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Wonderful basic guide to study corals and coral reefs
This is a basic and comprehensive book about the processes that affect coral reefs. Exelent edition by Birkeland, includes some of the most restpectable scientists in the field. the book includes plentifulreferences very useful if you need to start a search in any of the topicsincluded in the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Coral reef biology    2. Coral reef ecology    3. Earth Sciences - Geology    4. Life Sciences - Ecology    5. Marine Biology    6. Marine Life    7. Nature    8. Nature/Ecology    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Applied ecology    12. Biology, Life Sciences    13. Nature / Marine Life    14. Science / Ecology    15. Science-Earth Sciences - Geology    16. Science-Life Sciences - Ecology   

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Dinosaurs and the Magic School Bus
I bought this book for my son's 5th birthday. He loves the Magic School Bus series and he loves Dinosaurs. This was the perfect gift for him. We have read it a few times already. It does not read as smooth as the other books in the series, but it keeps his interest and makes him want to read.

Not the biggest meat eater. From vincent
Acually the biggest carnivore was giganotosaurus(gig-a-no-toe-sau-rus)with runners up being carcharodontosaurus(car-car-o-don-to-sau-rus),spinosaurus (the star from Jurrasic Park III)Then Tyrannosaurus rex (t-rex).My personal favorites: Velociraptor(veh-loss-i-rap-tor, ceratosaurus (cer-at-o-sau-rus),oviraptor (o-vi-rap-tor),and ornitholestes (or-nith-o-les-tees).

Wonderful educational book for a variety of ages!
I wasn't familiar with the Magic School Bus series until I visited my family this past weekend--my 3-year old niece absolutely loved this book!Unconventional teacher Mrs. Frizzle takes her students on an archeological dig, but she then decides to give them a real look at dinosaurs by loading them onto her magic school bus and traveling back in time.The main body of the story is only about 5 lines per page, making the book appropriate for reading to younger children, but there is also a wealth of additional information included in surrounding insets, making the book ideal for an older beginning reader as well (and fun for adults, too!).The pictures are extremely detailed and colorful, and the illustrated children portray a variety of ethnic appearances.Given my niece's reaction, I'd highly recommend this book for aged 2-3 and up. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Dinosaurs    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile Paleontology    8. Juvenile literature    9. Pictorial works    10. School & Education    11. Science & Technology    12. Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology   

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The Physics of Pulsatile Flow
This is a well-written book by an expert in the field of biomathmatics and cardiovascular dynamics. I am impressed by the self-contained contents of the book and the flow of thoughts.The book introduces the fundamental physical principles and fluid mechanics before embarking on the subjects of steady flow in tubes and pulsatile flow in rigid and elastic tubes. The author leads the readers smoothly into the interesting regimes of vascular tree structures and their optimization, and the wave propagation and reflection phenomena.The relevant end-of-chapter problems are good additional sources to recapture the intended message from the text, as well as learning about other applications. Students and professionals in math, science, engineering and cardiovascular dynamics will find this text a good addition to their reading list. A work of art, a classic, February 11, 2002
Professor Zamir's new book is an exceptionally strong, beautiful and persuasive treatise on the physics of flow through tubes and tree-shaped paths, in steady and unsteady flow.This work is fundamental physics.The mathematical treatment is authoritative and very accessible.The concepts apply not only to blood circulation, for which most of the empirical data are carefully documented, but also to other tree-shaped flows, from physiology and geophysics to optimized piping networks in mechanical and civil engineering. A very informative book
As a researcher with expertise in electrical engineering and specialization inthe fields of digital signal and image processing "The Physics of Pulsatile Flow" was a big help in quickly understanding the basics of pulsatile flow in general. In particular, I needed to model the wall velocity of blood vessels as a function of the velocity of a viscous fluid pumped through that vessel and found a good first approach for solving this problem in chapter 5 called "pulsatile flow in an elastic tube". The references given throughout the book are also valuable to gain further insights. Read more

