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NEW
LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS FOR MEMBERS'
LENDING
December
-- 2002
California Academy of Sciences Library
Pub GN281
.L487 1988
Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins /
Roger Lewin. New York: Touchstone, 1988.
This fascinating volume examines the controversies in
the study of human origins. The book starts with a contentious dual interview
by Walter Cronkite with Richard Leakey and David Johanson. They are both asked
to defend their views of the human family tree, and they do not agree. From
there, the author takes on a journey through paleoanthropology, touching on
the Leakey's, Johanson's Lucy, the Taung child, and more.
Easy enough for a lay person to understand, yet still complicated enough to
be hard to put down, this book will cause you to take a fresh look at your beliefs.
Notes and an index are included.
Pub &
Biodiv GC21.5 .B72 2001
Ocean Watch / Martyn Bramwell. New York: Dorling
Kindersley, 2001.
Environmental concerns surrounding the ocean are examined
in this volume. Vivid color photographs highlight the issues, and create a sense
of immediacy and currency. Another feature is the volumes list of organizations
working to solve the problems, including contact information so that you can
get involved.
Pub F868
.S5 T73 1983
A Treasury of the Sierra Nevada / Edited by Robert Leonard Reid.
Berkeley, CA: Wildnerness Press, 1983.
This volume, a collection of works written on the Sierra
Nevada, features writings by people like John Muir, Kit Carson, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, the United States Congress, Warren Olney, and a host of others. Some
of the included works are diary entries, others travelogues, and still others
include government mandates and articles of incorporation. It's a treat to sit
with this volume and read of the Sierra Nevada.
Pub Juv
QH541.5 .D4 W35 1996
America's Deserts: Guide to Plants and Animals / Marianne D. Wallace.
Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996.
This fabulous book, part of a series, identifies the plants
and animals that live in deserts in North America. Color illustrations, maps,
and easy to understand informative text present the information. Each desert
area is examined individually.
Lots of extras are available, including lists of common and scientific names,
animal track information, an index, and more.
Pub Juv
QH155 .W35 1999
America's Mountains: Guide to Plants and Animals / Marianne D.
Wallace. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1999.
This fabulous book, part of a series, identifies the plants
and animals that live in the mountains of North America. Color illustrations,
maps, and easy to understand informative text present the information. Each
mountain area is examined individually, from Mexico through Canada to Alaska.
Lots of extras are available, including lists of common and scientific names,
animal track information, an index, and more.
Pub Juv
QH102 .W35 2001
America's Prairies and Grasslands: Guide to Plants and Animals /
Marianne D. Wallace. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2001.
This fabulous book, part of a series, identifies the plants
and animals that live in praries and grasslands. Color illustrations, maps,
and easy to understand informative text present the information. Each distinct
area is examined individually.
Lots of extras are available, including lists of common and scientific names,
animal track information, an index, and more.
Pub Juv
QE861.5 .K47 2001
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins / Barbara Kerley. New
York: Scholastic, Inc., 2001.
If you lived in a world where no one knew what dinosaurs
looked like, would you have the imagination and courage to create lifelife sculptures
with only fossils as your guide? Waterhouse Hawkins did! The Victorian artist
created sculptures of dinosaurs for museums in England and the United States
during the late 1800s, and changed the face of paleontology forever.
Biodiv
Juv T212 .K369 2002
Build a Better Mousetrap: Make Classic Invetions, Discover Your Problem-Solving
Genius, and Take the Inventor's Challenge / Ruth Kassinger. Hoboken,
NJ: Wiley, 2002.
Learn about the process of invention in this fun book.
The volume takes a variety of things that have already been invented, and has
you re-invent them by presenting the problem the invention will solve,
some observations to help you along the way, the materials you should use, and
an examination of the actual process used to invent the item. The book then
offers a challenge using your invention, something that takes you a little further,
and with more originality, into the inventing process.
The final section actually challenges you to Build a Better Mousetrap,
take your inventing to the next level and solve problems on your own! A glossary,
an index, clear instructions, and more are provided.
Pub Juv
QE570 .S65 2000
Earthsteps: A Rock's Journey through Time / Diane Nelson Spickert.
Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2000.
250 million years ago, expanding ice broke a boulder off
of a mountain. And thus begins our tale, following the boulder as it wears down
to a grain of sand and then grows to boulder size again.
The science is cleverly hidden in this entertaining volume, indicating the passing
of geologic time while still maintaining the charm of the story.
Pub Juv
QL123 .C42 2001
Sea Soup: Zooplankton / Mary M. Cerullo. Gardiner,
ME: Tibury House, Publishers, 2001.
Brilliant color photographs and engaging text are highlights
of this book that examine the smallest animals in the sea, the zooplankton,
or, as Cerullo calls them, the chunky part of the sea soup.
A glossary and a bibliography are included.
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All of the materials above are available for loan to Academy members.
This page will not be complete until the end of December. Please check back for more materials and reviews.
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Last update: December 31, 2002
