Darwin's dice : the idea of chance in the thought of Charles Darwin / / Curtis Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Curtis N. <1948-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina | 576.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Serendipity in science
Creative ability in science |
ISBN |
9780199361427
9780199361410 0199361428 |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Darwin's Dice; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Two faces of chance; 2 Chance transport; 3 Causes and laws of variations; 4 Chance, nature, and intelligence; 5 Darwin's evolving views about chance; 6 "So-Called Spontaneous Variation"; 7 Darwin's architect metaphor; 8 Darwin's giraffes; 9 Chance and free will; 10 Chance and human morality; Appendix: The Primary Sources; Bibliography; General index; Index Nominum |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786779003321 |
Johnson Curtis N. <1948-, > | ||
Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Darwin's dice : the idea of chance in the thought of Charles Darwin / / Curtis Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Curtis N. <1948-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina | 576.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Serendipity in science
Creative ability in science |
ISBN |
9780199361427
9780199361410 0199361428 |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Darwin's Dice; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Two faces of chance; 2 Chance transport; 3 Causes and laws of variations; 4 Chance, nature, and intelligence; 5 Darwin's evolving views about chance; 6 "So-Called Spontaneous Variation"; 7 Darwin's architect metaphor; 8 Darwin's giraffes; 9 Chance and free will; 10 Chance and human morality; Appendix: The Primary Sources; Bibliography; General index; Index Nominum |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819722903321 |
Johnson Curtis N. <1948-, > | ||
Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evo-devo of child growth [[electronic resource] ] : treatise on child growth and human evolution / / Zeev Hochberg |
Autore | Hochberg Z |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 618.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Child development
Children - Growth Human evolution |
ISBN |
1-283-33241-8
9786613332417 1-118-15615-3 1-118-15614-5 1-118-15612-9 |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
EVO-DEVO OF CHILD GROWTH: Treatise on Child Growth and Human Evolution; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1: INTRODUCTION; A. EVOLUTIONARY THINKING IN MEDICINE; B. EVO-DEVO; C. LIFE-HISTORY THEORY; D. EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE IN CHILD GROWTH AND MATURATION; E. CHILD GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT; F. HETEROCHRONY AND ALLOMETRY; G. ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY IN LIFE HISTORY; 2: CHILD GROWTH AND THE THEORY OF LIFE HISTORY; A. LIFE-HISTORY STAGES; B. TRANSITIONS BETWEEN LIFE-HISTORY STAGES; C. DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY AND ADAPTATION; D. CULTURAL ADAPTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT
E. ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY OF ATTACHMENT BEHAVIORSF. NOTE BY GEORGE CHROUSOS ON STRESS IN EARLY LIFE: A DEVELOPMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; 1. Stress Concepts; 2. Stress Mechanisms; 3. Pathological Effects of Stress; G. NOTE BY STEFAN BORNSTEIN AND ANDREAS ANDROUTSELLIS-THEOTOKIS ON ENDOGENOUS STEM CELLS AS COMPONENTS OF PLASTICITY AND ADAPTATION; 1. The Adult Mammalian Brain: Plastic or Rigid?; 2. Hidden Plasticity Potential in the Brain; 3. Neurogenic Cell vs. Neural Stem Cell; 4. Does the Role of Neural Stem Cells Change from the Developing Age to the Adult? 5. The Disconnect Between Neurogenesis and the Presence of Neural Stem Cells6. Fetal vs. Adult Neural Stem Cells; 7. Signal Transduction of Stem Cell Regulation; 8. Beyond the Nervous System; 9. Conclusions; 3: FETAL GROWTH; A. ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC CONTROL OF FETAL GROWTH; B. THE ROLE OF THE PLACENTA; C. DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND ADULT DISEASE (DOHAD); D. IMPRINTED GENES AND INTRAUTERINE GROWTH; E. NOTE BY ALAN TEMPLETON ON THE EVOLUTIONARY CONNECTION BETWEEN SENESCENCE AND CHILDHOOD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; 1. An Evolutionary Theory of Aging 2. Thrifty Genotypes and Antagonistic Pleiotropy3. Thrifty Genotypes and Heart Disease; 4. Why We Grow Old: The Answer; 4: INFANCY; A. THE REPRODUCTIVE DILEMMA; B. THE OBSTETRICAL DILEMMA; C. GROWTH OF THE INFANT; D. ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF INFANTILE GROWTH; E. INFANCY-CHILDHOOD TRANSITION: DETERMINATION OF ADULT STATURE; F. WEANING FROM BREAST-FEEDING; 5: CHILDHOOD; A. THE WEANLING'S DILEMMA; B. THE GRANDMOTHER THEORY; C. GROWTH OF THE CHILD; D. ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF CHILDHOOD GROWTH; 6: JUVENILITY; A. THE SOCIAL/COGNITIVE DEFINITION OF JUVENILITY B. PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL JUVENILITY AND TEETH ERUPTIONC. ADRENARCHE; D. JUVENILE BODY COMPOSITION; E. GROWTH OF THE JUVENILE; F. TRADE-OFFS FOR THE TIMING OF TRANSITION TO JUVENILITY; G. PRECOCIOUS JUVENILITY; H. THE PYGMY PARADIGM FOR PRECOCIOUS JUVENILITY; I. EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE IN PRECOCIOUS JUVENILITY; 7: ADOLESCENCE; A. HUMAN EVOLUTION OF ADOLESCENCE; B. TRANSITION FROM JUVENILITY TO ADOLESCENCE; C. PUBERTAL GROWTH; 8: YOUTH; 9: EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES FOR BODY SIZE; A. THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF FLORES; B. LESSONS FROM THE GREAT APES; C. THE HANDICAP THEORY; D. SEXUAL DIMORPHISM E. THE ROLE OF SEX STEROIDS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139551103321 |
Hochberg Z | ||
Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evo-devo of child growth : treatise on child growth and human evolution / / Zeev Hochberg |
Autore | Hochberg Z |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 618.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Child development
Children - Growth Human evolution |
ISBN |
1-283-33241-8
9786613332417 1-118-15615-3 1-118-15614-5 1-118-15612-9 |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
EVO-DEVO OF CHILD GROWTH: Treatise on Child Growth and Human Evolution; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1: INTRODUCTION; A. EVOLUTIONARY THINKING IN MEDICINE; B. EVO-DEVO; C. LIFE-HISTORY THEORY; D. EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE IN CHILD GROWTH AND MATURATION; E. CHILD GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT; F. HETEROCHRONY AND ALLOMETRY; G. ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY IN LIFE HISTORY; 2: CHILD GROWTH AND THE THEORY OF LIFE HISTORY; A. LIFE-HISTORY STAGES; B. TRANSITIONS BETWEEN LIFE-HISTORY STAGES; C. DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY AND ADAPTATION; D. CULTURAL ADAPTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT
E. ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY OF ATTACHMENT BEHAVIORSF. NOTE BY GEORGE CHROUSOS ON STRESS IN EARLY LIFE: A DEVELOPMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; 1. Stress Concepts; 2. Stress Mechanisms; 3. Pathological Effects of Stress; G. NOTE BY STEFAN BORNSTEIN AND ANDREAS ANDROUTSELLIS-THEOTOKIS ON ENDOGENOUS STEM CELLS AS COMPONENTS OF PLASTICITY AND ADAPTATION; 1. The Adult Mammalian Brain: Plastic or Rigid?; 2. Hidden Plasticity Potential in the Brain; 3. Neurogenic Cell vs. Neural Stem Cell; 4. Does the Role of Neural Stem Cells Change from the Developing Age to the Adult? 5. The Disconnect Between Neurogenesis and the Presence of Neural Stem Cells6. Fetal vs. Adult Neural Stem Cells; 7. Signal Transduction of Stem Cell Regulation; 8. Beyond the Nervous System; 9. Conclusions; 3: FETAL GROWTH; A. ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC CONTROL OF FETAL GROWTH; B. THE ROLE OF THE PLACENTA; C. DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND ADULT DISEASE (DOHAD); D. IMPRINTED GENES AND INTRAUTERINE GROWTH; E. NOTE BY ALAN TEMPLETON ON THE EVOLUTIONARY CONNECTION BETWEEN SENESCENCE AND CHILDHOOD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; 1. An Evolutionary Theory of Aging 2. Thrifty Genotypes and Antagonistic Pleiotropy3. Thrifty Genotypes and Heart Disease; 4. Why We Grow Old: The Answer; 4: INFANCY; A. THE REPRODUCTIVE DILEMMA; B. THE OBSTETRICAL DILEMMA; C. GROWTH OF THE INFANT; D. ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF INFANTILE GROWTH; E. INFANCY-CHILDHOOD TRANSITION: DETERMINATION OF ADULT STATURE; F. WEANING FROM BREAST-FEEDING; 5: CHILDHOOD; A. THE WEANLING'S DILEMMA; B. THE GRANDMOTHER THEORY; C. GROWTH OF THE CHILD; D. ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF CHILDHOOD GROWTH; 6: JUVENILITY; A. THE SOCIAL/COGNITIVE DEFINITION OF JUVENILITY B. PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL JUVENILITY AND TEETH ERUPTIONC. ADRENARCHE; D. JUVENILE BODY COMPOSITION; E. GROWTH OF THE JUVENILE; F. TRADE-OFFS FOR THE TIMING OF TRANSITION TO JUVENILITY; G. PRECOCIOUS JUVENILITY; H. THE PYGMY PARADIGM FOR PRECOCIOUS JUVENILITY; I. EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE IN PRECOCIOUS JUVENILITY; 7: ADOLESCENCE; A. HUMAN EVOLUTION OF ADOLESCENCE; B. TRANSITION FROM JUVENILITY TO ADOLESCENCE; C. PUBERTAL GROWTH; 8: YOUTH; 9: EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES FOR BODY SIZE; A. THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF FLORES; B. LESSONS FROM THE GREAT APES; C. THE HANDICAP THEORY; D. SEXUAL DIMORPHISM E. THE ROLE OF SEX STEROIDS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818984403321 |
