This is an accessible resource to the animals that have become extinct during human history. Everyone is familiar with the Dodo and the Wooly Mammoth, but how many people have heard of the Scimitar Cat and the Falkland Island Fox? "Extinct Animals" portrays over 60 remarkable animals that have been lost forever during the relatively recent geological past. Each entry provides a...(展开全部)

This is an accessible resource to the animals that have become extinct during human history. Everyone is familiar with the Dodo and the Wooly Mammoth, but how many people have heard of the Scimitar Cat and the Falkland Island Fox? "Extinct Animals" portrays over 60 remarkable animals that have been lost forever during the relatively recent geological past. Each entry provides a...(展开全部)

约翰·怀特菲尔德，剑桥大学动物学博士，在《自然》《科学》《科学美国人》《新科学家》《伦敦书评》等具有世界级影响力的刊物上发表过文章。现就职于知名机构Research Professional News。 在 撰 写《消 失的动物》前，已出版了People Will Talk:The Surprising Science of Reputation 和In the Beat of a Heart: Energy and the Unity of Nature 两部作品。

With answers to thousands of intriguing questions about the animal kingdom, this A-Z encyclopedia offers children fascinating insight into the behaviors, biology, and environments of their favorite animals.

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Can corals build worlds? Do rattlesnakes enchant? What is a raccoon, and what might it know? Animals and the questions they raised thwarted human efforts to master nature during the so-called Enlightenment—a historical moment when rigid classification pervaded the study of natural history, people traded in people, and imperial avarice wrapped its tentacles around the globe. Whi...(展开全部)

Can corals build worlds? Do rattlesnakes enchant? What is a raccoon, and what might it know? Animals and the questions they raised thwarted human efforts to master nature during the so-called Enlightenment—a historical moment when rigid classification pervaded the study of natural history, people traded in people, and imperial avarice wrapped its tentacles around the globe. Whi...(展开全部)

[英] 布莱恩·斯诺登：资深教授，长期以来从事宏观经济学的研究、整理和教学工作，用精辟到位的文字，架构出宏观经济学发展至今的整个体系，条分缕析、脉络分明。

[英] 布莱恩·斯诺登：资深教授，长期以来从事宏观经济学的研究、整理和教学工作，用精辟到位的文字，架构出宏观经济学发展至今的整个体系，条分缕析、脉络分明。