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UNINA9910819790403321 |
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Living dinosaurs : the evolutionary history of modern birds / / edited by Gareth Dyke and Gary Kaiser |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
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9786613405227 |
9781283405225 |
1283405229 |
9781119990451 |
1119990459 |
9781119990475 |
1119990475 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Birds - Evolution |
Paleobiology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction : changing the questions in avian paleontology / Gary Kaiser and Gareth Dyke -- Theropod diversity and the refinement of avian characteristics / Peter J. Makovicky and Lindsay E. Zanno -- Why were there dinosaurs? Why are there birds? / Peter Ward and Robert Berner -- Pre-modern birds : avian divergences in the Mesozoic / Jingmai O'Connor, Luis M. Chiappe, and Alyssa Bell -- Progress and obstacles in the phylogenetics of modern birds / Bradley C. Livezey -- The utility of fossil taxa and the evolution of modern birds : commentary and analysis / Gareth Dyke and Eoin Gardiner -- Penguins past, present, and future : trends in the evolution of the Sphenisciformes / Daniel T. Ksepka and Tatsuro Ando -- Phorusrhacids : the terror birds / Herculano Alvarenga, Luis Chiappe, and Sara Bertelli -- The pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) and their bearing on the early evolution of modern birds / Estelle Bourdon -- Phylogeny and diversification of modern passerines / F. Keith Barker -- |
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Morphological and behavioral correlates of flapping flight / Bret W. Tobalske ... [et al.] -- Evolution of the avian brain and senses / Stig Walsh and Angela Milner -- Evolving perceptions on the antiquity of the modern avian tree / Joseph W. Brown and M. Van Tuinen -- Major events in avian genome evolution / Chris L. Organ and Scott V. Edwards -- Bird evolution across the K-Pg boundary and the basal neornithine diversification / Bent E.K. Lindow -- Functional and phylogenetic diversity in marine and aquatic birds / Gary Kaiser -- The state of the world's birds and the future of avian diversity / Gavin H. Thomas. |
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Living Dinosaurs offers a snapshot of our current understanding of the origin and evolution of birds. After slumbering for more than a century, avian palaeontology has been awakened by startling new discoveries on almost every continent. Controversies about whether dinosaurs had real feathers or whether birds were related to dinosaurs have been swept away and replaced by new and more difficult questions: How old is the avian lineage? How did birds learn to fly? Which birds survived the great extinction that ended the Mesozoic Era and how did the avian genome evolve? Answers to these questions may help us understand how the different kinds of living birds are related to one another and how they evolved into their current niches. More importantly, they may help us understand what we need to do to help them survive the dramatic impacts of human activity on the planet. |
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UNINA9910954238303321 |
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Conflict, complexity and mathematical social science / / edited by Gordon Burt |
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9786612753008 |
9781282753006 |
1282753002 |
9781849509732 |
1849509735 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development, , 1572-8323 ; ; v. 15 |
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Political Science - General |
Social Science - Sociology - General |
Political science & theory |
Mathematical logic |
Social conflict - Mathematical models |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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ch. 1. Introduction and overview / Gordon Burt -- ch. 2. Set theory and social reality / Gordon Burt -- ch. 3. Mathematics, logic, artificial intelligence and ordinary language / Gordon Burt -- ch. 4. Possibility and probability : value, conflict and choice / Gordon Burt -- ch. 5. Theory, evidence and reality : the mean and median ideals of competing groups / Gordon Burt -- ch. 6. Social design, ethics and the amount of value / Gordon Burt -- ch. 7. Change, multiple-entity systems and complexity / Gordon Burt -- ch. 8. Mathematical psychology / Gordon Burt -- ch. 9. Models of individual choice / Gordon Burt -- ch. 10. Mathematical sociology / Gordon Burt -- ch. 11. Mathematical political science and game theory / Gordon Burt -- ch. 12. The mathematical economics of social participation : complexity / Gordon Burt -- ch. 13. Life and history : the speculative pursuit of value / Gordon Burt -- ch. 14. World history : the growth and |
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distribution dynamics of power, truth and value / Gordon Burt -- ch. 15. Debating the mathematical science approach to international relations / Gordon Burt. |
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Conflict, Complexity and Mathematical Social Science provides a foundational mathematical approach to the modelling of social conflict. The book illustrates how theory and evidence can be mathematically deepened and how investigations grounded in social choice theory can provide the evidence needed to inform social practice. Countering criticism from constructivist viewpoints it shows how discourse is grounded in mathematical logic and mathematical structure. The modelling of social conflict is viewed as an application of mathematical social science and relevant models are drawn from each field of mathematical psychology, mathematical sociology, mathematical political science and mathematical economics. Unique in its multidisciplinary focus the book brings together powerful mathematical conceptualisations of the social world from a wide range of separate areas of inquiry, thereby providing a strong conceptual framework and an integrated account of social situations. It is a vital resource for all researchers in peace science, peace and conflict studies, politics, international relations, mathematical modelling in the social sciences and complexity theory. |
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