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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 |
| Soggetto non controllato |
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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669203321 |
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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Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace
| Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace |
| Autore | Wallace David Rains <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.75409794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Desert biology - California
Deserts - California |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american southwest
arid biome biosphere botany cacti california conservation death valley desert animals desert plants desert earth sciences ecology ecosystem environment environmentalism extreme heat geology kelso dunes landscape life sciences natural history naturalist nature nonfiction paleobiology red rock canyon science wasteland zoology |
| ISBN |
1-283-27779-4
9786613277794 0-520-94866-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue. Bushes and Lizards -- 1. A Sphinx in Arcady -- 2. The Country of Dried Skin -- 3. A Cactus Heresy -- 4. The Creator's Dumping Ground -- 5. An Evolutionary Backwater -- 6. Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians -- 7. Descriptive Confusion -- 8. A Murderous Brood -- 9. Hopeful Monsters -- 10. An Old Earth-Feature -- 11. A Climatic Accident -- 12. An Evolutionary Frontier -- 13. A Neo-Darwinian Galapagos -- 14. Mexican Geneses -- 15. Desert Relicts -- 16. Madro-Tertiary Attitudes -- 17. A Friendly Land -- 18. Furry Paleontologists -- 19. Dawn Horses and Dinosaurs -- 20. Axelrod Antagonistes -- 21. The Midday Sun -- 22. Lacertilian Ambiguities -- 23. Xerothermic Invasions -- 24. Sand Swimmers -- 25. Axelrod Ascendant -- 26. An Evolutionary Museum -- 27. The Riddle of the Palms -- 28. Bushes and Camels -- 29. Axelrod Askew -- 30. Paradigms Postponed -- 31. The Falcon and the Shrikes -- Epilogue. The Sphinx's Lair -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781494003321 |
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Wallace David Rains <1945->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace
| Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace |
| Autore | Wallace David Rains <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.75409794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Desert biology - California
Deserts - California |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american southwest
arid biome biosphere botany cacti california conservation death valley desert animals desert plants desert earth sciences ecology ecosystem environment environmentalism extreme heat geology kelso dunes landscape life sciences natural history naturalist nature nonfiction paleobiology red rock canyon science wasteland zoology |
| ISBN |
1-283-27779-4
9786613277794 0-520-94866-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue. Bushes and Lizards -- 1. A Sphinx in Arcady -- 2. The Country of Dried Skin -- 3. A Cactus Heresy -- 4. The Creator's Dumping Ground -- 5. An Evolutionary Backwater -- 6. Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians -- 7. Descriptive Confusion -- 8. A Murderous Brood -- 9. Hopeful Monsters -- 10. An Old Earth-Feature -- 11. A Climatic Accident -- 12. An Evolutionary Frontier -- 13. A Neo-Darwinian Galapagos -- 14. Mexican Geneses -- 15. Desert Relicts -- 16. Madro-Tertiary Attitudes -- 17. A Friendly Land -- 18. Furry Paleontologists -- 19. Dawn Horses and Dinosaurs -- 20. Axelrod Antagonistes -- 21. The Midday Sun -- 22. Lacertilian Ambiguities -- 23. Xerothermic Invasions -- 24. Sand Swimmers -- 25. Axelrod Ascendant -- 26. An Evolutionary Museum -- 27. The Riddle of the Palms -- 28. Bushes and Camels -- 29. Axelrod Askew -- 30. Paradigms Postponed -- 31. The Falcon and the Shrikes -- Epilogue. The Sphinx's Lair -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822291303321 |
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Wallace David Rains <1945->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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The naturalist and his 'beautiful islands' : Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific / / David Russell Lawrence
| The naturalist and his 'beautiful islands' : Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific / / David Russell Lawrence |
| Autore | Lawrence David Russell |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | ANU Press, 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 301.29935 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - Solomon Islands
Natural history - Solomon Islands Colonial administrators - Solomon Islands |
| Soggetto non controllato |
natural history
solomon islands naturalist asia pacific Solomon Islands |
| ISBN | 1-925022-02-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary pages; Acknowledgments; Note on the text; Introduction; 1. Early life and education; 2. Pacific journeys; 3. Commerce, trade and labour; 4. A naturalist in the Solomon Islands; 5. Liberalism, Imperialism and colonial expansion; 6. The British Solomon IslandsProtectorate: Colonialism without capital; 7. Expansion of the Protectorate 1898-1900; 8. The new social order; 9. The plantation economy; 10. The critical question of labour; 11. Woodford and the Western Pacific High Commission; Conclusion; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132268703321 |