Subjects:  1. Biophysics (Specific Aspects)    2. Blood flow    3. Body fluids    4. Fluid dynamics    5. Hematology    6. Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology    7. Life Sciences - Biophysics    8. Medical    9. Physiology    10. Science    11. Tubes    12. Animal physiology    13. Biophysics    14. Regional physiology    15. Science / Biophysics    16. artificial organs    17. cardiovascular system    18. medical imaging systems    19. pulsatile flow in tubes    20. vascular trees   

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Activism Masquarading as Science...
Knowing the author by name and by reputation, I borrowed this book from a friend rather than contributing to him financially by paying for it.It's just the kind of pseudo-scientific garbage I'd expect when someone schooled in Philosophy is allowed to write a book on a scientific topic.The serious question of whether - and to what degree - nonhuman animals experience emotion should be entered into not only with skepticism, but with knowledge of how Science should be carried out, and how to go about evaluating the data that results.Masson is qualified to do NONE of these, and seems utterly unaware of that handicap.
What this book could have been
It started with a great title, and an interesting subject. In fact, i already started reading it agreeing with the author. However, this book is terrible. It is unbelievably repetative, and the arguments are amazingly bad. If this book was redone using some solid thinking, it would be awesome. We won't change anyone's mind until you write arguments above a junior high level. I would recomment looking for other authors. I went into this book with high expectations, and was very disapointed. In fact, it pushed me more over to the other side as I read it, just because i was so taken aback by the garbage that was being put forth as argument and evidence. There just has to be a higher standard than this. If a student wrote it, i would give it a D.

arrogant authors
What a piece of crap!I agree with the overall point the authors attempted to make, but they spent so much time bashing humans while offering so little support for their argument that I want to disagree.The authors should stick to something they know something about. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animal Physiology    2. Animal intelligence    3. Animals    4. Emotions    5. Emotions in animals    6. Nature    7. Nature/Ecology    8. Zoology    9. Science / Zoology   

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What's that squirrel thinking as it runs across the street? Behavioral neuroscientist Marc D. Hauser asks big questions about little brains in Read more

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Tons of Experiments on nonhuman animals and infants
This book is very nice to read. It discusses a myriad of experiments conducted on nonhuman animals, mainly chimpanzees, but also pigeons, insects, rats, among other animals. Each chapter discusses a different topic: math cognition, spatial reasoning, morality in aniamls, self-awareness, among others. One little thing I did not like about this book is that Dr. Hauser is overcritical of almost all experiments, even though those very arguments can be said about his own experiments! The book overall provides a lot of information about animal behavior--and mind.

Shaping minds
Studies of human cognition inevitably raise the question: "Are other animals 'conscious'?".This immediately leads to a more perplexing question: "What is consciousness?".With the concept still but vaguely defined in human terms, asking it of the other animals evokes a host of difficulties.Hauser, to his credit, makes a worthwhile attempt to deal with both questions.In this sweeping survey, he declares that simplistic approaches to how the various primates deal with life are misplaced.There is a range of animal awareness out there, shaped by the forces of natural selection.Each species must be studied carefully and intensively, both in controlled and wild conditions.And the work, he insists, has barely started.
Not definitive.
This is a report of ongoing studies, by many in different fields, of whether animals experience "moral emotions, feelings such as guilt, shame and embarrassment", if they're capable of inhibiting their own desires, if they "understand the impact of their" decisions, etc. I'm not sure how objective Mr. Hauser is however as, to me, he seems determined to have his opinion prevail as I can't recall one study he's accepted as valid. I'm sorry too that the studies are not definitive. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animal Psychology    2. Animal intelligence    3. Cognition in animals    4. Comparative psychology    5. Life Sciences - Zoology - General    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Social behavior in animals    9. Wild animals   

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Reference for OTs and PTs
I found this book (older edition) at one of my clinical sites.It it well put together and easy to follow.This is a great text for students who are learning MMT.I only wish that I had know about this book sooner.

