Download or read book Beaks Bones and Bird Songs written by Roger Lederer and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reveals the strange and wondrous adaptations birds rely on to get by.” —National Audubon Society When we see a bird flying from branch to branch happily chirping, it is easy to imagine they lead a simple life of freedom, flight, and feathers. What we don’t see is the arduous, life-threatening challenges they face at every moment. Beaks, Bones, and Bird Songs guides the reader through the myriad, and often almost miraculous, things that birds do every day to merely stay alive. Like the goldfinch, which manages extreme weather changes by doubling the density of its plumage in winter. Or urban birds, which navigate traffic through a keen understanding of posted speed limits. In engaging and accessible prose, Roger Lederer shares how and why birds use their sensory abilities to see ultraviolet, find food without seeing it, fly thousands of miles without stopping, change their songs in noisy cities, navigate by smell, and much more.
Download or read book Wings Beaks written by Tessa Miller and published by Animal Tech. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read about scientists and engineers who have observed, studied, and mimicked the abilities of flying creatures, from bees and dragonflies to bats and birds.
Download or read book A Handbook for the Identification of Cephalopod Beaks written by Malcolm R. Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive work, based on collections made throughout the world, represents the collaborative effort of most of the world's experts on living cephalopods. The book provides detailed instructions for collecting, transporting, examining, and identifying the lower 'beaks' or mandibles of cephalopods, including almost all known living genera. The many new illustrations, keys, descriptions, and measurements mark this book as a major advance over previous handbooks and make it an essential reference work.
Download or read book Loudon s Encyclop dia of Plants Comprising the Specific Character Description Culture History Application in the Arts and Every Other Desirable Particular Respecting All the Plants Indegenous To Cultivated In Or Introduced Into Britain written by Mrs Loudon and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 1608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Engage with Science 3 written by Madhubun and published by Vikas Publishing House. This book was released on with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series Engage with Science: Experiment, Experience, Express has been designed keeping in mind the experimental learning model. Its modular design and clearly defined pedagogy help learners focus on first experimenting with a concept (by doing), then experience it (by assimilating) and finally express it in simpler terms (by articulating). Brush Up: Each chapter begins with an activity to kick start the road to effective learning Checkpoint: A set of objective questions to assess the understanding of the learner just after completing a topic Activity: In the lab or hands-on activities to inculcate scientific temper and appreciate the importance of scientific method Out of the Box: A set of questions to make learners hone their critical thinking and problem-solving skills Subject Integration: Concepts or ideas posed to learners to bridge the boundaries of all the subjects they learn each day Do You Know: Extra or additional bits of information to make the subject interesting and relatable Building Together: Concepts or ideas for possible projects to enable learners learn from not just doing but reflecting on what they have learnt Weblinks: Suggestive links from the internet of engaging videos or documentaries on certain topics to enable learners research and understand concepts on their own Video clips: Handy clips to see things on the go and to make learning interactive i-book: Digital support in the form of animations, videos, interactive activities, test generators and widgets My Journal: A space for the learner to think and write about their experience on the learning and exhibit their creative skills Life Skills: Bits of information or suggestive activities to make learners empathetic about environment and their surroundings Case Study: A paragraph on important people or places or organisations or practices related to a topic for the learners to understand and explore more Worksheets: A set of additional rubrics apart from the ones given in Exercises that stand out and allow the learners to express and assess their understanding My Health and Food Guide: A booklet published in collaboration with FSSAI, Government of India that aim to inculcate better understanding of the practices to a healthy and hygienic India.
Download or read book The Circle of the Sciences written by Henry Brougham and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 1162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Generic Classification of the Hemipterous Family Aphididae written by Arthur Challen Baker and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department Bulletin written by United States. Dept. of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Linguistics Wars written by Randy Allen Harris and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated and expanded history of the field of linguistics from the 1950s to the current day The Linguistics Wars tells the tumultuous history of language and cognition studies from the rise of Noam Chomsky's Transformational Grammar to the current day. Focusing on the rupture that split the field between Chomsky's structuralist vision and George Lakoff's meaning-driven theories, Randy Allen Harris portrays the extraordinary personalities that were central to the dispute and its aftermath, alongside the data, technical developments, and social currents that fueled the unfolding and expanding schism. This new edition, updated to cover the more than twenty-five years since its original publication and to trace the impact of that schism on the shape of linguistics in the twenty-first century, is essential reading for all those interested in the study of language, the making of knowledge, and some of the most brilliant minds of our era.
Download or read book Molecular Geometry of Body Pattern in Birds written by Antonio Lima-de-Faria and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After having read this book you will never see birds in the same way again. The unexpected patterns displayed by a bird’s body have been seen as bizarre events that demanded little attention or were described as ‘amazing curiosities’. None of these surprising features seem to be fortuitous. They appear to be an integral part of a rigid order and a coherent geometry, which is directed by simple gene interactions and molecular cascades occurring at various cellular levels, and at different times, during the organism’s development. A novel geometry unfolds in front of your eyes, giving the body configurations another meaning. Lima-de-Faria is Professor Emeritus of Molecular Cytogenetics at Lund University, Lund, Sweden. This is his sixth book dealing with the molecular organization of the chromosome and its implications for the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for biological evolution.
