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HUGO AWARD FINALIST • “WOW! What a splendid (scary) notion: a human upgrade! What a superb plot! Darwin's Radio is bloody damned good.”—Anne McCaffrey
“Virus hunter” Christopher Dicken is a man on a mission, following a trail of rumors, government cover-ups, and dead bodies around the globe in search of a mysterious disease that strikes only pregnant women and invariably results...
“Virus hunter” Christopher Dicken is a man on a mission, following a trail of rumors, government cover-ups, and dead bodies around the globe in search of a mysterious disease that strikes only pregnant women and invariably results...
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Greg Bear’s Nebula Award–winning novel, Darwin’s Radio, painted a chilling portrait of humankind on the threshold of a radical leap in evolution—one that would alter our species forever. Now Bear continues his provocative tale of the human race confronted by an uncertain future, where “survival of the fittest” takes on astonishing and controversial new dimensions.
Eleven years have passed since...
Eleven years have passed since...
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Esta autobiografía de Charles Darwin se publicó en su primera edición censurada por la familia (especialmente por sus opiniones sobre la religión), y sólo en la década de 1950 se recuperó la versión íntegra, sin recortes, que publicamos aquí. Los pasajes censurados aparecen en negrita.
"Un editor alemán me escribió pidiéndome un informe sobre la evolución de mi mente y mi carácter -escribe Darwin-, junto con un esbozo autobiográfico,...
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Random House Publishing Group
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2003
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Darwin's Radio
A 2000 HUGO AWARD NOMINEE
Greg Bear's powerfully written, brilliantly inventive novels combine cutting-edge science and unforgettable characters, illuminating dazzling new technologies--and their dangers. Now, in Darwin's Radio, Bear draws on state-of-the-art biological and anthropological research to give us an ingeniously plotted thriller that questions everything we believe about human origins and destiny--as
5) Crash Darwin
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ÉDitions Michel Quintin
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2024
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Tout le monde est appelé à disparaître un jour... et Darwin ne fait pas exception à la règle! Retrouvez-le au cœur de ce spin-off de la série Docteur RIP et découvrez ses nouvelles mésaventures aussi hilarantes qu'inusitées! Dans chacune des mises en scène inspirées des innombrables causes de la mort, Darwin passe un très mauvais quart d'heure. Vous le verrez périr électrocuté, écrabouillé, déchiqueté, enterré... et de mille et...
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In this 1880 book, written with his son Francis, Darwin makes the pioneering attempt to connect plant movements with the larger scheme of biological behavior. Not well received at the time, it has proven to be an enduring influence on plant movement research: he was talking about Phototropism, that plants grow towards a light source.
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While Dana is working to save the rainforests, someone else is working to end the world. When it all hits the fan, Dana seeks refuge with the last person on earth she would have believed possible - her new friend in the oil industry.Evolving Environment is the third story to be released of a series of many parts, collectively known as Dancing with Darwin
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Claire, a deeply religious young women begins another normal day that turns into a journey into the macabre. Before the end of the day her whole world has fallen apart as the people of her home town abruptly fall victim to a variety of mental disorders. Claire must both survive the madness of her community and somehow retain her own sanity.Even if she succeeds at doing both, she knows the world will never be the same again.
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The startling, long ignored, but now widely acclaimed new story of the life and full theory of the Darwin who wrote only twice about "survival of the fittest" but 95 times about the evolutionary drive of LOVE in the lives of all species-including us-in The Descent of Man. This is the first of five books for Darwin's New World View Series. Book by book the series will unfold pioneering evolutionary systems scientist David Loye's reconstruction of the...
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The world ends not with a bang, or a whimper, but a wild crazy howl of insanity as a seeming virus spreads like wildfire and promotes mental disorders among the populace at large. The world goes crazy, descends into an anarchy of insanity, and civilization collapses. In the wake of this, seeming monsters appear... how? what are they? and from where? Avalanche and Angelfire believe themselves to be superheroes, and seek answers...The first four Dancing...
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When the world goes crazy, Sam is swept along on tide of madness as his town and his own mind are torn apart. He believes he has found a balance between madness and sanity, until two masked Superheroes come to remind him that every decision comes with consequences, every action comes with a price.
13) Headed Home
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When the world goes crazy, Sheena drives into Los Angeles as part of a military convoy, surrounded by people she knows and trusts with her life. When madness steals over her unit, she is forced away from them... and everyone else. It's only a matter of time before she must deal with her fear and face her inner demons.
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Darwin awards ; 1
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Dutton
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[2000]
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"Commemorating those individuals who ensure the long-term survival of our species by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion. ... [The author] started collecting the stories that make up the Darwin Awards in 1993. ... Her award-winning website is one of the most popular humor sites on the web today."--Jacket.
16) What Darwin Didn't Know: The Modern Science of Evolution: Geology and Genes: The Geography of Life
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Trace the importance of geology in Darwin's thinking and his many observations that make sense only in light of the theory of plate tectonics, which was not developed until the 1960s. Chart the breakup, movement, and reassembly of continental plates that dispersed related flora and fauna all over the planet. Also look at the Wallace Line in Indonesia, which separates Asian from Australian species.
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Darwin contrasted natural selection with artificial selection - the time-tested techniques for selective breeding that promote desired traits in plants and animals. See how far we've come with 21st-century tools such as CRISPR, which allows precise edits to the DNA sequence of any species. Evaluate the promise and perils of this technology, which lets us take evolution into our own hands.
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Darwin thought evolution was an imperceptibly slow process, but it can happen remarkably quickly. Review Peter and Rosemary Grant's famous studies of Galapagos finches, along with the work of other scientists on guppies in Trinidad, moths in England, and foxes in Siberia. These show evolution playing out in real-time as creatures adapt to changing conditions within a few generations.
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Despite its title, On the Origin of Species does not fully address how new species arise. Delve into this complex problem by investigating what a species is. Consider definitions based on morphological, biological, phylogenetic, and genomic distinctions. Then examine the reproductive barriers, both before conception and after, that can lead to the origin of new species.
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While Darwin knew of inefficient anatomical features of humans and other animals, he didn't consider these a distinct category of evidence for natural selection. Explore ad hoc body designs - from our imperfect eyes and sexual anatomy, to the bizarre faces of flounders and the false thumbs of pandas. Each adaptation shows evolution devising a solution that is "good enough," even if it's not ideal.
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