La Nature

Author : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604697105
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild LA written by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles may have a reputation as a concrete jungle, but in reality, it’s incredibly biodiverse, teeming with an amazing array of animals and plants. You just need to know where to find them. Wild LA—from the experts at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County—is the guidebook you’ve been waiting for. Equal parts natural history book, field guide, and trip planner, Wild LA has something for everyone. You’ll learn about the factors shaping LA nature—including flood, fire, and climate change—and find profiles of over one hundred local species, from sea turtles to rare plants to Hollywood's famous mountain lion, P-22. Also included are day trips that detail which natural wonders you can experience on hiking trails, in public parks, and in your own backyard.

Author : Noël Antoine Pluche
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spectacle de la Nature written by Noël Antoine Pluche and published by . This book was released on 1741 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Camilla De La Bedoyere
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781787417144
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My First Book of Nature written by Camilla De La Bedoyere and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Georges-Louis Leclerc
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022639557X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Epochs of Nature written by Georges-Louis Leclerc and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georges-Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffon's The Epochs of Nature, originally published as Les Époques de la Nature in 1778, is one of the first great popular science books, a work of style and insight that was devoured by Catherine the Great of Russia and influenced Humboldt, Darwin, Lyell, Vernadsky, and many other renowned scientists. It is the first geological history of the world, stretching from the Earth’s origins to its foreseen end, and though Buffon was limited by the scientific knowledge of his era—the substance of the Earth was not, as he asserts, dragged out of the sun by a giant comet, nor is the sun’s heat generated by tidal forces—many of his deductions appear today as startling insights. And yet, The Epochs of Nature has never before been available in its entirety in English—until now. In seven epochs, Buffon reveals the main features of an evolving Earth, from its hard rock substrate to the sedimentary layers on top, from the minerals and fossils found within these layers to volcanoes, earthquakes, and rises and falls in sea level—and he even touches on age-old mysteries like why the sun shines. In one of many moments of striking scientific prescience, Buffon details evidence for species extinction a generation before Cuvier’s more famous assertion of the phenomenon. His seventh and final epoch does nothing less than offer the first geological glimpse of the idea that humans are altering the very foundations of the Earth—an idea of remarkable resonance as we debate the designation of another epoch: the Anthropocene. Also featuring Buffon’s extensive “Notes Justificatives,” in which he offers further evidence to support his assertions (and discusses vanished monstrous North American beasts—what we know as mastodons—as well as the potential existence of human giants), plus an enlightening introduction by editor and translator Jan Zalasiewicz and historians of science Sverker Sörlin, Libby Robin, and Jacques Grinevald, this extraordinary new translation revives Buffon’s quite literally groundbreaking work for a new age.

Author : C. C. Lockwood
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807119891
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book C.C. Lockwood's Louisiana Nature Guide written by C. C. Lockwood and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?

Author : Félix Ravaisson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447491424
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book La V Nus de Milo written by Félix Ravaisson and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage rare et original, paru à l’origine en 1871, constitue une appréciation de la célèbre sculpture grecque qui est actuellement conservée au musée du Louvre. L'auteur porte une attention particulière aux détails. Un titre qui est fortement recommandé à tout historien ou enthousiaste de l’art. Grande partie des premiers livres, en particulier ceux qui datent d’avant 1920, sont aujourd’hui très rares et de plus en plus chers. Nous offrons des rééditions modernes de haute qualité et à prix abordables qui contiennent le texte et l’art originaux de ces ouvrages classiques.

Author : Stephen Prickett
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441154027
Total Pages : 1032 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Romanticism written by Stephen Prickett and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romanticism was always culturally diverse. Though English-language anthologies have previously tended to see Romanticism as predominantly British, the term itself actually originated in Germany, where it became the banner of a Europe-wide movement involving the profound intellectual and aesthetic changes which we now associate with modernity. This anthology is the first to place British Romanticism within a comprehensive and multi-lingual European context, showing how ideas and writers interconnected across national and linguistic boundaries. By reprinting everything in the original languages, together with an English translation of all non-English material in parallel on the opposite page, it offers a new intellectual map of Romanticism. Material is thematically arranged as follows: - Art & Aesthetics - The Self - History - Language - Hermeneutics & Theology - Nature - The Exotic - Science While focusing on European texts, the inclusion of essays on their North American and Japanese reception means that Romanticism can be seen as a global phenomenon, influencing a surprising number of the ways in which the modern world sees itself.

Author : Noël Antoine Pluche
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spectacle de la Nature written by Noël Antoine Pluche and published by . This book was released on 1740 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
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Download or read book Modern Language Teaching written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1528 pages
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Download or read book International Index to Periodicals written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An author and subject index to publications in fields of anthropology, archaeology and classical studies, economics, folklore, geography, history, language and literature, music, philosophy, political science, religion and theology, sociology and theatre arts.