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Baboon Metaphysics

The Evolution of a Social Mind

By: Dorothy L. Cheney,Robert M. Seyfarth

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Baboon Metaphysics

The Evolution of a Social Mind

By: Dorothy L. Cheney,Robert M. Seyfarth

In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, “He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.” Baboon Metaphysics is Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth’s fascinating response to Darwin’s challenge. Cheney and Seyfarth set up camp in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, where they could intimately observe baboons and their social world. Baboons live in groups of up to 150, including a handful of males and eight or nine matrilineal families of females. Such numbers force baboons to form a complicated mix of short-term bonds for mating and longer-term friendships based on careful calculations of status and individual need. But Baboon Metaphysics is concerned with much more than just baboons’ social organization—Cheney and Seyfarth aim to fully comprehend the intelligence that underlies it. Using innovative field experiments, the authors learn that for baboons, just as for humans, family and friends hold the key to mitigating the ill effects of grief, stress, and anxiety. Written with a scientist’s precision and a nature-lover’s eye, Baboon Metaphysics gives us an unprecedented and compelling glimpse into the mind of another species. “The vivid narrative is like a bush detective story.”—Steven Poole, Guardian “Baboon Metaphysics is a distillation of a big chunk of academic lives. . . . It is exactly what such a book should be—full of imaginative experiments, meticulous scholarship, limpid literary style, and above all, truly important questions.”—Alison Jolly, Science “Cheney and Seyfarth found that for a baboon to get on in life involves a complicated blend of short-term relationships, friendships, and careful status calculations. . . . Needless to say, the ensuing political machinations and convenient romantic dalliances in the quest to become numero uno rival the bard himself.”—Science News “Cheney and Seyfarth’s enthusiasm is obvious, and their knowledge is vast and expressed with great clarity. All this makes Baboon Metaphysics a captivating read. It will get you thinking—and maybe spur you to travel to Africa to see it all for yourself.”—Asif A. Ghazanfar, Nature “Through ingenious playback experiments . . . Cheney and Seyfarth have worked out many aspects of what baboons used their minds for, along with their limitations. Reading a baboon’s mind affords an excellent grasp of the dynamics of baboon society. But more than that, it bears on the evolution of the human mind and the nature of human existence.”—Nicholas Wade, New York Times

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359

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University of Chicago Press

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0226102424

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9780226102429

How Children Develop

By: Robert S. Siegler,Judy S. DeLoache,Nancy Eisenberg

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How Children Develop

By: Robert S. Siegler,Judy S. DeLoache,Nancy Eisenberg

An highly anticipated new text for the topically-organized child development course, written by three of the field's most accomplished researchers.

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760

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Macmillan

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1572592494

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9781572592490

Words of the Lagoon

Fishing and Marine Lore in the Palau District of Micronesia

By: Robert Earle Johannes

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Words of the Lagoon

Fishing and Marine Lore in the Palau District of Micronesia

By: Robert Earle Johannes

Words of the Lagoon is an account of the pioneering work of a marine biologist to discover, test, and record the knowledge possessed by native fisherman of the Palau Islands of Micronesia. Words of the Lagoon is an account of the pioneering work of a marine biologist to discover, test, and record the knowledge possessed by native fisherman of the Palau Islands of Micronesia.

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280

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Univ of California Press

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0520039297

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9780520039292

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping (Third Edition)

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping (Third Edition)

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress. As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way-through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.

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559

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Holt Paperbacks

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1429935650

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9781429935654

Mechanisms Of Gene Expression: Structure, Function And Evolution Of The Basal Transcriptional Machine

By: Robert O J Weinzierl

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Mechanisms Of Gene Expression: Structure, Function And Evolution Of The Basal Transcriptional Machine

By: Robert O J Weinzierl

A detailed knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the transcriptional control of gene expression is of fundamental importance to many areas of contemporary biomedical research, ranging from understanding basic issues (such as control of embryonic development) to practical applications in industry and medicine. Although elementary concepts of gene expression are described in all general molecular biology textbooks, the depth of coverage is often rather limited and recent discoveries are sometimes not adequately taken into consideration.This book presents much of the current thinking concerning molecular mechanisms of transcriptional control in a form easily accessible to undergraduates with an understanding of basic molecular biology concepts. It contains detailed information about the various pro- and eukaryotic transcriptional machineries that has recently become available through the combined efforts of geneticists, biochemists and structural biologists. The book will thus not only serve as an undergraduate text but also offer something new and interesting to more advanced readers and professional scientists who want to keep up to date with rapid advances in this field.

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World Scientific

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1783262257

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9781783262250

Law and Business

The Regulatory Environment

By: Janell M. Kurtz,Lawrence S. Clark,Robert J. Alberts,Wayne R. Wells,Peter D. Kinder

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Law and Business

The Regulatory Environment

By: Janell M. Kurtz,Lawrence S. Clark,Robert J. Alberts,Wayne R. Wells,Peter D. Kinder

This comprehensive business law text which features briefed cases combines traditional business law coverage with solid treatment of regulatory topics. It meets both AACSB legal environment and CPA exam preparation requirements. Rather than stress the mechanics of law, Clark/Aalberts/Kinder conveys the complexity of the blend of factors that occurs when law is made and applied in resolving disputes. An easy-to-read style spares the students the impenetrable prose of other business law texts. Liberal use of flowcharts, diagrams, charts, briefed cases, and samples of legal instruments helps students learn. Cases are followed by insightful commentaries of sometimes controversial topics and present and analyze the actual political, economic, social, and ethical forces that caused the conflict. A new co-author, Robert J. Aalberts, has been added for the fourth edition. The revision has more chapter problems and 67 new cases. The chapter on "bailments," which had been removed in the previous edition, has been returned to Part V on property. A unique new "A Note to CPA Candidates" at the end of every chapter provides invaluable insights and perspective on what the exam's emphasis and trends have been.

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McGraw-Hill/Irwin

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0070351635

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9780070351639

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How Children Develop

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Words of the Lagoon

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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Mechanisms Of Gene Expression: Structure, Function And Evolution Of The Basal Transcriptional Machine

Mechanisms Of Gene Expression: Structure, Function And Evolution Of The Basal Transcriptional Machine

Law and Business

Law and Business

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