Biology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048200Author Sten GrillnerFormat HardbackPage Count 286Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 461gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

Bacteria were the first life on Earth. But what do we really know about them? In this captivating, science-driven book, you'll learn everything you need to know about these often misunderstood-and incredibly interesting-microbes.In this engagingly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536349Author Thomas LinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-Level Subject: Biology First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016Our Student Workbooks build students' understanding, developing the confidence and exam skills they need, whilst providing ready prepared lesson...

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

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...

A superb resource for understanding the diversity of the modern discipline of biogeography, and its history and future, especially within geography departments. I expect to refer to it often. - Professor Sally Horn, University of Tennessee "As you...

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

'Get colouring and let yourself be inspired by the marvels of the microscopic world as you make your way through this fascinating and important book.' Professor Luke O'Neill This distinctive colouring book explores the beauty of microscopic life,...

Synthetic biology is the technique that enables us not just to read and edit but also write DNA to program living biological structures as though they were tiny computers. Unlike cloning Dolly the sheep-which cut and copied existing genetic material-the...

Collins Cambridge IGCSETM Co-ordinated Sciences Biology provides full coverage of all core and supplement Biology topics in the revised syllabus. Carefully developed features including questions, worked examples, key terms and more allow students to...

This thoughtfully updated revision of a classic text sheds new light on the potential sociological and biological differences that result in deep, seemingly unbridgeable political divisions.Renowned social scientists and experts in biopolitics, John R...

and acknowledgments Self-organized criticality is a new way of viewing nature. The basic picture is one where nature is perpetually out of balance, but organized in a poised state-the critical state-where anything can happen within well-defined...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648859406Author Ethel, D HumeFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Distant MirrorPublisher Distant MirrorWeight(grams) 517g

A beautifully written account of the symbiotic relationship between pine trees and jays; a cycle of dependency has progressed for several million years as birds have effectively planted the trees that sustain them by dispersing the seeds. This book...

Symptomatic: The Symptom-Based Handbook for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders offers a novel approach to the subject, structured around the panoply of symptoms those with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum...

Numerical ability is an essential skill for everyone studying the biological sciences but many students are frightened by the 'perceived' difficulty of mathematics, and are nervous about applying mathematical skills in their chosen field of study. Having...

Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: OCR Level: A Level Subject: Biology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Written by curriculum and specification experts, this Student Book supports and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062842664Author Michael J. BeheFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Essential Laboratory Skills for Biosciences is an essential companion during laboratory sessions. It is designed to be simple and give clear step by step instructions on essential techniques, supported by relevant diagrams. The book includes the use of...

Taking medication is a common occurrence for many people, whether it is to soothe an aching head, regulate blood sugars, or to treat life threatening conditions, such as HIV or cancer. In the UK alone, over 900 million prescriptions are dispensed every...

Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781555819309Author Christopher WalshFormat HardbackPage Count 477Imprint American Society for MicrobiologyPublisher American Society for...

This engaging book tells the story of human evolution, asking if man is indeed the "chosen species" or merely an evolutionary accident. Written by world-renowned paleoanthropologists who are co-directors of the excavations at Atapuerca---a World...

Safe Water in Healthcare: A Practical and Clinical Guide enables users from different disciplines to understand all types of waterborne hazards that can pose a risk to those who might be exposed, the events which cause them to be present, what may...

South Africa's fynbos region has intrigued biologists for centuries. It has achieved iconic status as a locus of megadiversity and therefore a place to study the ecological underpinnings of massive evolutionary radiations. Researchers have made great...

Did you know that a groundhog is really a type of squirrel? That squirrels control their body temperature with their tails? That most squirrels have yellow-tinted eye lenses that work like sunglasses to reduce glare? That tree squirrels can turn their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547085609Author Jennifer AckermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 140mm...

Say 'algae' and most people think of pond scum. What they don't know is that without algae, none of us would exist.; There are as many algae on earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for aeons. Algae created...

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...

As featured on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week 'A rich, timely study for the era of "global ageing"'- Nature The ageing of the world population is one of the most important issues facing humanity in the 21st century - up there with climate change in...

John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and insightful biologists, here challenges a central tenet of evolutionary biology. In this concise, elegantly written book, he makes the bold and provocative claim that some biological diversity may be...

Something's up down below ... Urinary tract infections result in 8.1 million visits to a doctor every year, and between 50 per cent and 60 per cent of adult women will have at least one UTI in their lifetime. Meanwhile, overactive bladder affects nearly...

"Zoo animals" as a population are a diverse array of species from all around the globe. When managed in captivity, it is important that key aspects of natural ecology are factored into animal care, as well as considerations relating to welfare, life...

The eye is one of the most remarkable achievements of evolution, and has evolved up to 40 times in different parts of the animal kingdom. In humans, vision is the most important sense, and much of the brain is given over to the processing of visual...

One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, which resulted from a systematic ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, traces the true genetic...

Help students catch up and keep up by fixing gaps and connections in conceptual understanding in GCSE 9-1 Combined Science with the evidence-based approach to intervention in this GCSE Science Workbook. Awarded the ASE's Green...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912820900Author Marianne IzenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Illuminate PublishingPublisher Illuminate PublishingWeight(grams) 982gDimensions(mm)...

Increasing numbers of ecologists and conservation biologists have begun to explore the use of drone technology to obtain accurate and up-to-date data on the distribution and density of species, as well as the threats to their habitats, in their ongoing...

What is it about the music you love that makes you want to hear it again? Why do we crave a "hook" that returns, again and again, within the same piece? And how does a song end up getting stuck in your head? Whether it's a motif repeated...