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Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions / / Mark W. Moffett
| Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions / / Mark W. Moffett |
| Autore | Moffett Mark W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Disciplina | 595.79/615 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ants - Behavior
Ant communities Ants - Ecology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
amazon
ant behavior ant colonies ant facts ant farms ant lovers ant societies ant species ants australia biologists biology bugs california complex lives ecosystems entomologists entomology evolution global ants humanity illustrated indonesia insect biology insects life sciences military ants natural history natural setting natural world naturalism naturalists nigeria nonfiction photographs zoology |
| ISBN | 0-520-94541-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Travels with My Ants -- A Brief Primer on Ants -- Marauder Ant, the Ultimate Omnivore -- African Army Ant, Raiders on the Swarm -- Weaver Ant, Empress of the Air -- Amazon Ant, the Slavemaker -- Leafcutter Ant, the Constant Gardener -- Argentine Ant, the Global Invader -- Conclusion: Four Ways of Looking at an Ant -- Acknowledgments and a Note on Content -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781559003321 |
Moffett Mark W
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, [2010] | ||
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Breaking through [[electronic resource] ] : essays, journals, and travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts / / edited by Katharine A. Rodger ; foreword by Susan F. Beegel
| Breaking through [[electronic resource] ] : essays, journals, and travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts / / edited by Katharine A. Rodger ; foreword by Susan F. Beegel |
| Autore | Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.77/092 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RodgerKatharine A <1974-> (Katharine Anne) |
| Soggetto topico |
Marine invertebrates - Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Marine invertebrates - Mexico - California, Gulf of Teleology |
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a spiritual morphology of poetry
biography california cannery row conservation earth sciences ecology edward ricketts environment environmentalism gulf of california invertebrates log from the sea of cortez marine biology mexican village mexico monterey natural history natural world naturalism naturalist nature nonfiction oceanography science steinbeck the philosophy of breaking through travel writing travel travelogue village wildlife |
| ISBN |
1-282-35899-5
1-4237-8961-X 9786612358999 0-520-93266-8 1-60129-387-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Editor's Note -- Introduction -- 1. Foreword to the 1925 Pacific Biological Laboratories Catalog -- 2. "Zoological Introduction" to Between Pacific Tides -- 3. "The Philosophy of 'Breaking Through'" -- 4. "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry" -- 5. "Essay on Non-teleological Thinking" -- 6. "Verbatim Transcription of Notes of Gulf of California Trip, March-April 1940" -- 7. "Thesis and Materials for a Script on Mexico" -- 8. "Outline and Conspectus" for a Book on the Mandated Islands -- 9. "Transcript of Summer 1945 and 1946 Notes Based on Trips to the Outer Shores, West Coast of Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, and So On" -- 10. "Investigator Blames Industry, Nature for Shortage" -- Epilogue -- Living at the Lab with My Father -- Early Days: Nicknames and Such -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.>
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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California's frontier naturalists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Beidleman
| California's frontier naturalists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Beidleman |
| Autore | Beidleman Richard G |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508.794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - California
Scientific expeditions - California Naturalists - California - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american west
botany boundary surveys california david douglas death valley expedition explorers fieldwork frontier geological survey geology john fremont la perouse land development land management mexican war monterey natural sciences natural world naturalism naturalist nature nonfiction pacific northwest paleontology paolo botta plants railroads richard hinds sara lemmon science scientists settling the west thomas nuttall united states wild west wilderness william brewer zoology |
| ISBN |
0-520-92750-8
9786612356339 1-282-35633-X 1-59875-921-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prelude -- Part 1. The Oceanic Expeditions -- Part 2. The Early Peripatetic Naturalists -- Part 3. The Overland Expeditions and Their Naturalists -- Part 4. Iron Horses and River Steamers -- Part 5. The California Geological Survey -- Part 6. Institutions and Naturalists -- Part 7. The Postwar Naturalists -- Selected References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669403321 |
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Beidleman Richard G
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
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Contemporary Natural Philosophy and Philosophies - Part 2
| Contemporary Natural Philosophy and Philosophies - Part 2 |
| Autore | Dodig-Crnkovic Gordana |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy |
| Soggetto non controllato |
abstract entities
abstract information abstraction anti-intellectualism applied philosophy artificial intelligence association basic activities BFO Bradford Hill criteria breakthrough knowledge causation cognition cognitive science complexity connectionism contemporary natural philosophy deep learning dialectics domain-specific knowledge emergent law epistemology epistemon freedom of will grounded theory idola mentis info-computation information information processing intellectualism knowledge knowledge how knowledge synthesis knowledge that learning learning to learn libero arbitrio logic in reality mediation morphological computing natural computing natural philosophy naturalism naturalistic epistemology Number world ontology ontolon philosophy of nature physical information physical phenomena practical grasp quantitative and qualitative methods robotics scientific methodology semiotics slips spurious law structural analysis symbolism thought-experiment tropes unity of knowledge web-based search |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557284603321 |
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Dodig-Crnkovic Gordana
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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The last titan [[electronic resource] ] : a life of Theodore Dreiser / / Jerome Loving
| The last titan [[electronic resource] ] : a life of Theodore Dreiser / / Jerome Loving |
| Autore | Loving Jerome <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (530 p.) |
| Disciplina |
813/.52
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Novelists, American - 20th century
Journalists - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american authors
