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ADVENTURES IN NATURE
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Informative guidebooks allow you to experience the natural history and culture of a region and provide tips on ecotourism, travel that encourages as little impact on the environment as possible and invites support of local people and their economies. |
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IN A DESERT GARDEN Love and Death among the Insects by John Alcock |
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1997, 186 pages, b/w drawings throughout. Combines meticulous science with great nature writing. Documents the replacement of lawn with wildflowers, native trees, and shrubs. Intimate vignettes on mating rituals and behavior of spiders, beetles, flie |
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NATURE'S FLYERS: Birds, Insects, And The Biomechanics Of Flight
by David E. Alexander |
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2002, 350 pages. This book provides a detailed account of our scientific understanding of the primary aspects of flight in nature.
Instead of relying on elaborate mathematical equations, Alexander explains the physical basis of flight with sharp |
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STATISTICAL METHODS IN BIOLOGY, third edition
by Norman T. J. Bailey |
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1995, 269 pages, tables. Generations of biologists have relied upon this useful book’s presentation of the basic concepts of statistics. Self-contained and lucid guide explains standard techniques, how to apply results, and reasoning behind the more |
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MICROSCULPTURE: Portraits of Insects
by Levon Biss |
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2017, 144 pages, 144 color photographs. Microsculpture is a unique photographic study of insects in mind-blowing magnification that celebrates the wonders of nature and science. Biss’s photographs capture in breathtaking detail the beauty of |
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THE ESSENTIAL JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
by Annette Blaugrund |
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1999, 112 pages, 58 mostly color illustrations. Concise, yet informative book on the life of artist-naturalist John James Audubon provides interesting details about this abrasive, charming, romantic, and insecure man who led the life of an adventurer |
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NABOKOV’S BUTTERFLIES Unpublished and Uncollected Writings Brian Boyd & Robert Michael Pyle, editors |
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2000, 782 pages, 30 color/35 b/w photos, new translations by Nabokov’s son, Dmitri. Balances literary and scientific aspects of Vladimir Nabokov, with previously unknown novels, stories, poems, autobiography, letters, interviews, scientific talks,
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SELF-ORGANIZATION IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
by Scott Camazine, et al. |
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2003, 560 pages, 40 photos (8 color), 180 line illustrations. Broad in scope, thorough yet accessible, this book is a self-contained primer to self-organization (diverse
pattern formation processes from sand grains to individual insects working to c |
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STANDARD METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION
OF WATER AND WASTEWATER, twentieth
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Lenore S. Clesceri, A. E. Greenberg & A. D. Eaton, editors |
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1998, 1220 pages, 35 plates (8 color), tables, charts, graphs. Classic reference on current water analysis methodology for domestic and industrial water, wastewater treatment, public health and environmental protection. Provides step-by-step procedur |
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MOTH CATCHER: An Evolutionist's Journey Through Canyon and Pass
by Michael M. Collins |
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2007, 192 pages, 17 color photos, 19 b/w photos. Provides an engaging account of author's development as a field scientist and of his groundingbreaking research in natural hybridization and speciation. Based on observation and data collected primari |
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THE SPECIES SEEKERS Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth by Richard Conniff |
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2011, 464 pages, b/w illustrations (mostly of species seekers). From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth, a colorful band of amateur naturalists explored the most perilous corners of the planet to discover new life-forms. Award-winning |
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THE AMBER BOOK
by Åke Dahlström & Leif Brost |
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1996, 134 pages, 80 color & 24 b/w photos. Provides an informative treatment of amber, fossil resins that often contain trapped insects and/or plants from an earlier geologic era. The book describes amber formation, its role in folklore and art, advi |
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ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
by Charles Darwin |
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1859 (2009 reprint), 480 pages. On The Origin of Species, Darwin’s seminal formulation of the theory of evolution, which proposed that species had been evolving, and differentiating over time, under the influence of natural selection. Revoluti |
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SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS, Third Edition
by Martha Davis, Kaaron J. Davis & Marion M. Dunagan |
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2012, 342 pages. This guide covers the writing needs of scientists starting out in their career: developing a relationship with their advisor, writing the thesis, grant writing, presenting findings, the impacts of social media, and working with corpo |
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DeLORME ATLAS & GAZETTEER SERIES
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This series offers finest quality and value in maps. It covers individual states in their entirety with full-color topographic maps — the most detailed, accurate, up-to-date backroad maps available. Each atlas contains a gazetteer that lists campgrou |
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