Nature

Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic.

The word nature is derived from the Latin word natura, or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth". Natura was a Latin translation of the Greek word physis (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord. The con
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New Releases Tagged "Nature"

All the Water in the World
Motheater
Safe Harbor
Safe Crossing
Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Best Nature Books
1,148 books — 756 voters

Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyDarwin's Black Box by Michael J. BeheDate Runner by Snapshot SystemsThe Daughter Of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiLife and Death in the Andes by Kim MacQuarrie
Interesting Non-Fiction Books
443 books — 199 voters
State of Wonder by Ann PatchettThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardMother of God by Paul RosolieJourney to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Amazon Rainforest
99 books — 91 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinYour Inner Fish by Neil ShubinThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard DawkinsThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
On Evolution - Love It Or Hate It
202 books — 112 voters
A Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
History of the Universe and Earth
147 books — 73 voters


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