Yale University Press: 2009 books
Global Crisis
War, Climate and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses—the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both frequency and extent. The effects of what historians call the "General Crisis" extended from England to Japan, from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan...
by Marc W. Kirschner, John C. Gerhart, John Norton
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In the 150 years since Darwin, the field of evolutionary biology has left a glaring gap in understanding how animals developed their astounding variety and complexity. The standard answer has been that small genetic mutations accumulate over time to produce wondrous innovations such as eyes and wings....
Spider Silk
Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Spiders, objects of eternal human fascination, are found in many places: on the ground, in the air, and even under water. Leslie Brunetta and Catherine Craig have teamed up to produce a substantive yet entertaining book for anyone who has ever wondered, as a spider rappelled out of reach on a line of...
The Captain and "the Cannibal"
An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Sailing the uncharted waters of the Pacific in 1830, Captain Benjamin Morrell of Connecticut became the first outsider to encounter the inhabitants of a small island off New Guinea. The contact quickly turned violent, fatal cannons were fired, and Morrell abducted young Dako, a hostage so shocked by...
All These Worlds Are Yours
The Scientific Search for Alien Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy. Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions,...
The Incidental Steward
Reflections on Citizen Science
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
A search for a radio-tagged Indiana bat roosting in the woods behind her house in New York’s Hudson Valley led Akiko Busch to assorted other encounters with the natural world—local ecological monitoring projects, community-organized cleanup efforts, and data-driven citizen science research....
It's a Jungle Up There
More Tales from the Treetops
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Drawn to the mysteries of tropical rain forests and fascinated by life in the treetops, Meg Lowman has pursued a life of scientific exploration while raising her two sons, Edward and James Burgess. This book recounts their family adventures in remote parts of the world (Samoa, West Africa, Peru, Panama,...
Welcome to the Microbiome
Getting to Know the Trillions of Bacteria and Other Microbes In, On, and Around You
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Suddenly, research findings require a paradigm shift in our view of the microbial world. The Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of Health is well under way, and unprecedented scientific technology now allows the censusing of trillions of microbes inside and on our bodies as well as...
by Calum Carmichael
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
If we look to the Bible for historical accounts of ancient life, we make a profound error. So contends Calum Carmichael in this original and incisive reading of some of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament’s most famous narratives. Sifting through the imaginative layers of these texts with an uncanny...
Keeping Faith with Nature
Ecosystems, Democracy, and America?s Public Lands
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
As the twenty-first century dawns, public land policy is entering a new era. This timely book examines the historical, scientific, political, legal, and institutional developments that are changing management priorities and policies—developments that compel us to view the public lands as an integrated...
Where Song Began
Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia’s distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds of Australia flew beyond the continent’s boundaries...
When the Sun Bursts
The Enigma of Schizophrenia
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Many schizophrenics experience their condition as one of radical incarceration, mind-altering medications, isolation, and dehumanization. At a time when the treatment of choice is anti-psychotic medication, world-renowned psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas asserts that schizophrenics can be helped by...
