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Book Synopsis A Different Nature by : David Hancocks
Download or read book A Different Nature written by David Hancocks and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A well-written and provocative, opinion-rich account of zoos, their history, and their goals and purposes. Hancocks has earned the right to speak authoritatively about these subjects, thanks to his tenure as director of two leading U. S. zoos. This book will appeal to general readers and to all persons interested in zoos and their role in conservation and education."—John Alcock, author of Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach "Giraffes, elephants, gorillas, snakes, and toucans respond poorly to the usual conventions of human architecture. Zoo architects usually respond no less poorly to the needs of animals. David Hancocks draws on a lifetime's experience working as a zoo director and zoo architect to explore this dilemma, and offers a compelling vision for the future. This is an important book for those interested in conservation as well as for zoo and museum buffs."—William Conway, former President and General Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Bronx Zoo "For over two decades David Hancocks has fervently tried to reform the fundamental character and mission of zoos. This book is his most thorough analysis of what is wrong with them and his most detailed and compelling plea for improvement. Every conscientious zoo administrator, curator, and keeper should read it from cover to cover with an open mind. Professionals in botanical gardens, museums, and nature parks should also consider this treatise because Hancocks advocates that a fusion of all of these institutions into a new entity better positioned to interpret the entire biosphere."-Mark A. Dimmitt, Director of Natural History, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Book Synopsis Not So Different by : Nathan H. Lents
Download or read book Not So Different written by Nathan H. Lents and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With evidence from psychology, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, anthropology and ethnolgy, the biologist Nathan H. Lents argues that the same evolutionary forces of cooperation and competition have shaped both humans and animals.
Book Synopsis Aspects of Nature, in Different Lands and Different Climates by : Alexander von Humboldt
Download or read book Aspects of Nature, in Different Lands and Different Climates written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Essay on the Different Nature of Accent and Quantity by : John Foster
Download or read book An Essay on the Different Nature of Accent and Quantity written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Better Angels of Our Nature by : Steven Pinker
Download or read book The Better Angels of Our Nature written by Steven Pinker and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think this is the most violent age ever seen. Yet as bestselling author Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true.
Book Synopsis A Treatise of Endemic Diseases Wherein the Different Nature of Airs, Situations, Soils, Waters, Diet, &c. are Mechanically Explain'd and Accounted For. By Clifton Wintringham by : Clifton Wintringham
Download or read book A Treatise of Endemic Diseases Wherein the Different Nature of Airs, Situations, Soils, Waters, Diet, &c. are Mechanically Explain'd and Accounted For. By Clifton Wintringham written by Clifton Wintringham and published by . This book was released on 1718 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Essay on the Different Nature of Accent and Quantity with Their Use and Application in the English, Latin and Greek Languages ... 2. Ed. Corr. and Enlarged (etc.) by : John Foster
Download or read book An Essay on the Different Nature of Accent and Quantity with Their Use and Application in the English, Latin and Greek Languages ... 2. Ed. Corr. and Enlarged (etc.) written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Design with Nature Now by : Frederick R. Steiner
Download or read book Design with Nature Now written by Frederick R. Steiner and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1969, Ian McHarg's seminal book, Design with Nature, set forth a new vision for regional planning using natural systems. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, a team of landscape architects and planners from PennDesign have showcased some of the most advanced ecological design projects in the world today. Written in clear language and featuring vivid color images, Design with Nature Now demonstrates McHarg's enduring influence on contemporary practitioners as they contend with climate change and other 21st-century challenges.
Book Synopsis World of Wonders by : Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Download or read book World of Wonders written by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A poet celebrates the wonders of nature in a collection of essays that could almost serve as a coming-of-age memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. “What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy. Praise for World of Wonders Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year An NPR Best Book of 2020 An Esquire Best Book of 2020 A Publishers Weekly “Big Indie Book of Fall 2020” A BuzzFeed Best Book of Fall 2020 “Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” —NPR “A timely story about love, identity and belonging.” —New York Times Book Review “A truly wonderous essay collection.” —Roxane Gay, The Audacity
Download or read book After Nature written by Jedediah Purdy and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. The world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists call this epoch the Anthropocene, Age of Humans. The facts of the Anthropocene are scientific—emissions, pollens, extinctions—but its shape and meaning are questions for politics. Jedediah Purdy develops a politics for this post-natural world.
