Natural Sciences

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Runaway Climate What the geological past can tell us about the coming climate change catastrophe New Society Publishers	56 million years ago our planet experienced rapid, intense warming known as the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum, resulting in a global temperature increase of about 7°C. Runaway …	Steven Earle	256	2024	View
NEW! Saved by Science The Hope and Promise of Synthetic Biology ECW Press	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 Activities A Year-Round Guide to Outdoor Learning New Society Publishers	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 Wonder Aliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science New Society Publishers	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, Watching Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay ECW Press	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
From Introduction Towards a Poetic Ecology From: The Biology of Wonder View New Society Publishers	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
From Introduction From: The Big Book of Nature Activities View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! Preface From: Saved by Science View ECW Press		Dr. Mark J. Poznansky	3	2020	$0.30 Add
From NEW! The Golden Bird From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	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
From Basic Skills for Connecting to Nature From: The Big Book of Nature Activities View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! Chapter 1 Intersection From: Saved by Science View ECW Press		Dr. Mark J. Poznansky	8	2020	$0.80 Add
From NEW! The Bighorn Basin From: Runaway Climate View New Society Publishers	The Bighorn Basin: (early Eocene in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming). The life and times of the first equid Sifrhippus. Overview of the late Cenozoic climate and the dramatic changes that took …	Steven Earle	14	2024	$1.40 Add
From The Desire for Life From: The Biology of Wonder New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! The View from the Terrace From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	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
From NEW! Chapter 2 Lessons from Biology From: Saved by Science View ECW Press		Dr. Mark J. Poznansky	17	2020	$1.70 Add
From NEW! Hungry for Something From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	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