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Princeton University Press Quantitative Viral Ecology
Book SynopsisWhen we think about viruses we tend to consider ones that afflict humans--such as those that cause influenza, HIV, and Ebola. Yet, vastly more viruses infect single-celled microbes. Diverse and abundant, microbes and the viruses that infect them are found in oceans, lakes, plants, soil, and animal-associated microbiomes. Taking a vital look at theTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 Postgraduate Textbook Prize, Royal Society of BiologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Preface xiii I VIROLOGY: AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 1 1. What Is a Virus? 3 1.1. What Is a Virus? 3 1.2. Dimensions of Viral Biodiversity 7 1.3. Summary 22 2. Viral Life History Traits 24 2.1. Life History Traits in Ecology 24 2.2. Viral Life Cycle 25 2.3. Traits Associated with Lysis 28 2.4. Traits Associated with Lysogeny 39 2.5. Extracellular Traits 46 2.6. Summary 52 II POPULATION AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF VIRUSES AND THEIR MICROBIAL HOSTS 55 3. Population Dynamics of Viruses and Microbes 57 3.1. On Measurements and Models 57 3.2. Viruses and the "Control" of Microbial Populations 58 3.3. Viruses and Oscillatory Dynamics 74 3.4. Linking Microscopic Details with Dynamics 84 3.5. Summary 88 4. Evolutionary Dynamics of Viruses or Microbes, but Not Both 89 4.1. Viruses and the Nature of Mutation 89 4.2. The Effects of Viruses on Host Evolution 98 4.3. The Effects of Hosts on Viral Evolution 110 4.4. Summary 123 5. Coevolutionary Dynamics of Viruses and Microbes 125 5.1. From Sensitivity Relations to Coevolution 125 5.2. Toward "Novel" Coevolution: On the Probability of Compensating Mutations 129 5.3. The Effect of Coevolution on Host and Viral Population Dynamics 137 5.4. Ecological Effects on the Coevolutionary Dynamics of Types and Traits 146 5.5. Summary 159 III VIRAL ECOLOGY IN THE OCEANS: A MODEL SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT AND INFERENCE 161 6. Ocean Viruses: On Their Abundance, Diversity, and Target Hosts 163 6.1. Ways of Seeing 163 6.2. Counting Viruses in the Environment 165 6.3. Estimating Viral Diversity 175 6.4. Virus-Microbe Infection Networks 186 6.5. Summary 199 7. Virus-Host Dynamics in a Complex Milieu 201 7.1. Rosenblueth and Wiener's Cat 201 7.2. Many Viruses and Many Hosts 203 7.3. Nutrients and the Viral "Shunt" 213 7.4. Viruses and Grazers 219 7.5. Summary 235 8. The Future of Quantitative Viral Ecology 236 8.1. Current Challenges, in Theory 236 8.2. On the Future of Quantitative Viral Ecology 239 TECHNICAL APPENDIXES 245 A. Viral Life History Traits 247 A.1. Measuring Viral Life History Traits: A Quantitative Perspective 247 A.2. A Core Technique: The Plaque Assay 248 A.3. Protocols for Life History Trait Estimation 254 B. Population Dynamics of Viruses and Microbes 258 B.1. Host-Associated Life History Traits 258 B.2. Linear Stability Analysis of a Nonlinear Dynamical System 259 B.3. Implicit Resource Dynamics as a Limit of Explicit Resource Dynamics 269 B.4. On Poisson Processes and Mean Field Models 270 B.5. A Note on Simulating Dynamical Systems 272 B.6. Analysis of a Population Dynamics Model with Reinfection of Infected Hosts 276 C. Evolutionary Dynamics of Viruses or Microbes, but Not Both 278 C.1. Models of Independent Mutations Arising in the Growth of Populations 278 C.2. Invasion Criterion for Mutant Viruses with Distinct Life History Traits 280 C.3. Deriving the Canonical Equation of Adaptive Dynamics 281 C.4. Simulating Evolutionary Dynamics 283 D. Ocean Viruses: On Their Abundance, Diversity, and Target Hosts 286 D.1. Protocol for Automatic Estimation of Virus-Like Particles from Digital Images Derived from Epifluorescence Microscopy 286 E. Virus-Host Dynamics in a Complex Milieu 288 E.1. A Multitrophic Model to Quantify the Effects of Marine Viruses on Microbial Food Webs and Ecosystem Processes 288 Bibliography 293 Index 319
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Princeton University Press Ocean Ecology
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Princeton University Press Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory
Book SynopsisSocial behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory argues that a theory first presented in 1963 by William D. Hamilton--inclusive fitness theory--provides thTrade Review"Overall, this useful little book provides a superlative introduction to the core mathematics one needs to understand the quantitative basis of sociobiology."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Figures xi List of Tables xii Preface xiii Acknowlegments xvii 1 SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT 1 1.1 Explanations for Apparent Design 1 1.2 Natural Selection and Social Behavior 3 1.3 Arguments for Group Benefit 7 1.4 Enter Hamilton 11 1.5 Multilevel Selection Theory 13 1.6 The Generality of Inclusive Fitness Theory 14 2 MODELS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 16 2.1 Introduction 16 2.2 The Donation Game 18 2.3 The Nonadditive Donation Game 22 2.4 Other Social Interactions 25 2.5 Public Goods Games 28 2.6 Threshold Public Goods Games 29 2.7 Interactions in Structured Populations 32 2.8 Summary 32 3 THE PRICE EQUATION 34 3.1 A General Description of Selection 34 3.2 Genetic Selection 36 3.3 Illustrative Applications of the Price Equation 39 3.4 Important Caveats 43 3.5 Summary 45 4 INCLUSIVE FITNESS AND HAMILTON'S RULE 46 4.1 Inclusive Fitness Extends Classical Darwinian Fitness 46 4.2 Fitness Effects as Regression on Genes 47 4.3 Deriving Hamilton's Rule in the Simplest Case 51 4.4 Perceived Limitations of Inclusive Fitness Theory 54 4.5 Summary 58 5 NONADDITIVE INTERACTIONS AND HAMILTON'S RULE 59 5.1 Replicator Dynamics for Interactions between Relatives 59 5.2 Extending Hamilton's Rule to Deal with Nonadditivity 65 5.3 The Price Equation and Levels of Causal Analysis 69 5.4 Summary 70 6 CONDITIONAL BEHAVIORS AND INCLUSIVE FITNESS 71 6.1 Implicit and Explicit Conditionality 71 6.2 Modeling Conditional Behavior 73 6.3 Claims That Assortment Is More Fundamental Than Relatedness 76 6.4 Summary 77 7 VARIANTS OF HAMILTON'S RULE AND EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS 78 7.1 Variants of Hamilton's Rule 78 7.2 Geometric Relatedness Underlies Phenotypic Assortment 83 7.3 Explanations for Greenbeards 86 7.4 Different Viewpoints on Conditional Traits 88 7.5 Summary 89 8 HERITABILITY, MAXIMIZATION, AND EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS 90 8.1 What Drives Social Evolution? 90 8.2 Selection and Heritability 90 8.3 Do Individuals Act to Maximize Their Inclusive Fitness? 95 8.4 Ultimate Causes and Social Evolution 97 8.5 Summary 103 9 WHAT IS FITNESS? 105 9.1 Introduction 105 9.2 Haldane's Dilemma 105 9.3 Reproductive Value and Class Structure 107 9.4 Fitness, Fecundity, and Payoffs 109 9.5 Summary 114 10 EVIDENCE, OTHER APPROACHES, AND FURTHER TOPICS 115 10.1 Introduction 115 10.2 Empirical Support for Inclusive Fitness Theory 115 10.3 Some Further Topics in Social Evolution Theory 127 10.4 Other Theoretical Approaches 129 10.5 Conclusion 132 Glossary 135 Notes 139 Bibliography 175 Index 187
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Princeton University Press Ecological Mechanics
Book SynopsisPlants and animals interact with each other and their surroundings, and these interactions--with all their complexity and contingency--control where species can survive and reproduce. In this comprehensive and groundbreaking introduction to the emerging field of ecological mechanics, Mark Denny explains how the principles of physics and engineeringTrade Review"Denny's opus features 24 chapters with 778 numbered equations and many illustrative graphs on more than 500 pages. Despite this wealth of information, it makes for an excellent and enjoyable read."--Gregor Kalinkat, Basic and Applied Ecology
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Princeton University Press Why Sex Matters A Darwinian Look at Human
Book SynopsisWhy are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics, to show that these and many other questions about humanTrade Review"Low marshals a compelling array of Darwinian arguments to bolster the importance of biological sex in everyday human interaction...The breadth of materials which Low musters to support her argument plumbs every nook and cranny of human and animal existence...Her analysis remains readable and provocative to the end."--Kirkus Reviews "A useful survey of what is known about behavioral sex differences in animals and humans, covering biology, anthropology, sociology and history. It is clear and informative."--Colin McGinn, The New York Times Book Review "An excellent ... analysis of the most fundamental aspects of human life--sex, violence, power--through an evolutionary lens."--Cathy Young, Detroit News "A comprehensive survey of behavioral and evolutionary ecology...Why Sex Matters should interest a broad range of readers because it attempts to explain human nature."--Choice "A very thorough review of the current state of the art human behavioral biology."--Craig B. Stanford, American Scientist "An excellent example of how evolutionary theory can be applied to human behavior without hyperbole."--Ian Penton-Voak, Times Higher Education Supplement "Deftly written... A very thorough review of the current state of the art of human behavioral biology."--Craig B. Stanford, American Scientist "A broad-ranging and well-researched look at the way biology continues to affect men and women."--Sally Squires, Washington Post Book World "Low makes clear why sex matters. Indeed, her book makes clear why a human sociobiology matters. Why Sex Matters matters."--Jeffrey A. Kurland, American Journal of Human Biology A compelling and comprehensive synthesis of what is known (and not known) about the evolutionary basis for complex behaviors in humans and other species. Low clearly and convincingly explains ... why sex matters."--Robert Costanza, BioScience "In this nuanced, wide-ranging survey of evolutionary ecology you will find a wealth of data underscoring the claim that in a world of limited resources, men and women use markedly different strategies to survive and to reproduce."--Michael Klenk, Metapsychology Online Reviews "This publication has evolved better than brick-and-mortar bookstores."--Peter B. Gray, Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsPreface xi 1Introduction 1 Vampire Stories and Beyond 2 Explaining Behavior without Folklore 4 Kinds of "Why" Questions 6 Simple Rules, Complex Outcomes 8 Humans as Critters 8 2Racing the Red Queen: Selfish Genes and Their Strategies 14 Whose Genes Count, and Why? Kin Selection 17 Summing Up the Basics: Assumptions and Objections 21 Novel Evolutionary Environments: Can the Principles Still Hold? 24 More than Ants or Peacocks: Lifetimes, Culture, Ecology, and Variation 26 3The Ecology of Sex Differences 28 Sex and Strategies 30 The Ecology of Being Male and Female 35 Mating Effort 38 Parental Effort 42 Variance in Reproductive Success: Mating versus Parental Strategists 43 4Sex, Status, and Reproduction among the Apes 47 The Ecology of Dominance and Reproductive Success in Primates 48 Ecological Aspects of Mating Systems 50 Sex, Resources, and the Ecology of Human Reproduction 51 The Ecology of Human Mating Systems 59 The Ecology of Monogamy and Polyandry 66 5Sex, Resources, Appearance, and Mate Choice 69 Beauty, Resources, and Mate Choice 70 What Men and Women Want 71 Influences on Mate Choice in Modern Western Societies 75 Signals of Desirability and Their Manipulation 77 Who Can Choose? 