Narsis A. Kiani & Jesper Tegner 
Algorithmic Information Dynamics [PDF ebook] 
A Computational Approach to Causality with Applications to Living Systems

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Harvest of Fish and Wildlife: New Paradigms for Sustainable Management unites experts in wildlife and fishery sciences for an interdisciplinary overview of harvest management. This book presents uniq …

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A comprehensive and richly illustrated history, Yew will appeal to botanists and other readers interested in the history and symbolism of the natural world, now in paperback. The yew is the oldest an …

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