A Must Have For All Body Therapies!
This is an excellent book. Worthwhile purchase
If you ever needed to know what all the muscles in the body were, where exactly they attached to the skeleton, what movement they created, and ways to test how strong they are this is the bible.As a physical therapist, this has been an invaluable book to have both as a student and as a clinician. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy    2. Examination    3. General    4. Medical    5. Muscles    6. Musculoskeletal Diseases    7. Pain    8. Physical therapy    9. Posture disorders    10. Rheumatology    11. Science    12. Anatomy    13. Animal physiology    14. Biomechanics, human kinetics    15. Sports injuries & medicine   

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Captivating Photographic Essay of Orphaned African Elephants
Photographer Gerry Ellis spent 2 years with the orphaned elephants of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust at the Nairobi National Park in Kenya in order to document the rescues, daily lives and preparation to return to the wild for these young elephants who have fallen victim to natural and unnatural disasters. In the summer of 1999, prolonged drought and increased ivory poaching brought brought more orphaned baby elephants to the Trust in one season that it had seen in the entire previous decade. Gerry Ellis followed, photographed, and got to know 8 of the young elephants who were one month to one year old when they arrived at the Wildlife Trust. Through more than 100 photographs and accompanying text, we meet the "Orphan 8", learn of the challenges of raising them, observe as the youngsters recover from their injuries and fear, adjust to life at the Trust, develop relationships with one another and with their human keepers, and, after 2 years, move to Tsavo National Park, where they will eventually be released into the wild. An essay by Gerry Ellis introduces each of the book's 6 chapters. Detailed explanations accompany all photographs -not as captions, but full-sized text. I've long been a fan of Gerry Ellis' fine art nature photography, but "Wild Orphans" is fantastic photojournalism and more personal work than I have seen from Ellis before. Ellis' love for this project shows. Admirers of elephants and those concerned with their fate -or that of African wildlife in general- won't want to miss "Wild Orphans".

I LOVE THIS BOOK
I love this book.The text was written by the photographer.The photographs alone are priceless.I think it is also a very valuable contribution to the ongoing oftentimes contentious debate about human intervention in the animal kingdom.This book makes an eloquent statement that there are times when it is appropriate to intervene, save the lives of the animals and educate humans on the importance of maintaining animal habitat in the process.
You wont forget it!
Bought this for my niece, she loves it.Beautiful photography. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Elephants    2. Infancy    3. Kenya    4. Mammals    5. Nairobi National Park    6. Nature    7. Nature/Ecology    8. Orphaned animals    9. Photography    10. Pictorial works    11. Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals    12. Wildlife rescue    13. Photography / Nature & Wildlife   

Subjects:  1. Fish    2. Fisheries & Aquaculture    3. Fishes    4. Ichthyology    5. Nature    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Fishes (ichthyology)    8. Technology / Fisheries & Aquaculture   

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Good Product
Good book, useful, and essential for students and scientists interested to work with mammals.

a mammalogist bible
without doubt Wilson and Reeder's book is THE source of information for people looking for mammals in museums and old scientific publications. the superb listing of synonyms, the listings of the scientist describing the clades, and the brief biogeographic notes makes this book invaluable for people having any taxonomic question. The main attitude seems to be one of splitters, giving a lot of specific names to various populations others consider a single species, the biogeography can be a little more detailed, but there is no other source with that thoroughness and completeness in mammalian taxonomy.Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals / Pets    3. Classification    4. General    5. Geographical distribution    6. Life Sciences - Biology - General    7. Life Sciences - Zoology - Mammals    8. Mammals    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics   

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Peterson Field GuidesBird Songs(Eastern Central)
Excellent sound quality.Very helpful.Entertaining too. I
Isn't that a house finch I heard?
The CD identifies the band containing the bird's call. I had gotten a tape from the library; to find the call you wanted you had to listen to the tape until it was identified. This CD give a number of identifying bird call for each species.

Detecting Birds
Most birds, like most wild animals, avoid humans; therefore their distinct songs & calls indicate their presence when sight can not.This collection of bird songs which is organized by habitat and family, is clear, enjoyable listening.It provides an introduction to 276 bird songs and a handy means of confirming bird species by song and call. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Birds & Birdwatching - General    2. Nature    3. Nature/Ecology    4. Unabridged Audio - Misc.Nonfiction    5. Bird Calls    6. Instructional    7. Nature / Birds & Birdwatching   

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Great book on genetics
This book effectively conveys interesting, detailed material without confusing the reader. It is not the typical staugy textbook that we college students are so use to as this book made me want to read it, it was soenjoyable. I recommend it to all college students or anyone interested ingenetics that would liketo understand our genetic principles.