80 6Sex, Resources, and Human Lifetimes 82 Starting Out: Resource Striving in the Womb 85 Sex Differences in Development 86 What's a Mother to Do? Optimizing Maternal Effort among Offspring 87 Conflicts of Interest: Abortion, Infanticide, Abandonment, Neglect 88 Sex Differences in Reproductive Lifetimes 92 Sex Differences in Senescence 99 7Sex and Resource Ecology in Traditional Cultures 104 Sexual Divisions of Labor 104 Sex and Control of Resources 106 Men, Women, and Resources in Traditional and Historical Cultures 106 8Sex, Resources, and Fertility in Transition 116 Germany in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 117 Nineteenth-Century Sweden 118 Sex, Resources, and Fertility in Transition 132 Fertility Transitions: What, If Anything, Do They Mean? 133 9Nice Guys Can Win-In Social Species, Anyway 135 Are We Lemmings? A Cautionary Tale 135 When and Why Do We Cooperate Most Easily? 136 Simple Strategies for Winning Games 138 Reciprocity and Its Relatives 141 Adding a Little Complexity 142 The "Group Selection" Naming Muddle 143 Altruists or Good Neighbors? 150 Cooperation and Free Riders 151 10Conflicts, Culture, and Natural Selection 152 Cooperation, Competition, and Groups 153 Working Out Our Conflicts: Moral Systems and Group Life 153 I'm Committed, Are You? The Deception and Manipulation Problems 157 Intertwining Cultural and Natural Selection 157 Logically Inept, Socially Adept: The Social Contexts of Intelligence 165 11Sex and Complex Coalitions 170 Coalitions, Resources, and Reproduction 172 Coalitions and the Ecology of Trust 180 Sex and Human Coalitions 181 12Politics and Reproductive Competition 185 Men, Women, and Politics Cross-Culturally 187 Women in Politics: When Did It Pay? 195 13Sex, Resources, and Early Warfare 198 Resources and Conflict 199 Why Women Warriors Are Rare 201 War: Runaway Sexual Selection? 202 Other Biological Approaches to Understanding War 203 The Ecology of War: Uncertainty and Payoffs 204 Intergroup Conflict in Other Species 205 Conflict in Preindustrial Societies 208 14Societal Complexity and the Ecology of War 212 Greek Hoplites: Early "Western" Warriors? 215 The Ecology of Renaissance War 215 The Behavioral Ecology of Modern War 217 Women and Disadvantaged Men in War 220 War and Reproductive Success Today 221 Proximate and Ultimate Causes of War: Evolutionary Novelty 222 15Wealth, Fertility, and the Environment in Future Tense 225 Wealth, Fertility, and Consumption Today: Empirical Data 231 How Our Evolved Tendencies Affect Our Future 237 The Behavioral Ecology of Humans and Other Species Interact 240 What's Missing in Current Strategies? 244 Can New Strategies and Tactics Help? 248 An Evolutionary Bottom Line: Can We Use What We Know? 249 Notes 253 Glossary 319 References 329 Index 399
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Princeton University Press The Theory of Ecological Communities
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In 1986, Thomas W. Schoener wrote a thought-provoking book chapter describing ecological communities along five organismal and five environmental axes. It was thought-provoking in the sense that Schoener attempted to unify community ecology using a minimal set of variables at a time when ecologists were doubtful of any unifying principle in community ecology. After three decades of Schoener's chapter, community ecologists are still divided about whether there could be a general theory of community... Mark Vellend elegantly attempts to bridge this divide by introducing the theory of high-level processes in ecological communities in his Princeton Population Monograph entitled The Theory of Ecological Communities."--Madhav P. Thakur, Trends in Ecology and Evolution "Vellend (biology, Univ. de Sherbrooke, Canada) provides a useful historical account of the wide variety of methods used in the field to lay the foundation for his proposed resolution of the resulting 'mess.' The book is well written, profusely referenced, and a worthy addition to the distinguished 'Monographs in Population Biology' series from Princeton University Press."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1. Introduction 1 PART I APPROACHES, IDEAS, AND THEORIES IN COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 2. How Ecologists Study Communities 9 3. A Brief History of Ideas in Community Ecology 20 PART II THE THEORY OF ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES 4. The Pursuit of Generality in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 39 5. High-Level Processes in Ecological Communities 49 6. Simulating Dynamics in Ecological Communities 69 PART III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 7. The Nature of Empirical Evidence 93 8. Empirical Evidence: Selection 107 9. Empirical Evidence: Ecological Drift and Dispersal 138 10. Empirical Evidence: Speciation and Species Pools 158 PART IV CONCLUSIONS, REFLECTIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 11. From Process to Pattern and Back Again 175 12. The Future of Community Ecology 182 References 193 Index 225
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Princeton University Press Listening to a Continent Sing
Book SynopsisIncludes QR codes for recordings of birdsongs available on companion website.Trade ReviewOne of Forbes.com's 12 Best Books About Birds and Birding in 2016 "One of the fascinating aspects of both the book and the recordings is that, while chasing after birdsong, Mr. Kroodsma captures so much other detail as well. Don't miss the pack of mongrels and hounds bellowing the bikers through Dwarf, Ky., or the creaking bicycle saddle accompanying the rich afternoon chorus of a moist deciduous forest on a steep uphill climb in the same state's damp and diverse mountains. Listening to a Continent Sing along with its website, is both an inspiration and a bundle of gifts waiting to be unwrapped."--Julie Zickefoose, Wall Street Journal "Blurring the lines between travelogue and casual scientific observation, Listening to a Continent Sing recounts their journey and transports the reader into the mind of a scientist renewing his awe of nature through an endearing portrayal of avian vocal communication and behavior. In its refreshing mix of history, linguistics, biology, and ethology, Listening to a Continent Sing brings back the joy and enthusiasm for scientific pursuits that can sometimes wane with time."--Helen J. Barr, Science "Kroodsma evokes the profound pleasure of rising before dawn to listen to the morning songs of the birds and ending the day with their evening choruses... An informative exploration of the subtleties of bird songs."--Kirkus "Birdsong maven Donald Kroodsma's travel journal is a welcome addition to the cycling-road-trip genre that began over a century ago... It's the author's knowledge of birdsong ... that makes this book so delightful."--Natural History "The story is charming, funny, poignant, and heartwarming... If you are going to treat yourself to one special gift this summer, make it this one!"--Cathy Taibbi, Examiner.com "Listening to a Continent Sing will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in the outdoors, by cyclists, and above all by birders. I have only just begun reading the book, but I already suspect that it will turn out to be one of the outstanding popular birds books of the year."--The Curious Naturalist blog "While the book may be categorized as a birding adventure, it is also the story of a father and son deepening their bond as they cycled by day and camped by night together for 10 weeks."--Jennifer J. Meyer, Orange County Register "Our sophistication in listening to birdsong and our enjoyment have been greatly facilitated by the writings of Don Kroodsma...[Listening to a Continent Sing] provides a delightful, vicarious ride across our country."--Herb Wilson, Portland Press Herald "Listening to a Continent Sing is a travelogue of Kroodsma's 5,000 mile trip, a celebration of nature, and a multimedia experience--the book is littered with quick-response codes that link to samples of birdsong found throughout the trip, such as the pileated woodpecker and the sandhill crane."--Chicago Tribune "Coupling these [QR] codes with the website to supply reader support makes this book truly one of a kind. Innovative educators will enjoy the challenge of deciding exactly how to use Listening to a Continent Sing in their teaching."--NSTA Recommends "Kroodsma has an insatiable curiosity about bird vocalizations and also a deep passion for his subject... This book provides a delightful, vicarious ride across our country. We stop frequently to appreciate the music of the birds."--Portland Press Herald "An accomplished travelogue written with great style which makes for an enjoyable and highly entertaining read. It is a book to be enjoyed by birders or non-birders alike."--Another Bird Blog "Kroodsma ... is to birdsong what a sommelier is to fine wine. With ears as finely tuned as a musician able to recognize a symphony by the first few notes, he identifies a variety of bird species and their many song variations... Listening to a Continent Sing is a feast for the senses and will no doubt inspire many to listen more deeply and more intently on the next walk or bike ride."--Urban Audubon "One of the quirkiest and most oddly charming travel books you're likely to come across... The whole package is engagingly chipper, a memoir of delight."--Washington Post "Do you wish to pursue your dreams? In this remarkable book, the author, birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma, did just that when he set out on a bicycle journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, recording the songs of birds along the way... Drawings of birds and the countryside fill this handsomely produced book, and the author's birdsong recordings can be accessed from QR codes in the margins. This gorgeous book combines history, geology, travel, bicycling, family relationships and birdsong into one irresistible adventure. I especially enjoyed how the author draws the reader into the places that he experienced through the use of sound."--Forbes.com, a "12 Best books about Birds and Birding in 2016" selection "It is always a pleasure to listen to masters talk about their passions. And so it is here, as Don Kroodsma, the world's leading expert on birdsong, takes us on a bicycle journey from Virginia to Oregon, listening to birds and explaining the magic and mystery in what he hears along the way... No one but Don Kroodsma could have written this book, as no one hears birdsong the way he does."--Eldon Greij, Bird Watching MagazineTable of ContentsHow to Listen Using the QR Codes vii Acknowledgments xi Prologue xiii 1. Beginnings 1 2. Peace, and War 12 3. Lemonade 20 4. Blue Ridge Dawn 30 5. A Virginia High 44 6. Appalachia 56 7. Boone Country 68 8. A Ride in Heaven 74 9. Laid Up 82 10. On the Road Again 86 11. Dawn Sweeps the Shawnee 96 12. The Ozarks 106 13. A Prairie Gem 115 14. Kansas Oceans 125 15. Shortgrass Prairie 136 16. Western Birds 146 17. Riding the Rockies 153 18. Sage and Song 163 19. Hello, Wyoming 173 20. The Oregon Trail 179 21. Grand Tetons 190 22. Into the Fire 199 23. Caterpillars Marching 207 24. Chief Joseph Pass 217 25. Lewis and Clark 225 26. Pacific Islands Incoming 233 27. Ascending into Oregon 242 28. Geological Chaos 251 29. Over the Cascades 261 30. A Homecoming 270 31. Land's End 280 Epilogue-Where Are They Now? 287 Notes 289 References 295 Index 299
