Simon A. Levin is the George M. Moffett Professor of Biology and a professor of ecology and environmental biology at Princeton University, where he directs the Center for Bio Complexity. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of many books, including the
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Among his many awards are the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the Margalef Award for Ecology, and the Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America.
12 Ebooks by Brian Walker
Simon A. Levin & Stephen R. Carpenter: The Princeton Guide to Ecology
The Princeton Guide to Ecology is a concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field’s major subjects and key concepts. Edited by eminent ecologist Simon Levin, with contributions from an int …
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€69.99
Brian Walker: Finding Resilience
Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience. But what does that mean? The word is used diffe …
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€37.99
Brian Walker: Finding Resilience
Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience. But what does that mean? The word is used …
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€49.41
Rube Goldberg: Art of Rube Goldberg
A “generously illustrated and well-designed appreciation” of the Pulitzer Prize–winning illustrator, with an introduction by New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik.(The New York Times) …
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€21.29
Walker Brian Walker & Salt David Salt: Resilience Thinking
Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet’s well-being. The response from most quarters …
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€39.94
Walker Brian Walker & Salt David Salt: Resilience Practice
In 2006, Resilience Thinking addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the services we need …
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€39.71
Brian Walker: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is one of the recently developed swarm intelligent optimization technologies that offer the advantages of simplicity and fast biological convergence. The technique …
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€161.35
Vladimir Lerner & Jacob Margolin: Genius, Creativity and Madness
This book deals with the complex relationship between the highest form of human activity – creativity – and mental illness. The heroes of this book are brilliant geniuses in various fields: three …
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€344.43
Jane Lugea & Brian Walker: Stylistics
This textbook introduces the reader to contemporary approaches to language analysis such as cognitive stylistics and corpus stylistics, reflecting recent shifts in research trends and offering …
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€43.80
Patricia Canning & Brian Walker: Discourse Analysis
Discourse Analysis provides an essential and practical introduction for students studying modules on the analysis of language in use. It explores the ways in which language is used and organised in …
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€39.34
Patricia Canning & Brian Walker: Discourse Analysis
Discourse Analysis provides an essential and practical introduction for students studying modules on the analysis of language in use. It explores the ways in which language is used and organised in …
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€39.09
