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Why Birds Matter: Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services
agan H. Sekercioglu, Daniel G. Wenny and Christopher J. Whelan
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For over one hundred years, ornithologists and amateur birders have jointly campaigned for the...
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Artificial Darkness: An Obscure History of Modern Art and Media
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Darkness has a history and a uniquely modern form. Distinct from night, shadows, and artificial...
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Dorothy and Otis: Designing the American Dream
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A lavish, gorgeously designed full-color collection that showcases the designs of Dorothy and Otis...
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Mother Figured: Marian Apparitions and the Making of a Filipino Universal
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There is no female religious figure so widely known and revered as the Virgin Mary. Throughout...
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Plotinus: Myth, Metaphor and Philosophical Practice
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Plotinus, the Roman philosopher (c. 204-270 CE) who is widely regarded as the founder of...
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Quantifying Life: A Symbiosis of Computation, Mathematics, and Biology
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Since the time of Isaac Newton, physicists have used mathematics to describe the behavior of matter...
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Foundations of Macroecology
Felisa A. Smith, John L. Gittleman, James H. Brown and Ford Ballantyne
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Macroecology is an approach to science that emphasizes the description and explanation of patterns...
![History Within: The Science, Culture, and Politics of Bones, Organisms, and Molecules](/uploads/profile_image/698/4981b8f3-58ae-4fb3-9113-d1f1130e2698.jpg?m=1522332807)
History Within: The Science, Culture, and Politics of Bones, Organisms, and Molecules
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Personal genomics services such as 23andMe and Ancestry.com now offer what once was science fiction:...
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Radium and the Secret of Life
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Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians,...
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Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life
Daniel Aaron Silver and Terry Nichols Clark
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Let's set the scene: there's a regular on his barstool, beer in hand. He's watching a young couple...