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Princeton University Press Birds of Chile
Book SynopsisA cutting-edge photographic field guide to the birds of ChileThis is the first modern-style photographic field guide to the birds of Chile, an increasingly popular destination with birders and naturalists. Compact and easy to carry, pack, and use, Birds of Chile is ideal for curious naturalists and experienced birders alike, providing everythinTrade Review"Highly portable. . . . Birders, natural historians, biologists and others would appreciate this compact but rich guide to the Birds of Chile. Recommended." * ARBA Reviews *"This is an outstanding field guide. . . There are images of birds in habitat: where the subject is smaller in the frame and sometimes imperfectly lit. This is brave - but inspired. It gives a real insight into how you see the birds in the field. For me, it's the stand-out characteristic of the book - and the one that sets it apart from the burgeoning morass of photographic guides." * Neotropical Birding *"N/A"---Walter Belis, Natuurpunt
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Princeton University Press Insomniac Dreams
Book SynopsisFirst publication of an index-card diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams and subsequent daytime episodes, allowing the reader a glimpse of his innermost life.Trade Review"One of The Guardian’s Best Books of 2017""A meditation on the ways our dreams unmoor us--from ourselves, from one another, from the most basic sense of duration."---Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker"This is a celebratory enterprise, an ideal present for readers who are already fans. . . . Barabtarlo has a masterly command of Nabokov’s life and work."---Eric Naiman, Times Literary Supplement"[D]ream notes are at the heart of Insomniac Dreams, and are surrounded by helpful and intriguing background material."---Michael Wood, New York Review of Books"Nabokov's actual accounts of his dreams . . . are fantastic, and show in raw form the wit, facility, and inherent discipline of language easily recognizable as Nabokov’s handiwork. The author’s fans will be fascinated by the obsessions, fears, preoccupations, and minutiae revealed without filter or guard. . . . The note cards alone . . . will fortify Nabokov scholars for years to come." * Publishers Weekly *"Utterly fascinating."---William Boyd, The Guardian"Handsomely designed . . . [t]his is a looping, chronologically complicated book full of the kind of sleep-deprived, iridescently edged complexity that likes to gather around Vladimir Nabokov’s work."---Nicholson Baker, New Republic"[T]he volume’s foray into the subconscious is a suggestive . . . addition to the canon of Nabokoviana.”"---Francisco Unger, Essays in Criticism"For the casual reader drawn to big ideas, Insomniac Dreams can be as challenging as trying to reconstruct a dinosaur skeleton from a few simple bones. But it's a fascinating read for all the questions it raises—some of which the world's best minds have been tackling for centuries."---James Plath, PopMatters"Insomniac Dreams voices [Nabokov’s] ongoing translation, rereading and appraisal of his past selves during his lifetime, as well as his assured awareness of the reader’s voracious desire to sift through the detritus of his words and thoughts."---Melissa Purkiss, Oxonian Review
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Princeton University Press Marcel Mauss A Biography
Book SynopsisThis book is the first intellectual biography of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), the father of modern ethnology and a leading early figure in the French school of sociology. Mauss left a rich intellectual legacy in the social sciences, influencing the work of Claude Levi-Strauss and others. His masterpiece, the 1925 essay The Gift, on reciprocity and gifTrade Review"Fournier's book is an intellectual biography rather than just the biography of an intellectual, and has plenty of value to say about Mauss' ideas."--Terry Eagleton, London Review of Books "Fournier achieves with flying colors the ambitious goals of intellectual biography ... [T]he book is overall very fluid and engaging. It has great potential as a teaching tool and also makes excellent anthropologist bedtime reading."--Evelyn Dean, Anthropological QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 PART I: DURKHEIM'S NEPHEW 7 CHAPTER 1: Epinal, Bordeaux, Paris 9 CHAPTER 2: Student at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 37 CHAPTER 3: Rites of Institution: Early Publications and Travel Abroad 56 PART II: THE TOTEM AND TABOO CLAN 81 CHAPTER 4: In the Cenacle 85 CHAPTER 5: Citizen Mauss 96 CHAPTER 6: Rue Saint-Jacques 113 CHAPTER 7: Journalist at Humanite 123 CHAPTER 8: Collective Madness 133 CHAPTER 9: A Heated Battle at the College de France: The Loisy Affair 149 CHAPTER 10: Not a Very Funny War 168 PART III: THE HEIR 185 CHAPTER 11: (The Socialist)Life Goes On 189 CHAPTER 12: A Burdensome Inheritance 215 CHAPTER 13: The Institut d'Ethnologie 233 CHAPTER 14: Sociology, a Lost Cause? 246 PART IV: RECOGNITION 259 CHAPTER 15: A Place at the College de France 263 CHAPTER 16: Where Professors Devour One Another 276 CHAPTER 17: Enough to Make You Despair of Politics 303 CHAPTER 18: The Time of Myths 315 EPILOGUE: The War and Postwar Years 333 Notes 351 Index 427
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Princeton University Press Nano Comes to Life
Book SynopsisIncreasingly, scientists are gaining control over matter at the nanometer scale. Spearheaded by physical scientists operating at the interfaces of physics and biology, advances in nanoscience and technology are transforming how people think about life and treat human health.Trade Review"Nano Comes to Life draws on author Sonia Contera’s adventures in molecular-scale engineering to herald the coming of age of nanotechnology, and its promise to re-engineer tissue and transform lives." * New Scientist *"[The photographic section] is truly striking with its visual illustration of laying down single atomic designs and smart insulin-releasing patches containing microneedles."---Simon Cocking, Irish Tech News"[A] succinct study . . . Contera frames this near-future transmaterial science, with its focus on human well-being, as an effort allied to social justice even as it probes existential questions of what it means to be human."---Barbara Kiser, Nature"This is a readable although necessarily technical introduction to the way that physics is coming to biology."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer
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Princeton University Press The Question of Psychological Types
Book SynopsisIn 1915, C. G. Jung and his psychiatrist colleague, Hans Schmid-Guisan, began a correspondence through which they hoped to codify fundamental individual differences of attention and consciousness. Their ambitious dialogue, focused on the opposition of extraversion and introversion, demonstrated the difficulty of reaching a shared awareness of diffeTrade Review"The English text is a pleasure to read, with plenty of clarifying notes. Readers will enjoy the informality of the exchange, its intellectual depth, and the humanity of Jung and Schmid-Guisan. This important addition to the history of modern psychology will engage and inform interested nonspecialists."--E. James Lieberman, Library Journal "The Question of Psychological Types is a welcome addition to anyone who would seek to understand the framework of psychological types better in its philosophical and historical context. The publishers have done a good job of putting the book into a good, clean format and have equipped the text with a generous, even lavish, amount of footnotes. Readers who will want to know more about the practical application of typology and the types will not find much to interest them here, but to readers who want to be acquainted with the historical process that spawned Psychological Types, this volume is quite simply a mandatory read."--Celebrity Types "Beebe and Falzeder provide a fascinating, scientifically important look into the development of Jung's seminal work on psychological types. Unlike works that stress how one can understand the typology and the implications of being a 'certain type,' this volume illuminates the early development, discussion, and refinement of the ideas... A must-read for scholars and enthusiasts of Jung and an excellent 'reader' for understanding the scientific enterprise prior to the development print and online journals and formal review procedures."--Choice "We now have the opportunity to read and study this very significant correspondence with the addition of the excellent introduction and annotations which the co-editors have produced and have our knowledge and understanding of Jung's psychological types greatly deepened, expanded and enriched."--Peter Kenney, Journal of Analytical Psychology "The letters themselves have been brilliantly edited with very helpful annotations that provide for the reader some greater insight into the detailed arguments and allusions contained in this correspondence."--Peter Kenney, Journal of Analytical PsychologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Illustration of First Page of 7 J, 4 September 1915 viii Illustration of First Page of 12 S, 17/18 December 1915 ix Introduction 1 John Beebe and Ernst Falzeder Translator's Note 33 CORRESPONDENCE *1 J (4 June 1915) 39 *2 S (24 June 1915) 48 *3 J (undated) 55 *4 S (6 July 1915) 63 *5 J (undated) 74 *6 S (29 August 1915) 87 *7 J (4 September 1915) 100 *8 S (28 September 1915) 115 *9 J (6 November 1915) 131 *10 S (1-7 December 1915) 143 *11 S (11-14 December 1915) 148 *12 S (17-18 December 1915) 152 *13 S (6 January 1916) 155 APPENDIX * Summary of Jung's First Three Letters 159 * Jung's Obituary of Hans Schmid - Guisan 169 Bibliography 171 Index 179
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Princeton University Press Odd Couples
