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Klopf, klopf - da spitzt ein Schnabel aus dem Ei! Drei Stunden später hat es das kleine Entchen geschafft. Jetzt ruht es erstmal aus, bevor es seiner Mama ins Wasser folgt. Dieses Bilderbuch fängt auf einmalige Weise den Moment des Schlüpfens von Tierkindern ein. Mit seinen grandiosen Nahaufnahmen zieht es Kinder ab 5 Jahren in seinen Bann. Seine liebevollen Illustrationen, kurzen Texte und Schritt-für-Schritt-Fotoserien geben einen einzigartigen Einblick in die Geburt von Tierkindern.

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What if our soundest, most reasonable judgments are beyond our control?

Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the world's greatest minds and the more recent phenomenal advances in basic neuroscience, neither neuroscientists nor philosophers have a decent understanding of what the mind is or how it works. The gap between what the brain does and the mind experiences remains uncharted territory. Nevertheless, with powerful new tools such as the fMRI scan, neuroscience has become the de facto mode of explanation of behavior. Neuroscientists tell us why we prefer Coke to Pepsi,...

You recognize when you know something for certain, right? You "know" the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the morning of September 11, 2001--you know these things, well, because you just do.

In On Being Certain, neurologist Robert Burton shows that feeling certain--feeling that we know something--- is a mental sensation, rather than evidence of fact. An increasing body of evidence suggests that feelings such as certainty stem from primitive areas of the brain and are independent of active, conscious reflection and reasoning. In...

South Georgia is rich in wildlife and spectacular scenery, and it is a prime destination spot on most Antarctic tours. This beautifully illustrated field guide depicts the birds, mammals, insects, flowering plants, and other vegetation found in this unique part of the world. It features 368 full-color photographs of more than 180 species, including 65 species of birds, 20 species of sea mammals, nearly 60 species of insects, and more than 40 species of flowering and nonflowering plants. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, with information on status, behavior,...