406 results for 'mammal cosmic'

China's breathtaking diversity of natural habitats--from mountains and deserts to grasslands and lush tropical forests--is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. This...

A richly illustrated introduction to the world’s living and extinct sea mammalsFrom the gregarious sea otter and playful dolphins to the sociable narwhal and iconic polar bear, sea mammals are a...

Beautifully illustrated and authoritative, the most up-to-date and comprehensive photographic guide to Madagascar’s mammalsMadagascar’s mammals are some of the most remarkable on earth, having...

A comprehensive photographic field guide to the mammals of Great Britain and IrelandBritain’s Mammals is a comprehensive and beautifully designed photographic field guide to all the mammals recorded...

The best field guide to North American mammalsThe best-selling field guide that "sets new standards" (New Scientist) and "makes all other field guides for mammals of the United States. . . and Canada...

Learn how mammals survived the test of time in this volume of Science Comics, the smash-hit STEM graphic novel series that has sold over a million copies!Mammals are survivors—when dinosaurs went...

By the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a "brilliant" and "beautifully told" new history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree...

Despite strong public interest in marine mammals and the incredible popularity of whale watching, particularly in the North Atlantic, many marine mammal populations remain little known. This fully...

Our fascination with numbers begins when we are children and continues throughout our lives. We start counting our fingers and toes and end up balancing checkbooks and calculating risk. So powerful...

A gripping first-person account of how scientists came to understand our universe's mysterious structure J. Richard Gott was among the first cosmologists to propose that the structure of our...

An illustrated guide to harnessing your full potential using the power of numbers, via astrology and planets. The practice of numerology has fascinated people since ancient times, from Egypt to the...

Home to the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania offers some of the finest big game watching in the world, from elephants and rhinos to chimpanzees and lions...

Despite strong public interest in marine mammals and the incredible popularity of whale watching, particularly in the North Atlantic, many marine mammal populations remain little known. This fully...

A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year A major new work by Charles Taylor: the long-awaited follow-up to The Language Animal, exploring the Romantic poetics central to his theory of...

From the under-snow tunnels of Arctic lemmings to the egg nests of the bizarre Australian echidna, from the Pacific waters inhabited by sea otters and whales to the subways of major cities, this...

The untold story of how environmental change throughout the cosmos shaped five hundred years of human civilization.Our solar system is a dynamic arena where asteroids careen off course and solar...

The first full-length biography of Alice Coltrane, the jazz musician and spiritual leader whose forward-thinking music was overshadowed by her more famous husband, even as she brilliantly laid the...

The ultimate illustrated guide to the lost world of prehistoric mammalsAfter the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet...

The inside story of the epic quest to solve the mystery of dark matterThe ordinary atoms that make up the known universe—from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars—constitute...

Our universe seems strangely ''biophilic, '' or hospitable to life. Is this happenstance, providence, or coincidence? According to cosmologist Martin Rees, the answer depends on the answer to another...