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of American Association for the Advancement of Science's Books for General Audiences and Young Adults 2014 "Balancing descriptive natural history with probing evolutionary biology, Fairbairn (Sex, Size & Gender Roles, coeditor), professor of biology at the University of California Riverside, examines eight striking cases of extreme size differences between males and females of the same species... The conclusion she draws from this amazing diversity is as profound as it is simple: 'there is no "normal" or "typical" pattern of sexual differentiation across the animal kingdom.' "--Publishers Weekly "I found reading the book like taking a holiday in a foreign land with an enthusiastic and expert guide. You will come back with good stories, and a new appreciation of the amazing diversity of life on Earth and the forces shaping it."--Suzanne Alonzo, Nature "I understand much more about these creatures now that I've read this lively new book... [L]ike all of the examples in this fine book, it's far from a traditional marriage."--Laurence A. Marschall, Natural History "Such insights into the lives of animals are what makes Odd Couples so enjoyable, and Fairbairn always takes an evolutionist-eye view to try to understand them."--Kate Douglas, New Scientist "When we discuss gender roles, we tend to think only of a narrow range of species conforming to our preconceptions about dominant men and domestic women. Fairbairn explodes these preconceptions... [F]ascinating reading."--Danielle Clode, Australian "The author has thought deeply about this topic and writes clearly about the many influences and consequences of sexual and natural selection and how they impinge upon reproductive fitness for different animal lineages. An utterly fascinating book that will change how you think about sexual differences."--GrrlScientist "Recommended."--Library Journal "[A]n amazing story... [A]n easy and enjoyable read... It is ambitious, it is an excellent natural history chronicle and it is a nice encyclopedia of sexual differences. Overall, a good one for the library."--D. J. Hosken, Current Biology "Looking at some of the most amazing creatures on the planet, Odd Couples sheds astonishing light on what it means to be male or female in the animal kingdom."--Northeastern and Southeastern Naturalist "[T]his accessible volume is well organized, and its impressive helpings of technical details never impede readability."--Adrian Barnett, BBC Wildlife Magazine "In observing the differences between genders, Darwin proposed both individual and natural selection. In this well-written, fascinating volume, Fairbairn explores how the two kinds of selection work to produce the 'odd couples' of the title... [Odd Couples] should appeal to lay and professional readers alike."--Choice "Odd Couples is a very informative and enjoyable book for anyone interested in animal life history... I can recommend it for any interested naturalist whether professional or nonprofessional."--Roger D. Applegate, Canadian Field Naturalist "Be prepared to be entertained and fascinated by this stimulating and provocative book. It is certain to spark your curiosity. Fairbairn lakes us on a romp through the animal kingdom... This book provides ample incentive for continued investigations."--Ann Hedrick, Ecology "Odd Couples present[s] a fun and enlightening plunge into the natural history of some very exceptional animals, along with an authoritative and accessible summary of current evolutionary theory on sex differences."--Robert Cox, Reports of the National Center for Science Education "Daphne Fairbairn has written an engaging and fascinating book... The well-written text flows nicely. Lay readers will enjoy natural history descriptions; discussions of fitness and Darwinian selection will ... appeal to professional biologists for whom this book is an excellent model of clear scientific writing."--AAASTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: The Roots of Sexual Differences: Why Male and Female Animals Differ 9 Chapter 3: Elephant Seals: Harems, Hierarchies, and Giant Males 23 Chapter 4: Great Bustards: Gorgeous Males and Choosy Females 46 Chapter 5: Shell-Carrying Cichlids: Protective Males and Furtive Females 64 Chapter 6: Yellow Garden Spiders: Sedentary Females and Roving Males 81 Chapter 7: Blanket Octopuses: Drifting Females and Dwarf Males 104 Chapter 8: Giant Seadevils: Fearsome Females and Parasitic Males 116 Chapter 9: Bone-Eating Worms: Female Tubeworms with Harems of Minuscule Males 133 Chapter 10: Shell-Burrowing Barnacles: Sac-Like Females with Harems of Phallic Males 147 Chapter 11: The Diversity of Sexual Differences: Differences between Males and Females across the Animal Kingdom 160 Chapter 12: Concluding Remarks 187 Acknowledgments 195 Appendix A: Scientific Names Corresponding to Common Names Used in the Text 197 Appendix B: Summary of Sexual Dimorphisms by Animal Phylum 203 Notes 207 Glossary of Technical Terms 239 Sources 247 Illustration Credits 287 Index 289
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Princeton University Press Einstein
Book Synopsis"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility ...The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle." --Albert Einstein, 1936 Albert Einstein's universal appeal is only partially explained by his brilliant work in physics, as Andrew Robinson demonstrates in this authoritative, accessible, and richly illustrated biography. The main narraTrade Review"A peerless introduction to the man, his life, and his scientific theories... [T]his is by far the best book about Einstein that I have ever come across."--Patrick Moore, BBC Sky at Night magazine "Most appealing... [C]ontains material on all aspects of Einstein's scientific work and private life ... It is filled with a myriad of familiar and not-so-familiar images."--Physics World "Einstein's life was full of paradoxes, and this lovely coffee table book, with essays by Stephen Hawking, Philip Anderson, Steven Weinberg and others, reveals them all."--New Scientist "A thoroughly grounded biography of Einstein. This book appeals to anyone interested in the universe, science or physics. This is one of the best books on Einstein to be found."--School Librarian "Andrew Robinson's main biographical narrative is enhanced by 12 essays by eminent scientists, scholars and artists that put Einstein's life and work in perspective."--Bill Condie, Cosmos Magazine "The commentaries are excellent, extremely helpful, and a very welcome addition to the literature on Einstein's theories of relativity... With its plentiful photographs and iconic, whimsical images, Robinson's work has great aesthetic appeal. The book offers a general introduction to Einstein in which his scientific achievements and his vivid personality are clearly conveyed... A fitting tribute to the man and his work, on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's general theory of relativity."--MetascienceTable of ContentsAuthor's Note 8 Preface by Freeman Dyson 10 Part One: The Physicist 1 The World of Physics Before Einstein 14 Autobiographical Notes by Albert Einstein 26 2 The Making of a Physicist 32 A Brief History of Relativity by Stephen Hawking 42 3 The Miraculous Year, 1905 52 4 General Relativity 66 Varying e: Vodka Without Alcohol? by Joao Magueijo 78 5 Arguing About Quantum Theory 82 6 The Search for a Theory of Everything 95 Einstein's Search for Unification by Steven Weinberg 102 7 Physics Since Einstein 109 Einstein's Scientific Legacy by Philip Anderson 122 Part Two: The Man 8 The Most Famous Man in the World 130 9 Personal and Family Life 140 Einstein's Love Letters by Robert Schulmann 150 Einstein and Music by Philip Glass 153 10 Germany, War and Pacifism 156 11 America 166 12 Zionism, the Holocaust and Israel 176 Einstein on Religion, Judaism and Zionism by Max Jammer 185 13 Nuclear Saint and Demon 191 Einstein's Quest for Global Peace by Joseph Rotblat 202 14 The End of an Era 207 Einstein's Last Interview by I. Bernard Cohen 212 15 Einstein's Enduring Magi 226 Einstein: Twentieth-Century Icon by Arthur C. Clarke 235 Afterword: Einstein's Nachlass by Diana Kormos Buchwald 240 Chronology of Einstein's Life 245 Sources of Quotations 246 Bibliography 250 Contributors 251 Index 252 Credits 256
£20.90
Princeton University Press How Evolution Shapes Our Lives
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A compelling and important book about how evolution matters to humans today."--Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society, and EnvironmentTable of ContentsPreface vii Contributors ix Chapter 1 How Evolution Shapes Our Lives 1 Richard E. Lenski PART I BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS Chapter 2 What Is Evolution? 15 Jonathan B. Losos Chapter 3 Human Evolution 31 John Hawks Chapter 4 Human Cooperation and Conflict 46 Joan E. Strassmann and David C. Queller Chapter 5 Human Behavioral Ecology 61 Virpi Lummaa Chapter 6 Evolutionary Psychology 77 Robert C. Richardson PART II EVOLUTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Chapter 7 Evolutionary Medicine 93 Paul E. Turner Chapter 8 Aging and Menopause 114 Jacob A. Moorad and Daniel E. L. Promislow Chapter 9 Evolution of Parasite Virulence 134 Dieter Ebert Chapter 10 Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance 147 Dan I. Andersson Chapter 11 Evolution and Microbial Forensics 163 Paul Keim and Talima Pearson PART III RESHAPING OUR WORLD Chapter 12 Domestication and the Evolution of Agriculture 179 Amy Cavanaugh and Cameron R. Currie Chapter 13 Directed Evolution 191 Erik M. Quandt and Andrew D. Ellington Chapter 14 Evolution and Computing 206 Robert T. Pennock Chapter 15 Evolution and Conservation 220 H. Bradley Shaffer Chapter 16 Adaptation to a Changing World: Evolutionary Resilience and Climate Change 238 Martha M. Munoz and Craig Moritz PART I V EVOLUTION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE Chapter 17 Evolution and Religion: Conflict and Dialogue 255 Francisco J. Ayala Chapter 18 Creationism and Intelligent Design 284 Eugenie C. Scott Chapter 19 Evolution and the Media 300 Carl Zimmer PART V NATURE AND NURTURE Chapter 20 Linguistics and the Evolution of Human Language 313 Mark Pagel Chapter 21 Cultural Evolution 331 Elizabeth Hannon and Tim Lewens Chapter 22 Evolution and Notions of Human Race 346 Alan R. Templeton Chapter 23 The Future of Human Evolution 362 Alan R. Templeton Index 381
£999.99
Princeton University Press Professor of Apocalypse The Many Lives of Jacob
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, Biography Category""[A] fascinating, judicious biography. Professor of Apocalypse is at once a history of ideas, a gripping psychological melodrama and a study of the surprising power of intellectual charisma to make and unmake lives."---Mark Lilla, New York Times Book Review"This comprehensive biography is an important one. . . . [Muller’s] cogently documented biography, empathic in its presentation and judgment, goes a long way in helping us put mortal flesh on the charismatic puzzle that was Jacob Taubes."---Steven E. Aschheim, Los Angeles Review of Books"In Professor of Apocalypse Jerry Z. Muller accomplishes the nigh-impossible task of contextualizing the manifold reminiscences and myths surrounding Taubes into a clearly periodized and expertly documented account."---Eugene R. Sheppard, Times Literary Supplement"Muller has written more than a biography of a talented and tormented Jew and professor of philosophy and religion. Through painstaking reconstruction of the myriad communities of scholars in which Taubes operated and the various worlds of ideas in which he revolved, Muller illuminates hitherto unconnected but fascinating chapters in European, American, and Israeli intellectual life."---Peter Berkowitz, Commentary"A well-crafted, exhaustively researched, intellectually balanced biography."---Abigail Rosenthal, VoegelinView"[Professor of Apocalypse] captures the complex personality of an exceptionally difficult man, and the complexity of the age he lived through. . . . Biographers often grow to despise their subjects. Not without cause, Muller at some points is clearly exasperated. But it speaks to his talent and patience that by the end of his book his readers cannot help but love Taubes, for all of his sins."---Daniel Miller, Mars Review of Books
