Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Darwin Inspired Learning written by Carolyn J. Boulter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Darwin has been extensively analysed and written about as a scientist, Victorian, father and husband. However, this is the first book to present a carefully thought out pedagogical approach to learning that is centered on Darwin’s life and scientific practice. The ways in which Darwin developed his scientific ideas, and their far reaching effects, continue to challenge and provoke contemporary teachers and learners, inspiring them to consider both how scientists work and how individual humans ‘read nature’. Darwin-inspired learning, as proposed in this international collection of essays, is an enquiry-based pedagogy, that takes the professional practice of Charles Darwin as its source. Without seeking to idealise the man, Darwin-inspired learning places importance on: • active learning • hands-on enquiry • critical thinking • creativity • argumentation • interdisciplinarity. In an increasingly urbanised world, first-hand observations of living plants and animals are becoming rarer. Indeed, some commentators suggest that such encounters are under threat and children are living in a time of ‘nature-deficit’. Darwin-inspired learning, with its focus on close observation and hands-on enquiry, seeks to re-engage children and young people with the living world through critical and creative thinking modeled on Darwin’s life and science.

Download or read book Scientific Foundations of Zoos and Aquariums written by Allison B. Kaufman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using first-person stories and approachable scientific reviews, this volume explores how zoos conduct and support science around the world.

Download or read book What to Look for in Autumn written by Elliott Lovegood 1885- Grant Watson and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Curious about Nature written by Tim Burt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notwithstanding the importance of modern technology, fieldwork remains vital, not least through helping to inspire and educate the next generation. Fieldwork has the ingredients of intellectual curiosity, passion, rigour and engagement with the outdoor world - to name just a few. You may be simply noting what you see around you, making detailed records, or carrying out an experiment; all of this and much more amounts to fieldwork. Being curious, you think about the world around you, and through patient observation develop and test ideas. Forty contributors capture the excitement and importance of fieldwork through a wide variety of examples, from urban graffiti to the Great Barrier Reef. Outdoor learning is for life: people have the greatest respect and care for their world when they have first-hand experience of it. The Editors are donating all royalties due to them to the environmental charity, The Field Studies Council, to support student fieldwork at the Council's field centres.

Download or read book What to Look for in Summer written by Elliot Lovegood Grant Watson and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What to Look for in Spring written by Elliot Lovegood Grant Watson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Zoological Collections of Germany written by Lothar A. Beck and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to the knowledge of up to 250 years of collecting, organizing and preserving animals by generations of scientists. Zoological Collections are a huge resource for modern animal research and should be available for national and international scientists and institutions, as well as prospective public and private customers. Moreover, these collections are an important part of the scientific enterprise, supporting scientific research, human health, public education, and the conservation of biodiversity. Much of what we are beginning to understand about our world, we owe to the collection, preservation, and ongoing study of natural specimens. Properly preserved collections of marine or terrestrial animals are libraries of Earth's history and vital to our ability to learn about our place in its future. The approach employed by the editor involves not only an introduction to the topic, but also an external view on German collections including an assessment of their value in the international and national context, and information on the international and national collection networks. Particular attention is given to new approaches of sorting, preserving and researching in Zoological Collections as well as their neglect and/or threat. In addition, the book provides information on all big Public Research Museums, on important Collections in regional Country and local District Museums, and also on University collections. This is a highly informative and carefully presented book, providing scientific insight for readers with an interest in biodiversity, taxonomy, or evolution, as well as natural history collections at large.

Download or read book The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War written by Henry Mortimer Durand and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sketches of Bird Life written by Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of sketches from the private reference collection of C.F. Tunnicliffe.

