Author: Lesley Rogers
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: brain, sexing
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2002-09-15
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 0231120117
ISBN-13: 9780231120111

How much of sexual diversity is the result of nature versus nurture? Prevailing theories today lean heavily toward nature. Now a leading researcher in neuroscience and animal behavior shows how, in recent history, scientific claims about sex and gender differences have reflected the culture of the time. Although the conviction that genetics can explain everything is now widespread, the author demonstrates the interaction of culture and environment in the formation of behavioral traits and so provides an important corrective to popular notions of reductionism.Starting with a summary of sex and

Authors:Gisela Kaplan, Lesley J Rogers,
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty LTD
Keywords: skills, habits, birds
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2001-01-06
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 1865083763
ISBN-13: 9781865083766

An unusual collection of curious facts about our feathered friends, this book describes the fascinating behaviors and physiology of birds of all shapes and sizes-from the birds in cities to the wild birds in rainforests, deserts, plains, and coastal regions. Topics discussed include bird evolution and why some came to be flightless, why some birds have well-developed senses and memory, the wide diversity of courtship rituals and territorial displays, and the art of nest building. In short, Birds explains why these creatures do the things that they do, so that people can more fully enjoy and un

Authors:Lesley J. Rogers, Richard Andrew,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: lateralization, vertebrate, comparative
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 2002-03-25
List price: $201.99
ISBN-10: 0521781612
ISBN-13: 9780521781619

This book takes a comparative and integrative approach to lateralization in a wide range of vertebrate species, including humans, and highlights model systems that have proved invaluable in elucidating the function, causes, development, and evolution of lateralization. The volume is arranged in four parts, beginning with the evolution of lateralization, moving to its development, cognitive dimensions, and finally its role in memory. Experts in lateralization in lower vertebrates, birds, nonprimate mammals, and primates have contributed chapters in which they discuss their own research and cons

Authors:Lesley J. Rogers, Gisela Kaplan,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: primates, primatology, progress, prospects, developments, superior, vertebrate, cognition, comparative, non
Number of Pages: 386
Published: 2003-12-31
List price: $225.00
ISBN-10: 0306477270
ISBN-13: 9780306477270

This book explores afresh the long-standing interest, and emphasis on, the `special’ capacities of primates. Some of the recent discoveries of the higher cognitive abilities of other mammals and also birds challenge the concept that primates are special and even the view that the cognitive ability of apes is more advanced than that of nonprimate mammals and birds. It is therefore timely to ask whether primates are, in fact, special and to do so from a broad range of perspectives. Divided into five sections this book deals with topics about higher cognition and how it is manifested in dif

Authors:Rosemary Rogers, Nell Rogers Michlin, Christine Erns
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Keywords: together, films, movies, daughter, mother
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-05-04
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 031232054X
ISBN-13: 9780312320546

Nobody has a perfect mother. And, despite what some pushy moms would have us believe, nobody has a perfect daughter, either. It’s sometimes hard to communicate with each other, but what can you do? Should you turn to Dr. Phil, psychotropic drugs, a hit man? No! Here’s the solution: It’s so simple, so obvious, so painless---the movies!Drawing on more than twenty years of watching movies together, real-life mother and daughter Rosemary Rogers and Nell Rogers Michlin offer plot synopses, cast reviews, and behind-the-scenes gossip for more than one hundred of their all-time-favo

Authors:Lesley E. Smart, Elaine A. Moore, Lesley Smart, Elain
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: introduction, chemistry, state, solid
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 1996-09
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0748740686
ISBN-13: 9780748740680

Intended for first- and second-year undergraduates, this introduction to solid-state chemistry includes practical examples of applications and modern developments to offer students the opportunity to apply their knowledge in real-life situations. It aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of the traditional knowledge of crystal structures: lattices, unit cells, close packing, and octahedral and tetrahedral holes and their occupation by various ions in the well-known crystal structures. This descriptive work is augmented by free-electron and band theory. Links to other branches o

Authors:Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Juliette Rogers,
Publisher: Ecw Press
Keywords: amp, secret, newport, providence, tastes, guide, sounds, series, guidebook, unique, hidden, sites
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2002-04-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1550224905
ISBN-13: 9781550224900

As cities with rich pasts and unique presents, Providence and Newport have much to offer even the most casual of visitors. Beneath their much-glimpsed surfaces lie sights and sounds sure to enchant both tourists and residents. This nontraditional travel guide explores the historic streets and tucked-away nooks of both cities. Visit H. P. Lovecraft’s tomb and Edgar Allan Poe’s favorite garden, search ordinary buildings for extraordinary art, see the servants’ side of life during the Gilded Age, and find green parrots where they would be least expected. Whether the goal is fine