£37.80
Princeton University Press How Evolution Shapes Our Lives Essays on Biology
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A compelling and important book about how evolution matters to humans today."--Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society, and EnvironmentTable of ContentsPreface vii Contributors ix Chapter 1 How Evolution Shapes Our Lives 1 Richard E. Lenski PART I BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS Chapter 2 What Is Evolution? 15 Jonathan B. Losos Chapter 3 Human Evolution 31 John Hawks Chapter 4 Human Cooperation and Conflict 46 Joan E. Strassmann and David C. Queller Chapter 5 Human Behavioral Ecology 61 Virpi Lummaa Chapter 6 Evolutionary Psychology 77 Robert C. Richardson PART II EVOLUTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Chapter 7 Evolutionary Medicine 93 Paul E. Turner Chapter 8 Aging and Menopause 114 Jacob A. Moorad and Daniel E. L. Promislow Chapter 9 Evolution of Parasite Virulence 134 Dieter Ebert Chapter 10 Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance 147 Dan I. Andersson Chapter 11 Evolution and Microbial Forensics 163 Paul Keim and Talima Pearson PART III RESHAPING OUR WORLD Chapter 12 Domestication and the Evolution of Agriculture 179 Amy Cavanaugh and Cameron R. Currie Chapter 13 Directed Evolution 191 Erik M. Quandt and Andrew D. Ellington Chapter 14 Evolution and Computing 206 Robert T. Pennock Chapter 15 Evolution and Conservation 220 H. Bradley Shaffer Chapter 16 Adaptation to a Changing World: Evolutionary Resilience and Climate Change 238 Martha M. Munoz and Craig Moritz PART I V EVOLUTION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE Chapter 17 Evolution and Religion: Conflict and Dialogue 255 Francisco J. Ayala Chapter 18 Creationism and Intelligent Design 284 Eugenie C. Scott Chapter 19 Evolution and the Media 300 Carl Zimmer PART V NATURE AND NURTURE Chapter 20 Linguistics and the Evolution of Human Language 313 Mark Pagel Chapter 21 Cultural Evolution 331 Elizabeth Hannon and Tim Lewens Chapter 22 Evolution and Notions of Human Race 346 Alan R. Templeton Chapter 23 The Future of Human Evolution 362 Alan R. Templeton Index 381
£63.00
Princeton University Press A WellOrdered Thing
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fascinating."—Publishers Weekly "The periodic chart now hangs on the wall of countless classrooms, and occupies textbooks, websites and T-shirts. . . . Working long before nuclear scientists reached Los Alamos, Mendeleev was this kingdom’s first successful cartographer."—Simon Schaffer, London Review of Books "Engaging. . . . [T]he most comprehensive biography in English about Mendeleev."—Ursula Klein, Physics Today "Highly readable."—Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Nature "This fine book presents a compelling portrait of Mendeleev as a Russian thinker, a member of the small cohort of Petersburg elite who shaped Russian science, politics, and culture. . . . For anyone interested in Mendeleev or the place of science in late nineteenth-century Russia, this is required reading."—Mark B. Adams, Slavic Review "A serious and interesting exploration of the life and times of Dmitrii Mendeleev."—Carmen Giunta, Foundations of Chemistry
£28.80
Princeton University Press Early Auden Later Auden
Book SynopsisTrade Review"It's a wealth of intelligence, knowledge and insight that Mendelson ... brings to this study... With his array of interpretative tools, he solves for the first time the notorious obscurities of Auden's earliest work."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times "Remarkable ... Presents the poet's life and art so vividly as to illuminate the major works and bring out neglected ones."--Grace Schulman, Nation "Rich and suggestive in its generalizations, resourceful in its scholarship, and precise in its readings of Auden's work."--Paul Fussell, New Republic "Mendelson's brilliant anatomy of Auden's career as a poet and magus in America is an intellectual and artistic tour de force."--Economist "[An] astonishing critical study... An absorbing life of the poet's mind ... Exciting and provocative."--Walter Clemons, Newsweek "[Mendelson's] close readings are always meticulous and insightful, and he draws detailed connections between what Auden read and what he wrote... [S]hould be kept on the shelf right next to the Collected Poems."--Adam Kirsch, New York Observer "Could well change the map of modern poetry... A model of condensation, [it] proceeds through the huge, often neglected body of work with grace and wit."--Tom D'Evelyn, Boston Book ReviewTable of ContentsPreface to the One-Volume Edition ix Early Auden Introduction to Early Auden 3 Part One: The Border And The Group (August 1927-May 1933) I The Exiled Word 15 II The Watershed 36 III Family Ghosts 53 IV The Evolutionary Defile 69 V Trickster and Tribe 86 VI Private Places 115 VII Looking for Land 132 Part Two: The Two Worlds (June 1933-January 1939) VIII Lucky This Point 151 IX The Great Divide 167 X The Insufficient Touch 196 XI Their Indifferent Redeemer 220 XII Parables of Action: 1 236 XIII Parables of Action: 2 257 XIV History to the Defeated 277 XV From This Island 297 Epilogue 325 Later Auden Introduction to Later Auden 329 Part One: Vision And After (1939-1947) I Demon or Gift 339 II The Vision Enters 363 III Against the Devourer 389 IV Investigating the Crime 418 V It without Image 448 VI Imaginary Saints 471 VII The Absconded Vision 495 VIII The Murderous Birth 522 IX Asking for Neighborhood 557 Part Two: The Flesh We Are (1948-1957) X The Murmurs of the Body 589 XI Waiting for a City 615 XII The Great Quell 638 XIII Number or Face 664 XIV The Altering Storm 690 Part Three: Territorial (1958-1973) XV Poet of the Encirclement 715 XVI The Air Changes 735 XVII This Time Final 755 XVIII The Concluding Carnival 783 Postscript His Secret Life 809 Notes and Index Reference Notes 821 Index 877
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Princeton University Press Far from Land
Book SynopsisThe lives and activities of seabirds as you've never seen them beforeSeabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on beautiful and remote islands that humans rarely visit. Thanks to the development of increasingly sophisticated and miniaturized devices thTrade Review"One of the British Trust for Ornithology's Best Bird Books of 2018""A brilliant global overview of seabird behaviour."---Kenny Taylor, BBC Wildlife"His tour of the ecological highlights is gripping in scope and in granular detail gleaned from observations of puffins, penguins, fulmars and more."---Barbara Kiser, Nature"This is a celebration of nature writing, scientific research and the wonder of birds, large and small, that glide, flap and flutter across the world’s oceans."---Tim Birkhead, Times Literary Supplement"Brooke’s storytelling skills are first rate, and artist Bruce Pearson’s illustrations only further the mesmerizing quality of this project." * Foreword Reviews *"[Brooke] shares his encyclopedic knowledge with dry wit and fine attention to detail in this absorbing book. . . . His enthusiasm is so infectious that Far from Land is bound to hatch some much-needed new devotees."---Adrian Barnett, New Scientist"If you thought you knew all about seabirds, then think again. This book is absolutely packed with new information."---John Miles, Bird Watching Magazine"Written with passion and knowledge in equal doses. It is beautifully written, immediately captures interest, is erudite, avoids jargon, and is entertaining with a fair peppering of humour. . . . I cannot think of one good reason why any seabirder – field birders and researchers alike – would want to skip this book. Buy it."---Bob Flood, Birdwatch Magazine"[A] marvellous new study."---John Burnside, New Statesman"A thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating survey of the world of seabirds – made all the more enjoyable by Bruce Pearson’s lovely pen-and-wash illustrations."---Nigel Andrew, Literary Review"The most up-to-date picture of how seabirds behave when we aren’t watching. . . . Beautifully written."---Joe Culley, Irish Times"In a very approachable and often dazzling book, Michael Brooke blends the seemingly incompatible worlds of romance and science. The book almost reads like a collection of fairy tales, stories from lands far away of almost-mythical creatures."---Mihai Andrei, ZME Science"As an all-encompassing look at the lives of all sort of seabirds, this book would be hard to beat . . . a must-have book for anyone with an interest in the most mysterious of all birds."---Matt Merritt, Bird Watching Magazine"Michael Brooke has drawn on his knowledge of current science to give a timely summary of research so far and a brilliant global overview of seabird behaviour."---Kenny Taylor, BBC Wildlife Magazine"To read it is like encountering a new and unknown blue planet for the first time. . . . How much better to live now when the world of seabirds, even far from land, is chronicled in such magnificent detail by scientists such as Brooke."---Matt Ridley, The Times"A magical tour of every ocean and some of the remotest locations on the planet through the lives of seabirds. . . . The potential for future discoveries as technologies advance is truly exciting and I cannot wait for the sequel to this book in 20 years’ time."---Ruth Walker, British Trust for Ornithology"Michael Brooke’s book, Far From Land, provides an entertaining and highly digestible account of what we have learnt from the past three decades of seabird tracking research, and what we have learnt is nothing short of staggering. . . . It is well written, tripping along at a nice pace, and should keep anyone with an interest in marine biology or ornithology entertained."---Stephen Votier, Current Biology Magazine"An impressive global overview of impressive modern research into what proves to be even more impressive seabirds. . . . Altogether a well-written, finely illustrated, instructively mapped book."---Richard Sherley, Seabird"This is a relatively slim volume, but one that is absolutely packed with information and all conveyed in an engaging and often witty style."---Andrew Bielinski, Scottish Birds"The book is written with wit (e.g., quoting from a scientific presentation given in rap) and real insight, helped bythe fact that the author himself is a field ornithologist and understands how much time and effort goes into workthat may end up summarized in a sentence in the book. This is a book that all ornithologists should read, but itwill also inspire marine biologists, seafarers, and all who travel the seas into deepened respect for the seabirdswith which they share the oceans."---Michael Scott, Conservation Biology
£22.50
Princeton University Press A Sparrowhawks Lament
