Biology

Introduction to Scholarship: Building Academic Skills for Tertiary Study 2nd edition offers a practical, coached approach to developing the basic academic and critical- thinking skills required to succeed in the tertiary environment. It focuses on a...

Astrobiology is a scientific discipline devoted to the study of life in the universe - its origin, evolution, distribution, and future. In 1997, NASA established an Astrobiology program (the NASA Astrobiology Institute - NAI) as a result of a series of...

The Pacific is not only the world's largest body of water; its vast expanse also includes an extraordinary number and diversity of oceanic islands, from Palau and the Marianas east of the Philippines to Cocos Island and the Galapagos west of the Americas...

***RECOMMENDED AS ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF 2021'With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and politics, we need a good explanation of the science and its implications, and this one is outstanding.' STEVEN PINKER, bestselling...

The Inductive Brain in Development and Evolution provides readers with a substantial biological education on animal nervous systems and their role in the development, adaptation, homeostasis and evolution of species. The book delving into the embryonic...

The Himalayan Region is a mega hot spot for biological diversity. It supports over 1,748 plants species of known medicinal value. This title focuses on origin and distribution of Himalayan herbs, their medicinal potential, industrial significance, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842652770Author P. D. SharmaFormat HardbackPage Count 557Imprint Alpha Science International LtdPublisher Alpha Science International Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780822947479Author Jole ShackelfordFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint University of Pittsburgh PressPublisher University of Pittsburgh PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842657508Author D. K. SharmaFormat HardbackPage Count 518Imprint Alpha Science International LtdPublisher Alpha Science International Ltd

Biotechnology of Major Cereals focuses on the recent advances and future prospects in cereal biotechnology. The first part of the book covers the world's major cereals and focus on new developments and trends. The second part is technology rather than...

A description of more than 200 poisonous plants and animals in Alabama and South-east America. There is a discussion of toxic properties, symptoms of poisoning, habitat occurrence and geographic distribution.Book InformationISBN 9780817304423Author Whit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988566924Author Jill MellanbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Biozone International LtdPublisher Biozone International Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842655979Author G. SumbaliFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint Alpha Science International LtdPublisher Alpha Science International Ltd

Organ Repair and Regeneration: Preserving Organs in the Regenerative Medicine Era encompasses updates on all organs, from the kidneys, to the lungs, liver, pancreas, intestines, and beyond. Chapters cover the pathophysiology of ischemia-reperfusion,...

Gluten-related disorders are prevalent among human societies, specifically in developing countries. These diseases have similar clinical manifestations and although they are characterized by a specific pathophysiological response to ingestion of gluten,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780700633067Author Sherry KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint University Press of KansasPublisher University Press of Kansas

Medical Semiology Guide of the Respiratory System provides a comprehensive understanding of medical semiology to facilitate the learning process and stimulate medical thinking in respiratory medicine. Highly illustrated, with many original images from...

Do the sciences aim to uncover the structure of nature, or are they ultimately a practical means of controlling our environment? This work argues that while physics and chemistry can develop laws that reveal the structure of natural phenomena, biology is...

An exploration of materials processing and engineering technology across a wide range of medical applications The field of biomedical engineering has played a vital role in the progression of medical development technology. Biomedical Engineering:...

Alternative methods of disease control such as natural products and compounds derived from biological origins, provide an effective alternate to the use of chemical products or a means to minimize their use. It is imperative now to look for such...

In August of 2005, scientists conducted a rapid inventory in Sierra del Divisor, a mountain range that rises dramatically from the lowlands of central Amazonian Peru. This assessment, presented here in English and Spanish, collects their research on the...

In 2010, a team of experts conducted a rapid social and biological inventory of the Yaguas, Cotuhe, and lower Putumayo watersheds of northeastern Peru. They assessed the geology, vegetation, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals at four...

Principles of Tropical Horticulture leads the reader through a background of environmental influences and plant physiology to an understanding of production and post-harvest systems, environmental adaptation techniques and marketing strategies. Focusing...

This book is the first resource to review the influence of climate change on urban and public pests such as mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and wood pests, with respect to population, distribution, disease, damage and control. It systematically addresses how...

This book provides a selection of microbiological methods which are applicable or already applied in regional or national soil quality monitoring programmes. An overview is given of approaches to monitoring, evaluating and managing soil quality (Part I),...

This book describes interactions of plant viruses with hosts and transmission vectors in an agricultural context. Starting with an overview of virus biology, economics and management, chapters then address economically significant plant diseases of...

Those entering a university often find themselves unprepared and lacking in the skills necessary to do well in this new environment. This book helps students to bridge the gap between their past learning experiences and the new expectations they face as...

Long ago, fish fins evolved into the limbs of land vertebrates and tetrapods. During this transition, some elements of the fin were carried over while new features developed. Lizard limbs, bird wings, and human arms and legs are therefore all...

Conceptual Breakthroughs in the Evolutionary Biology of Aging continues the innovative Conceptual Breakthroughs series by providing a comprehensive outline of the major breakthroughs that built the evolutionary biology of aging as a leading scientific...

Quantum concepts hold the potential to enable significant advances in sensing and imaging technologies that could be vital to the study of biological systems. The workshop Quantum Science Concepts in Enhancing Sensing and Imaging Technologies:...

Wild-untamed, hostile, remote. Yet, wild can be gentle, welcoming, and inspiring too. This is the wild that preoccupies biologist Shankar Raman as he writes about trees and bamboos, hornbills and elephants, leopards and myriad other species. Species...

This virtual encyclopedia of the rattlesnake became a natural history sensation when it was first published in 1956. The republication of the Second Edition, with a new foreword by Harry W. Greene, will give amateur and professional herpetologists alike...

Molecular Biology of Cancer has been extensively revised and covers heredity cancer, microarray technology and increased study of childhood cancers. It continues to provide a detailed overview of the process which lead to the development and...

Exam Board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Welsh edition.Develop your scientific thinking and practical skills with resources that stretch and challenge all levels within the new curriculum produced by a...

N.B. This is the old edition. There is a 2nd Edition of this book available.About the AuthorDr Marianne Izen has over twenty years' experience as an A Level Biology teacher and examiner and has provided science teacher training for schools across the UK...

Fish, and particularly zebrafish, have become the fastest-growing segment of the research population. They offer several advantages, in terms of biology and technologies to apply, and thus are employed in numerous research fields. Laboratory Fish in...

Some assumptions about biology are so deeply rooted in our thinking that they seem beyond question. These concepts - expressed in playful jargon - are our sacred bovines. With a light-hearted spirit, Douglas Allchin sets out to challenge many of these...

How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice: An Evidence-Based Guide to Patient Care enables primary care clinicians by providing a framework to understand differences and better care for patients in their practice. Each chapter covers a subspecialty in...

Like nearly every area of scholarly inquiry today, the biological sciences are broken into increasingly narrow fields and subfields, their practitioners divided into ecologists, evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, paleontologists, and much more. But...

Get unspoilt views and explanations of the human body's inner-workings with this anatomy guide's clear and detailed CGI artworks. The body's structure is revealed using spectacular anatomical illustrations, making it easy to find and focus on specific...