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Biology and Genetics e-Books - 5 book

* Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-First Century: The Hierarchy of Energy
* The Fall of the Wild: Extinction, De-Extinction, and the Ethics of Conservation
* Biodiversity and Climate Change : Transforming the Biosphere
* Mind Replica (Mindclone) — A Means for Keeping Consciousness/Mind Permanently: (Perspectives for Post-SIngularity Age)
* Hodder Cambridge Primary Science Learner's Book 5

Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-First Century: The Hierarchy of Energy
English | April 27th, 2007 | ISBN: 0231502931, 0231128878 | 479 Pages | EPUB | 31.50 MB
Howard T. Odum possessed one of the most innovative minds of the twentieth century. He pioneered the fields of ecological engineering, ecological economics, and environmental accounting, working throughout his life to better understand the interrelationships of energy, environment, and society and their importance to the well-being of humanity and the planet.This volume is a major modernization of Odum's classic work on the significance of power and its role in society, bringing his approach and insight to a whole new generation of students and scholars. For this edition Odum refines his original theories and introduces two new measures: emergy and transformity. These concepts can be used to evaluate and compare systems and their transformation and use of resources by accounting for all the energies and materials that flow in and out and expressing them in equivalent ability to do work. Natural energies such as solar radiation and the cycling of water, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are diagrammed in terms of energy and emergy flow. Through this method Odum reveals the similarities between human economic and social systems and the ecosystems of the natural world. In the process, we discover that our survival and prosperity are regulated as much by the laws of energetics as are systems of the physical and chemical world.

The Fall of the Wild: Extinction, De-Extinction, and the Ethics of Conservation
English | December 11th, 2018 | ISBN: 023117778X | 184 Pages | EPUB | 20.72 MB
The passenger pigeon, the great auk, the Tasmanian tiger-the memory of these vanished species haunts the fight against extinction. Seeking to save other creatures from their fate in an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, wildlife advocates have become captivated by a narrative of heroic conservation efforts. A range of technological and policy strategies, from the traditional, such as regulations and refuges, to the novel-the scientific wizardry of genetic engineering and synthetic biology-seemingly promise solutions to the extinction crisis.
In The Fall of the Wild, Ben A. Minteer calls for reflection on the ethical dilemmas of species loss and recovery in an increasingly human-driven world. He asks an unsettling but necessary question: Might our well-meaning efforts to save and restore wildlife pose a threat to the ideal of preserving a world that isn't completely under the human thumb? Minteer probes the tension between our impulse to do whatever it takes and the risk of pursuing strategies that undermine our broader commitment to the preservation of wildness. From collecting wildlife specimens for museums and the wilderness aspirations of zoos to visions of "assisted colonization" of new habitats and high-tech attempts to revive long-extinct species, he explores the scientific and ethical concerns vexing conservation today. The Fall of the Wild is a nuanced treatment of the deeper moral issues underpinning the quest to save species on the brink of extinction and an accessible intervention in debates over the principles and practice of nature conservation.

Biodiversity and Climate Change : Transforming the Biosphere
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0300206119 | 414 Pages | PDF | 9.7 MB
An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve as an immediate call to action.
The physical and biological impacts of climate change are dramatic and broad-ranging. People who care about the planet and manage natural resources urgently need a synthesis of our rapidly growing understanding of these issues. In this all-new sequel to the 2005 volume Climate Change andBiodiversity, leading experts in the field summarize observed changes, assess what the future holds, and offer suggested responses. Edited by distinguished conservationist Thomas E. Lovejoy and climate change biologist Lee Hannah, this comprehensive volume includes the latest research and explores emerging topics. From extinction risk to ocean acidification, the future of the Amazon to changes in ecosystem services, and geoengineering to the power of ecosystem restoration, this volume captures the sweep of climate change transformation of the biosphere. An authoritative, up-to-date reference, this is the new benchmark synthesis for climate change scientists, conservationists, managers, policymakers, and educators.

Mind Replica (Mindclone) — A Means for Keeping Consciousness/Mind Permanently: (Perspectives for Post-SIngularity Age)
English | December 31, 2018 | ASIN: B07MHDJ9YT | 29 Pages | AZW3 | 0.24 MB
- Immortal life has been a dream of humans since ancient times. Futurists have recently begun to argue about the possibility of keeping human consciousness/mind permanently, even after physical death of individual humans, through taking out the consciousness/mind as a digital file and reproducing this file in a special computer (so-called "mindcloning").
This is an introductory guide, providing brief perspectives for the age of singularity (age of robots comparable to humans) and the subsequent possibility of mindclone creation.
I. Immortality
II. Brain
III. Mindclone development programs
IV. What will result from mindcloning
V. Biological humans and their mindclones
VI. Machine-assisted longevity
VII. Nanotechnology

Hodder Cambridge Primary Science Learner's Book 5
English | July 11th, 2017 | ISBN: 1471884058 | 146 Pages | True PDF | 28.36 MB
Support students in mastering the ideas and skills needed to proceed successfully through the Cambridge Primary Science curriculum framework with a wide range of activities and investigations to help you deliver the science mastery approach.
Establish previous knowledge, skills and understanding of concepts through engaging activities at the start of each unit
Determine whether students have properly mastered the objectives for each unit with investigations and recap activities at the end
Expand vocabulary and understanding with key scientific words to learn and practice
Encourage peer assessment with talk partner activities throughout
Inspire students to predict and question outcomes and concepts with investigations that demonstrate and test key scientific points
Evaluate learning with a self-assessment checklist at the end of each unit and a practice test at the end of each chapter for summative assessment purposes.