Hochberg Z | ||
Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evolution and belief : confessions of a religious paleontologist / / Robert J. Asher [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Asher Robert J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 576.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Religion and science |
ISBN |
1-107-22332-6
1-139-23406-4 1-280-87773-1 9786613719041 1-139-23252-5 1-139-23029-8 1-139-22884-6 1-139-23330-0 1-139-23176-6 1-139-02252-0 |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Science and religion. Darwinism, agency, and cause ; The most gifted biology writer of our time ; Methodological naturalism ; The compatibility delusion ; Theistic Christianity and evolution -- Evolution as a science. Historical science and naturalism ; Uniformitarianism and intelligent design ; Science and hypothesis testing ; Hypotheses derived from natural selection -- Characters and common descent. Evolutionary trees ; Living "intermediates" ; Reproduction on land and in water ; Amphibians and the Puerto Rican coqui ; Mammals and monotremes ; Marsupials and bandicoots ; The marsupial placenta ; Tarsiers ; Summary -- The fossil record. Stratigraphy ; Micro- and macroevolution ; Punctuated equilibrium ; Creationists and quote-mining ; Stephen Jay Gould and neo-Darwinism ; "Macroevolution" : species as individuals -- The roots of mammals. Synapsid jaw and ear bones ; Ear bones and development ; Mammalian lactation ; Roots of mammals : summary -- A brief history of elephants. Elephants and the big picture ; Elephants and English -- Whales are no fluke. Cetacean origins : molecules and mesonychids ; Toothed and baleen whales ; Baleen whale development and genetics -- Creationism : the fossils still say no! Agency and cause revisited -- DNA and the Tree of Life. Building trees with genes ; Anti-evolutionists and trees ; The nodes anatomy got wrong ; Afrotheria and the new tree of placental mammals -- DNA and information "creation". What does DNA do? ; Pseudogenes ; Viral DNA and function ; Mutation and color vision ; "Tuning knobs" and skull shape ; Origin of information and "macroevolution" ; Genetics, development, and the mammalian ear -- Biology and probability. Contingency ; Convergence ; Evolution is not random ; Selection and stickleback fish ; Probability and anti-evolutionism ; Exaptation -- Evolution, education, and conclusions. Academic freedom ; What did Darwin explain? ; Conclusions. |
Altri titoli varianti | Evolution & Belief |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790143203321 |
Asher Robert J. | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evolution and belief : confessions of a religious paleontologist / / Robert J. Asher |
Autore | Asher Robert J. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 576.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Religion and science |
ISBN |
1-107-22332-6
1-139-23406-4 1-280-87773-1 9786613719041 1-139-23252-5 1-139-23029-8 1-139-22884-6 1-139-23330-0 1-139-23176-6 1-139-02252-0 |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Science and religion. Darwinism, agency, and cause ; The most gifted biology writer of our time ; Methodological naturalism ; The compatibility delusion ; Theistic Christianity and evolution -- Evolution as a science. Historical science and naturalism ; Uniformitarianism and intelligent design ; Science and hypothesis testing ; Hypotheses derived from natural selection -- Characters and common descent. Evolutionary trees ; Living "intermediates" ; Reproduction on land and in water ; Amphibians and the Puerto Rican coqui ; Mammals and monotremes ; Marsupials and bandicoots ; The marsupial placenta ; Tarsiers ; Summary -- The fossil record. Stratigraphy ; Micro- and macroevolution ; Punctuated equilibrium ; Creationists and quote-mining ; Stephen Jay Gould and neo-Darwinism ; "Macroevolution" : species as individuals -- The roots of mammals. Synapsid jaw and ear bones ; Ear bones and development ; Mammalian lactation ; Roots of mammals : summary -- A brief history of elephants. Elephants and the big picture ; Elephants and English -- Whales are no fluke. Cetacean origins : molecules and mesonychids ; Toothed and baleen whales ; Baleen whale development and genetics -- Creationism : the fossils still say no! Agency and cause revisited -- DNA and the Tree of Life. Building trees with genes ; Anti-evolutionists and trees ; The nodes anatomy got wrong ; Afrotheria and the new tree of placental mammals -- DNA and information "creation". What does DNA do? ; Pseudogenes ; Viral DNA and function ; Mutation and color vision ; "Tuning knobs" and skull shape ; Origin of information and "macroevolution" ; Genetics, development, and the mammalian ear -- Biology and probability. Contingency ; Convergence ; Evolution is not random ; Selection and stickleback fish ; Probability and anti-evolutionism ; Exaptation -- Evolution, education, and conclusions. Academic freedom ; What did Darwin explain? ; Conclusions. |