Download or read book The Fletcher House of Lace and Its Wider Family Associations written by Samuel Billyeald Fletcher and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Exploring the Dangerous Trades written by Alice Hamilton and published by Miller Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EXPLORIMKimE DANGEROUS TRADES c y n y ALICE HAMILTON, M. D. Illustrations by Norah Hamilton AN ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOOK UTTLK, BROWN AND COMPANY BOSTON To My Three Sisters And My Brother The author is indebted to the Atlantic, Harpers, the American Mercury, and Survey Graphic for per mission to use certain material which appeared originally in the pages of those magazines. e, ontents I Introduction 3 II The Old House 18 III I Chose Medicine 38 IV Hull-House Within 57 V Hull-House Without 76 VI Lawyers and Doctors 95 VII The Illinois Survey 114 VIII The Federal Survey 127 IX Smelting, Enameling, and Painting 138 X Europe in 1915 161 XI War Industries 183 XII Dead Fingers 200 XIII Arizona Copper 208 XIV Europe in 1919 223 XV Boston 252 XVI Social Trends 290 XVII The League of Nations 299 XVIII Russia in 1924 318 XIX The Lawrence Strike 353 XX Germany, 1933 360 Contents XXI Viscose Rayon 387 XXII Germany in 1938 395 XXIII Hadlyme 405 Index 429 Alice Hamilton Frontispiece Old Hamilton Homestead in Fort Wayne 22 Jane Addanis 64 Working Women at a Union Meeting 82 Lead Smelter in Utah 122 Concentrating Mill and Heaps of Tailings in Tri-State Region 146 Canaries in a Picric-Acid Plant 186 Steel Mill on the River 258

Download or read book What to Look for in Winter A Ladybird Book written by Ladybird Books Staff and published by Ladybird. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What to Look for in Winter is a beautiful book from Ladybird's vintage archive, part of the popular Nature series. First published in 1959, this book has been specially re-released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ladybird Books in 2015. Complete with stunning dust jacket, this limited edition facsimile copy of the original book faithfully reproduces all the beautiful, memorable art by C.F. Tunnicliffe and is perfect for a new generation of nature fans to enjoy.

Download or read book Norwood written by Charles Portis and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sent on a mission to New York he gets involved in a wild journey that takes him in and out of stolen cars, freight trains, and buses. By the time he returns home to Texas, Norwood has met his true love, Rita Lee, on a bus; befriended the second shortest midget in show business and “the world's smallest perfect fat man†?; and helped Joann “the chicken with a college education,†? realize her true potential in life. As with all Portis’ fiction, the tone is cool, sympathetic, and funny.

Download or read book Why Fairy Tales Stick written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his latest book, fairy tales expert Jack Zipes explores the question of why some fairy tales "work" and others don't, why the fairy tale is uniquely capable of getting under the skin of culture and staying there. Why, in other words, fairy tales "stick." Long an advocate of the fairy tale as a serious genre with wide social and cultural ramifications, Jack Zipes here makes his strongest case for the idea of the fairy tale not just as a collection of stories for children but a profoundly important genre. Why Fairy Tales Stick contains two chapters on the history and theory of the genre, followed by case studies of famous tales (including Cinderella, Snow White, and Bluebeard), followed by a summary chapter on the problematic nature of traditional storytelling in the twenty-first century.

Download or read book Real England written by Paul Kingsnorth and published by Portobello Books. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We see the signs around us every day: the chain cafs and mobile phone outlets that dominate our high streets; the disappearance of knobbly carrots from our supermarket shelves; and the headlines about yet another traditional industry going to the wall. For the first time, here is a book that makes the connection between these isolated, incremental local changes and the bigger picture of a nation whose identity is being eroded. As he travels around the country meeting farmers, fishermen and the inhabitants of Chinatown, Paul Kingsnorth reports on the kind of conversations that are taking place in country pubs and corner shops across the land - while reminding us that these quintessentially English institutions may soon cease to exist.

Download or read book The Sex Imperative written by Kenneth E. Maxwell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The sex imperative - the irresistible impulse to engage in sexual relations - has enabled animals to share their genes and evolve. Maxwell traces the progress of sex from the simple sharing of genes between cells to the elaborate courtship rituals that developed so sperm could merge with egg. In the effort to join sperm and egg, species have developed some astounding and unusual sexual adaptations. As Maxwell vividly describes the sex lives of various creatures, he attests to the resiliency and amazing adaptability of life to its everchanging environment. By focusing on the diversity of animal sexual relationships, Maxwell enables us to question the very basis of sexuality: What is sex? Why did it evolve? How does sexuality and survival shape the social behavior of animals and humans? The sex imperative is indeed the driving force behind Darwin's theory of random variation and natural selection, better known as "survival of the fittest." Maxwell goes so far as to investigate our latest accomplishment in the science of begetting offspring: genetic engineering." "This awe-inspiring and unique work celebrates the power and wonder of life and sexuality of all creatures - including humans. After reading this engrossing and illuminating work, no one will ever think of evolution in the same way."--Jacket