owen d jones (128 risultati)

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. ORIGINAL articles, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

72 pages. Paperback: H 20.25cm x L 20.25cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed with some scuffs at edges. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy. Text by Stephen Flinn Young; color and b/w photographs by D.C. Young. Bovina, Mississippi folk artist Earl Wayne Simmons' Art Shop has burned down twice since this book was published, the most recent fire having occurred in June 2012. {ArtShelf#3} ISBN 0878058117.

hardback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. hardback, pictorial blue and yellow cloth, foxing o/w very good, b&w illustrations, 151pp.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Ivor Owen (illustratore). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Used - Very Good. Amherst Historical Commission, Amherst, MA, July, 1980. 55 pages. Illustrated. 8.5 x 9.5", paperback. Clean, tight, VG.

Condizione: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condizione: New. Force of Nature: Understanding Evolution's Deepest Logic-And Putting It to Use. Book.

72 pages. Paperback: H 20.25cm x L 20.25cm. Glossy paper covers lightly rubbed; slight scuffing to covers' fore-edge corners. Some foxing to text block edges. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy. Text by Stephen Flinn Young; color and b/w photographs by D.C. Young. Bovina, Mississippi folk artist Earl Wayne Simmons' Art Shop has burned down twice since this book was published, the most recent fire having occurred in June 2012. {ArtShelf#4|CMS-02147} ISBN 0878058117.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. While plenty of books tell readers how natural selection works, Force of Nature focuses on why understanding it has enormous practical value for reader's lives, right now.Natural selection never signs its work, earns awards, or collects the praise of peers. Still, the closer we look, the more awesome it is. We may understand that as life's most powerful process itshapes all living things in their endlessly surprising and photogenic diversity. But we're nowhere near done discovering its full power, scope, and reach. While plenty of books tell readers how natural selection works, Force of Nature focuses on why understanding it hasenormous practical value and is important to reader's lives, right now. With vivid examples, the book shows how looking through the lens of natural selection adds value in domains as diverse as medicine, psychology, agriculture, artificial intelligence, engineering, economics, and law.Force of Nature illustrates how deepening our understanding of natural selection can help us to reduce errors, lower costs, increase efficiencies, and improve our ability topursue some of our existing goals. It reveals hidden patterns that natural selection paints across seemingly disconnected things, from airplanes, cancers, and cod, to body armor, robot navigation, the feeling ofownership, and how we assess risks within the daily swirl of imperfectly predictable events. For example, the book looks at why both doctors and patients so often--and indeed so wildly--misunderstand diagnostic statistics for diseases like breast cancer. It illustrates how researchers can code software to evolve itself automatically to solve seemingly intractable problems. It explores the bases for some systemic but illogical biases in human decision-making. And it connects all these examplesnot only to each other but also to soil probes on Mars, satellite antennas, human breastmilk, the architectures of legal systems, and more.You are sure to come away with deeperunderstandings of how natural selection works, influences human behaviors more broadly and deeply than commonly contemplated, and how greater understanding of it can be harnessed to aid human flourishing across a surprisingly wide swath of domains. While plenty of books tell readers how natural selection works, Force of Nature focuses on why understanding it has enormous practical value and is important to reader's lives, right now. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardback. Condizione: New. While plenty of books tell readers how natural selection works, Force of Nature focuses on why understanding it has enormous practical value for reader's lives, right now.Natural selection never signs its work, earns awards, or collects the praise of peers. Still, the closer we look, the more awesome it is. We may understand that as life's most powerful process it shapes all living things in their endlessly surprising and photogenic diversity. But we're nowhere near done discovering its full power, scope, and reach. While plenty of books tell readers how natural selection works, Force of Nature focuses on why understanding it has enormous practical value and is important to reader's lives, right now. With vivid examples, the book shows how looking through the lens of natural selection adds value in domains as diverse as medicine, psychology, agriculture, artificial intelligence, engineering, economics, and law. Force of Nature illustrates how deepening our understanding of natural selection can help us to reduce errors, lower costs, increase efficiencies, and improve our ability to pursue some of our existing goals. It reveals hidden patterns that natural selection paints across seemingly disconnected things, from airplanes, cancers, and cod, to body armor, robot navigation, the feeling of ownership, and how we assess risks within the daily swirl of imperfectly predictable events. For example, the book looks at why both doctors and patients so often--and indeed so wildly--misunderstand diagnostic statistics for diseases like breast cancer. It illustrates how researchers can code software to evolve itself automatically to solve seemingly intractable problems. It explores the bases for some systemic but illogical biases in human decision-making. And it connects all these examples not only to each other but also to soil probes on Mars, satellite antennas, human breastmilk, the architectures of legal systems, and more. You are sure to come away with deeper understandings of how natural selection works, influences human behaviors more broadly and deeply than commonly contemplated, and how greater understanding of it can be harnessed to aid human flourishing across a surprisingly wide swath of domains.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Most of us learned about natural selection in our school days and remember the basics of how it drives evolution, plus a few of its everyday implications, like the risks of overusing antibiotics. Yet deep misconceptions about evolution and natural selection abound-even, studies show, among medical students and high school biology teachers, not to mention the rest of us. In Force of Nature, professor of law and biology Owen D. Jones reveals how these misunderstandings cost us opportunities, undermine our goals, and even imperil lives-and shows how a deeper understanding of natural selection is far more useful and powerful than we think.Jones argues that natural selection is not merely a historical process that shaped relationships between species in the past, but an underused framework for navigating today's most pressing challenges. By sharpening our understanding of how natural selection actually operates-its speed, scale, and profound influence on human and animal behavior-we can make better decisions across a wide range of fields. Drawing on examples from medicine, psychology, and artificial intelligence to economics, agriculture, law, and beyond, Force of Nature demonstrates how evolutionary thinking can open new horizons in cancer treatment and space exploration, create faster machines and more agile robots, and even help design more effective and just laws. Along the way, readers tour some of animals' most remarkable behaviors, such as the archerfish's prowess at precision-firing missiles of water and geckos' ability to walk upside-down-on glass.Enlightening and inspiring, Force of Nature invites us to appreciate natural selection as a dynamic force we can better understand-and harness-to build smarter technologies, wiser policies, and a more resilient future.

