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Evolution

Darwin's Evolving Identity Adventure, Ambition, and the Sin of Speculation

Sponsel Alistair

ISBN: HB: 9780226523118, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 colour plates, 27 halftones

Why – against his mentor's exhortations to publish – did Charles Darwin take twenty years to reveal his theory of evolution by natural selection? In "Darwin's Evolving Identity", Alistair Sponsel argues that Darwin adopted this cautious approach to a...

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Sea Life

Ark and Beyond The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation

Minteer Ben A., Maienschein Jane, Collins James P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226538464, ISBN: HB: 9780226538327, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
528 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 51 halftones, 2 line drawings, 6 tables

Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change. But there is hope, and it, too, comes in a most human form: zoos and aquariums. Gatheri...

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Ecology

Evolution

Hierarchy Perspectives for Ecological Complexity

Allen T. F. H., Starr Thomas B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226489681, ISBN: HB: 9780226489544, University of Chicago Press, December 2017
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 51 halftones, 28 line drawings, 2 tables

Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can at first make complex systems appear inscrutable. Ecosystems, for instance, are nonlinear, self-organizing, seemingly chaotic structures in which individuals...

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Entomology

Dancing Bees Karl von Frisch and the Discovery of the Honeybee Language

Munz Tania

ISBN: PB: 9780226526508, ISBN: HB: 9780226020860, University of Chicago Press, October 2017
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 halftones, 7 line drawings

We think of bees as being among the busiest workers in the garden, admiring them for their productivity. But amid their buzzing, they are also great communicators – and unusual dancers. As Karl von Frisch (1886-1982) discovered during World War II, b...

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Evolution

Planet of Microbes The Perils and Potential of Earth's Essential Life Forms

Anton Ted

ISBN: HB: 9780226353944, University of Chicago Press, October 2017
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

We live in a time of unprecedented scientific knowledge about the origins of life on Earth. But if we want to grasp the big picture, we have to start small – very small. That's because the real heroes of the story of life on Earth are microbes, the t...

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Nature

Our Oldest Task Making Sense of Our Place in Nature

Freyfogle Eric T.

ISBN: HB: 9780226326399, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"This is a book about nature and culture", Eric T. Freyfogle writes, "about our place and plight on earth, and the nagging challenges we face in living on it in ways that might endure". Challenges, he says, we are clearly failing to meet. Harking bac...

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Entomology

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants

Spicer Rice Eleanor, Wild Alex, Dunn Rob

ISBN: PB: 9780226445816, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
96 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 96 colour plates

Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects – with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark – as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike...

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Entomology

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of California

Spicer Rice Eleanor, Wild Alex, Dunn Rob

ISBN: PB: 9780226351537, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
80 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 78 colour plates

Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects – with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark – as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike...

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Entomology

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of Chicago

Spicer Rice Eleanor, Wild Alex, Dunn Rob

ISBN: PB: 9780226266800, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
64 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 66 colour plates

Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects – with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark – as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike...

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Entomology

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City

Spicer Rice Eleanor, Wild Alex, Dunn Rob

ISBN: PB: 9780226351674, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
80 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 77 colour plates

Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects – with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark – as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike...

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