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Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The source of the earth's great variety of animals was a scientific mystery until Charles Darwin proposed the idea of natural selection. Nova presents breakthroughs in a new science nicknamed "evo devo" that are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's mysteries, the development of embryos.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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'Inside the quest to unlock the mysteries of development―and find the key to transforming our future. Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact, emerging as dazzlingly complex, exquisitely engineered assemblages of trillions of cells. This metamorphosis constitutes one of nature’s most spectacular yet...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A Sunday Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • This eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" (Dr. Kris Verburgh) scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the secrets to immortality–and the lessons they hold for us all. Recent advances in medicine and technology have expanded our understanding of aging across the animal kingdom, and our own timeless quest for the fountain of youth. Yet, despite modern humans...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An evocative counting primer combines contrasting illustrations with engaging animal facts that invite young children to count a woodpecker's 30 roosting holes, a giraffe's 200 spots and 1,000 baby seahorses.
Author
Publisher
Master Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"If Darwin were to examine the evidence today using modern science, would his conclusions be the same? Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published over 150 years ago, is considered one of history's most influential books and continues to serve as the foundation of thought for evolutionary biology. Since Darwin's time, however, new fields of science have emerged that simply give us better answers to the question of origins. With a Ph.D. in...
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