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Life: The Science of Biology Study Guide

By: William K. Purves,Edward Dzialowski,Lindsay Goodloe,Betty McGuire,Nancy Guild,Paula Mabee

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Life: The Science of Biology Study Guide

By: William K. Purves,Edward Dzialowski,Lindsay Goodloe,Betty McGuire,Nancy Guild,Paula Mabee

New edition of a text presenting underlying concepts and showing their relevance to medical, agricultural, and environmental issues. Seven chapters discuss the cell, information and heredity, evolutionary process, the evolution of diversity, the biology of flowering plants and of animals, and ecology and biogeography. Topics are linked by themes such as evolution, the experimental foundations of knowledge, the flow of energy in the living world, the application and influence of molecular techniques, and human health considerations. Includes a CD-ROM which covers some of the subject matter and introduces and illustrates 1,700-plus key terms and concepts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Macmillan

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0716758113

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9780716758112

The Search for Compassion

Spirituality and Ministry

By: Andrew Purves

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The Search for Compassion

Spirituality and Ministry

By: Andrew Purves

The meaning of compassion is more than just sympathy, empathy, pity, and concern. Compassion has a theological meaning. In this book, Andrew Purves sees compassion as the center of pastoral care, holding theology, spirituality, and ministry together. He examines how a renewed compassion gives ministry shape and content which "grows out of the life of God, and God's care for the world.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664250653

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Life: The Science of Biology

By: David E. Sadava,H. Craig Heller,Gordon H. Orians,William K. Purves,David M. Hillis

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Life: The Science of Biology

By: David E. Sadava,H. Craig Heller,Gordon H. Orians,William K. Purves,David M. Hillis

From its first edition, Life has set the standard for experiment-based introductory biology texts. There is no stronger textbook for helping students understand not just what we know (scientific facts), but how we know it (the experimental process that leads to their discovery). The new edition of Life builds upon this tradition, teaching fundamental concepts and showcasing significant research while responding to changes in biology education

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Macmillan Higher Education

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146414379X

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Life

The Science of Biology

By: William K. Purves

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Life

The Science of Biology

By: William K. Purves

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0716738732

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Life: The Science of Biology: Volume II

Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology

By: William K. Purves,Gordon H. Orians,David Sadava,H. Craig Heller

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Life: The Science of Biology: Volume II

Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology

By: William K. Purves,Gordon H. Orians,David Sadava,H. Craig Heller

This is an authoritative introductory text that presents biological concepts through the research that revealed them. "Life" covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative.

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484

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Macmillan

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0716758091

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9780716758099

Reconstructing Pastoral Theology

A Christological Foundation

By: Andrew Purves

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Reconstructing Pastoral Theology

A Christological Foundation

By: Andrew Purves

In Pastoral Care in the Classical Tradition, Andrew Purves argued that pastoral care and theology has long ignored Scripture and Christian doctrine, and pastoral practice has become secularized in both method and goal, the fiefdom of psychology and the social sciences. He builds further on this idea here, presenting a christological basis for ministry and pastoral theology.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664227333

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9780664227333

Life

The Science of Biology

By: William K. Purves

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Life

The Science of Biology

By: William K. Purves

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0716798565

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9780716798569

Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative

By: Alex C. Purves

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Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative

By: Alex C. Purves

In this wide-ranging survey of ancient Greek narrative from archaic epic to classical prose, Alex Purves shows how stories unfold in space as well as in time. She traces a shift in authorial perspective, from a godlike overview to the more focused outlook of human beings caught up in a developing plot, inspired by advances in cartography, travel, and geometry. Her analysis of the temporal and spatial dimensions of ancient narrative leads to new interpretations of important texts by Homer, Herodotus, and Xenophon, among others, showing previously unnoticed connections between epic and prose. Drawing on the methods of classical philology, narrative theory, and cultural geography, Purves recovers a poetics of spatial representation that lies at the core of the Greeks' conception of their plots.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139487981