american literature american novels biography class classics communism dreiser emerson emma goldman factory workers famous authors fbi fdr gender hawthorne hollywood immigration industrialists journalist labor movement literary celebrity literature lynchings mencken naturalism new woman nonfiction politics progressive era realism roaring 20s robber barons roosevelt sexual morality sexuality social change social commentary thoreau urban life western canon whitman workers rights |
| ISBN |
0-520-92911-X
1-59734-941-0 |
| Classificazione | HU 3525 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Hoosier hard times -- A very bard of a city -- This matter of reporting -- Survival of the fittest -- Editorial days -- The writer -- Sister Carrie -- Down hill and up -- Return of the novelist -- Life after the Titanic -- The genius himself -- Back to the future -- An American tragedy -- Celebrity -- Tragic America -- Facing West -- Selected works of Theodore Dreiser. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783317303321 |
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Loving Jerome <1941->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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Leopold's shack and Ricketts's lab [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of environmentalism / / Michael J. Lannoo
| Leopold's shack and Ricketts's lab [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of environmentalism / / Michael J. Lannoo |
| Autore | Lannoo Michael J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.72092/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmentalism - United States - History
Natural history - United States - History Ecology - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
aldo leopold biography climate change collapsing ecosystems conservation biology discussion books easy to read ecologists ecology ecosystems ed ricketts environmentalism famous scientists historical scientists history of environmentalism invasive species natural communities natural science natural world naturalism nonfiction related work retrospective science majors science scientists students and teachers |
| ISBN |
1-282-76396-2
9786612763960 0-520-94606-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Out of the Midwest -- Chapter 2. From Forester to Professor -- Chapter 3. From Businessman to Sage -- Chapter 4. Game Management -- Chapter 5. Between Pacific Tides -- Chapter 6. The Shack -- Chapter 7. The Lab -- Chapter 8. A Sand County Almanac -- Chapter 9. Sea of Cortez -- Chapter 10. Daily Lives and Professional Expectations -- Chapter 11. From Natural History to Ecology -- Chapter 12. Leopold's Approach -- Chapter 13. Ricketts's Approach -- Chapter 14. Shared and Complementary Perspectives -- Chapter 15. Transcendence -- Chapter 16. Ethic and Engagement -- Chapter 17. Where Their Spirit Lives On -- The shack and the lab -- Notes -- Index |
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Lannoo Michael J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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The people's right to the novel : war fiction in the postcolony / / Eleni Coundouriotis
| The people's right to the novel : war fiction in the postcolony / / Eleni Coundouriotis |
| Autore | Coundouriotis Eleni |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823 |
| Soggetto topico |
African fiction (English) - History and criticism
African fiction (French) - History and criticism War in literature Literature and society - Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Africa
Human Rights War novel gender humanitarianism naturalism people's history postcolonial studies war world novel |
| ISBN |
0-8232-6635-4
0-8232-6235-9 0-8232-6236-7 |
| Classificazione | LIT004010POL010000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Naturalism, Humanitarianism, and the Fiction of War -- 1. “No Innocents and No Onlookers”: The Uses of the Past in the Novels of Mau Mau -- 2. Toward a People’s History: The Novels of the Nigerian Civil War -- 3. “Wondering Who the Heroes Were”: Zimbabwe’s Novels of Atrocity -- 4. Contesting the New Authenticity: Contemporary War Fiction in Africa -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786897403321 |
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Coundouriotis Eleni
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| New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 | ||
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The people's right to the novel : war fiction in the postcolony / / Eleni Coundouriotis
| The people's right to the novel : war fiction in the postcolony / / Eleni Coundouriotis |
| Autore | Coundouriotis Eleni |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823 |
| Soggetto topico |
African fiction (English) - History and criticism
African fiction (French) - History and criticism War in literature Literature and society - Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Africa
Human Rights War novel gender humanitarianism naturalism people's history postcolonial studies war world novel |
| ISBN |
0-8232-6635-4
0-8232-6235-9 0-8232-6236-7 |
| Classificazione | LIT004010POL010000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Naturalism, Humanitarianism, and the Fiction of War -- 1. “No Innocents and No Onlookers”: The Uses of the Past in the Novels of Mau Mau -- 2. Toward a People’s History: The Novels of the Nigerian Civil War -- 3. “Wondering Who the Heroes Were”: Zimbabwe’s Novels of Atrocity -- 4. Contesting the New Authenticity: Contemporary War Fiction in Africa -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820595303321 |
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Coundouriotis Eleni
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| New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 | ||
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William Dean Howells [[electronic resource] ] : a writer's life / / Susan Goodman and Carl Dawson
| William Dean Howells [[electronic resource] ] : a writer's life / / Susan Goodman and Carl Dawson |
| Autore | Goodman Susan <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (580 p.) |
| Disciplina |
813/.4
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DawsonCarl |
| Soggetto topico |
Novelists, American - 19th century
Critics - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american authors
american imperialism american letters american literature atlantic monthly biography civil war classics edmund gosse emily dickinson gender greed henry james hg wells industry journalism justice labor lincoln literary criticism literary movement literature naturalism nonfiction ohio paul dunbar political corruption poverty progressive era realism regionalism robber barons sarah orne jewett social change social justice stephen crane twain wealth william dean howells |
| ISBN |
0-520-93024-X
9786612357206 1-282-35720-4 1-59875-549-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chronology of Howells' life and work -- Parallel lives -- Warring ambitions, 1851/1859 -- Years of decision, 1859/1861 -- Consul at Venice, 1861/1865 -- Atlantic years, 1 : 1865/1867 -- Atlantic years, 2 : 1867/1871 -- His Mark Twain, from 1869 -- Fictional lives, 1871/1878 -- From Venice as far as Belmont, 1878/1882 -- In England and Italy, 1882/1883 -- The man of business, 1883/1886 -- Heartache and horror, 1886/1890 -- Words and deeds, 1890/1894 -- Peripatetic, 1895/1899 -- Kittery Point, 1900/1905 -- Greater losses, 1906/1910 -- Reconsiderations, 1911/1917 -- Eighty years and after, 1918/1920. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783315803321 |
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Goodman Susan <1951->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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