Park Science
Title | Park Science PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | National parks and reserves |
ISBN |
Voodoo Science
Title | Voodoo Science PDF eBook |
Author | Robert L. Park |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 244 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780198604433 |
Occasionally in the world of science, unexpected results that appear to violate accepted laws of nature can herald revolutionary advances in human knowledge. Many of these 'revolutionary' discoveries do, however, turn out to be wrong, and eminent scientists must carry the burden of a tarnished reputation for mistakenly thinking they have made a great discovery. In this entertaining text, Robert Park examines the social, economic, and political forces that elicit or support flawed or fake science and then go on to sustain it in the face of often overwhelming contrary evidence. Readers are made aware of the fine line that exists between foolishness and fraud and are warned against irrational beliefs dressed up as scientific garb.
Science, Conservation, and National Parks
Title | Science, Conservation, and National Parks PDF eBook |
Author | Steven R. Beissinger |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 455 |
Release | 2017-01-13 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 022642300X |
Papers from a summit, "Science for Parks, Parks for Science: the next century," organized by University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the National Geographic Society and the National Park Service and held 25-27 March 2015 at the University of California, Berkeley.
Tuxedo Park
Title | Tuxedo Park PDF eBook |
Author | Jennet Conant |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 447 |
Release | 2013-10-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1476767297 |
A New York Times bestseller! The untold story of the eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses who helped build the atomic bomb and defeat the Nazis—changing the course of history. Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century—Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, and others—at his state-of-the-art laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, in the late 1930s. He established a top-secret defense laboratory at MIT and personally bankrolled pioneering research into new, high-powered radar detection systems that helped defeat the German Air Force and U-boats. With Ernest Lawrence, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist, he pushed Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fund research in nuclear fission, which led to the development of the atomic bomb. Jennet Conant, the granddaughter of James Bryant Conant, one of the leading scientific advisers of World War II, enjoyed unprecedented access to Loomis’ papers, as well as to people intimately involved in his life and work. She pierces through Loomis’ obsessive secrecy and illuminates his role in assuring the Allied victory.
Knowing Yellowstone
Title | Knowing Yellowstone PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry Johnson |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 185 |
Release | 2010-06-16 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1589795229 |
Visitors to Yellowstone National Park are drawn to the spectacular scenery, unique thermal features, and the large numbers of wild animals easily observed in their natural habitat. The thoughtful visitor to the park cannot help but be captivated by the unparalleled breadth of scientific knowledge needed to understand the intricate interrelationships that make up the yellowstone landscape. Knowing Yellowstone explores how scientists discover what they know about America's first national park and the surrounding lands. The chapter authors are scientists who represent the best of their fields of study. The science they describe is leading the way to our understanding of complex ecosystems worldwide.
National Park Service Science in the 21st Century
Title | National Park Service Science in the 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Park System Advisory Board |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 42 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN |
Yellowstone Wolves
Title | Yellowstone Wolves PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas W. Smith |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 358 |
Release | 2020-12-28 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 022672848X |
This beautifully illustrated volume on the Yellowstone Wolf Project includes an introduction by Jane Goodall and an exclusive online documentary. The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park was one of the greatest wildlife conservation achievements of the twentieth century. Eradicated after the park was first established, these iconic carnivores returned in 1995 when the US government reversed its century-old policy of extermination. In the intervening decades, scientists have built a one-of-a-kind field study of these wolves, their behaviors, and their influence on the entire ecosystem. Yellowstone Wolves tells the incredible story of the Yellowstone Wolf Project, as told by the people behind it. This wide-ranging volume highlights what has been learned in the decades since reintroduction, as well as the unique blend of research techniques used to gain this knowledge. We learn about individual wolves, population dynamics, wolf-prey relationships, genetics, disease, management and policy, and the rippling ecosystem effects wolves have had on Yellowstone’s wild and rare landscape. Featuring a foreword by Jane Goodall, beautiful images, a companion online documentary by celebrated filmmaker Bob Landis, and contributions from more than seventy wolf and wildlife conservation luminaries from Yellowstone and around the world, Yellowstone Wolves is an informative and beautifully realized celebration of the extraordinary Yellowstone Wolf Project.