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THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World

Autor: Cadbury

The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus

Autor: Gunnar Broberg

Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World

Autoren: C.J. Peters, Mark Olshaker

The Least Likely Man: Marshall Nirenberg and the Discovery of the Genetic Code (Mit Press)

Autor: Franklin H. H Portugal

The Pleasure Shock: The Rise of Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Forgotten Inventor

Autor: Lone Frank

Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight

Autor: Amy Shira Teitel

Die wichtigsten Biologen (marixwissen)

Autor: Ralf Klinger

David Attenborough: The Early Years Collection: The BBC Collection

David Attenborough

David Attenborough, Britain's voice of natural history, narrates his early adventures in Indonesia, New Guinea and Northern Australia.

David Attenborough first appeared in front of a television camera in the 1950s when, together with London Zoo's Curator of Reptiles, Jack Lester, he persuaded the B B C to mount and film an animal-collecting expedition. The result was Zoo Quest. Specially recorded for audio, David Attenborough's early adventures are sometimes life-threatening, often hilarious and always totally absorbing. The warmth and enthusiasm that have made him a broadcasting legend are instantly apparent here as he recounts this magical journey.

This collection includes three volumes from Attenborough's chronicles of his early expeditions:

In Zoo Quest for a Dragon, Attenborough tells of the crew's hazardous boat trip with a gun-smuggling captain and the terror of erupting volcanoes. He also depicts for the listener some of the incredible sights he and his team witnessed - breathtaking butterflies, taking tea with Charlie the orangutan and the voyage to the little-known island of Komodo to capture the elusive Komodo dragon.

Quest in Paradise describes his next animal collecting and filming trip to New Guinea, home of the exotic birds of paradise. David tells of his adventures during the trip: being an onlooker at a formal lovemaking ceremony, seeing the skills of ritual ax making, trying to master pidgin English and witnessing a 'sing sing' at which hundreds of tribesmen came together from all parts of the country.

In Quest Under Capricorn, David Attenborough ventures to the Northern Territory of Australia. In his first expedition to the other side of the world, he meets Aborigines, goes walkabout in the bush, and learns the craft of the artists of Arnhem Land.

Also included is David Attenborough in His Own Words, a collection of interviews taken from the B B C radio and T V archives.

Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Seth Shostak

Since the first Martian "canals" were charted in 1877, space aliens have captivated skygazers, night travelers, and television-watchers worldwide. Polls show that nearly half of all Americans believe in extraterrestrials, and many are convinced they've visited Earth. A fair number of scientists also suspect that aliens exist, and for decades they've been seriously searching - using powerful antennas and computers to scan for radio waves coming from other star systems. This engaging memoir reveals the true story of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence ( S E T I), and discloses what we may very soon discover.

Chronicling the program's history with insight and humor, S E T I senior astronomer Seth Shostak assures us that if there is sentient life in the universe, we are within decades of picking up its signal. Methodically busting urban legends about alien crash landings, crop circles, and the like, Shostak pits scientific truth against speculation and delivers important news on the state of our knowledge. He answers a host of questions about S E T I, including where its antennas are aimed. . . how we know which frequency to monitor. . . what our response might be. . . and why, if a signal is detected, "it will be one that's deliberately beamed into space, not the Klingon equivalent of I Love Lucy. "

Contrary to popular opinion, any aliens found by S E T I will not resemble the squishy, big-eyed creatures on cinema screens. Rather, they will have already invented their successors: super smart post-biological thinking machines vastly beyond our own capabilities.

Edgy, amusing, and remarkably profound, Confessions of an Alien Hunter addresses the startling possibilities awaiting us in deep space and in humankind's own future.

On the Move: A Life

Oliver Sacks

Hans Krebs: Volume 1: The Formation of a Scientific Life, 1900-1933

Frederic Laurence Holmes

Darwin's Man in Brazil

David A. West

Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code (Eminent Lives)

Matt Ridley

Richard Owen: Biology without Darwin

Nicolaas A. Rupke

The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge

Jamie James

Niko's Nature: The Life of Niko Tinbergen and his Science of Animal Behaviour

Hans (Emeritus Fellow, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) Kruuk

Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology: Birds, Books and Business

Henry A. McGhie

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