Natural Sciences
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 NEW! Saved by ScienceThe Hope and Promise of Synthetic Biology |
How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when 12 million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer? With all the advances in … | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 226 | 2020 | View |
 The Big Book of Nature ActivitiesA Year-Round Guide to Outdoor Learning |
The average child can identify over 300 corporate logos, but only 10 native plants or animals—a telling indictment of our modern disconnection from nature. Soaring levels of obesity, high … | Drew Monkman; Jacob Rodenburg | 387 | 2016 | View |
 The Biology of WonderAliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science |
In The Biology of Wonder author Andreas Weber proposes a new approach to the biological sciences that puts the human back in nature. He argues that feelings and emotions, far from being … | Andreas Weber | 336 | 2016 | View |
 NEW! Woman, WatchingLouise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay |
Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her … | Merilyn Simonds | 416 | 2022 | View |
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From IntroductionTowards a Poetic Ecology From: The Biology of Wonder |
In the introduction, Weber discusses attempts to separate emotions and nature in the science of biology, and how modern researchers are rejecting this earlier paradigm. | Andreas Weber | 14 | 2016 | $1.40 Add |
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From Introduction |
In an increasingly urbanized world, our children are having fewer encounters with the natural world. They are more likely to experience the flickering screen of a computer or the sounds of … | Drew Monkman; Jacob Rodenburg | 24 | 2016 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! PrefaceFrom: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! The Golden BirdFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter One provides a brief introduction to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the self-trained amateur ornithologist and field nurse who is the subject of this book. The chapter discusses topics … | Merilyn Simonds | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From Basic Skills for Connecting to Nature |
Seeing nature is partially knowing where to look and partially knowing what to look for. Think about being in the natural world with the right kind of attitude, your senses activated and your … | Drew Monkman; Jacob Rodenburg | 38 | 2016 | $3.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 1Intersection From: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From The Desire for LifeFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
The author discusses his scientific education, and how he felt that something was lacking in the overly mechanistic conception of life in biology. | Andreas Weber | 19 | 2016 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! The View from the TerraceFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Two explores Louise’s childhood in Svensksund, Sweden. The chapter explores her relationships with her mother, father, and sister. It also examines the influence the natural … | Merilyn Simonds | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 2Lessons from Biology From: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Hungry for SomethingFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Three follows Louise’s time as a nurse during the First World War at a Russian POW camp on the Eastern Front. The chapter follows her first meeting and later marriage to Russian … | Merilyn Simonds | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From Key Nature Concepts for Children to Learn |
A quick look at nature concepts: Why do we have seasons? Climate change. Evolution. | Drew Monkman; Jacob Rodenburg | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |
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From The Machine That Can DieFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, the author explores "holistic biology," which considers both bodily and inner experiences as biological phenomena. | Andreas Weber | 34 | 2016 | $3.40 Add |