Altri titoli varianti | Evolution & Belief |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826226003321 |
Asher Robert J. | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evolution of virulence in eukaryotic microbes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by L. David Sibley, Barbara J. Howlett, Joseph Heitman |
Autore | Sibley L. David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (624 p.) |
Disciplina | 579 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SibleyL. David
HowlettBarbara J HeitmanJoseph |
Soggetto topico |
Protista
Eukaryotic cells Microbial genomics Virulence (Microbiology) - Genetic aspects |
ISBN |
1-118-30816-6
1-280-69949-3 9786613676474 1-118-30814-X |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. General overviews -- pt. 2. Population genetics and evolutionary approaches -- pt. 3. Forward and reverse genetic systems for defining virulence -- pt. 4. Comparative "omics" approaches to defining virulence. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141418703321 |
Sibley L. David | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evolution of virulence in eukaryotic microbes / / edited by L. David Sibley, Barbara J. Howlett, Joseph Heitman |
Autore | Sibley L. David |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (624 p.) |
Disciplina | 579 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SibleyL. David
HowlettBarbara J HeitmanJoseph |
Soggetto topico |
Protista
Eukaryotic cells Microbial genomics Virulence (Microbiology) - Genetic aspects |
ISBN |
1-118-30816-6
1-280-69949-3 9786613676474 1-118-30814-X |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. General overviews -- pt. 2. Population genetics and evolutionary approaches -- pt. 3. Forward and reverse genetic systems for defining virulence -- pt. 4. Comparative "omics" approaches to defining virulence. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814783703321 |
Sibley L. David | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The mammalian jaw : a mechanical analysis / / Walter Stalker Greaves, University of Illinois at Chicago [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Greaves Walter Stalker <1937-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 114 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 599.14/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Mammals - Anatomy
Jaws - Mechanical properties |
ISBN |
1-139-54003-3
1-107-23512-X 1-283-52207-1 1-139-52725-8 9786613834522 1-139-52605-7 1-139-53191-3 1-139-06085-6 1-139-53072-0 1-139-52844-0 |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. The jaw viewed as a two-dimensional lever -- 2. The jaw viewed as a three-dimensional lever -- 3. Vector inclination and joint location -- 4. Skull torsion and the postorbital bar -- General summary. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790486803321 |
Greaves Walter Stalker <1937-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The mammalian jaw : a mechanical analysis / / Walter Stalker Greaves |
Autore | Greaves Walter Stalker <1937-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, [UK] ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 114 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 599.14/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Mammals - Anatomy
Jaws - Mechanical properties |
ISBN |
1-139-54003-3
1-107-23512-X 1-283-52207-1 1-139-52725-8 9786613834522 1-139-52605-7 1-139-53191-3 1-139-06085-6 1-139-53072-0 1-139-52844-0 |
Classificazione | SCI027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. The jaw viewed as a two-dimensional lever -- 2. The jaw viewed as a three-dimensional lever -- 3. Vector inclination and joint location -- 4. Skull torsion and the postorbital bar -- General summary. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827301403321 |
Greaves Walter Stalker <1937-> | ||
Cambridge, [UK] ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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