Publisher:
Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press : 2016
Seller ID: 520
A PERSUASIVE PLEA FOR RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ECOLOGY BY A LEADER IN EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, lime green paper covered boards, charcoal paper covered spine, gilt title, 263 pp, illustrations, fine in fine dust jacket. REVIEWED in Nature 3 March 2016: Can biology become as predictive as the physical sciences? And could it guide us in feeding the planet and reversing ecosystem degradation, climate change and species extinction? These are the overarching questions that organize evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll's The Serengeti Ru!es, a compelling... View More...
EARLY TREATISE ON AUROR BOREALIS BY FRENCH GEOPHYSICIST, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS. 7 inches tall volume bound in original card covers with faded handwritten title to spine, pages uncut, title page lacking (provided in facsimile), text and 30 figures contained in 17 fine folding copper plate engravings complete (plates not bound in sequence). Light soiling to covers, bookplate of previous owner to front paste-down, ink inscription top of front paste-down. JEAN-JACQUES D'ORTOUS DE MAIRAN (1678 – 1771) was a French geophysicist, astronomer and most notably, chronobiologist, was born in th... View More...
