Author: Charlotte Sleigh Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 9780801884450 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 334
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Marking the centenary of the coining of "myrmecologyto describe the study of ants, Six Legs Better demonstrates the remarkable historical role played by ants as a node where notions of animal, human, and automaton intersect.
Author: Marlene Zuk Publisher: HMH ISBN: 0547549172 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 277
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A biologist presents a “consistently delightful” look at the mysteries of insect behavior (The New York Times Book Review). Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity—personality, language, childcare—with completely different pathways from our own? What is going on inside the mind of those ants that march like boot-camp graduates across your kitchen floor? How does the lead ant know exactly where to take her colony, to that one bread crumb that your nightly sweep missed? Can insects be taught new skills as easily as your new puppy? Sex on Six Legs is a startling and exciting book that provides answers to these questions and many more, examining not only the bedroom lives of creepy crawlies but also some of our own long-held assumptions about learning, the nature of personality, and what our own large brains might be for. “Smart, engaging . . . Zuk approaches her subject with such humor and enthusiasm for the intricacies of insect life, even bug-phobes will relish her account.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Author: Denise McLeod Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1838591087 Category : Pets Languages : en Pages : 256
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Following the success of her debut book, A Dog Behaviourist’s Diary, Denise McLeod returns with All Six Legs, a collection of real life stories with puppies, dogs, laughter and education all rolled into one. Based on real events and case studies, All Six Legs is as diverse as it is educational. Each chapter is written in a ‘storybook’ style with a key learning point for all dog owners to benefit from. It is not solely about the dogs, but also the humans that live and work with them. Capturing a whole host of emotions, from joy to terror and from sadness to hope, some stories are laugh-out-loud humorous, whilst others deal with life-threatening situations. Containing an update on Denise’s own ‘Turn and Face’ technique and with life-saving information for both humans and dogs in one of the chapters, All Six Legs draws on Denise’s 40 years of experiences to share her wide breadth of expertise.
Author: Charlotte Sleigh Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 0801892147 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 512
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This “provocative, complex” cultural history examines how the study of ants influenced shifting perceptions of humanity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Times Literary Supplement, UK). Ants long have fascinated linguists, human sociologists, and even cyberneticians. At the end of the nineteenth century, ants seemed to be admirable models for human life and were praised for their work ethic, communitarianism, and apparent empathy. They provided a natural-theological lesson on the relative importance of humans within creation and inspired psychologists to investigate the question of instinct and its place in the life of higher animals and humans. By the 1930s, however, ants came to symbolize one of modernity’s deepest fears: the loss of selfhood. Researchers then viewed the ant colony as an unthinking mass, easily ruled and slavishly organized. In this volume, Charlotte Sleigh uses specific representations of ants within the field of entomology from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries to explore the broader role of metaphors in science and their often unpredictable translations. Six Legs Better demonstrates the remarkable historical role played by ants as a node where notions of animal, human, and automaton intersect.
Author: Jeffrey A. Lockwood Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199733538 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 401
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Examines how insects have been used as weapons in wartime conflicts throughout history, presenting as examples how scorpions were used in Roman times and hornets nests were used during the MIddle Ages in siege warfare and how insects have been used in Vietnam, China, and Korea.
Author: Amy Chisholm Publisher: Amy Chisholm ISBN: 9780988851436 Category : Leg exercises Languages : en Pages : 210
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Six Months to Sexy Legs, The Second Edition, in black and white. Note: You can get THE FULL COLOR EDITION by clicking the "See all 3 formats and editions" link right above the price. Six Months to Sexy Legs -the full color edition- is a true work of art. A book full of artistic photos and drawings -- 242 pages glowing color. "Six Months to Sexy Legs" is the book to help you get your mojo back. Ladies, finally, a fitness book that delivers! Written by popular fitness blogger and NASM certified personal trainer Amy Chisholm, each workout is accompanied by beautiful illustrations and clear, easy-to-follow instructions. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned gym professional, there is a workout for you within this book. You can get the sexy legs you've always dreamed about while becoming a healthier and happier YOU! Filled with Amy's inspirational stories and images, Six Months to Sexy Legs is your roadmap to gorgeous gams. Amy's engaging, conversational writing style will make you feel supported and empowered, as if you were spending time with a close girlfriend. Amy also gives advice on a variety of issues facing women, such as eating right, how to tune up your self-esteem, what you can do about stretch marks, and even how to strut in heels. It's time to get fit and feel better about you in the process. Seize the day!
Author: Felix Schmitt Publisher: Touchstone ISBN: 9780671870256 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 148
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Schmitt, Hollywood's hottest trainer, whose great fitness tips are usually reserved for celebrities, presents a specially designed six-week program that will give men and women the secrets that stars have succesfully used to achieve "world "world class" legs. Photos.
Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141920688 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 317
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An ancient book is opened by the eccentric Professor Lidenbrock and his life – and the life of his nephew Axel – is changed for ever. An old piece of paper has tumbled from the book, a priceless parchment that will lead them on a terrifying journey to find what lies at the centre of the Earth. A timeless adventure, brilliantly introduced by Diana Wynne Jones, one of Britain's top fantasy and sci-fi writers for children.
Author: Stephen Baxter Publisher: Orbit ISBN: 0316224014 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 188
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Audiences around the world have been enchanted by James Cameron's visionary Avatar, with its glimpse of the Na'vi on the marvelous world of Pandora. But the movie is not entirely a fantasy; there is a scientific rationale for much of what we saw on the screen, from the possibility of travel to other worlds, to the life forms seen on screen and the ecological and cybernetic concepts that underpin the 'neural networks' in which the Na'vi and their sacred trees are joined, as well as to the mind-linking to the avatars themselves. From popular science journalist and acclaimed science fiction author Stephen Baxter, The Science of Avatar is a guide to the rigorous fact behind the fiction. It will enhance the readers' enjoyment of the movie experience by drawing them further into its imagined world.
Author: Stephen Hunt Publisher: Green Nebula ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 708
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Captain Lana Fiveworlds has a hell of a lot of problems. She's sliding void in an ageing seven-hundred-year-old space ship, scrabbling around the edges of civilised space trying to find a cargo lucrative enough to pay her bills without proving so risky that it'll kill her. She's got an alien religious freak for a navigator, an untrustworthy android for a first mate, a disgraced lizard for a trade negotiator and a deserter from the fleet acting as her chief engineer. And that was well before an ex-crewman turns up wanting Lana to rescue a barbarian prince from a long-failed colony world. Unfortunately for Lana, the problems she doesn't know about are even more dangerous. In fact, they just might be enough to destroy Lana's rickety but much-loved vessel, the Gravity Rose, and jettison her and her crew into the void without a spacesuit. But there's one thing you can never tell an independent space trader. That's the odds...
Author: Charlotte Sleigh
Author: Marlene Zuk
Author: Denise McLeod
Author: Charlotte Sleigh
Author: Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Author: Amy Chisholm
Author: Felix Schmitt
Author: Jules Verne
Author: Stephen Baxter
Author: Stephen Hunt