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NEW
LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS FOR MEMBERS'
LENDING
October
-- 2002
California Academy of Sciences Library
Pub QH325
.J67 2001
Astrobiology, the Origin of Life, and the Death of Darwinism /
Rhawn Joseph. San Jose, CA: University Press California, 2001.
Part one of this volume deals the origin of life on Earth.
The seond part of the book deals with the metamorphosis and evolution of the
life that was formed. This controversial
book attempts to refute Darwin's theory of evolution.
Pub QH325
.F78 2000
The Emergence of Life on Earth: A Historical and Scientific Overview /
Iris Fry. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000.
This book presents the history, philosophy, and science
of the origin of life. From the ancient Greeks to the twentieth century, the
author provides historical views on the origin of life, then examines current
twenty-first century theories, ideas, and debates.
An extensive bibliography and an index are provided.
Pub QL708
.L39 1979
Handbook to the Orders and Families of Living Mammals / Timothy
E. Lawlor. Eureka, CA: Mad River Press, 1979.
A handy reference book on mammals, this volume provides
information about the mammal skeleton as well as accounts and keys of families.
This is a well thought out volume with helpful illustrations.
Pub GN284.6
.S55 2001
The Man Who Found the Missing Link: Eugène Dubois and His Lifelong
Quest to Prove Darwin Right / Pat Shipman. New York: Simon
& Schuster, 2001.
The author, an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Penn
State, has, with full access to Dubois' personal archives, put together an amazing
volume on the life, science, and place in history of Eugène Dubois. Dubois
abandoned a promising career and risked his life, friendship, societal standing,
and life to track down a "missing link" between ape and man.
The author captures the immediacy of Dubois' hunt through her writing and use
of archival information.
Pub 280.7
.M37 2002
What it Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes /
Jonathan Marks. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
A study of molecular anthropology, the author presents
scientific evidence and theory surrounding the genetic closeness of humans and
chimpanzees. That, however, is just the start. He also examines biology and
behavior and the Human Genome Project.
The book is readable, entertaining, and informative.
Biodiv
Juv PZ7 .L5876 Fr 1999
Frog Girl / Paul Owen Lewis. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle
Press, 1999.
This story of the native people of the Pacific Northwest tells the story of
a young girl who spies two young boys from her village pretending to be great
hunters by capturing frogs in a lake. When she is summoned by a frog to the
empty halls of Grandmother frog, she realizes that Grandmother's anger over
the disappearance of her people has threatened her entire village! Can she manage
to save her people, and Grandmother's people, and create understanding before
it's too late?
Pub Juv
QE521.3 .H47 1996
The Magic School Bus Blows its Top: A Book about Volcanoes / Gail
Herman. New York: Scholastic, c1996.
Are you ready for a field trip? How about joining the rest of the class on Magic
School Bus for a trip to discover a new island emerging from the depths of the
ocean? Learn about volcanoes, how seismic activity can create an island, and
find out how and why the Earth is always changing.
Pub Juv
QL737 .M72 R43 1984
Shy the Platypus / Leslie Rees. North Ryde, NSW,
Australia: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1984.
Follow Shy the Platypus as she learns to swim, catches her own food,
finds a mate, and has many other adventures.
Biodiv
Juv QL110 .F74 2001
Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs, and Other Ughs / Anthony D. Fredericks.
Nevada City, CA: Dawn Publications, 2001.
A young boy lifts a rock in the park, and we then meet creatures who live under
it in this story that builds on and repeats itself like a "house that Jack
built" story. Earthworms, spiders, crickets, and other animals are introduced
as neighbors in the brightly illustrated rhyming story.
Pub AV&M
GC21 .B58 2002 tapes 1-4
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life. Burbank, CA: Distributed by Warner
Home Video, c2002.
Each video contains two separate programs and is
approximately 98 minutes long. The complete natural history of the oceans is
explored in the series, and educational and interesting facts are provided everywhere
along the way. Beautiful photography is a highlight of this entire series from
David Attenborough, through episodes called Ocean World,
Frozen Seas, Open Ocean, The Deep, Seasonal Seas, Coral Seas, Tidal Seas, and
Coasts. Though not for the squeamish (Attenborough never lets you forget that
the sea is a place of predators and prey), the videos are beautifully done and
highly recommended.
Pub AV&M
QA161 .E95 F55 2000
The Films of Charles & Ray Eames: Volume 1: Powers of 10.
Santa Monica, CA: Pyramid Film & Video; Chatsworth, CA: Image Entertainment
[distributor], c2000.
Many of you may remember the first film on the DVD,
Powers of Ten. Some of us saw it for the first time in school, and others
for the first time at the Academy's exhbit, but this visually stunning film
takes us from the kind of thing we see every day, a picnic in a park, to the
edges of the universe and the inner recesses of the human body, jumping in perspective
every ten seconds.
The DVD also contains the original version of Powers of Ten and a film
about and in the desing space that the Eames's used for 45 years.
No titles
for the month of October.
All of the materials above are available for check-out to Academy members.
This page will not be complete until the end of October. Please check back for more materials and reviews.
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Last update: October 23, 2002