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of The Independent's Best Nature Books of 2014 "Engrossing, entertaining and covering a vast range of subjects, this is a highly recommended read."--Matt Merritt, Birdwatching Magazine "Engaging reading. The book will remain a firm favourite with those, like me, for whom these are special birds."--Mike Toms, BBC Wildlife Magazine "Marvellous and touching."--Trevor Heaton, Eastern Daily Press (Weekend) "From the beginning I was struck with the detail and sheer readability of the text and finished the first 40 pages of the Introduction, The Sparrowhawk and The Osprey without a break... A Sparrowhawk's Lament is a desirable little volume which I thoroughly enjoyed, and one I can recommend to blog readers for the next rainy, non-birding day."--Phil Slade, Another Bird Blog "Each of these stories (and others) is addressed in detail, providing a comprehensive and important historical record. Indeed the book's major achievement is its thoroughness--Cobham has spared no pains in his travelling, in his research and in his collaborations... This is a thorough and comprehensive account of Britain's birds of prey and our long and complex relationship with them."--Andy Stoddart, AndyStoddart.weebly.com "A thoughtful and deeply personal book by someone who has spent a lifetime indulging his keen interest in Britain's 15 breeding birds of prey."--Ian Carter, British Birds "Rich in cultural detail, descriptive illustrations, and personal recollections, A Sparrowhawk's Lament: How British Breeding Birds of Prey Are Faring paints a canvas demonstrating how cultural perceptions can be changed to improve conservation outcomes."--Gabriel Thoumi, Mongabay.com "The book is an uplifting tale of wonderful birds, some great places and a lot of gifted raptor enthusiasts."--Mark Avery, Birdwatch "[T]he book pulls no punches and is one of the best books about birds of prey I have read."--RC, Highland News "A book to be read right through or dipped into at leisure, A Sparrowhawk's Lament is a fitting tribute to our birds of prey and those who work to conserve them. Whether beginner or specialist, everyone will learn something about our formidable, yet vulnerable diurnal raptors."--Curious Naturalist Blog "Engrossing and enjoyable to read."--David Lewis, Birds from Behind "David Cobham has written a very understandable biology and history of birds of prey. It was a pleasure to read the words, but the content was, of necessity, sometimes disturbing. I would recommend this book to all who like birds, particularly raptors. British birders and those who visit (like me) will gain a lot of valuable information. It would make a great present to anyone studying hawks."--Roy John, Canadian Field Naturalist "[A] comprehensive and important historical record."--Sussex Wildlife Trust "A very detailed and engrossing account of the health or otherwise of Britain's birds of prey."--Michael McCarthy, Independent "This excellent book has detailed, entertaining accounts of the 15 species of diurnal raptors (falcons, hawks, eagles) breeding in Great Britain. Embellishing the text are 93 superb drawings by wildlife artist Pearson. His artwork has a soft, pastel, chalk-like quality and consists only of shades of gray and white, yet is precise. Cobham draws on his vast experience studying raptors, captive breeding, conservation, and re-establishing rare species. He offers penetrating glimpses into the history of these fascinating birds, sometimes going back centuries, and the unusual people who are drawn to them."--Choice "This is a book that will delight general ornithologists and birders, as well as those who see raptors as the summit of avian evolution."--Charles H. Middleburgh, Charles Middleburgh Blog "Having studied birds for over 70 years I thought I knew quite a bit about birds of prey, but through reading this book I have learnt far more."--Bryan Sage, Country-Side "This is an interesting and educational book for raptor lovers and others seeking to learn about the raptors of Great Britain."--R.E.H., Wildlife ActivistTable of ContentsForeword 5 Introduction 6 The Sparrowhawk 9 The Osprey 26 The Honey Buzzard 42 The Red Kite 59 The White-tailed Eagle 77 The Marsh Harrier 95 The Hen Harrier 112 The Montagu's Harrier 131 The Goshawk 148 The Common Buzzard 165 The Golden Eagle 183 The Kestrel 203 The Merlin 218 The Hobby 237 The Peregrine Falcon 253 Conclusion 269 Further reading 270 Acknowledgements 271
£17.09
Princeton University Press Mechanical Design of Structural Materials in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Combining a limited number of basic components, animals have developed a tremendous diversity of materials, most of which have not been scientifically examined or understood fully. Even the most detailed information about their chemical composition and genetic background has not answered questions about mechanical performance. In this outstanding book, Gosline shows us how to analyze the relationship between structure and function and how to exploit this knowledge to design original bioinspired materials."—Stanislav Gorb, Kiel University"This excellent book is useful for teaching materials science or biomechanics to biologists, as well as for giving materials scientists and engineers a biological or bioinspirational perspective."—Peter Fratzl, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces"This book argues that adaptive design in load-bearing biological materials necessarily involves contributions at multiple length and time scales ranging from nanometers and microseconds to meters and years. Well-supported through his analysis of case studies, Gosline succeeds in reconciling and integrating contributions to function at different scales as no other writer has done to date."—J. Herbert Waite, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Princeton University Press Live Long and Evolve
Book SynopsisTrade Review"If you're like me, you've watched a lot of Star Trek. If you're even more like me, you'll read the new book Live Long and Evolve."---Steve Mirsky, Scientific American"With a light, accessible style, [Noor] juxtaposes Star Trek scenarios with near-alien examples of life on Earth. . . . Noor wants his readers to understand that science, like fiction, is rife with intrigue."---Erin Zimmerman, Los Angeles Review of Books"Whether or not your knowledge of Star Trek begins and ends with Mr. Spock’s tapered ears. . . . Live Long and Evolve’s thesis empowers."---Todd B. Gruel, PopMatters
£18.00
Princeton University Press Birds in Winter
Book SynopsisPasquier describes the season's distinct conservation challenges for birds that winter where they have bred and for migrants to distant regions. Filled with elegant line drawings, the text describes how winter influences the lives of birds from the poles to the equator.Trade Review"The material is well organised with a sensible, progressive arrangement of chapters, plenty of subheadings and a useful summary to round off each section. The text is pitched roughly at the level of a ‘New Naturalist’ volume, bridging the gap between professional ornithologist and interested amateur. . . . [An] accessible and useful reference."---Ian Carter, British Birds"New facts on every page!"---John Miles, Birdwatching Magazine"This book is as broad ranging as it is deeply informative. . . . You cannot read this one without learning a great deal and, despite the author’s undoubted expertise the touch is light enough to make it an accessible read too."---Bo Beolens, Fat Birder"[Birds in Winter] is assiduously underpinned with scientific references, but at the same time takes the reader on an accessible and fascinating tour."---Paul Nicholson, The London Free Press"[A] highly informative, detail-packed, research-based description of bird behavior."---Donna Lynn Schulman, 10,000 Birds"[The] topic . . . is well served by the author who clearly demonstrates that it genuinely deserves a whole book, and that it is not off-beat at all."---Anthony P. Payne, Glasgow Naturalist"A . . . welcome publication on a previously neglected topic. I found it a tremendous compilation of ideas and facts about wintering birds and I think it deserves to be very widely read."---Tony Gaston, The Canadian Field Naturalist"An admirable treasure trove and summation of what is known about wintering birds for all biologists, climatologists, birders, ecologists, environmentalists, and conservationists." * Choice *"The author has put together an impressive account of a bird’s year. . . . A novel approach to the ornithological literature and an instructive read."---Christopher Perrins, IBIS Book Reviews"We owe the author a debt of gratitude for his thorough and earnest overview of the “other” half of the lives of birds. I highly recommend this book for its shift in perspective."---P.A. Bednekoff, Ornithology
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Princeton University Press Modeling Populations of Adaptive Individuals
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] welcome addition to the esteemed monographs in [the] Population Biology series from Princeton University Press."---Darcy Visscher, The Quarterly Review of Biology
£94.50
Princeton University Press Homology Genes and Evolutionary Innovation
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, National Academy of Sciences""Homology, Genes, and Evolutionary Innovation makes a seminal contribution to evolutionary biology. As Wagner argues, his view provides an opportunity for a major research program on the study of novelty as distinct from adaptation."---Carl Simpson and Douglas H. Erwin, Science"There is much information that is good here." * Choice *"The book is beautifully written, in a precise yet conversational and often humorous tone; still, it is not light reading. Like the chocolate tortes of the author's native Vienna, it requires time to savor. Buy it, and find a seat in your favorite library or café in which to appreciate its richness."---J. A. Bolker, Evolution and Development"This is a book I've waited for all of my professional life (plus a bit--I'm 80)."---Gorkana Group, Biologist"[A]s a treatise on the homology concept in relation to evolutionary morphological novelties, we cannot think of a better current treatment. We congratulate the author for having written a truly inspiring book that will influence the field for many years to come."---Lennart Olsson, Systematic Biology"It is with great pleasure that readers may learn in the pages of Günter Wagner's book how to solve such recalcitrant de Beerian puzzles by their own, guided by the author's expertise both as a gifted philosopher and first rank scientist. . . . Wagner's beautifully written four hundred and twenty five pages are full of important qualifications of the framework and excellent illustrations of each and every of the author's points."---Guillermo Lorenzo González, Theorema"Deeply thought provoking. . . . This survey of homology in the light of modern genetic research . . . is timely and helpful."---Peter Moore, The Bulletin
£28.80
Princeton University Press How Men Age
