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A Natural History of Vision

A Natural History of Vision

Nicholas J. Wade

This illustrated survey covers what Nicholas Wade calls the "observational era of vision," beginning with the Greek philosophers and ending with Wheatstone's description of the stereoscope in the late 1830s.
Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

Nicholas Wade

In his groundbreaking Before the Dawn, Wade reveals humanity’s origins as never before—a journey made possible only recently by genetic science, whose incredible findings have answered such questions as: What was the first human ...
Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

Frank W. Nicholas

Frank W. Nicholas ... Ben Hayes, John James, Hannah Nicholas, Belinda Norris, Jonathan Usmar, Bethany Wilson, Peter Thomson, Claire Wade, Noelle Cockett, Rob Banks, Mohammad Shariflou, Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, and Xuan Zhang.
Laura Wade: Plays One

Laura Wade: Plays One

Laura Wade

Not every writer delivers on their early promise. As this collection clearly shows, Wade certainly has.’ Aleks Sierz, from his Introduction COLDER THAN HERE ‘Laura Wade’s play is a 90-minute masterpiece, a jewel, dark but translucent.
Mason Wade, Acadia and Quebec

Mason Wade, Acadia and Quebec

Mason Wade

Essays written by the controversial but significant historian Mason Wade provide his last important work on the Maritimes.
Wade Davis: Photographs

Wade Davis: Photographs

Wade Davis

A stunning photography collection from celebrated anthropologist Wade Davis, representing the vast diversity of communities and cultural traditions he has encountered in the course of his career
Colder than Here

Colder than Here

Laura Wade

Laura Wade's beautifully poised family drama was first performed at Soho Theatre, London. ‘Laura Wade’s play is a 90-minute masterpiece, a jewel, dark but translucent.
The New York Times Book of Science Literacy: The environment ...

The New York Times Book of Science Literacy: The environment ...

Nicholas Wade

All in all, this is a fascinating, often disturbing, look at the present status of the globe and its inhabitants, and an important contribution to the growing field of ecoliteracy.
Life Script: How the Human Genome Discoveries Will Transform ...

Life Script: How the Human Genome Discoveries Will Transform ...

Nicholas Wade

In this book he describes what the genome means for the health of present and future generations.
The Kershner families of Maryland, 1731-1977

The Kershner families of Maryland, 1731-1977

Mary Kershner Maxwell

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A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History

A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History

Nicholas Wade

The most provocative claims in this book involve the genetic basis of human social habits.
Shalom and the Ethics of Belief: Nicholas Wolterstorff's ...

Shalom and the Ethics of Belief: Nicholas Wolterstorff's ...

Nathan D. Shannon

he central concern of the present study is Nicholas Wolterstorff's theory of situated rationality. In Wolterstorff's view, the ... 1.1 NICHOLAS P. WOLTERSTORFF, CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER In 2002, Nicholas P. Nicholas P. Wolterstorff, Christian ...
The Best American Science Writing 2002

The Best American Science Writing 2002

Matt Ridley

Nicholas Wade shows how one of the most controversial books of the year, The Skeptical Environmentalist, by former Greenpeace member and self-described leftist Bjorn Lomborg, debunks some of the most cherished tenets of the environmental ...
The Journal

The Journal

American-Irish Historical Society

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Visual Allusions: Pictures of Perception

Visual Allusions: Pictures of Perception

Nicholas Wade

In this book a leading researcher and artist explores how we see pictures and how they can communicate messages to us, both directly and indirectly by making allusions to objects in space or to stored images in our minds.
Destined for Distinguished Oblivion: The Scientific Vision ...

Destined for Distinguished Oblivion: The Scientific Vision ...

Nicholas Wade

Indeed, Wells should be acknowledged as laying the foundations for modern studies of vestibular function as well as eye movements. The book reprints his Essay on single vision with two eyes (1792) and his own Memoir of his life (1818).
Falcons: A Proclamation for Salvation

Falcons: A Proclamation for Salvation

Nicholas Wade Wynn

With every passing second every demon devil and fallen angel awaits for their chance to be released from Hell. Will the FALCONS rise up and become humanity's Proclamation for Salvation?
Art and Illusionists

Art and Illusionists

Nicholas Wade

We delight in using our eyes, particularly when puzzling over pictures. Art and illusionists is a celebration of pictures and the multiple modes of manipulating them to produce illusory worlds on flat surfaces.
Alex Wade's Guide to affordable houses

Alex Wade's Guide to affordable houses

Alex Wade

Offers designs for inexpensive homes which take advantage of solar technology and new building techniques
Mason Wade, Acadia and Quebec

Mason Wade, Acadia and Quebec

Naomi Griffiths

Essays written by the controversial but significant historian Mason Wade provide his last important work on the Maritimes.
Imitation and Politics: Redesigning Modern Germany

Imitation and Politics: Redesigning Modern Germany

Wade Jacoby

Through a close analysis of these two cases, Wade Jacoby explores the conditions under which one society can serve as a model for the reshaping of another.
Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

Nicholas Wade

Based on a groundbreaking synthesis of recent scientific findings, this work by an acclaimed "New York Times" science reporter tells a provocative story of mankind's ancient ancestors and the evolution of human nature.
A Love Like Ours (A Porter Family Novel Book #3)

A Love Like Ours (A Porter Family Novel Book #3)

Becky Wade

Praise for Becky Wade "I wasn't ready for this story to end, but when it did, I sighed the happy/longing sort of sigh that romance readers know so well.
One River

One River

Wade Davis

The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history.
Family, Unvalued

Family, Unvalued

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Wade Nichols and his Taiwanese partner Francis Shen, living together in what for Wade is exile in Taipei, had considered a fake marriage to stay together in the U.S. Francis has been harassed by U.S. immigration before. He says marrying is  ...
The Sacred Headwaters: The Fight to Save the Stikine, ...

The Sacred Headwaters: The Fight to Save the Stikine, ...

Wade Davis

The compelling text by Wade Davis, which describes the region's beauty, the threats to it, and the response of native groups and other inhabitants, is complemented by the voices of the Tahltan elders.
Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Question

Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Question

D. J. Herda

Text and a few black and white photographs discuss the ideas and arguments behind the landmark abortion case of Roe v. Wade.
Other Hands

Other Hands

Laura Wade

Laura Wade’s plays, Colder Than Here and Breathing Corpses played simultaneously at Soho Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre respectively, and are both published by Oberon Books.
The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of ...

The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of ...

Charles Smith

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