature and society, 1800-1859 -- The development of Darwin's theory -- The reception of Darwin's theory -- The eclipse of Darwinism: scientific evolutionism, 1875-1925 -- The evolutionary synthesis -- Modern debates and developments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 BOWSummary: This episode of The Green Interview features David Orton, a highly-regarded proponent of "deep ecology," a perspective that sees all life forms - man, moose or microbe - as having an equal right to survive and flourish. The philosopher made a remarkable effort to live in accordance with his beliefs, minimizing his ecological footprint by subsisting on a small hill farm in Nova Scotia, which he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011