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the W.W. Howells Book Award, Biological Anthropology Section of the American Anthropological Association""2017 Regional Finalist in Science, ForeWord Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards""The best short summation I've seen of a massive body of research."---Michael Shermer, Wall Street Journal"How Men Age is wry, sly, informative, and provocative."---Glenn Altschuler, Psychology Today"Bribiescas makes a wonderful case for considering evolutionary ideas in human health, and provides a great introduction for anyone wishing to join the conversation."---Emily Gregg, Lateral magazine"Charming. . . . [A]n enjoyable and humane look at what could have been a bleak subject, spiced with just the right amounts of humour, anecdote and quirky personal perspective."---David Bainbridge, Literary Review"[T]he lens through which Bribiescas views [male aging], evolutionary biology, offers a nuanced explanation of why, during almost every phase of human life, men die at a higher rate than women."---Brian Bethune, Maclean's"[Richard Bribiescas] applies anthropological and evolutionary biological lenses to a sweeping, succinct review of the phenomenon [of how men age], and does so with good humor." * Harvard Magazine *"Richard Bribiescas covers some interesting uncharted territory. This is not a mere description of ageing. Instead, by considering male ageing in the light of natural selection, it aims to answer big questions. . . . Testosterone peaks in early adulthood, so that men are past their physical prime by the age of 30. It's tempting to see it as all downhill from there. But with wit and insight, Bribiescas shows convincingly that's not the case."---Kate Douglas, New Scientist"[How Men Age] certainly enriches our understanding of male health and well-being."---Wan Lixin, Shanghai Daily
£14.24
Princeton University Press Quantitative Biosciences Dynamics across Cells
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£100.00
Princeton University Press Darwins Unfinished Symphony
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2017 British Psychological Society Book Awards, Best Academic Monograph""Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Biological Science, Association of American Publishers""One of Forbes.com’s 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist""Selected for Askblog’s Books of the year 2017""Not only philosophers and other human scientists interested . . . in cognitive and epistemological issues, but also educators and researchers in educational sciences can greatly benefit from reading this excellent book."---Lorenzo Magnani, Science and Education
£19.00
Princeton University Press Feeding Gotham The Political Economy and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best History Books of 2016"
£27.00
Princeton University Press Saint Patrick Retold The Legend and History of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Drawing on sources as diverse as archaeology, canon law, and social theory, Roy Flechner shifts our perspective on Patrick by situating him firmly within the broader context of the late Roman Empire, post-Roman Britain, and early medieval Europe. Flechner's probing exploration of Patrick's own writings within this framework sheds new light on the figure of Ireland's national saint."--Catherine McKenna, Harvard University "In recent years, many new sources about Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, have been excavated and new theories formulated, so the time is ripe for a reevaluation of Patrick's life and work. Roy Flechner, a rising star in early medieval Irish history, is the right person for this task. This engaging book will no doubt become a bestseller among Patrick's fans throughout the world, as well as those interested in early medieval Ireland, its culture, and its saints."--Yitzhak Hen, author of Roman Barbarians "This superb and stylishly executed work does a splendid job of surveying the life of Patrick, ending with a helpful overview of later developments of the saint in popular culture. Filling a gap, this impressive work will be gratefully received by historians of late antiquity and early medieval Britain and Ireland, and Celticists, not to mention a large body of general readers."--Mark Williams, author of Ireland's Immortals
£19.80
Princeton University Press Period
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""A Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the Year""Period by the biological anthropologist Kate Clancy, hope[s] to draw our attention to menstruation and the often overlooked organ central to it. . . . Clancy hope[s] to encourage us to better appreciate this remarkable muscle. . . . Rather than greeting our periods with disgust, perhaps we should trade our revulsion for awe."---Yasmine AlSayyad, The New Yorker"Give this book to everyone."---Aimee Cunningham, Science News"A bracing look at periods and how society lets down those who have them. . . . Clancy excels at outlining how sexism influences the production and process of science, as well as public understandings of research findings. The result is an urgent call to reconsider how periods are researched and discussed." * Publishers Weekly *""Revelatory. . . . Clancy’s book will hopefully encourage more scientists to conduct more rigorous research on periods."---Rose George, The Atlantic"In energetic and funny prose, Clancy castigates Western societies, especially scientists and physicians, for menstrual stigmas both ancient and modern. . . . [Period] conveys a consistently positive view of menstrual blood, the menstrual cycle, and the bodies of people who menstruate. Looking for agency, optimism, power, and healing in menstruating bodies, Clancy demonstrates that, indeed, these qualities are there for those whose eyes are open to them. . . . A main theme throughout the book is that there is a diversity of menstrual experiences, and that is a good way for bodies (and people) to be. In the end, Clancy simply wants periods to be understood and respected for the remarkable biological process they are."---Lara Freidenfelds, Science"[Period] is an important and provocative look at an incredibly common yet stigmatized bodily process and at the fatal flaws underlying both our science and our society. It might make readers uncomfortable. But as Clancy proclaims, that means she’s doing her job."---Emily Cataneo, Undark"Period . . . is an energising read that models and opens critical conversations about ethically and politically reflective practices in the life sciences. . . .Clancy engages the reader in a dialogue that ignites curiosity and invites further inquiry, offering dollop after rich dollop of fascinating science. . . . Period is not only an exquisite work of science writing, it is a life-altering read."---Sarah S. Richardson, The Lancet"Religion is uniquely capable of taking painful, isolating experiences and using them as catalysts for forming community. Yet, so far, resources on the theology of menstruation are scant. As far as I know, there is no handbook for the pastoral care of people experiencing menstruation. And although Clancy demonstrates that menstrual blood is the source of life, I have yet to hear a sermon relating the life-giving blood of Christ to periods. Perhaps Period is the invitation pastors and theologians need to reimagine what it means to sing our old hymns about the 'wonder-working power in the blood.'"---David Black, Christian Century"Worth reading...for the demolition of the idea of a ‘normal’ 28-day cycle! [Clanch is] also great at considering the social implications of science."---Meghan Bartels, Scientific American"Kate Clancy, an anthropologist by training and a serious researcher into the science underlying menstruation, takes her readers on an adventurous romp through every physiological, political, and social aspect of this monthly bloodletting and tissue-shedding that virtually all women (and other people with uteruses) experience hundreds of times during their reproductive years – myth-busting as she goes. . . .The book is a must-read for anyone who menstruates, has menstruated, or will do so, and all those close to them – and, one hopes, a map for the future."---Caroline de Costa, Australian Book Review"Clancy’s perspective is expertly blended with insights from evolutionary biology, clinical investigations, public health, and social science to broaden our understanding of menstruation. Period is a relevant and timely contribution to biological anthropology and popular science that has the potential to influence research, health policy, and cultural perspectives of women’s reproductive health and menstruation." * Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *"a well-written, interdisciplinary exposition of menstruation.... Highly recommended" * Choice *
£20.90
Princeton University Press Modeling Populations of Adaptive Individuals
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Princeton University Press A Different Kind of Animal
Book SynopsisHow our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a speciesHuman beings have evolved to become the most dominant species on Earth. This astonishing transformation is usually explained in terms of cognitive ability-people are just smarter than all the rest. But Robert Boyd argues that cultureTrade Review"In this lucid, well-argued treatise, anthropologist Robert Boyd avers that we are 'culture-saturated creatures', and that it is culturally transmitted knowledge that sets us apart and explains our dramatic range of behaviours, from rampant violence to great feats of cooperation."—Barbara Kiser, Nature"A Different Kind of Animal is a fascinating introduction to a fertile field of cultural research that should be better-known. Approachable and clearly argued, it is a brave revival of the autonomy of culture and a breath of fresh air for those tired of the narrow claims of evolutionary psychology."—Cosmos"Thought-provoking."—Publishers Weekly
£17.09
Princeton University Press A Dogs World
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is an evolutionary thought experiment—untestable, informative and great fun. . . . A Dog’s World appears to have all four paws on secure scientific ground as Ms. Pierce and Mr. Bekoff start from basic evolutionary and ecological principles to develop powerful predictions and insights into dogs as we know them today."---David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal"This thought-provoking book examines what the world would look like if all of us annoying, treat-wielding, doggie-day-care arranging grown-ups suddenly disappeared and dogs could run free. We might like to believe our dogs would be lost without us, but the reality might surprise you."---Zibby Owens, Washington Post"I love creative approaches to science writing and this book – an imagining of what would happen to dogs if humans disappeared – delivers it all: fresh perspectives, top-drawer science and an original thought-provoking hook."---Jules Howard, Big Issue
£17.09
Princeton University Press So Simple a Beginning
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hands down the most beautiful book I’ve ever read. . . . The intersection of biology and physics might be the most underappreciated cross-over in the sciences."---Nicole Barbaro, Bookmarked"The author's style is mostly captivating, and the illustrations provide unique support . . . Parthasarathy's commitment regarding the importance of education about scientific discovery and its place in today's world is evident throughout."---F. W. Yow, Choice
£27.00