First edition (not stated). 72 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 21cm. No dust jacket. Pictorial boards lightly rubbed. Text by Stephen Flinn Young; color and b/w photographs by D.C. Young. A near fine copy. {ArtShelf#1} ISBN 0878058044.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Most of us learned about natural selection in our school days and remember the basics of how it drives evolution, plus a few of its everyday implications, like the risks of overusing antibiotics. Yet deep misconceptions about evolution and natural selection aboundeven, studies show, among medical students and high school biology teachers, not to mention the rest of us. In Force of Nature, professor of law and biology Owen D. Jones reveals how these misunderstandings cost us opportunities, undermine our goals, and even imperil livesand shows how a deeper understanding of natural selection is far more useful and powerful than we think.Jones argues that natural selection is not merely a historical process that shaped relationships between species in the past, but an underused framework for navigating todays most pressing challenges. By sharpening our understanding of how natural selection actually operatesits speed, scale, and profound influence on human and animal behaviorwe can make better decisions across a wide range of fields. Drawing on examples from medicine, psychology, and artificial intelligence to economics, agriculture, law, and beyond, Force of Nature demonstrates how evolutionary thinking can open new horizons in cancer treatment and space exploration, create faster machines and more agile robots, and even help design more effective and just laws. Along the way, readers tour some of animals most remarkable behaviors, such as the archerfishs prowess at precision-firing missiles of water and geckos ability to walk upside-downon glass.Enlightening and inspiring, Force of Nature invites us to appreciate natural selection as a dynamic force we can better understandand harnessto build smarter technologies, wiser policies, and a more resilient future. An eye-opening exploration of natural selections power and how it can help human society flourish. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. In.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Most of us learned about natural selection in our school days and remember the basics of how it drives evolution, plus a few of its everyday implications, like the risks of overusing antibiotics. Yet deep misconceptions about evolution and natural selection abound-even, studies show, among medical students and high school biology teachers, not to mention the rest of us. In Force of Nature, professor of law and biology Owen D. Jones reveals how these misunderstandings cost us opportunities, undermine our goals, and even imperil lives-and shows how a deeper understanding of natural selection is far more useful and powerful than we think.Jones argues that natural selection is not merely a historical process that shaped relationships between species in the past, but an underused framework for navigating today's most pressing challenges. By sharpening our understanding of how natural selection actually operates-its speed, scale, and profound influence on human and animal behavior-we can make better decisions across a wide range of fields. Drawing on examples from medicine, psychology, and artificial intelligence to economics, agriculture, law, and beyond, Force of Nature demonstrates how evolutionary thinking can open new horizons in cancer treatment and space exploration, create faster machines and more agile robots, and even help design more effective and just laws. Along the way, readers tour some of animals' most remarkable behaviors, such as the archerfish's prowess at precision-firing missiles of water and geckos' ability to walk upside-down-on glass.Enlightening and inspiring, Force of Nature invites us to appreciate natural selection as a dynamic force we can better understand-and harness-to build smarter technologies, wiser policies, and a more resilient future.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. FINE IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET. NO WRITING OR MARKS.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 6.30x0.98x9.25 inches. In Stock.

Tom Owen Edmunds (illustratore). Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 4to: 288pp. hundreds of photographs, index, acknowledgements.

Condizione: New.