{"product_id":"carving-nature-at-its-joints-mammalian-anatomy-behavior-development-and-evolution-9798986282107","title":"Carving Nature at Its Joints: Mammalian Anatomy, Behavior, Development, and Evolution","description":"Decoding the Body\u003cp\u003eA Zen master and butcher by profession once said that until he understood the body he had repeatedly to sharpen his knives. After his illumination over the import of joint spaces, he never had to sharpen his implements again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarving Nature at Its Joints\u003c\/em\u003e surveys a variety of mammals from the mole to the rhinoceros. It offers fresh perspectives on anatomy, behavior, development, and evolution and explores Dr. Theodore Grand's methods for getting beyond-beneath, below, behind, and past-conventional top-down reductionist approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy language is the primary wrinkle in the fabric of science;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy traditional disciplines are self-limiting;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy \"parts and wholes\" are less problematic for physical than for biological and social sciences;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy the buck stopped at Aristotle's laws of formal logic;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy we are wedged between opposed cognitive systems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore I. Grand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brg Scientific\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.75h x 8.25w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798986282107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrand, Theodore I.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - DR. THEODORE GRAND received his undergraduate degree in biology from Brown University and his doctorate in anthropology from UC Berkeley. He was staff primatologist at the Oregon Primate Center and worked with the departments of research and pathology at the National Zoo.Dr. Grand has travelled to Madagascar, Panama, Costa Rica, French Guyana, Venezuela, and Sri Lanka to study hundreds of metatherian and eutherian mammals. He has taught human anatomy in medical school and evolutionary biology at several universities. He has been a featured speaker for Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society on themes of human evolution, science and film technology, and the biological bases of sport. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals, and in 1991, his model for neuromuscular development in eutherians won a national research award from the Zoological Society of San Diego.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderwood, Carol E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - CAROL UNDERWOOD is an artist and physical anthropologist with a background in primate anatomy. Her research in locomotor mechanics, the form and function of structures of the musculo-skeletal system, and observations of animals provide the basis for her insight into animal movement. An understanding of species evolution and adaptation inform her study of the unique and specialized characteristics of the individual organism. She employs schematic illustrations to create visual engagement with data. She is co-author and illustrator of Ape Anatomy and Evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brg Scientific","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43781762515059,"sku":"9.79899E+12","price":107.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6a5ad37e-4824-41f9-8588-004248d106e2.jpg?v=1757593815","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/carving-nature-at-its-joints-mammalian-anatomy-behavior-development-and-evolution-9798986282107","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}