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Plants written by John Claudius Loudon and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 1744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kaylid Novellas Set written by Mel Todd and published by Bad Ash Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaylid Novellas All the novellas and a bonus short story in one place. New Games - When Perc Alexander shifted into an extinct cat, he didn't know this was just the beginning. Meet Perc, his troubles on and off the field before he gets swept up in the chaos surrounding McKenna Largo. Home Alone - Charley Davis learned a long time ago to never trust adults, but McKenna changed that. When she and the other adults get taken, he has it proved once again you can't trust a grown up. On the run with his two best friends Charley is trying to take of everyone. Being the responsible one is much harder than he thought. Decisions - Cass Borden liked her life logical, scientific and boring. Changing into a wolverine did not meet those criteria. Isolated from her family, scared of this twist of events, she focuses on her job. The last thing she expects is to be kidnapped and wake up in the jungle with a bunch of other shifters. And then her life spins out of control. Trust - JD Davidson has always been leery about letting people close to him. Childhood lessons remain with you. But when everything changed. When he changed, into a bear no less, he had no choice but to trust. Trust McKenna Largo. Trust his heart. And scariest of all, trust that someone, something, might save them all. Bonus: A short story about the origin of Ash. Enjoy this bundled group of novellas and short story and dive into the world of Kaylid.
Download or read book Valentine s Day written by Rachel Grack and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ValentineÕs Day is often thought of as a day of cards and candy. But this holiday has an ancient history! Readers of this heart-filled title will follow the holidayÕs history through the centuries to learn about the dayÕs beginnings, traditions, and more.
Download or read book Theoretical Issues in Reading Comprehension written by Rand J. Spiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in cognitive psychology, linguistics, and artificial intelligence – the three disciplines that have the most direct application to an understanding of the mental processes in reading – is presented in this multilevel work, originally published in 1980, that attempts to provide a systematic and scientific basis for understanding and building a comprehensive theory of reading comprehension. The major focus is on understanding the processes involved in the comprehension of written text. Underlying most of the contributions is the assumption that skilled reading comprehension requires a coordination of text with context in a way that goes far beyond simply chaining together the meanings of a string of decoded words. The topics discussed are divided into five general areas: Global Issues; Text Structure; Language, Knowledge of the World, and Inference; Effects of Prior Language Experience; and Comprehension Strategies and Facilitators, and represent a broad base of methodology and data that should be of interest not only to those concerned with the reading process, but also to basic science researchers in psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, and related disciplines.
Download or read book Contemporary Rorschach Interpretation written by J. Reid Meloy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appreciation of the beauty and complexity of the human mind when perceiving an ambiguous stimulus led Dr. Hermann Rorschach to develop his scientific method eighty years ago. Full of gratitude for his brief life and work, the editors hope this volume will stand as an idiographic testament to his brilliance for the Rorschach students of the future. The contributors are clearly the most notable Rorschach clinicians in practice, and their work integrates the Comprehensive System and psychoanalytic methods. This book is organized into four sections. Within each of the first three sections -- devoted to psychotic, borderline, and neurotic disorders respectively -- the editors and invited authors have contributed Rorschach case studies which vertically cut a character pathology, personality disorder, or clinical diagnosis through a particular level of personality organization. The last section charts the enormously varied course that Rorschach work can navigate -- from the understanding of a Nobel laureate, the pain of trauma and transexuality, and the Nazi perversion of youth, to the consensus Rorschach in couple's therapy and cutting edge work in neuropsychology.
Download or read book Human and Animal in Ancient Greece written by Tua Korhonen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals were omnipresent in the everyday life and the visual arts of classical Greece. In literature, too, they had significant functions.This book discusses the role of animals - both domestic and wild - and mythological hybrid creatures in ancient Greek literature. Challenging the traditional view of the Greek anthropocentrism, the authors provide a nuanced interpretation of the classical relationship to animals. Through a close textual analysis, they highlight the emergence of the perspective of animals in Greek literature. Central to the book's enquiry is the question of empathy: investigating the ways in which ancient Greek authors invited their readers to empathise with non-human counterparts. The book presents case studies on the animal similes in the Iliad, the addresses to animals and nature in Sophocles' Philoctetes, the human-bird hybrids in The Birds by Aristophanes and the animal protagonists of Anyte's epigrams. Throughout, the authors develop an innovative methodology that combines philological and historical analysis with a philosophy of embodiment, or phenomenology of the body. Shedding new light on how animals were regarded in ancient Greek society, the book will be of interest to classicists, historians, philosophers, literary scholars and all those studying empathy and the human-animal relationship.
Download or read book New Zealand Journal of Zoology written by and published by . This book was released on 1978-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
