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Con fotografías a color, este libro es un tesoro para cualquier amante de los animales.Amigos inesperados nos ofrece 47 historias reales e inspiradoras de animales que sin tener nada en común establecen lazos de amistad de formas completamente imprevisibles.En sus multiples viajes por el mundo, la periodista del National Geographic, Jennifer Holland ha podido recopilar los relatos de amistad de un gato y un pajaro, un elefante y una oveja, una serpiente y un hamster, un gato y una iguana, una gorila y un gatitoy muchos mas. Todos ellos, relatos inexplicables de amistad entre depredadores y presas en el mundo natural, como el caso del leopardo que visita cada noche una aldea de la India para dormir con un ternero.De lugares tan dispares como Sudafrica, Alemania, India, Japon o el Circulo Polar Artico, la autora narra con todo detalle cada una de las historias de amistad de los protagonistas y nos aporta interesantes explicaciones sobre el comportamiento animal que dejaran asombrados a los lectores de todas las edades.

Carel van SchaikThe local people know him as the "Man of the Forest," who refused to speak for fear of being put to work. And indeed the bear-like Sumatran orangutan, with his moon face, lanky arms, and shaggy red hair, does seem uncannily human; one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, the orangutan may have much to tell us about the origins of human intelligence, technology, and culture. In this book one of the world's leading experts on Sumatran orangutans, working in collaboration with nature photographer Perry van Duijnhoven, takes us deep into the disappearing world of these captivating primates. In a narrative that is part adventure, part field journal, part call to conscience, Carel van Schaik introduces us to the colorful characters and complex lives of the orangutans who inhabit the vanishing forests of Sumatra. In compelling words and pictures, we come to know the personalities and temperaments of our primate cousins as they go about their days: building double-decker tree nests; using leaves as napkins, gloves, rain hats, and blankets, and sticks as backscratchers and probes; nurturing their infants longer and more intensely than any other nonhuman mammal. Here are the births and deaths, the first use of a tool, the defeat of a rival, the gradual loss of influence that, while fascinating to observe, may also help us to reconstruct human evolution.

Stretching across two thirds of the Gardens the arboretum at Kew surrounds the glasshouses in a leafy enclave to walk wander and discover nature s beauty The 12 000 trees rooted in the arboretum represent more than 2 000 species including rare and ancient varieties This great collection contains trees as old as the Gardens themselves many that cannot be found anywhere else in Britain But who looks after these vast landscapes Introducing the Tree Gang Kew s team of eight who work tirelessly throughout the year to maintain this rare collection In this new book from Kew you ll discover the fascinating work of the Tree Gang the team of eight that care for the trees at Kew Going behind the scenes you ll learn more about life at Kew from the people who tend and care for the Gardens from the daily tree assessments to the intermittent tree felling As the climate becomes more variable the gang s work is ever more crucial as they brace for the storms ahead AMONG THE GIANTS weaves together heartwarming stories alongside the fascinating life of trees This book will inspire you to learn from the experts and grow an appreciation for the trees around you

¿Qué sucedería si en clase de arte te explicaran cómo pintar una verja? ¿O si jamás te mostraran una pintura o te hablaran de la existencia de Van Gogh o Picasso? Pues así es como nos han enseñado matematicas, el equivalente a ver la pintura de la verja secarse. En este fascinante libro, uno de los matematicos mas brillantes del momento nos revela el lado de las matematicas que jamas hemos visto, barnizadas con toda la belleza y elegancia de una pieza de arte.Frenkel nos muestra una disciplina presente en el corazon de toda la materia, que une culturas, tiempo y espacio. Y lo hace a traves de dos historias, la de las maravillas de las matematicas y la historia personal del autor, que huyo de un sistema educativo discriminatorio para convertirse en uno de los matematicos mas importantes del siglo xxi.Pero el libro no es solo una apasionante historia de superacion personal teñida de divulgacion cientifica, sino que nos introduce en una nueva forma de pensamiento capaz de enriquecer nuestra vida personal y ayudarnos a entender mejor el mundo y el lugar que ocupamos en el. Es una invitacion a descubrir la magia del universo escondido de las matematicas.