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Lawrence David Russell
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| ANU Press, 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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On her own terms [[electronic resource] ] : Annie Montague Alexander and the rise of science in the American West / / Barbara R. Stein
| On her own terms [[electronic resource] ] : Annie Montague Alexander and the rise of science in the American West / / Barbara R. Stein |
| Autore | Stein Barbara R. <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina |
570/.92
B |
| Soggetto topico | Zoologists - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adventure
american west annie montague alexander berkeley biography california conservation environment explorer extinction female scientists feminism field research fossils gender hawaii historical women history lesbian lgbt lgbtqia louise kellogg markswoman natural history museum naturalist nonfiction old west paleontology philanthropist pioneer radical women sugar empire the west travel urbanization women and science women in history women in science women in stem womens studies zoology |
| ISBN |
1-282-35625-9
0-520-92638-2 9786612356254 1-59734-781-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Samuel Alexander And Henry Baldwin -- 2. Life In Oakland -- 3. A Passion For Paleontology -- 4. Africa, 1904 -- 5. Meeting C. Hart Merriam -- 6. Alaska, 1906 -- 7. Meeting Joseph Grinnell -- 7. Meeting Joseph Grinnell -- 9. An Unusual Collaboration -- 10. Louise And Prince William Sound -- 11. Support For Paleontology -- 12. Hearst, Sather, Flood -- 13. Innisfail Ranch -- 14. Vancouver Island And The Trinity Alps -- 15. The Team Of Alexander And Kellogg -- 16. From "A Friend Of The University" -- 17. Founding A Museum Of Paleontology -- 18. A Restless Decade -- 19. Europe, 1923 -- 20. The Temple Tour -- 21. The "Amoeba Treatment" -- 22. Fieldwork-The Later Years -- 23. Saline Valley -- 24. The End Of An Era -- 25. Hawaii-"My Only Real Home" -- 26. The Switch To Botany -- 27. Baja California-Tres Mujeres Sin Miedo -- 28. Investing In The Future -- 29. An Enduring Legacy -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780375603321 |
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Stein Barbara R. <1955->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 | ||
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Renaissance Futurities : Science, Art, Invention / / Charlene Villaseñor Black, Mari-Tere Álvarez
| Renaissance Futurities : Science, Art, Invention / / Charlene Villaseñor Black, Mari-Tere Álvarez |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 701.0509409031 |
| Soggetto topico | ART / History / Renaissance |
| Soggetto non controllato |
artist
artistic rebirth avant garde artistic expression delminio european imperialism francisco hernandez de toledo futurity giulio camillo global early modern world humanities intersections inventor leonardo da vinci medical humanities miguel de cervantes naturalist new science philosopher physician polymaths queer studies renaissance scientific discovery |
| ISBN | 0-520-29698-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Future is Now: Reflections on Art, Science, Futurity -- 1. Moon Shot: From Renaissance Imagination to Modern Reality -- 2. Machines in the Garden -- 3. Inventing Interfaces: Camillo's Memory Theater and the Renaissance of Human-Computer Interaction -- 4. Futurities, Empire, and Censorship: Cervantes in Conversation with Ovid and Orwell -- 5. Anticipating the Future: Leonardo's Unpublished Anatomical and Mathematical Observations -- 6. Medicine as a Hunt: Searching for the Secrets of the New World -- 7. The Half-Life of Blue -- 8. 'Ingenuity' and Artists' Ways of Knowing -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910367592103321 |
| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] | ||
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Renaissance Futurities : Science, Art, Invention / / Charlene Villaseñor Black, Mari-Tere Álvarez
| Renaissance Futurities : Science, Art, Invention / / Charlene Villaseñor Black, Mari-Tere Álvarez |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 701.0509409031 |
| Soggetto topico | ART / History / Renaissance |
| Soggetto non controllato |
artist
artistic rebirth avant garde artistic expression delminio european imperialism francisco hernandez de toledo futurity giulio camillo global early modern world humanities intersections inventor leonardo da vinci medical humanities miguel de cervantes naturalist new science philosopher physician polymaths queer studies renaissance scientific discovery |
| ISBN | 0-520-29698-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Future is Now: Reflections on Art, Science, Futurity -- 1. Moon Shot: From Renaissance Imagination to Modern Reality -- 2. Machines in the Garden -- 3. Inventing Interfaces: Camillo's Memory Theater and the Renaissance of Human-Computer Interaction -- 4. Futurities, Empire, and Censorship: Cervantes in Conversation with Ovid and Orwell -- 5. Anticipating the Future: Leonardo's Unpublished Anatomical and Mathematical Observations -- 6. Medicine as a Hunt: Searching for the Secrets of the New World -- 7. The Half-Life of Blue -- 8. 'Ingenuity' and Artists' Ways of Knowing -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996328036803316 |
| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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