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Archaeology & Paleontology

Rereading the Fossil Record The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline

Sepkoski David

ISBN: PB: 9780226272948, University of Chicago Press, February 2015
440 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 table, 42 halftones

Although fossils have provided some of the most important evidence for evolution, the discipline of paleontology has not always had a central place in evolutionary biology. Beginning in Darwin's day, and for much of the twentieth century, paleontolog...

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Earth Sciences

Hurricane Pioneer Memoirs of Bob Simpson

Simpson Robert H., Dorst Neal M.

ISBN: PB: 9781935704751, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, February 2015
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones

In 1951, Robert H. Simpson lifted off in a specially-equipped plane, flying directly into the path of a storm that would send most people running for cover. For more than four hours he observed Typhoon Marge from its eerily calm eye, later describing...

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Astronomy

Journey of the Universe

Swimme Brian, Tucker Mary Evelyn

ISBN: PB: 9780300209433, ISBN: HB: 9780300171907, Yale University Press, November 2014
192 pp., 25x15 cm

Today we know what no previous generation knew: the history of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth. Through the astonishing combined achievements of natural scientists worldwide, we now have a detailed account of how galaxies and stars...

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History

Reforming Philosophy A Victorian Debate on Science and Society

Snyder Laura J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226214320, ISBN: HB: 9780226767338, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
386 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 halftones

The Victorian period in Britain was an "age of reform". It is therefore not surprising that two of the era's most eminent intellects described themselves as reformers. Both William Whewell and John Stuart Mill believed that by reforming philosophy –...

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Mammals

Wild Cat Book Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cats

Sunquist Fiona, Sunquist Mel

ISBN: HB: 9780226780269, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
280 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 137 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing

From the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, to the prophet Muhammad's favorite cat, Muezza, and our contemporary obsession with online cat videos, felines have long held a place of honor in their human counterparts' homes and cultures. But the dom...

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Nature

Field Guide to California Lichens

Sharnoff Stephen, Raven Peter H.

ISBN: PB: 9780300195002, Yale University Press, July 2014
416 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 530 colour illus.

Lichens are among the most colourful and abundant organisms in the world. They provide food and nesting material for a wide variety of wildlife, contribute nutrients to the soil, and are indicators of both undisturbed ecosystems and clean air. They l...

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Evolution

Amazing Nature

Oldest Living Things in World

Sussman Rachel

ISBN: HB: 9780226057507, University of Chicago Press, April 2014
170 pp., 25.4x27.9 cm, 120 colour plates, 5 halftones

"The Oldest Living Things in the World" is an epic journey through time and space. Over the past decade, artist Rachel Sussman has researched, worked with biologists, and traveled the world from Antarctica to the Mojave Desert in order to photograph...

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History

Life Out of Sequence A Data-Driven History of Bioinformatics

Stevens Hallam

ISBN: PB: 9780226080208, ISBN: HB: 9780226080178, University of Chicago Press, November 2013
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings

Thirty years ago, the most likely place to find a biologist was standing at a laboratory bench, peering down a microscope, surrounded by flasks of chemicals and petri dishes full of bacteria. Today, you are just as likely to find him or her in a room...

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Birds

Birds of New Zealand A Photographic Guide

Scofield Paul, Stephenson Brent

ISBN: PB: 9780300196825, Yale University Press, October 2013
500 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 1000 colour illus.

New Zealand's birdlife developed extraordinary diversity as a consequence of evolving on isolated islands without mammalian predators. For many years, habitat destruction brought on by humans posed a distinct threat to the wide variety of birdlife, b...

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Evolution

Long and the Short of It The Science of Life Span and Aging

Silvertown Jonathan

ISBN: HB: 9780226757896, University of Chicago Press, October 2013
208 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 2 halftones, 1 table

Everything that lives will die. That's the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans – and that variation is nothing compared to what's found in other animal an...

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