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Metaphysics, Materialism, and the Evolution of Mind The Early Writings of Charles Darwin
ISBN: PB: 9780226136592, University of Chicago Press, January 2012
252 pp., 22x14 cm, 9 halftones
First published in 1974 as a companion volume to "Darwin on Man" by Howard E. Gruber, Paul Barrett's transcriptions of Darwin's M and N notebooks served to shed new light on the evolutionist's methods and motivation. According to Stephen Jay Gould...
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£24,00
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Mapping Latin America A Cartographic Reader
ISBN: PB: 9780226618227, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
360 pp., 25x15 cm, 12 halftones, 118 colour illus.
For many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something – a country, a city, or a natural resource. But maps reveal much more: to really read a map means to examine what it shows and what it doesn't, an...
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£34,50
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Darwin's Finches Readings in the Evolution of a Scientific Paradigm
ISBN: PB: 9780226157719, ISBN: HB: 9780226157702, University of Chicago Press, June 2011
512 pp., 25x15 cm, 31 tables, 34 halftones, 70 line illus.
Two species come to mind when one thinks of the Galapagos Islands – the giant tortoises and Darwin's fabled finches. While not as immediately captivating as the tortoises, these little brown songbirds and their beaks have become one of the most famil...
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£47,00
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£120,00
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Histories of Scientific Observation
ISBN: PB: 9780226136783, University of Chicago Press, February 2011
480 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 42 halftones, 5 colour illus.
Observation is the most pervasive and fundamental practice of all the modern sciences, both natural and human. Its instruments include not only the naked senses but also tools such as the telescope and microscope, the questionnaire, the photographic...
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£25,50
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