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An essential field guide for students and instructors. Explore the Galápagos through thought-provoking questions on Darwin, conservation, and climate change, complete with discussion prompts and projects for on-site observation.
This volume is entirely conceived for a global higher-education audience, from undergraduate to graduate students, their instructors, and academic mentors. The book is structured around thought-provoking questions, perspectives from which to answer them, group discussions facilitated by instructors, and observation projects to be conducted while visiting the Galápagos. Each of its twelve chapters begins with a question, e.g., What Are the Galápagos Islands? Why Was Charles Darwin’s Visit to Galápagos Significant? What Is the Conservation Value of the Galápagos? How Will Climate Change Affect Galápagos? What Can You Do to Help Galápagos? Offering 280 figures and diagrams, tables, terminology boxes, and 496 references, this work will appeal to a broad audience, including research undergraduates, graduate students (master’s and PhD degrees), their instructors and advisors (professors, lecturers, and postdocs interested in teaching), as well as study-abroad students and international field-trip leaders who travel to the Galápagos from all over the world.
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Discover the Galápagos, from its first sighting to Darwin’s famous visit, Melville’s enchanted isles, and a secret WWII military base. This work intertwines history with the geology and unique organisms of the archipelago, brought to life with over 250 figures.
This distinctive volume synthesizes the latest evolutionary research in the Galápagos. It explores human-nature conflicts, conservation, and predicts the destiny of the islands’ biodiversity under climate change, urbanization, and tourism, illustrated with over 260 figures.
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Discover the Galápagos, from its first sighting to Darwin’s famous visit, Melville’s enchanted isles, and a secret WWII military base. This work intertwines history with the geology and unique organisms of the archipelago, brought to life with over 250 figures.
This distinctive volume synthesizes the latest evolutionary research in the Galápagos. It explores human-nature conflicts, conservation, and predicts the destiny of the islands’ biodiversity under climate change, urbanization, and tourism, illustrated with over 260 figures.
Why do so many people reject evolution? The authors postulate the “incompatibility hypothesis”: a fundamental conflict between scientific rationalism and supernatural belief. They test this by examining how education and religiosity impact evolution’s acceptance.
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