Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The vanishing face of gaia The vanishing face of gaia James Lovelock Celebrities drive hybrids, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, and supermarkets carry no end of so-called "green" products. And yet the environmental crisis is only getting worse. In Surviving Gaia's … OL12284107W
Seres vivos y no vivos = Seres vivos y no vivos = Carol K. Lindeen "Simple text and photographs present living and nonliving things--in both English and Spanish"-- OL15118423W
Darwin's ghosts Darwin's ghosts Rebecca Stott Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like … OL16283008W
Living things Living things Wendy Madgwick Suggests a variety of experiments and activities to demonstrate the nature, needs, and behavior of different kinds of living things. OL1824278W
The medea hypothesis The medea hypothesis Peter Douglas Ward In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere - one that has frightening implications f… OL1876775W
The Living Planet The Living Planet David Attenborough Book discusses and pictures life in various environments such as deserts, grasslands, oceans, and the sky. OL1928766W
What is life? What is life? Addy Pross Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrodinger posed a simple, yet profound, question: 'What is life?'. How could the very existence of such extraordinary chemical systems be understood? This problem has puzzl… OL20048650W
The extraordinary story of life on earth The extraordinary story of life on earth Piero Angela La nascita delle prime forme di vita organica, la comparsa degli animali complessi, la conquista della terraferma da parte delle creature marine, la stagione dei grandi dinosauri, l'apparizione dei m… OL2296301W
The great prehistoric search The great prehistoric search Jane Bingham,Susie McCaffrey This book is more than just a challenging puzzle book it's also a fascinating look at life on Earth millions of years ago. Each beautifully illustrated double-page spread covers a different period of… OL26445539W
The living world The living world Tony Seddon Presents snippets of lesser-known information about plants and animals. OL4651457W