Princeton University Press How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the AIP Science Communication Book Award, American Institute of Physics""Longlisted for the Young Adult Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books""Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books""One of Inverse's Best Science Books of 2018"
£13.29
Princeton University Press Ecoevolutionary Dynamics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book gives comprehensive coverage, including classical (selection, adaptation, divergence), basic (gene flow, plasticity, ecosystem functions), and some recent (genomics) issues that are richly illustrated by simple, clear tables, and figures." * Conservation Biology *
£40.50
Princeton University Press Coexistence in Ecology A Mechanistic Perspective
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Highly recommended."---J. Burger, CHOICE
£94.50
Princeton University Press Coexistence in Ecology
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Highly recommended."---J. Burger, CHOICE
£37.80
Princeton University Press W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Tignor's book is one for enthusiasts of development, of social science research and of African history. It is long, closely written, tightly researched and scrupulously comprehensive."---Lawrence Haddad, Times Higher Education Supplement"This book can be read on two levels. On the human level, it is the story of triumph against adversity. . . . [A]t the level of the contribution made by a professional economist to economic development, this book reads as a story of intellectual failure in the face of political reality. . . . Each of these chapters is thoroughly researched, judiciously blending discussions of Lewis's personal life and of the changes taking place in the world."---Ranald Michie, Business History Review"In this splendid intellectual biography, Robert L. Tignor examines Lewis's career and thought, giving particular emphasis to his experiences in Africa. . . . This is an important biography, and one that will benefit scholars seeking to understand the enormous gap between economic aspirations and achievements in much of the developing world, as well as the struggle for racial justice. For students of post-independence Africa the book has special relevance."---Alfred E. Eckes, International History Review"Robert Tignor has produced an impressive intellectual biography of the remarkable economist, policy advisor, and educator, Sir W. Arthur Lewis."---James B. Stewart, Journal of African American History
£94.50
Princeton University Press The Last Butterflies
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Longlisted for the Young Adult Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books""There are heroes in this story, and Haddad does a wonderful job of celebrating them."---Jonathan Hahn, Sierra"A valuable lens on the biodiversity crisis. Yet Haddad does not just gather data on habitat loss and other drivers of decline—although he does that with crystalline acuity. He emphasizes that measures such as restoring ecological systems can protect populations of these fragile 'ambassadors of nature', against the odds."---Barbara Kiser, Nature"Haddad eloquently argues that conserving butterflies is not about preserving an organism or habitat in aspic—that way lies stagnation and decline—it’s about enabling a dynamic and resilient environment."---Richard Jones, BBC Wildlife Magazine"Wonderfully informative . . . Haddad has that rare ability to make difficult science accessible to those of us who are not trained in the nuances of ecological quantification and he does so without talking down to us."---Keith Taylor, WUOM’s Stateside"A powerful study of what a declining insect population reveals about how we are treating the planet . . . . fine and compelling book."---Jules Pretty, Times Higher Education"We need to do better at embedding nature conservation, knowledge generation, and long-term monitoring as core goals in land management initiatives. The Last Butterflies shares some inspiring examples of how to achieve this."---Manu. E. Saunders, Trends in Ecology & Evolution"Haddad is extremely knowledgable about this subject, and is also able to successfully communicate that knowledge to a wider audience"---Harry Siviter, The Biologist"The Last Butterflies does a remarkable job weaving together the stories of the rarest of butterflies, changing landscapes, and the day-to-day work of the scientists who study them."---Gretchen LeBuhn, American Entomologist"The author has devoted his life to butterflies . . . His guiding principle is that humans should not be the cause of the extinction of these extremely rare species by promoting rather than destroying biodiversity - it is a moving personal ecological odyssey." * Paradigm Explorer *"[The Last Butterflies] is infused with enthusiasm for conservation efforts, both now and in the future, and with an admiration for the beauty, fragility, and resilience of butterflies. It is an important book for anyone concerned with biodiversity and conservation issues. It’s also an eye-opening and engaging read for anyone with an interest in butterflies."---Rachel Pagones, New Books in Environmental Studies"This is an unusual, honest and informative book. . . . clearly written and attractively presented."---John Tennent, Atropos Magazine"A nice read that those interested in conservation will enjoy. . . . the author argues that even if rare butterflies may make a negligible contribution to ecological services, there are still compelling reasons to protect them." * Conservation Biology *"One of the best books about conservation biology that I’ve read in a long time. The Last Butterflies reads with the ease of a novel. Part adventure tale and part detective story, it leads you in search of the world’s rarest butterflies and the ways we might save them."---Matthew Shepherd, Wings"If you are interested in conservation, butterflies, insects, or any combination of the three, I would recommend picking up this volume."---Cas Carroll, The Quarterly Review of Biology"As a nature enthusiast, this book will give you new perspectives on conservation and the many unseen factors in what keeps a species afloat."---Trevor Edmonson, The Daily Journal"This is a fantastic read told in a personal and engaging manner. . . . Would I recommend anyone to buy it? Yes, if they have any interest in natural history. This is a very accessible book, as well as being very tactile, and definitely worth the investment."---Simon R. Leather, Oryx: The International Journal of Conservation"A thoroughly entertaining AND informative read - you can't put it down."---John Badmin, British Journal of Entomology and Natural History"Haddad has evaluated some of the rarest butterflies in the world, and then investigated the reasons for their rarity and possible approaches to saving them from extinction. . . . Anyone who is contemplating a career in wildlife management or biodiversity should definitely have a copy on their bookshelf."---Jacqueline Ruffle, Amateur Entomological Society
£15.19
Princeton University Press The Process of Animal Domestication
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Process of Animal Domestication is a fascinating book that comes highly recommended. Its synthesis of a large body of research makes it incredibly valuable to evolutionary and developmental biologists, geneticists, anthropologists, and (zoo)archaeologists. However, the writing is accessible enough that (under)graduate students wanting to read up on animal domestication can safely turn to this book as well."---Leon Vlieger, Inquisitive Biologist"This well-referenced, scholarly publication will be valuable primarily for those geneticists, embryologists, comparative anatomists, and evolutionary biologists chiefly interested in the multifaceted issues and history associated with animal domestication."---D.A. Brass, CHOICE"[This book] covers all of the major topics in domestication and really does give an excellent overview of the subject . . . . I would absolutely recommend this book to those with a passing interest in the field, as well as a more specialised readership."---Dominic Wright, Trends in Ecology & Evolution"[The Process of Animal Domestication] will be the go-to publication on animal domestication for years to come. I salute what I believe is a superb job—highly recommended!"---Frank E. Zachos, Mammalian Biology
£89.25
Princeton University Press The Process of Animal Domestication
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Process of Animal Domestication is a fascinating book that comes highly recommended. Its synthesis of a large body of research makes it incredibly valuable to evolutionary and developmental biologists, geneticists, anthropologists, and (zoo)archaeologists. However, the writing is accessible enough that (under)graduate students wanting to read up on animal domestication can safely turn to this book as well."---Leon Vlieger, Inquisitive Biologist"This well-referenced, scholarly publication will be valuable primarily for those geneticists, embryologists, comparative anatomists, and evolutionary biologists chiefly interested in the multifaceted issues and history associated with animal domestication."---D.A. Brass, CHOICE
£36.00
Princeton University Press Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R
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Princeton University Press Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R
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£42.75
Princeton University Press Data Science for Neuroimaging
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£34.20
Princeton University Press Becoming George Orwell
Book SynopsisIs George Orwell the most influential writer who ever lived? Yes, according to Rodden's provocative book about the transformation of a man into a myth. He charts the astonishing passage of a litterateur into a legend.Trade Review"The range and depth of Rodden’s knowledge and understanding of post-World War II literature and worldwide responses to Orwell are unparalleled. . . . Becoming George Orwell makes for an engrossing and illuminating read."---Norman Bissell, Orwell Society"As a self-described 'recovering utopian' in tune with his subject’s utopian skepticism, Rodden’s outlook on democratic socialism will resonate with our current political environment. . . . Anyone with an interest in Orwell will appreciate Rodden’s insights and reflections."---Thomas Karel, Library Journal"[Becoming George Orwell] is a grab-bag of Orwelliana. . . . The chapters can stand on their own or, taken together, form an idiosyncratic biography of a consequential life. To read them is to sit in the presence of a veteran scholar at the peak of his powers"---John J. Miller, National Review"Rodden’s book keeps alive the spirit of the man and his imagination."---Shelley Walia, The Hindu"John Rodden, arguably the world’s leading scholar on George Orwell . . . claims that Orwell 'is the most important writer since Shakespeare and the most influential writer who ever lived'. . . . It’s a big claim, but he provides enough evidence to keep literature departments arguing for years."---Dennis Glover, Sydney Morning Herald"A terrific book. An absolute must for fans of George Orwell."---David Marx, David Marx Book Reviews
£999.99
