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The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds, Second Edition

By: Mark W. Lockwood,Brush Freeman

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The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds, Second Edition

By: Mark W. Lockwood,Brush Freeman

“. . . includes some stunning images of Mexican and less-well-known Texas species . . . the authors have provided a unique and elegant publication that is truly an important contribution to Texas ornithology.” --Great Plains Research “Everyone interested in Texas birds must have the Handbook of Texas Birds, a marvelous book. It is full of up-to-date information about Texas birds that cannot be found in one place anywhere else. [The annotations] are full of good information that anyone interested in birds will sooner or later refer to when trying to better understand their own yard’s birds or species seen in various other locations throughout the state.”--Victoria Advocate “The useful and attractive guide includes 140 color photos and more than 600 maps detailing where each species can be found in Texas.”--Abilene Reporter-News “. . . an attractive handbook that birders, both serious and casual, will find valuable when visiting this state with its very diverse avifauna. . . Given the increasing popularity of birding as a pastime for young and old, this book should be in the natural history of most public libraries and colleges.”--Choice

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Texas A&M University Press

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1623491436

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The Tos Handbook of Texas Birds

By: Mark Lockwood,Brush Freeman

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The Tos Handbook of Texas Birds

By: Mark Lockwood,Brush Freeman

The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds provides authoritative annotations on the abundance, status, and distribution of all species encountered in Texas; lists rare, introduced, and hypothetical species in the appendices; and offers a comprehensive reference section.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1585442844

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9781585442843

Farmers? Bounty

Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World

By: Stephen B. Brush

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Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World

By: Stephen B. Brush

div Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important to the economic health of both industrial and nonindustrial societies. This book offers a sweeping assessment of crop diversity and the potential for its preservation. Stephen B. Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge and practice of farmers, and he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to three global issues that affect crop resources. Brush defines the dimensions of crop diversity and outlines the essential questions surrounding it. He describes the techniques used to maintain diversity in major crops of three cradles of agriculture in which he has worked: potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in Mexico, and wheat in Turkey. Finally, he explores the policy issues surrounding genetic erosion of crop varieties, conservation of crop diversity, and ownership of genetic resources. /DIV

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348

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Yale University Press

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0300130147

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9780300130140

Making 20th Century Science

How Theories Became Knowledge

By: Stephen G. Brush

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Making 20th Century Science

How Theories Became Knowledge

By: Stephen G. Brush

Historically, the scientific method has been said to require proposing a theory, making a prediction of something not already known, testing the prediction, and giving up the theory (or substantially changing it) if it fails the test. A theory that leads to several successful predictions is more likely to be accepted than one that only explains what is already known but not understood. This process is widely treated as the conventional method of achieving scientific progress, and was used throughout the twentieth century as the standard route to discovery and experimentation. But does science really work this way? In Making 20th Century Science, Stephen G. Brush discusses this question, as it relates to the development of science throughout the last century. Answering this question requires both a philosophically and historically scientific approach, and Brush blends the two in order to take a close look at how scientific methodology has developed. Several cases from the history of modern physical and biological science are examined, including Mendeleev's Periodic Law, Kekule's structure for benzene, the light-quantum hypothesis, quantum mechanics, chromosome theory, and natural selection. In general it is found that theories are accepted for a combination of successful predictions and better explanations of old facts. Making 20th Century Science is a large-scale historical look at the implementation of the scientific method, and how scientific theories come to be accepted.

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Oxford University Press

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0190266945

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9780190266943

A History of Modern Planetary Physics

Transmuted Past

By: Stephen G. Brush

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A History of Modern Planetary Physics

Transmuted Past

By: Stephen G. Brush

Transmuted Past summarizes the attempts to estimate the age of the Earth during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521552133

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9780521552134

The Limitations of Theological Truth

Why Christians Have the Same Bible but Different Theologies

By: Nigel Brush

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The Limitations of Theological Truth

Why Christians Have the Same Bible but Different Theologies

By: Nigel Brush

Theology is based on God's true and unchanging Word, but does the Bible supply an unwavering foundation for spiritual certainties? Perhaps surprisingly, Brush contends that it does not, because, like science, it is a human discipline and subject to our limitations of knowledge, interpretation, and objectivity. In part one, Brush unpacks this contention, showing how Christians both past and present have arrived at conclusions that actually run counter to biblical teaching, and how these interpretive viewpoints have changed over time. In part two, he makes the case that flawed theological positions have resulted in views that needlessly conflict with science, and that these clashes can be resolved with more accurate formulations. Brush evenly evaluates questions including the age of the earth, the origin of life, and the end of time. Christians who wish to better understand the relationship between their faith and science will be encouraged by the great harmony that Brush sees between scientific findings and biblical teaching. As he guides readers into an awareness of the inherent limitations of our knowledge, believers can cultivate greater humility regarding these contested issues.

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Kregel Publications

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0825444705

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9780825444708

A History of Modern Planetary Physics

Nebulous Earth

By: Stephen G. Brush

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A History of Modern Planetary Physics

Nebulous Earth

By: Stephen G. Brush

Nebulous Earth follows the development of the nineteenth-century's most popular explanation for the origin of the solar system, Laplace's Nebular Hypothesis.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521441714

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9780521441711

Physics, the Human Adventure

From Copernicus to Einstein and Beyond

By: Gerald James Holton,Stephen G. Brush

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Physics, the Human Adventure

From Copernicus to Einstein and Beyond

By: Gerald James Holton,Stephen G. Brush

Of Some Trigonometric Relations -- Vector Algebra.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813529085

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9780813529080

Nesting Birds of a Tropical Frontier

The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

By: Timothy Brush

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Nesting Birds of a Tropical Frontier

The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

By: Timothy Brush

Halfway between Dallas and Mexico City, along the last few hundred miles of the Rio Grande, lies a subtropical outpost where people from all over the world come to see birds. Located between the temperate north and the tropic south, with desert to the west and ocean to the east, the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas provides habitat for a variety of birds seen nowhere else in the United States. If you want to see a Hooked-billed Kite, Muscovy Duck, or Altamira Oriole, this is the place." "Drawing on years of personal observation and study, Timothy Brush has written a classic work of natural history about the little-known breeding bird communities of the Valley and the diversity of nesting strategies and behaviors that can be seen. Brush estimates that there are more than 150 current breeding species in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. In Nesting Birds of a Tropical Frontier, he describes the habits, distribution, changes in occurrence, and general outlook of these as well as former breeders, concentrating on Valley specialties and other birds of particular interest in the Valley." "Art by Gerald Sneed and color photographs by several of Texas' top nature photographers show off some of the Valley's famous birds. Historical maps of vegetation and geology help us gain a better perspective on the changes that have taken place along the Rio Grande and on the breeding bird communities of the U.S.-Mexico frontier."--Jacket

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603446168

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The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds, Second Edition

The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds, Second Edition

The Tos Handbook of Texas Birds

The Tos Handbook of Texas Birds

Farmers? Bounty

Farmers? Bounty

Making 20th Century Science

Making 20th Century Science

A History of Modern Planetary Physics

A History of Modern Planetary Physics

The Limitations of Theological Truth

The Limitations of Theological Truth

A History of Modern Planetary Physics

A History of Modern Planetary Physics

Physics, the Human Adventure

Physics, the Human Adventure

Nesting Birds of a Tropical Frontier

Nesting Birds of a Tropical Frontier

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