Download or read book Modern Nature written by Derek Jarman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1994.
Book Synopsis Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates by : Alexander von Humboldt
Download or read book Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates by : Alexander von Humboldt
Download or read book Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates, tr. by mrs. Sabine by : Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt
Download or read book Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates, tr. by mrs. Sabine written by Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis ASPECTS OF NATURE IN DIFFERENT LANDS AND DIFFERENT CLIMATES WITH SCIENTIFIC ELUCIDATIONS VOL I by : ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT.
Download or read book ASPECTS OF NATURE IN DIFFERENT LANDS AND DIFFERENT CLIMATES WITH SCIENTIFIC ELUCIDATIONS VOL I written by ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates with Scientific Elucidations Vol I by Alexander Von Humboldt is a scientific masterpiece that takes readers on a global exploration. Venture through varied landscapes and climates, experiencing nature's marvels through Humboldt's detailed observations and enlightening explanations. Alexander Von Humboldt’s meticulous account stands as an invaluable resource for nature enthusiasts, scientists, and explorers alike. With Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates with Scientific Elucidations Vol I, he offers a rich tapestry of the planet's diverse environments and the scientific principles that govern them. Far beyond a mere geographical guide, this volume is a testament to Humboldt's unwavering curiosity and a celebration of the natural world's wonders. It invites readers to develop a deeper understanding of our planet and inspires a sense of responsibility towards its preservation. Embark on a global journey with Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates with Scientific Elucidations Vol I. Order your copy today and start exploring the scientific marvels of our world.
Download or read book Against Nature written by Lorraine Daston and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pithy work of philosophical anthropology that explores why humans find moral orders in natural orders. Why have human beings, in many different cultures and epochs, looked to nature as a source of norms for human behavior? From ancient India and ancient Greece, medieval France and Enlightenment America, up to the latest controversies over gay marriage and cloning, natural orders have been enlisted to illustrate and buttress moral orders. Revolutionaries and reactionaries alike have appealed to nature to shore up their causes. No amount of philosophical argument or political critique deters the persistent and pervasive temptation to conflate the “is” of natural orders with the “ought” of moral orders. In this short, pithy work of philosophical anthropology, Lorraine Daston asks why we continually seek moral orders in natural orders, despite so much good counsel to the contrary. She outlines three specific forms of natural order in the Western philosophical tradition—specific natures, local natures, and universal natural laws—and describes how each of these three natural orders has been used to define and oppose a distinctive form of the unnatural. She argues that each of these forms of the unnatural triggers equally distinctive emotions: horror, terror, and wonder. Daston proposes that human reason practiced in human bodies should command the attention of philosophers, who have traditionally yearned for a transcendent reason, valid for all species, all epochs, even all planets.
Book Synopsis As Nature Made Him by : John Colapinto
Download or read book As Nature Made Him written by John Colapinto and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “We should aspire to Colapinto's stellar journalist example: listening carefully to the circumstances of those who are different rather than demanding that they conform to our own.” —Washington Post The true story about the "twins case" and a riveting exploration of medical arrogance, misguided science, societal confusion, gender differences, and one man's ultimate triumph In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. The boy's uninjured brother, raised as a boy, provided to the experiment the perfect matched control. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. Writing with uncommon intelligence, insight, and compassion, John Colapinto sets the historical and medical context for the case, exposing the thirty-year-long scientific feud between Dr. John Money and his fellow sex researcher, Dr. Milton Diamond—a rivalry over the nature/nurture debate whose very bitterness finally brought the truth to light. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.
