The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Mark J. Plotkin
The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 million gallons of water per second--in two ...
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Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Paul Waldau
In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. ...
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Evolution: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Robin Dunbar
Evolution is one of the most important processes in life. It not only explains the detailed history of life on earth, but its scope also extends into many aspects of our own contemporary ...
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Genomics and Personalized Medicine: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Michael Snyder
In 2001 the Human Genome Project succeeded in mapping the DNA of humans. This landmark accomplishment launched the field of genomics, the integrated study of all the genes in the human body ...
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Invasive Species: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Daniel Simberloff
Invasive species come in all sizes, from plant pathogens like the chestnut blight in eastern North America, to the red imported fire ant that has spread throughout the South, the predatory ...
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Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Judith S. Weis
Marine pollution occurs today in varied forms—chemical, industrial, and agricultural-and the sources of pollution are endless. In recent history, we've seen oil spills, untreated sewage, ...
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Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know®
David W. Deamer
Our knowledge of our solar system has passed the point of no return. Increasingly, it seems possible that scientists will soon discover how life is created on habitable planets like Earth ...
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Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Ray Hilborn and Ulrike Hilborn
Over the past twenty years considerable public attention has been focused on the decline of marine fisheries, the sustainability of world fish production, and the impacts of fishing on ...
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