Columbia University Press: 2355 books
Aristotle's Ladder, Darwin's Tree
The Evolution of Visual Metaphors for Biological Order
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Leading paleontologist J. David Archibald explores the rich history of visual metaphors for biological order from ancient times to the present and their influence on humans' perception of their place in nature, offering uncommon insight into how we went from standing on the top rung of the biological...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2000
No question in theoretical biology has been more perennially controversial or perplexing than "What is a species?" Recent advances in phylogenetic theory have called into question traditional views of species and spawned many concepts that are currently competing for general acceptance....
Human Impacts on Amazonia
The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2006
From the pre-Columbian era to the present, native Amazonians have shaped the land around them, emphasizing utilization, conservation, and sustainability. These priorities stand in stark contrast to colonial and contemporary exploitation of Amazonia by outside interests. With essays from environmental...
Trekking Through History
The Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
The Huaorani of Ecuador lived as hunters and gatherers in the Amazonian rainforest for hundred of years, largely undisturbed by western civilization. Since their first encounter with North American missionaries in 1956, they have held a special place in journalistic and popular imagination as "Ecuador's...
by Joyce Bell
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
The Black Power movement has often been portrayed in history and popular culture as the quintessential "bad boy" of modern black movement-making in America. Yet this impression misses the full extent of Black Power's contributions to U.S. society, especially in regard to black professionals...
Weird Dinosaurs
The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosaurs...
Evolution
What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of elephants, horses, and rhinos. Today there exists an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked...
From Ritual to Record
The Nature of Modern Sports
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2004
Originally published in 1978, From Ritual to Record was one of the first books to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramatically different from the sports of previous eras, have profoundly shaped contemporary life.
by Allen Guttmann
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 1986
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 1986
In his previous books Allen Guttmann has provided incisive perspectives on Avery Brundage's role in the Olympic movement and on the nature of modern sports. Now, in his latest book, the accomplished historian of sport turns his attention from the playing field to the grandstand. Sports Spectators,...
O God of Players
The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2003
Between 1972 and 1974, the Mighty Macs of Immaculata College—a small Catholic women's school outside Philadelphia—made history by winning the first three women's national college basketball championships ever played. A true Cinderella team, this unlikely fifteenth-seeded squad triumphed against...
Four Revolutions in the Earth Sciences
From Heresy to Truth
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Over the course of the twentieth century, scientists came to accept four counterintuitive yet fundamental facts about the Earth: deep time, continental drift, meteorite impact, and global warming. When first suggested, each proposition violated scientific orthodoxy and was quickly denounced as scientific—and...
Bringing Fossils to Life
An Introduction to Paleobiology
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between...
When the Invasion of Land Failed
The Legacy of the Devonian Extinctions
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The invasion of land by ocean-dwelling plants and animals was one of the most revolutionary events in the evolution of life on Earth, yet the animal invasion almost failed—twice—because of the twin mass extinctions of the Late Devonian Epoch. Some 359 to 375 million years ago, these catastrophic...
An Ethics for Today
Finding Common Ground Between Philosophy and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Richard Rorty is famous, maybe even infamous, for his philosophical nonchalance. His groundbreaking work not only rejects all theories of truth but also dismisses modern epistemology and its preoccupation with knowledge and representation. At the same time, the celebrated pragmatist believed there...