Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Birds: Beyond Watching
de A. J. Urfi(Ed. Universities Press) Isbn : 8173714851
17.13 €
This book should acquaint birdwatchers, nature lovers, students of biodiversity with ecology, conservation issues, bird studying principles, and above all the methods of observing and recording. This book is a departure from the conventional books as it is written in a light, easy to read style, peppered with anecdotes. It includes several color photographs.

The Oystercatcher: From Individuals to Populations
de John D. Goss-Custard(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198546475
121.08 €
This book reviews what is known about the behavior and population ecology of the oystercatcher. The plight of this popular shorebird highlights the many conflicts of interest in coastal zones, between human activities such as shellfishing, land reclamation, and industrial pollution, and the needs of wildlife for food and suitable habitats. As well as detailing the oystercatcher's natural history--including the well-known specialization in feeding technique shown by individuals--the authors use...

Massive Stars in Starbursts
de Claus Leitherer, etc.(Ed. Cambridge University Press) Isbn : 0521404657
82.69 €
This book reviews the importance of massive stars in several areas of astrophysics. Massive stars are objects that are 10-100 times the mass of our Sun. Above ten solar masses, loss through stellar winds begins to have a major impact on the evolution of a star. The upper limit of 100 solar masses is derived from observations. Significant progress has now been achieved in massive star research. New models, along with high quality observations, have improved our understanding of the formation, structure, atmosphere, and evolution of these massive objects. They are formed in violent bursts of star formation and are probably related to the phenomena observed in active galactic nuclei. The workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute examined the interplay between the astrophysics of massi...

Historical Supernovae and their Remnants
de F. Richard Stephenson, David A. Green(Ed. Clarendon Press) Isbn : 0198507666
141.75 €
This book reviews both the historical observations of supernovae (SN) seen in our Galaxy over the last two millennia and recorded in East Asia (China, Japan and Korea), Europe and the Arabic dominions, together with modern observations of the remnants of these supernovae. Introductory chapters provide background information about the historical observations and our modern understanding of supernovae and novae, and of supernova remnants (SNRs) and pulsars. Subsequent chapters discuss the historical observations of the well defined historical SN and modern observations of their remnants. These chapters cover Kepler's SN of AD1604, Tycho's SNe of AD1572, the SN of AD1181, the SN of AD1054 which produced the well known Crab Nebula, and the especially bright SN of AD1006. One chapter discusses ...

A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World
de Richard Howard, Alick Moore(Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0192176811
29.54 €
This book represents a complete revision of the authors' previous uthoritative work. It incorporates all the significant changes to bird taxonomy that have occurred over the past six years and remains the only single-volume work to list subspecies.

A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World
de Richard Howard, Alick Moore(Ed. Academic Press Inc) Isbn : 0123569109
49.56 €
This book represents a complete revision of the authors' previous uthoritative work. It incorporates all the significant changes to bird taxonomy that have occurred over the past six years and remains the only single-volume work to list subspecies.

A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World
de Richard Howard, Alick Moore(Ed. Papermac) Isbn : 0333362292
4.67 €
This book represents a complete revision of the authors' previous uthoritative work. It incorporates all the significant changes to bird taxonomy that have occurred over the past six years and remains the only single-volume work to list subspecies.

The Carolina Parakeet: Glimpses of a Vanished Bird
de Noel F. R. Snyder(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691117950
22.38 €
This book provides the first comprehensive account of the biology of one of North America's most enigmatic and colorful wildlife species, the Carolina Parakeet. The only parrot endemic to the United States, this species once ranged in large, noisy flocks from Florida to New York, and as far west as Colorado. But although it was still widespread and common during the time of John James Audubon (whose illustration of the species is perhaps his finest work), the parakeet was gone completely by the mid-twentieth century. Through analyses of historical accounts and presentation of considerable new information gleaned from interviewing senior citizens with firsthand knowledge of the species, Noel Snyder develops an intriguing portrait of the parakeet that challenges long-held assumptions. Althou...

Supermassive Black Holes In The Distant Universe
de (Ed. Springer-Verlag New York Inc.) Isbn : 1402024703
144.86 €
This book provides a unique overview of recent developments in studies of AGN and the evolution of supermassive black holes, with particular emphasis on the revolutionary results from the Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray Observatories. Each chapter is a comprehensive analysis and review by an expert in the field that should provide easy access to the subject. The chapters progressively follow a single theme---the mapping of the accretion history of the universe---from both theoretical and observational points of view. The chapters are written at a level that should be accessible to graduate students and non-specialists, yet the depth and innovation of the analyses will also make it highly informative to the specialist. The topical nature of the subject matter means that the material presented ...

Birds of Delhi
de Ranjit Lal(Ed. OUP India) Isbn : 0195672194
12.02 €
This book profiles over 150 species of birds, including information on what each of these birds look like, where and when they can be found, what they eat, whether or when they breed or visit Delhi, and more.