Resultados para "Families" en Ciencias biológicas

A WALL STREET JOURNAL TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 ALSO NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY "Valley of Forgetting reminds us that scientific progress is measured not only in breakthroughs but also through the sacrifices people make, the trust that is built. It is a...

While birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic locales, John Yow reminds us that the most fascinating birds can be the ones perched right outside our windows. In thirty-five engaging and sometimes irreverent vignettes, Yow reveals the fascinating lives of the birds we see nearly every day. Following the seasons, he covers forty-two species, discussing the improbable, unusual, and comical aspects of his subjects' lives.

Cystic fibrosis was once a mysterious disease that killed infants and children. Now it could be the key to healing millions with genetic diseases of every type - from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to diabetes and sickle cell anemia. Told from the perspectives of the patients, families, physicians, scientists, and philanthropists fighting on the front lines, Breath from Salt is a remarkable story of unlikely scientific and medical firsts, of setbacks and successes, and of people who refused to give up hope....

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery, “one of our finest chroniclers of the natural world” (The New York Times). For more than two decades, Sy Montgomery—whose The Soul of an Octopus...

Carl Safina, Meeresbiologe und Autor des internationalen Bestsellers "Die Intelligenz der Tiere", nimmt seine Leserinnen und Leser in die Lebenswelten von Tieren mit, die an den wenigen noch verbliebenen wilden Orten der Erde zu Hause sind. In ergreifenden Geschichten erfahren wir, was Tiere tun, warum sie es tun und wie sich das Leben für sie anfühlt. Manche Menschen halten Kultur ausschließlich für eine menschliche Errungenschaft. Doch das ist falsch: Auch Tiere sind nicht allein durch ihre Gene zu dem geworden, was sie sind.