Desde los principios del cultivo de la vid el hombre ha deseado conocer los materiales que cultivaba, sus características y sus posibilidades. La descripción de cepas y uvas está presente en numerosos textos clasicos romanos, griegos y posteriores. La ampelografia moderna, definida por Zava ha ido evolucionando a lo largo del tiempo, preocupacion de botanicos y agronomistas como Boutelou y Rojas Clemente entre otros muchos, ha sido y sigue siendo materia de estudio y uso en el campo y con sus tecnicas modernas en investigacion. En este libro, siguiendo el hilo conductor de las Normas UPOV, se describen e ilustran los caracteres que definen estas normas y muchos de los establecidos por la OIV, el IBPGR y la UPAV, incluyendo segun este ultimo grupo una tecnica basica para la cata de uvas.

Wolfram George Schmid, W. George Schmid, Allan M. ArmitageIf you thought a shade garden was limited to ferns and hostas, this book might even lead you to desire more shade to grow the 7000 species and cultivars in 184 genera, some new to horticulture, others unjustly overlooked.

Volume 3 of an encyclopedic work covers 4666 species, from ferns on up. Full botanical information for each. 1913 edition, preferred by many to more recent revisions. Over 4000 total illustrations.

Volume 1 of an encyclopedic work covers 4666 species, ferns on up. Full botanical information for each. 1913 edition, preferred by many to more recent revisions. Total in set: over 4000 illustrations.

Volume 2 of an encyclopedic work covers 4666 species, from ferns on up. Full botanical information for each. 1913 edition, preferred by many to more recent revisions. Over 4000 total illustrations.

Winner of the 2023 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Discover the world as you ve never seen it before through the eyes of animals Immersive and mind blowing Peter Wohlleben author of The Hidden Life of TreesThe Earth teems with sights and textures sounds and vibrations smells and tastes electric and magnetic fields But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble perceiving only a tiny sliver of this world In An Immense World Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses welcoming us into previously unfathomable dimensions the world as it is truly perceived by other animals Showing us that in order to understand our world we don t need to travel to other places we need to see through other eyes A NEW YORK TIMES GUARDIAN ECONOMIST SPECTATOR TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT and NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR Winner of 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Suffused with magic Siddhartha Mukherjee author of The Song of the Cell A book that prompts awe at the world around us Sunday TimesSunday Times bestseller July 2023

Richly illustrated stories of fascinating insects from across the globe in 366 daily entries In this beautifully produced collection nature experts Gail Ashton and Dominic Couzens tell the stories of hundreds of insects with information about behaviour migration and protection mechanisms as well as their involvement in folklore history literature and more Learn the scientific name for each bug and why they are important while reading what both poets and scientists have recorded about them over the years Discover the story of the gnat whose wings beat at 1000 times a second the glowworm who has captured the power of light and the sacred scarab beetle worshipped in Egypt thousands of years ago Illustrated with stunning photographs and works of art showcasing the colours textures and strange and unique features of these fascinating creatures this collection is a celebration of insects and their special place in our ecosystems and culture

Adrian Woolfson explores the ethical minefield of genetics in the latest book in the popular Intelligent Person''s Guide series; In a laboratory in America, a scientist Craig Ventor having successfully constructed a man-made virus, is now in the process of building the world''s first artificial creature. His work is part of a revolutionary new type of ''synthetic'' biology, which aims not just to understand how living things work, but to build them from scratch. Elsewhere molecular biologists have tapped into the DNA record to show that dodos were in fact a rare type of pigeon and the extinct quagga, a type of zebra. New research has also told us that although a distinct type of human, Neanderthal man was not our ancestor. Like eyewitness accounts of Victorian chimney sweeps, the DNA record is an imperfect time machine that can help reconstruct our past. It will also shape our future, as although designed ''naturally'' by thousands of millions of years of evolution, mankind will soon be able to redesign itself. But how will such work be guided? What is needed is a manifesto for life, which acclaimed author Adrian Woolfson delivers in his examination of life and its future possibilities.