Oxford University Press

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This book links the molecular evolution of silk proteins to the evolution and behavioral ecology of web-spinning spiders and other arthropods. The diversity of spider webs and the fact that web-building evolved only once among the many silk-producing arthropods provides a unique opportunity to determine how molecular evolution can both enable and...

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While many scholars agree that Clausewitz's On War is frequently misunderstood,        almost none have explored his methodology to see whether it might enhance our        understanding of his concepts. This book lays out Clausewitz's methodology in a        brisk and straightforward style. It then uses that as a basis for understanding...

In this concise and pithy study, art critic David Levi Strauss makes an argument for the continued relevance of art made by hand. A wide variety of media and individual examples are considered: the works of individual sculptors and painters; 'exotic' practitioners, such as the West coast Haida and the poet Cecilia Vicuna; curatorial figures and...