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 |
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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 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! Chapter 2Lessons from Biology From: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 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 |
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From NEW! Chapter 3Man-Made From: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From Fall: The Cooling Season |
Of all the seasons, we might consider fall as the true start of the new year. It is a time of new beginnings and sad endings as we say goodbye to the warmth and freedom of summer. Cup your ears … | Drew Monkman; Jacob Rodenburg | 67 | 2016 | $6.70 Add |
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From The Physics of CreationFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, Weber examines how complex natural patterns reveal the interrelated nature of life and the anorganic environment. | Andreas Weber | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 4A New Era From: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
