Life Sciences

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958921173Author Ervin LaszloFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Light on Light PressPublisher Light on Light Press

Genetics. Simplified. Dan Hartl once again takes students on the exciting journey of learning about modern genetics in an updated seventh edition of Essential Genetics and Genomics. With carefully chosen topics to help students attain scientific...

It is common to study the electric activity of neurons by measuring the electric potential in the extracellular space of the brain. However, interpreting such measurements requires knowledge of the biophysics underlying the electric signals. Written by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936221165Author David A. BaumFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint Roberts & Company PublishersPublisher Macmillan Learning

Plants have profoundly moulded the Earth's climate and the evolutionary trajectory of life. Far from being 'silent witnesses to the passage of time', plants are dynamic components of our world, shaping the environment throughout history as much as that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584696629Author Carolyn CombsFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Dawn Publications,U.S.Publisher Sourcebooks, Inc

A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature's most perfect and mysterious creatures-the hawk-from the New York Times bestselling author of the "astoundingly beautiful" (NPR) The Soul of an Octopus. When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER | BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**The definitive story of COVID-19 and how global politics shape our health - from a world-leading expert and the pandemic's go-to science communicator Professor Devi Sridhar has risen to...

A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural worldFollowing the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced...

How can new insights into evolution help us solve problems in life, art, business and science? 'A wonderful, mind-expanding book. Prepare to be surprised, enlightened and awed.' Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors In Darwin's survival of the...

Why do teenagers stay up late and struggle to get up in the morning? Do teenagers really take more risks? What is happening with teenagers' hormones?The Psychology of the Teenage Brain offers all those involved in teenagers' lives insight into what's...

This highly readable textbook serves as a concise and engaging primer to the emerging field of antibody engineering and its various applications. It introduces readers to the basic science and molecular structure of antibodies, and explores how to...

Tucked into one of the most beautiful and conflicted regions of the world are the last of the mountain gorillas. These apes have survived centuries of human encroachment into their habitat and range and decades of intense conflict and violence. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906628772Author Stephen ManningFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint CheckPoint PressPublisher CheckPoint PressWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The Body Multiple is an extraordinary ethnography of an ordinary disease. Drawing on fieldwork in a Dutch university hospital, Annemarie Mol looks at the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis. A patient information leaflet might describe...

How did life start? Is the evolution of life describable by any physics-like laws? Stuart Kauffman's latest book offers an explanation-beyond what the laws of physics can explain-of the progression from a complex chemical environment to molecular...

The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science and actually has religious roots in the deist concept of the Great Chain of Being. Yet the metaphor has lodged itself in the contemporary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395647806Author Mark OwensFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 500g

'Wolfe has an important story to tell and as a virologist at the forefront of pandemic forecasting, he is the perfect person to tell it' GuardianIn The Viral Storm award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe - known as 'the Indiana Jones of virus hunters' for...

A practical and resourceful first tutor with a wide selection of well-known tunes, familiar to even the youngest beginner. Accompaniments for the early pieces are included.About the AuthorDebbie Cracknell studied guitar and piano at Trinity College of...

Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE Combined Science: TrilogyFirst teaching: September 2016 Next exams: June 2024 AQA approved GCSE Science is changing and AQA GCSE (9-1) Biology for Combined Science Trilogy from Collins has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637120033Author Neil ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Discovery InstitutePublisher Discovery InstituteWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

BL For beginners of all ages BL Clear and systematic progression BL Companion book to Creative Saxophone BL 26 pieces that mirror the progression of the tutor book BL Focuses on contemporary music styles BL First steps in developing ensemble playing...

A gripping story of obsession, adventure and the search for our oldest surviving ancestor - 400 million years old - a four-limbed dinofish! In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, a young South African museum curator, caught sight of a specimen...

Shark Week expert, Dr. Greg Skomal, returns with a new shark handbook offering you a thorough exploration of the most fearsome and misunderstood shark on Earth.Discover the great white's astonishing evolutionary adaptations, common misconceptions, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903360514Author Tamsin WesthorpeFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Orphans PublishingPublisher Orphans Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787920149Author Marianne BentzenFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Paragon PublishingPublisher Paragon PublishingWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 276mm...

Covering all the species of birds occurring in the areas bordering the Mediterranean, this guide is illustrated throughout with stunning photographs. The regions examined cover some of the most distinctive and birdrich habitats in Europe, the Middle East...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788180940101Author SubramanianFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint MJP PublishersPublisher MJP Publishers

*Levison Wood's documentary series on WALKING WITH ELEPHANTS is available to watch now on Channel 4*This book comes at a critical time. Fifty years ago, Africa was home to just over 1.3 million elephants, but by 1990 the number had halved. Meanwhile in...

The major advances in the field of biotechnology and molecular biology in the twenty-first century have led to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of diseases. A new generation of biopharmaceuticals has emerged, including a wide and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616462154Author Karl P N ShukerFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Coachwhip PublicationsPublisher Coachwhip PublicationsWeight(grams)...

The margins of philosophy are populated by non-human, non-animal living beings, including plants. While contemporary philosophers tend to refrain from raising ontological and ethical concerns with vegetal life, Michael Marder puts this life at the...

A Daily Telegraph and TLS Book of the Year 'An audacious tour of all that science can teach us' Edward O. Wilson Specialist scientific fields are developing at incredibly swift speeds, but what can they really tell us about how the universe began...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781403979797Author Gary LynchFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St...

bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b Physiology is the science of life, and sets out to understand how living things work and what makes them distinct from the non-living. It considers how our bodies are supplied with energy, how...

How do you record the wildlife in a wood? This book explains ways to record the flora and fauna found in woodland and outlines the sources you can use to find out more about the history and management of an area. Whether you have just a few hours, or a...

Why do the debates about evolution persist, despite the plentiful evidence for it? Breaking down the notion that public resistance to evolution is strictly due to its perceived conflict with religion, this concise book shows that evolution is in fact a...

DNA ancestry companies generate revenues in the region of $1bn a year, and the company 23andMe is said to have sold 10 million DNA ancestry kits to date. Although evidently popular, the science behind how DNA ancestry tests work is mystifying and...

There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has...