1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996203958203316

Titolo

Mapping sciences and remote sensing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Silver Spring, Md.] : , : Published by V.H. Winston & Sons in cooperation with American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, American Society of Photogrammetry, American Geophysical Union, , -©2003

ISSN

2331-1762

Disciplina

526

526/.05

Soggetti

Geodesy

Cartography

Aerial photogrammetry

Remote sensing

Cartografie

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Translation of papers from Soviet and Eastern European periodicals.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789018003321

Autore

Duzdevich Daniel

Titolo

Darwin's On the origin of species : a modern rendition / / Daniel Duzdevich ; with a foreword by Olivia Judson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-253-01174-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JudsonOlivia

Disciplina

576.8/2

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology)

Natural selection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Variation under domestication -- Variation in nature -- The struggle for existence -- Natural selection -- Variation -- Difficulties with the theory -- Instinct -- Hybrids -- The imperfection of the geological record -- The succession of organisms in the geological record -- The geographical distribution of life -- The geographical distribution of life, continued -- Affinities between organisms: morphology, embryology, and rudimentary organs -- Summary and conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Darwin's most famous book On the Origin of Species is without question, one of the most important books ever written. While even the grandest works of Victorian English can prove difficult to modern readers, Darwin wrote his text in haste and under intense pressure. For an era in which Darwin is more talked about than read, Daniel Duzdevich offers a clear, modern English rendering of Darwin's first edition. Neither an abridgement nor a summary, this version might best be described as a ""translation"" for contemporary English readers. A monument to reasoned insight, the Origin illus