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9781139487986

Life

The Science of Biology

By: William K. Purves,William Kirkwood Purves,Gordon H. Orians,H. Craig Heller

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Life

The Science of Biology

By: William K. Purves,William Kirkwood Purves,Gordon H. Orians,H. Craig Heller

Authoritative, thorough, and engaging, Life: The Science of Biology achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability, never losing sight of either the science or the student. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them, Life covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative. This approach helps to bring the drama of classic and cutting-edge research to the classroom, but always in the context of reinforcing core ideas and the innovative scientific thinking behind them. Students will experience biology not just as a litany of facts or a highlight reel of experiments, but as a rich, coherent discipline. The new edition builds on Life's enduring strengths by doing what this acclaimed text has always done: combine a contemporary view of the discipline with innovative teaching and learning features. New chapters and essays, an enhanced art program, and standard-setting media and supplements combine to make this edition the finest yet.

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W H Freeman & Company

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0716788519

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9780716788515

Fairmont Forever

By: William C. Purves

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Fairmont Forever

By: William C. Purves

When Aidan moves back to California after living in England, hes ready to rejoin his middle school friends at Fairmont High. Hes anticipating the usual difficulties adjusting to a new school, but this year Fairmont High is going through a challenging adjustment of its own: The nearby Oak Canyon High has merged with it, and the incoming students turn out to be members of races Aidan thought only mythical. With ogres on the football team, pixies in band, and dryads on the staff of the school newspaper, both human and fairy students find themselves struggling to work through issues of tolerance and respect. Integration at a new school has never been so hard or so rewarding.

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iUniverse

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1450238793

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9781450238793

Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition

By: Andrew Purves

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Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition

By: Andrew Purves

Purves proposes a thoughtful reading of early classical texts to provide insight into contemporary pastoral work.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664222412

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Life: The Science of Biology: Volume III

Plants and Animals

By: William K. Purves,David Sadava,Gordon H. Orians,H. Craig Heller

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Life: The Science of Biology: Volume III

Plants and Animals

By: William K. Purves,David Sadava,Gordon H. Orians,H. Craig Heller

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W. H. Freeman

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0716758105

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9780716758105

Basics Animation 04: Stop-motion

By: Barry Purves

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Basics Animation 04: Stop-motion

By: Barry Purves

Basics Animation- Stop-motion by Barry Purves explores how all the elements of film-making - camera work, design, colour, lighting, editing, music and storytelling - come together in this unique art form. The author is passionate about this medium and his talent and experience have made this book an immediate hit in the world of animation. Students of animation will learn to recognize the particular types of movement, characters and stories that typify stop-motion. The book is packed with tips and suggestions to help you get the most out of your stop-motion films, accompanied by illustrations and case studies demonstrating how film-making masters through the years have used it in feature films, short films and television.

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AVA Publishing

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2940373736

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9782940373734

The Resurrection of Ministry

Serving in the Hope of the Risen Lord

By: Andrew Purves

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The Resurrection of Ministry

Serving in the Hope of the Risen Lord

By: Andrew Purves

This book by Andrew Purves takes us deep into the practice of ministry showing us the basis of ministry in the hope of Christ's resurrection. Ministry in and with Christ involves moving beyond ministry in the mood of Holy Saturday to ministry in the mood of Easter Sunday. Here Purves shows how we find Christ's real joy and hope in the midst of struggles, difficulties and even suffering as we serve and minister in his name.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830837418

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9780830837410

Life, the Science of Biology

By: William Kirkwood Purves,Gordon H. Orians,H. Craig Heller

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Life, the Science of Biology

By: William Kirkwood Purves,Gordon H. Orians,H. Craig Heller

As in previous editions of this textbook, the 5th edition shows biology not as a collection of facts, but as a dynamic discipline. The student's understanding of biological processes is developed through pedagogy, using narrative, experimental contexts and art within the scholarship.

