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Darwin S Wink

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Author : Alison Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2005-11-01

Darwin S Wink written by Alison Anderson and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-01 with Fiction categories.

"A love story, a war story, an ecological adventure, a biological poem, and a treatise on the fragility of life--Darwin's Wink has it all. The writing is so incantory that it almost floats off the page. In Fran, Alison Anderson has created a strong, flawed, and utterly believable heroine.... Like the elusive, bejeweled mourning bird it celebrates, this book will waken its readers to unexpected wonders. A beautiful book. I loved it." - Molly Giles, author of Iron Shoes The author of the critically acclaimed Amelia Earhart novel Hidden Latitudes offers a beautifully crafted story about two naturalists, both damaged by ghosts from the past, who find love as they work to save a rare bird species off the coast of Mauritius--and fend off a powerful townsman who is threatened by their presence.

Darwin S Wink

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Author : Alison Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2005-11

Darwin S Wink written by Alison Anderson and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11 with Fiction categories.

An exquisite story of two naturalists who find unexpected love as they work to save a rare bird species on an island off the coast of Mauritius. "An exquisitely written, deeply felt novel."--Alev Little Croutier ("Seven Houses").

Gender Sexuality And Reproduction In Evolutionary Narratives

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Author : Venla Oikkonen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-18

Gender Sexuality And Reproduction In Evolutionary Narratives written by Venla Oikkonen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with Social Science categories.

Since the early 1990s, evolutionary psychology has produced widely popular visions of modern men and women as driven by their prehistoric genes. In Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction in Evolutionary Narratives, Venla Oikkonen explores the rhetorical appeal of evolutionary psychology by viewing it as part of the Darwinian narrative tradition. Refusing to start from the position of dismissing evolutionary psychology as reactionary or scientifically invalid, the book examines evolutionary psychologists’ investments in such contested concepts as teleology and variation. The book traces the emergence of evolutionary psychological narratives of gender, sexuality and reproduction, encompassing: Charles Darwin’s understanding of transformation and sexual difference Edward O. Wilson’s evolutionary mythology and the evolution-creationism controversy Richard Dawkins’ molecular agency and new imaging technologies the connections between adultery, infertility and homosexuality in adaptationist thought. Through popular, literary and scientific texts, the book identifies both the imaginative potential and the structural weaknesses in evolutionary narratives, opening them up for feminist and queer revision. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of the humanities and social sciences, particularly in gender studies, cultural studies, literature, sexualities, and science and technology studies.

Mr Darwin S Shooter

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Author : Roger McDonald
language : en
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 2012-05-01

Mr Darwin S Shooter written by Roger McDonald and has been published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Fiction categories.

A man of faith faces a personal reckoning after working aboard HMS Beagle in this “gripping” historical novel (The Wall Street Journal). Heading off to sea at the age of thirteen, Syms Covington became Charles Darwin’s manservant for seven years, sailing on the historic voyage of the Beagle. Their relationship was an odd one, but it furnished exactly what Darwin needed in order to complete his groundbreaking work, as Covington shot and collected hundreds of specimens which became fodder for The Origin of Species. Now, as Darwin’s groundbreaking book is about to be published, Covington has retired to Australia in poor health—and in a state of moral crisis over his role in undermining the Christian faith that has supported him during his life. As the novel progresses, he looks back on his upbringing in Bedford, England; his coming of age and wholehearted enjoyment of the sensual pleasures available to young sailors; and his unceremonious dismissal by Darwin once the research was complete. “A captivating seafarer’s tale rich in period detail and insight into relations among men,” Mr. Darwin’s Shooter paints a poignant and unforgettable picture of one man forging, then struggling to maintain his faith in an era when it is constantly under attack—from science, from the daily brutality of life during colonial expansion, and from one’s own cold, inexorable logic (Publishers Weekly). “A spectacular tale of 19th-century exploration and the conflict between science and religion, all based on Charles Darwin’s famous voyage of discovery . . . Brilliant.” —Kirkus Reviews

Darwin S Pictures

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Author : Julia Voss
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2010-06-15

Darwin S Pictures written by Julia Voss and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with Science categories.

"Not only does Voss weave about these images a story on the development and presentation of Darwin's theory, she also addresses the history of Victorian illustration, the role of images in science, the technologies of production, and the relationship between specimen, words, and images."--Jacket.

Charles Darwin S Works

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Author : Charles Darwin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896

Charles Darwin S Works written by Charles Darwin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with categories.

The Limits Of Vision

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Author : Robert Irwin
language : en
Publisher: ABRAMS
Release Date : 2003-12-30

The Limits Of Vision written by Robert Irwin and has been published by ABRAMS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-30 with Fiction categories.

An obsessive-compulsive housewife teeters on the edge of madness in this “immensely intelligent and delightful . . . dance of a book” (The New York Times). The Limits of Vision is Robert Irwin’s irrepressibly entertaining and imaginative novel about a young housewife named Marcia and the war she wages against dirt. Set over the course of a single day as Marcia goes about her quotidian activities—having the girls over for coffee, tidying the house, making dinner—it becomes increasingly clear that her sanity is unraveling at an alarming rate. Irwin is at his creative best here, as he describes Marcia’s conversations with Mucor, the “mouthpiece for the Dirt, the Empire of Decay and Ruin, the Principle of Evil,” as well as such scientists and artists of the past as William Blake, Charles Dickens, Leonardo da Vinci, and Charles Darwin. “Binds together philosophy and mayhem . . . The Limits of Vision ranks as a genuine (and rare) work of the imagination.” —Jeanette Winterson, New York Times–bestselling author “Unique, a ravishing product of pure imagination.” —Ruth Rendell, The New York Times–bestselling author “[An] astonishing work of imagination and erudition by a former professor of medieval history.” —Publishers Weekly

Frogs Flies And Dandelions

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Author : Menno Schilthuizen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

Frogs Flies And Dandelions written by Menno Schilthuizen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Nature categories.

How do new animal and plant species come about? How quickly does it happen? And what are species anyway? Schilthuizen, reputed scientist and journalist, launches into the debate that has baffled biologists ever since Darwin, with tremendous energy and wit. The whole subject leaps to life and its significance for understanding biodiversity comes clear. This is a fascinating read that will appeal equally to the lay reader and to students getting to grips with the fundementals of a complex subject.

Darwin

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Author : Adrian Desmond
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1992-10-29

Darwin written by Adrian Desmond and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This biography of Charles Darwin attempts to capture the private unknown life of the real man - the gambling and gluttony at Cambridge, his gruelling trip round the globe, his intimate family life, worries about persecution and thoughts about God. Central to all of this, his pioneering efforts on the theory of evolution now that recent studies have overturned the commonplace views of Darwin that have held for more than a century.

The History Of Emotions

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Author : Jan Plamper
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015

The History Of Emotions written by Jan Plamper and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.

The history of emotions is one of the fastest growing fields in current historical debate, and this is the first book-length introduction to the field, synthesizing the current research, and offering direction for future study. The History of Emotions is organized around the debate between social constructivist and universalist theories of emotion that has shaped most emotions research in a variety of disciplines for more than a hundred years: social constructivists believe that emotions are largely learned and subject to historical change, while universalists insist on the timelessness and pan-culturalism of emotions. In historicizing and problematizing this binary, Jan Plamper opens emotions research beyond constructivism and universalism; he also maps a vast terrain of thought about feelings in anthropology, philosophy, sociology, linguistics, art history, political science, the life sciences - from nineteenth-century experimental psychology to the latest affective neuroscience - and history, from ancient times to the present day.