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Author : Newman Smyth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Place of Death in Evolution written by Newman Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Newman Smyth (i.e. Samuel Phillips Newman)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (976 download)
Download or read book The Place of Death in Evolution written by Newman Smyth (i.e. Samuel Phillips Newman) and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030254666
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Evolutionary Perspectives on Death written by Todd K. Shackelford and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest volume in this multidisciplinary series on key topics in evolutionary studies, Evolutionary Perspectives on Death provides an evolutionary analysis of mortality and the consideration of death. Bringing together noted experts from a variety of fields, the books emanate from conferences held at Oakland University, and are dedicated to providing wide ranging and occasionally provocative views of human evolution. The volume on death covers topics from biology, anthropology, psychology, sociology and philosophy, with contributors addressing how evolution informs the process of comprehending, grieving, depicting, celebrating, and accepting death. Among the topics covered: Evolutionary perspectives on the loss of a twin Nonhuman primate responses to death Death in literature Witnessing and representing the death of pets The role of human decomposition facilities in shaping American perspectives on death This insightful volume showcases groundbreaking empirical and theoretical research addressing death and mortality from an evolutionary perspective, demonstrating the intellectual value of an interdisciplinary approach to understanding psychological processes and behavior. Chapter 6 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
Author : Newman Smyth
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497994898
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (948 download)
Download or read book The Place of Death in Evolution written by Newman Smyth and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1897 Edition.
Author : Newman 1843-1925 Smyth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781373676894
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (768 download)
Download or read book PLACE OF DEATH IN EVOLUTION written by Newman 1843-1925 Smyth and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Place of Death in Evolution written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karl Pearson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Chances of Death, and Other Studies in Evolution written by Karl Pearson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pierre M. Durand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780226747767
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (477 download)
Download or read book The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death written by Pierre M. Durand and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of why an individual would actively kill itself has long been an evolutionary mystery. Pierre M. Durand's ambitious book answers this question through close inspection of life and death in the earliest cellular life. As Durand shows us, cell death is a fascinating lens through which to examine the interconnectedness, in evolutionary terms, of life and death. It is a truism to note that one does not exist without the other, but just how does this play out in evolutionary history? These two processes have been studied from philosophical, theoretical, experimental, and genomic angles, but no one has yet integrated the information from these various disciplines. In this work, Durand synthesizes cellular studies of life and death looking at the origin of life and the evolutionary significance of programmed cellular death. The exciting and unexpected outcome of Durand's analysis is the realization that life and death exhibit features of coevolution. The evolution of more complex cellular life depended on the coadaptation between traits that promote life and those that promote death. In an ironic twist, it becomes clear that, in many circumstances, programmed cell death is essential for sustaining life.
Author : Stanley Shostak
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 079148081X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Death written by Stanley Shostak and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Evolution of Death, the follow-up to Becoming Immortal: Combining Cloning and Stem-Cell Therapy, also published by SUNY Press, Stanley Shostak argues that death, like life, can evolve. Observing that literature, philosophy, religion, genetics, physics, and gerontology still struggle to explain why we die, Shostak explores the mystery of death from a biological perspective. Death, Shostak claims, is not the end of a linear journey, static and indifferent to change. Instead, he suggests, the current efforts to live longer have profoundly affected our ecological niche, and we are evolving into a long-lived species. Pointing to the artificial means currently used to prolong life, he argues that as we become increasingly juvenilized in our adult life, death will become significantly and evolutionarily delayed. As bodies evolve, the embryos of succeeding generations may be accumulating the stem cells that preserve and restore, providing the resources necessary to live longer and longer. If trends like this continue, Shostak contends, future human beings may join the ranks of other animals with indefinite life spans.
