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Evolution | |||
| Natural History | ||||
| Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu; Patrick Gries | ||||
| Seven Stories 2007 288 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1583227849 297x297mm | ||||
| Published Price £39.45 | Our Price £14.99 | |||
| This insightful history of vertebrate species, illustrated with Patrick Gries' stunning photographs of animal skeletons, takes the reader from basic principals of biological architecture to advanced evolutionary concepts. Each chapter consists of a short text explaining how every creature's structure is shaped by its environmental and genetic inheritance, accompanied by images of examples ranging from tiny birds and rodents to pachyderms and a pilot whale. Off-mint. | ||||
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Avian Flight | |||
| Natural History | ||||
| John J Videler | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2005 264 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0198566034 | ||||
| Published Price £75.00 | Our Price £19.99 | |||
| John Videler, a Professor of Evolutionary Mechanics, provides an up-to-date account of our knowledge of bird flight, offering new insights and challenging some established views. The book covers the main aspects of aerial locomotion by birds, including chapters on morphology, feathers, aerodynamics, the evolution of bird flight, bird flight modes, the 'flight engine', energy requirement and metabolic costs of flight. The book assumes basic understanding of biology, physics and mathematics. No jacket. | ||||
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Collins Birds of the World | |||
| Natural History | ||||
| Les Beletsky | ||||
| Collins 2006 516 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0007242360 280x170mm | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £8.99 | |||
| In this introduction to the birds of the world, the emphasis is on how many different types of bird there are, where they occur geographically, and any threats to their survival. The book deals with around 200 bird families, with Beletsky's text providing the essential information about each bird group and over 1,300 paintings illustrating representative species. The result is an inspiring celebration of bird diveristy - Antarctic penguins to tropical parrots, the huge ostrich to the tiny wren. | ||||
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Nano Nature | |||
| Nature's Spectacular Hidden World | Natural History | |||
| Richard Jones | ||||
| Collins 2008 208 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 000727842X 265x255mm | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| At the furthest reaches of human technological achievement, the scanning electron microscope can magnify up to an astounding 200,000 times, producing images of the strange and complex structures of another world: a nano world normally invisible to the naked eye. The book is in two parts: 'Nano form' reveals the patterns and structures of single cells, hairs, pollen and spores; 'Nano function' reveals the precise mechanisms of nature - the tools, weapons and sense organs of plants and animals. | ||||
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Since Records Began | |||
| The Highs and Lows of Britain's Weather | Natural History | |||
| Paul Simons | ||||
| Collins 2008 250 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0007284632 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| From the 'battle in the sky' aurora seen over London in 1716 to diamond dust in the February sky in 2008 and the effects of global warming on rhubarb growing in Yorkshire, this book brings together the worst - and the best - of British weather. Arranged by season, it describes not only the coldest winters and hottest heatwaves, but all kinds of phenomena from giant hailstones to ball lightning and historically significant weather, such as the 'Protestant wind' that battered the Spanish Armada. | ||||
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