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W.H. Freeman

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0716722763

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9780716722762

Homer and the Poetics of Gesture

By: Alex C. Purves

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Homer and the Poetics of Gesture

By: Alex C. Purves

This book draws on studies of movement, gesture, and early film to offer a series of readings on repetition through the body in Homer. Each chapter presents an argument based on a specific posture, action or gesture (falling, running, leaping, standing, and crouching), through which to rethink epic practices of embodiment and formularity.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190857927

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9780190857929

Music as Biology

The Tones We Like and Why

By: Dale Purves

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Music as Biology

The Tones We Like and Why

By: Dale Purves

The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out of the billions that are possible? Why do differently organized scales elicit different emotions? Why are there so few notes in scales? In Music as Biology, Dale Purves argues that biology offers answers to these and other questions on which conventional music theory is silent. When people and animals vocalize, they generate tonal sounds—periodic pressure changes at the ear which, when combined, can be heard as melodies and harmonies. Human beings have evolved a sense of tonality, Purves explains, because of the behavioral advantages that arise from recognizing and attending to human voices. The result is subjective responses to tone combinations that are best understood in terms of their contribution to biological success over evolutionary and individual history. Purves summarizes evidence that the intervals defining Western and other scales are those with the greatest collective similarity to the human voice; that major and minor scales are heard as happy or sad because they mimic the subdued and excited speech of these emotional states; and that the character of a culture’s speech influences the tonal palette of its traditional music. Rethinking music theory in biological terms offers a new approach to centuries-long debates about the organization and impact of music.

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Harvard University Press

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0674972961

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9780674972964

How Brains Seem to Work

By: Dale Purves

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How Brains Seem to Work

By: Dale Purves

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Brains: How They Seem to Work (9780137055098) by Dale Purves. Available in print and digital formats. Why the conventional explanations of how brains work is wrong--and a far more promising direction for research. The conventional conception of how brains work has not been substantiated despite an effort that now spans 50 years. When a path in science is pursued for this long without the emergence of a deeper understanding of the issue being addressed, doubts are usually warranted.

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Pearson Education

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0132102412

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9780132102414

Brains

How They Seem to Work

By: Dale Purves

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Brains

How They Seem to Work

By: Dale Purves

For 50 years, the world’s most brilliant neuroscientists have struggled to understand how human brains really work. Today, says Dale Purves, the dominant research agenda may have taken us as far as it can--and neuroscientists may be approaching a paradigm shift. In this highly personal book, Purves reveals how we got to this point and offers his notion of where neuroscience may be headed next. Purves guides you through a half-century of the most influential ideas in neuroscience and introduces the extraordinary scientists and physicians who created and tested them. Purves offers a critical assessment of the paths that neuroscience research has taken, their successes and their limitations, and then introduces an alternative approach for thinking about brains. Building on new research on visual perception, he shows why common ideas about brain networks can’t be right and uncovers the factors that determine our subjective experience. The resulting insights offer a deeper understanding of what it means to be human. • Why we need a better conception of what brains are trying to do and how they do it Approaches to understanding the brain over the past several decades may be at an impasse • The surprising lessons that can be learned from what we see How complex neural processes owe more to trial-and-error experience than to logical principles • Brains--and the people who think about them Meet some of the extraordinary individuals who’ve shaped neuroscience • The “ghost in the machine” problem The ideas presented further undermine the concept of free will

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FT Press

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0137060289

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9780137060283

Why We See what We Do

An Empirical Theory of Vision

By: Dale Purves,R. Beau Lotto

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Why We See what We Do

An Empirical Theory of Vision

By: Dale Purves,R. Beau Lotto

This provocative book reviews a broad range of evidence leading to the conclusion that the visual system is not organised to generate a veridical representation of the physical world, but rather a statistical reflection of the visual history of the species and the individual observer. Thus, what humans actually see is a reflexive manifestation of past rather than a logical analysis of the present. The idea that the images we consciously entertain represent the historical significance of visual stimuli follows from the inability to decipher ambiguous retinal information analytically, and has far-reaching consequences not only for vision but brain function generally. The immediate benefit of this approach is that it provides a framework by which to understand a variety of fundamental visual illusions that are otherwise difficult, if not impossible, to explain.

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Sinauer Associates Incorporated

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0878937528

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9780878937523

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