Biology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908904386Author David HeafFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

The plant world has always been appreciated for its visual appeal, but its true beauty can be revealed when you look under the electron microscope. This collection unearths some of the most wonderful microscopic images of flowers, trees and grasses ever...

Where did I come from? Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right one? Why are the fingerprints of identical twins not identical? How did my brain learn to learn? Why must I die? Questions like these remain...

An authoritative introduction to the latest comparative methods in evolutionary biologyPhylogenetic comparative methods are a suite of statistical approaches that enable biologists to analyze and better understand the evolutionary tree of life, and shed...

This volume provides an overview of well-established methods optimized for diverse archaeal model organisms and is a source of protocols facilitating access to the molecular and cellular biology characterization of these fascinating organisms. Chapters...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892133345Author Michael A. CremoFormat HardbackPage Count 554Imprint Bhaktivedanta Book TrustPublisher Bhaktivedanta Book TrustWeight(grams)...

A Top 25 CHOICE 2016 Title, and recipient of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) Award. How much energy is released in ATP hydrolysis? How many mRNAs are in a cell? How genetically similar are two random people? What is faster, transcription or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927309254Author Tracey GreenwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Biozone International LtdPublisher Biozone International Ltd

Biomedical scientists are the foundation of modern healthcare, from cancer screening to diagnosing HIV, from blood transfusion for surgery to food poisoning and infection control. Without biomedical scientists, the diagnosis of disease, the evaluation of...

Noted biologist and author John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a major model...

In The White Plague, Rene and Jean Dubos argue that the great increase of tuberculosis was intimately connected with the rise of an industrial, urbanized society and-a much more controversial idea when this book first appeared forty years ago-that the...

"This useful title, which will also work well as a circulating item, presents that something extra for fitness enthusiasts who want to become serious about their conditioning." -Library Journal (starred review). The revolutionary series Anatomy of...

Makes mathematical and statistical analysis understandable to even the least math-minded biology student This unique textbook aims to demystify statistical formulae for the average biology student. Written in a lively and engaging style, Statistics for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788232102112Author Paul WassmannFormat HardbackPage Count 348Imprint Akademica PublishingPublisher Akademica PublishingWeight(grams) 2485g

International Relations theory assumes that the struggle for power is not only ahistorical but that international politics is necessarily the realm of a perpetual struggle for power between states. However, by looking beyond the state, the study of...

The first detailed account of the way in which our bodies preserve their stability against the many disturbing forces they encounter, suggesting that the lessons to be derived from the body's wisdom might be applied to problems of social and economic...

Addressing general readers and biologists, Mark Denny shows how the physics of fluids (in this case, air and water) influences the often fantastic ways in which life forms adapt themselves to their terrestrial or aquatic "media."About the AuthorMark W...

What use is physical chemistry to the student of biochemistry and biology? This central question is answered in this book mainly through the use of worked examples and problems. The book starts by introducing the laws of thermodynamics, and then uses...

Biology: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in biology in concise, 100-word summaries. One of the titles in a cutting-edge new...

A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolutionHow Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today. Douglas Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559631471Author Stephen R. KellertFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Island PressPublisher Island Press

Feed your fascination with sharks! This complete resource enlightens readers on the biology, ecology, and behavior of sharks with approachable explanations and more than 250 stunning color illustrations.Studies of shark biology have flourished over the...

'Gets right to the heart of what makes us what we are. Read it!' Angela Saini, author of Inferior and Superior: The Return of Race ScienceThe popular science equivalent of Who Do You Think You Are? Popular science master Brian Clegg's new book is an...

Insightful, good-humored essays on the possibilities of alien life and the uses of space exploration, based on an astrobiologist's everyday conversations with his fellow humans-taxi drivers, to be precise.If you've ever sat in the back seat of a taxi,...

Bridges the gap between design speculation and scientific reality, and between contemporary design thinking and the traditional engineering approaches which currently dominate bio technologies Offers a blueprint for experimental design strategies and...

Accessible and engaging, this is the definitive textbook on using teeth to study the demography and ways of life in ancient human communities. Based on extensive laboratory and field experience, this new edition combines archaeological approaches with...

The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became,to America's continuing chagrin,the father of the Chinese missile program.About the AuthorIris...

Ever since Darwin, science has enshrined competition as biology's brutal architect. But this revelatory new book argues that our narrow view of evolution has caused us to ignore the generosity and cooperation that exist around us, from the soil to the...

From famed zoologist Anthony Sinclair, an account of his decades-long quest to understand one of Earth's most spectacular ecosystemsWith its rich biodiversity, astounding wildlife, and breathtaking animal migrations, Serengeti is like no other ecosystem...

'A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech...Expertly and patiently explained' The TimesWhy are human beings the only animals that can speak? And why does it matter?If you've ever felt the shock of listening to a recording of your own voice,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046596Author Moheb CostandiFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

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First published in 1936, this book contains the text of the Terry Lectures for 1934-5, originally delivered at Yale University. Needham discusses the nature, deployment, and hierarchical continuity of biological order, as well as the history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927309261Format PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Biozone International LtdPublisher Biozone International LtdWeight(grams) 600gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm...

The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary beesWhile social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less than 10 percent of all bee species in the world. The vast...

What if there were a pill for love? Or an anti-love drug, designed to help us break up?This controversial and timely new book argues that recent medical advances have brought chemical control of our romantic lives well within our grasp. Substances...

Why do orangutan arms closely resemble human arms? What is the advantage to primates of having long limbs? Why do primates have forward-facing eyes? Answers to questions such as these are usually revealed by comparative studies of primate anatomy. In...

An eye-opening account of what the left and right get wrong about sex and gender-and how we can be a thoughtful, sex-smart society.On Sex and Gender focuses on three sequential and consequential questions: What is sex as opposed to gender? How does sex...

Biology Essentials For Dummies (9781119589587) was previously published as Biology Essentials For Dummies (9781118072677). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908904621Author Jo WiddicombeFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee BooksWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...