An accurate and concice look into Human Genetics.
This is a wonderful book for a college level exploration of Human Genetics. The chapters introduce every topic well, and in such a way that science majors will remain interested while non science majors aren't left behind. It is a great book to begin to explore the wonders of Human Genetics. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics    2. Mammals    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Genetics (non-medical)    6. Science / Genetics   

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Subjects:  1. African elephant    2. Agriculture - Animal Husbandry    3. Asiatic elephant    4. Captive wild animals    5. Diseases    6. Medical    7. Nature    8. Southeast Asia    9. Veterinary Medicine - General    10. Wildlife    11. ELEPHANTS    12. Mammals    13. Nature / Wildlife    14. VETERINARY MEDICINE    15. VETERINARY SURGERY   

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Best in its Class
There are few books on animal tracks and tracking that even come close to the quality, validity and credibility of MAMMAL TRACKS...It truly is the best buy for the pages involved.If you want to begin to learn about animal tracks/tracking from a book--then get this one.

Mammal Tracks and Signs - the best
I have been teaching tracking for 30 years and found this to be the best resource yet. Only drawback - it is a bit heavy for backpacking!
Tracking down the best
At last, a thorough *and* readable reference for animal track and sign (including "scat")!Other books we have used have been smaller in scope, actually geared more for elementary age kids in scouting.Although a bit hefty, this tome is a *must* for hikers who want to know what they are seeing on the trail.National and State Park rangers have recommended this book to us, and we finally found it on Amazon!YAY! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animal tracks    2. Animals    3. Identification    4. Mammals    5. Nature    6. Nature/Ecology    7. North America    8. NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS    9. Zoology & animal sciences   

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Nuts and Bolts of Equine Photography
She does a great job.Goes straight to the heart of equine photography and gives exacting tecnical detail on what to do and, most importantly, what NOT to do.
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Subjects:  1. Horses    2. Nature    3. Nature/Ecology    4. Photography    5. Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals    6. Techniques - General    7. Horses & ponies    8. Photography / Nature & Wildlife    9. Special kinds of photography   

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At a Snail's Pace
I plodded at a tortoiselike pace through this tedious, monotonous work of fiction that sluggishly shares the assumed thoughts of a snobbish tortoise. Yes, yes. I get it. Klinkenborg deliberately paced his novel to evoke the slow-creeping crawl of Timothy, but, like this book, a dozing tortoise seldom holds my interest.

The Observer observed
In Timothy, Verlyn Klinkenborg gives voice to a tortoise. The real Timothy was a Mediterranean tortoise who found herself transported to England, where she was kept and observed by the late eighteenth-century curate and "pioneering naturalist," Gilbert White. But step by step and sentence by sentence, it is Timothy who explores the mind of her observer and assembles for us a portrait of Selborne village, Gilbert White, and her own views (or are they Klinkenborg's?) on life, adaptability, and nature. Timothy is a beautiful and deceptively nuanced book.

Unique and unforgettable!
I picked up this book because I'd read a review that compared it to GILEAD, one of my favorite novels of the past 10 years.While the stories are wildly different, the comparison is a good one.Both novels are meant to be read slowly, and will evoke deep emotions about life and humanity.
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Subjects:  1. American Historical Fiction    2. Fantasy - Historical    3. Fiction    4. Fiction - General    5. General    6. Historical - General    7. Human-animal relationships    8. Humorous    9. Literary    10. Naturalists    11. Turtles    12. Nature / Animals   

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I Can Now Stop Looking For My Lost Copy
When I learned of the update to one of this subject's best works, I was elated. Having misplaced my original copy during a move (probably in one of many boxes in my garage). One cannot be a serious student of Bigfootology, without including this volume in ones personal library. Ranks right up there with the best works of John Green, Ivan T. Sanderson, Rene Dahinden, and Loren Coleman. Hours of good reading.

Great !
Pure bigfoot action! Hundreds of sightings not covered in other books. A very good read.