Author : Karl Pearson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364286555
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (865 download)
Download or read book The Chances of Death and Other Studies in Evolution, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Karl Pearson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chances of Death and Other Studies in Evolution, Vol. 1 of 2 To some readers a few words of explanation on the apparent want of unity in the contents of this book may seem desirable. In the first place, the author believes this heterogeneity will be found more in the titles of the several essays than in their contents. There must always be a unity, interesting at least to the psychologist, if not to the general reader, when a mind with its opinions and methods of investigation reason ably matured approaches even very diverse problems. But the author would be unwilling to admit that this is the sole unity of his essays. He believes that the sympathetic reader will find in one and all the essays he fundamental note of the author's thought, namely he endeavour to see all phenomena, physical and social. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Karl Pearson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Chances of Death, and Other Studies in Evolution written by Karl Pearson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stanley Shostak
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791454015
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Becoming Immortal written by Stanley Shostak and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2002-04-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how new organs might be engineered via cloning and reproductive technology to achieve human immortality.
Author : Committee on Care at the End of Life
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309518253
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Approaching Death written by Committee on Care at the End of Life and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-10-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suffer unnecessarily. While an "overtreated" dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening. Approaching Death reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care. This volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: Determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family. Establishing clinical and personal goals. Matching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances. Approaching Death considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom "nothing can be done."
Author : Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674417925
Total Pages : 1460 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)
Download or read book The Structure of Evolutionary Theory written by Stephen Jay Gould and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-21 with total page 1460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time—a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep and for its scientific vision. With characteristic attention to detail, Stephen Jay Gould first describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core commitments of classical Darwinism: that natural selection works on organisms, not genes or species; that it is almost exclusively the mechanism of adaptive evolutionary change; and that these changes are incremental, not drastic. Next, he examines the three critiques that currently challenge this classic Darwinian edifice: that selection operates on multiple levels, from the gene to the group; that evolution proceeds by a variety of mechanisms, not just natural selection; and that causes operating at broader scales, including catastrophes, have figured prominently in the course of evolution. Then, in a stunning tour de force that will likely stimulate discussion and debate for decades, Gould proposes his own system for integrating these classical commitments and contemporary critiques into a new structure of evolutionary thought. In 2001 the Library of Congress named Stephen Jay Gould one of America’s eighty-three Living Legends—people who embody the “quintessentially American ideal of individual creativity, conviction, dedication, and exuberance.” Each of these qualities finds full expression in this peerless work, the likes of which the scientific world has not seen—and may not see again—for well over a century.
Author : Paul M. Bingham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781439254127
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (541 download)
Download or read book Death from a Distance and the Birth of a Humane Universe written by Paul M. Bingham and published by . This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive often spellbinding exploration of humans: How we came to be unique among all the Earth's animal species and how this uniqueness has shaped our history, behavior, and contemporary lives
Author : Colin Renfrew
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107082730
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Death Rituals and Social Order in the Ancient World written by Colin Renfrew and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, with essays by leading archaeologists and prehistorians, considers how prehistoric humans attempted to recognise, understand and conceptualise death.
Author : Peter Ward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608199088
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)
Download or read book A New History of Life written by Peter Ward and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all--or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved--the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades. Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, form the backbone of how we understand the history of the Earth. In reality, the currently accepted history of life on Earth is so flawed, so out of date, that it's past time we need a 'New History of Life.' In their latest book, Joe Kirschvink and Peter Ward will show that many of our most cherished beliefs about the evolution of life are wrong. Gathering and analyzing years of discoveries and research not yet widely known to the public, A New History of Life proposes a different origin of species than the one Darwin proposed, one which includes eight-foot-long centipedes, a frozen “snowball Earth”, and the seeds for life originating on Mars. Drawing on their years of experience in paleontology, biology, chemistry, and astrobiology, experts Ward and Kirschvink paint a picture of the origins life on Earth that are at once too fabulous to imagine and too familiar to dismiss--and looking forward, A New History of Life brilliantly assembles insights from some of the latest scientific research to understand how life on Earth can and might evolve far into the future.
