1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008439010403321

Autore

Newton, Isaac <1642-1727>

Titolo

Mathematical Principles of natural philosophy Optics / by sir Isaac Newton ; translated by Andrew Motte ; revisited by Florian Cajori . Treatise on light / by Christiaan Huygens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago ; London : Encyclopedia Britannica, c1952

Descrizione fisica

XI, 619 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Great books of the Western world ; 34

Locazione

FGBC

Collocazione

Collez. 346 (34)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461804803321

Autore

Dutson Guy

Titolo

Birds of Melanesia [[electronic resource] ] : the Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia / / Guy Dutson ; illustrated by Richard Allen ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Christopher Helm, 2011

ISBN

1-283-29430-3

9786613294302

1-4081-5246-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (451 p.)

Collana

Helm field guides

Altri autori (Persone)

AllenRichard

Disciplina

598

598.09958

598/.09958

Soggetti

Birds - Melanesia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; MELANESIAN ORNITHOLOGY; BIRDWATCHING IN MELANESIA; CONSERVATION; USING THE PLATES AND SPECIES TEXTS; ISLAND GROUPS OF MELANESIA; CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF MELANESIA; COLOUR PLATES; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; GAZETTEER; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarks to Vanuatu, a popular destination for tours and travellers and one that has never before had field-guide coverage. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia. Superb colour plates illustrate the 650 species that occur in the region, allied with concise identification text and a series of distribution colour bars. For anyone travelling to this far-flung Pacific region, this