Peter Ward: 51 books
Life as We Do Not Know It
The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2007
An engrossing and revelatory first look at the search for alien life-on Earth and beyond
For the past twenty years, Peter Ward has been at the forefront of popular science writing, with books such as the influential and controversial Rare Earth. In Life as We Do Not Know It, Ward, with his...
The Medea Hypothesis
Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere--one that has frightening implications for our future, yet also offers hope. Using the latest discoveries from the geological record, he argues...
The Consequential Frontier
Challenging the Privatization of Space
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
This in-depth work of reportage dares to ask what’s at stake in privatizing outer space
Earth is in trouble—so dramatically that we’re now scrambling to explore space for valuable resources and a home for permanent colonization. With the era of NASA’s dominance now behind us, the private...
A New History of Life
The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all--or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved--the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades.
Charles...
by Peter Ward
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Basic Betacam Camerawork offers a complete introduction to both the analogue and digital beta camera formats: Betacam, Digital Beta, Betacam SX and DV & DVCAM. Step-by-step instructions are given covering everything from pre-recording checklists, to technical camera specifications, instruction...
Lamarck's Revenge
How Epigenetics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Evolution's Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Epigenetics upends natural selection and genetic mutation as the sole engines of evolution, and offers startling insights into our future heritable traits.
In the 1700s, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck first described epigenetics to explain the inheritance of acquired characteristics; however, his theory...
by Peter Ward Fay
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and rendered irreversible the process that for almost a century...
The Opium War, 1840-1842
Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by which They Forced Her Gates Ajar
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and rendered irreversible the process that for almost a century...
by Peter Ward
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Behind each shot there lies an idea or purpose. When setting up a shot, the camera operator can employ a range of visual techniques that will clearly communicate the idea to an audience. Composition is the bedrock of the operator's craft, yet is seldom taught in training courses in the belief that...
TV Technical Operations
An introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
TV Technical Operations is an introduction for new entrants to the broadcast industry and is designed to prepare them for working in mainstream television by discussing essential techniques, technologies and work attitudes.
The author explores:
* the need to develop a professional approach
*...
Eine neue Geschichte des Lebens
Wie Katastrophen den Lauf der Evolution bestimmt haben
Language: German
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Das neueste Wissen über die Entwicklung des Lebens auf der Erde
Eine neue Geschichte des Lebens vereint erstmals die erst in den letzten Jahrzehnten gewonnenen Erkenntnisse verschiedener Fächer von der Geologie über Paläontologie, Geo- und Astrobiologie, Physik, Chemie bis zur Genetik,...
by Peter Ward, Peter Abreu, Pavlo Andrushkiw
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
The style and approach of the book is an easytoread SharePoint admin guide. This is not a stepbystep instruction book, but rather a guide on how to implement and execute a disaster recovery plan to your SharePoint environment.This book is great for both SharePoint and SQL administrators new to the SharePoint...
Invaders
Roman
Language: German
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Die Invasoren kamen aus der Vergangenheit. Aus der Zukunft kehrten sie zurück, um uns endgültig zu unterwerfen. In der Gegenwart trafen sie auf einen Mann, mit dem sie nicht gerechnet hatten: Geoff Stamp. Er hatte gerade seinen neuen Job angetreten. Und sah es gar nicht ein, sich dies durch ein...
by Peter Ward, Pavlo Andrushkiw, Richard Harbridge
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
“Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook” is a quick, non-technical reference for business executives who need to get up to speed with SharePoint and understand how to make the right decision about implementations. With an easy to absorb Q&A approach and short bite size...