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A BiographySince the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history--two centuries of exploration, scientific investigation, and contentious geopolitics....

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This book is based on proceedings from a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute        workshop. Its contributing chapter authors treat the ecology of predator-prey        interactions and food web theory, structure, and dynamics, joining researchers who        also work on complex systems and on large nonlinear networks from the points of view        of...

This volume explores the climates, landscapes, ecosystems and hazards that        comprise the Mediterranean world. It traces the development of the Mediterranean        landscape over very long timescales and examines modern processes and key        environmental issues in a wide range of settings. The Mediterranean is the only        region on...

An IntroductionA now-classic text, the second edition of this essential introduction to epidemiology presents the core concepts in a unified approach that aims to cut through the fog and elucidate the fundamental concepts....