1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462374103321

Autore

Raff Rudolf A

Titolo

Once we all had gills [[electronic resource] ] : growing up evolutionist in an evolving world / / Rudolf A. Raff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-77259-X

9786613683366

0-253-00717-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Disciplina

570.92

B

Soggetti

Biologists

Evolution (Biology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1 Becoming a Naturalist; 1 Space-Time; 2 Layers of the Past; 3 An Age of Dinosaurs; 4 A School a Minute; 5 In the Natural World; 6 Transformations; 7 Going South; 8 Learning to Love the Bomb; 9 On the Road to Chiapas; 10 The Masked Messenger; Part 2 Finding Evolution, Founding Evo-Devo; 11 Evolution as Science; 12 Dining with Darwin; 13 Life with Sea Urchins; 14 Embryos Evolving; 15 Evolution in the Tasman Sea; 16 An Alternate Present; 17 Biology Meets Fossils; Part 3 Strange New World; 18 Darwin's Day in Court; 19 Creationist Makeovers

20 Evolution MattersSelected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. Noting that science has too often been the object of controversy in school curriculums and debates on public policy issues ranging from energy and conservation to stem-cell research and climate change, Raff argues that when the public is confused or ill-informed, these issues tend to



be decided on religious, economic, and

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910696574703321

Autore

Billingsley George H

Titolo

Geologic map of the Valle 30ʹ x 60ʹ quadrangle, Coconino County, northern Arizona [[electronic resource] /] / by George H. Billingsley, Tracey J. Felger, and Susan S. Priest ; prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Flagstaff, Ariz. : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2006

Edizione

[Version 1.0.]

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic map : HTML, digital, PDF file

Collana

Scientific investigations map ; ; 2895

Altri autori (Persone)

FelgerTracey J

PriestSusan S

Soggetti

Geology - Arizona - Coconino County

Maps.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale cartografico a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Relief shown by contours.

Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Apr. 15, 2008).

Accompanied by pamphlet (22 p.).

Includes text, 1 index map, one location diagram, 2 colored ancillary maps and 3 colored cross sections.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-22 of pamphlet).