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"Longlisted for the 2013 Society of Biology Book Awards in General Biology" James L. Gould is professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. Carol Grant Gould is a science writer who has published widely. Together, the Goulds have written nine earlier books, including The Animal Mind and Animal Architects.
The mysterious and remarkable ways that animals navigate
We know that animals cross miles of water, land, and sky with...
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Series
Navigation history NWS volume 83-6
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
124 pages : maps ; 28 cm.
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English
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Language
English
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Written by the renowned authority on ancient ships and seafaring Lionel Casson, The Ancient Mariners has long served the needs of all who are interested in the sea, from the casual reader to the professional historian. This completely revised edition takes into account the fresh information that has appeared since the book was first published in 1959, especially that from archaeology's newest branch, marine archaeology. Casson does what no other author...
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Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st rev. North American ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Offers a guide to the age-old tradition of navigation on both land and sea through the observation of the Sun, Moon, and stars, weather patterns, landscape, growth of plants, and habitats of wildlife.
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Pub. Date
1999
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227 pages : illustrations, maps, photograph ; 24 cm
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English
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Here the late Raphael Patai (1910-1996) recreates the fascinating world of Jewish seafaring from Noah's voyage through the Diaspora of late antiquity. In a work of pioneering scholarship, Patai weaves together Biblical stories, Talmudic lore, and Midrash literature to bring alive the world of these ancient mariners. As he did in his highly acclaimed book The Jewish Alchemists, Patai explores a subject that has never before been investigated by scholars....
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"An illuminating examination of how the brain helps us to understand and navigate space-and why, sometimes, it doesn't work the way it should. Navigation is one of the most complex tasks our brains perform. And we do it countless times a day-as we drive across town to the airport, or traverse the maze of a supermarket, or walk within our own homes. But why is it that some people are lost on their own street and others can seamlessly navigate a new...
15) Tall ships
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Pub. Date
1978
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64 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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English
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Pub. Date
1987
Physical Desc
vii, 120 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
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Considered among the finest photographs of the Mississippi ever taken, 170 recently discovered photographs offer vivid, detailed, beautifully composed images of major steamboats, picturesque river towns, landings, floods, cargoes, great waterway itself. Detailed, informative text. Index. Bibliography. Preface.
18) The rivermen
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Pub. Date
1975
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240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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