The update is here
I reviewed the original text of this book a few years ago and commented it would be nice to see an updated version... it seems someone was listening and here we are with a reprint and updated version. We get the original text which covers sightings of bigfoots from 1818 up to 1980, continentwide. Now included is coverage from 1981 to 2004. Again, this may be the best book out there for the casual reader as you get a wide variety of coverage covering 'typical' sightings to the ufo/paranormal angle. This new addition doesn't cover every single incident of the last 25 years but gives a very nice cross-section of more current sightings. Once again in the back is a chronological listing of over 1000 sightings only reformatted. Unfortunately this list is from the original and does not include the new addition section. To counteract that though are some new photos throughout the book that I've never seen before, most intriguing is the picture on page 27 of an unknown shot-dead creature, it's hard to figure out what it is but it's very intriguing. Once again, excellent book for all and this is the book a casual reader would want to read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Apes & Monkeys    2. Body, Mind & Spirit    3. Nature    4. New Age    5. Sasquatch    6. Unexplained Phenomena   

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The New York-bred journalist and television commentator Shana Alexander, who has written biographies of checkered-career socialites Bess Meyerson, Jean Harris, and Patty Hearst, may seem at first blush to be an unlikely student of Read more

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Overall informative
I found this book comprehensive and informative. It was also enjoyable to read. Astonishingly Good Book !
Astonishingly good book by a gifted writer. Journalist Shana Alexander recounts her personal experiences with elephants beginning with 'Packy" born at Portland Zoo, and continuing into late 1990's. A Tough Read for Animal Lovers
The Astonishing Elephant by Shana Alexander is educational, well researched and written, and an absorbing book.If you love animals, though, it is heartbreaking to learn how cruel and unfeeling the human animal can be toward our earthmates--the animals.Read more

Subjects:  1. Elephants    2. General    3. Individual Species Of Mammals    4. Mammals    5. Nature    6. Nature / Field Guide Books    7. Nature/Ecology    8. North America    9. History / General    10. Wild animals   

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Following up their bestseller Read more

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Buy one and you will buy them all.
My nephew loves these books, I got him this book first around age 2 and luckily just in time, he wouldn't take his medicine and his Mom referenced "taking it like the dinosaurs" and he was all over it. He's got the whole set now and knows more dinosaurs names than I ever knew existed and corrects me if I pronounce them wrong. Smart kid, great author, and illustrator. You will love these dinosaurs, get it.

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon
My son and I love reading this book and the entire series! It is amazing.

if your kids love dinosaurs...
This series is great if your kids love dinosaurs. They are funny & educational. My 2 year old loves them. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. Dinosaurs    6. Fiction    7. Health & Daily Living - General    8. Health & Medicine - General    9. Humorous Stories    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Preschool Picture Story Books    12. Sick    13. Stories in rhyme    14. Yolen, Jane    15. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

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Great book to get an overview on American Miniature Horses
This is a great book to purchase if you are looking at an overview of American Miniature Horses and what is involved with their care, upkeep and what one can do with these unique equines from keeping them as pets to having them as show animals.
Very Disappointed
I bought the book hoping to gain some additional insight into the world of showing & breeding mini horses.If you have been around the show ring at all and have some showing experience - especially in hand, then this is not the book for you.Clipping a bridle path is the same regardless of size of horse.It is this type of elementary subject material discussed in the book.As for breeding, the author recommends live cover as AI for mini's is almost non-existent.I believe you could gain more knowledge from the miniature horse registry than from this book.
A must have for serious miniature horse enthusiasts
This is a great book for beginners and seasoned breeders alike.Heaps of information. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals / Pets    2. Horses    3. Horses - Showing/Training    4. Miniature horses    5. Nature    6. Nature/Ecology    7. Pets    8. Animal breeding    9. Horses & ponies    10. Nature / Horses   

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grad students
I am an ecology grad student and I have returned to this text again and again. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animal ecology    2. Animals    3. Ecology    4. Life Sciences - Ecology    5. Multivariate analysis    6. Probability & Statistics - Multivariate Analysis    7. Research    8. Research & Methodology    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Statistical methods    12. Applied ecology    13. Life sciences: general issues    14. Probability & statistics    15. SAS    16. Science / Ecology    17. canonical correlation    18. cluster analysis    19. discriminant analysis    20. forestry    21. ordination    22. wildlife biology