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The Good Virus: The Untold Story of Phages: The Most Abundant Life Forms on Earth and What They Can Do For Us by Tom Ireland 9781529365252
RRP: $35.68$26.99CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY WATERSTONES AND THE TIMES'Superb ... This is luxury-class science writing'DAILY TELEGRAPH, 5* review'One of the best books of any genre that I've read in 2023, this superbly-written book ... will fascinate absolutely... -
CIE Biology 2 Student Workbook by Tracey Greenwood 9781927309322
$44.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927309322Author Tracey GreenwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Biozone International LtdPublisher Biozone International LtdWeight(grams)... -
Human-Wildlife Conflict Management: Prevention and Problem Solving by Russell F. Reidinger
$159.05The latest edition of this classic guide details how to understand and resolve a broad array of human-wildlife conflicts.This new edition of Human-Wildlife Conflict Management updates our understanding of the human dimensions, as well as biological and... -
What Bugged the Dinosaurs?: Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous by George O. Poinar, Jr.
RRP: $52.50$41.98Millions of years ago in the Cretaceous period, the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex--with its dagger-like teeth for tearing its prey to ribbons--was undoubtedly the fiercest carnivore to roam the Earth. Yet as What Bugged the Dinosaurs? reveals, T. rex was not... -
The Nazi Symbiosis: Human Genetics and Politics in the Third Reich by Sheila Faith Weiss
RRP: $63.00$62.27Under the swastika, German scientists descended into the moral abyss, perpetrating heinous medical crimes at Auschwitz and at euthanasia hospitals. But why did biomedical researchers accept such a bargain? The "Nazi Symbiosis" offers a nuanced account of... -
Secret Worlds: The extraordinary senses of animals by Martin Stevens 9780198813682
RRP: $20.98$17.89Martin Stevens explores the extraordinary variety of senses in the animal kingdom, and discusses the cutting-edge science that is shedding light on these secret worlds. Our senses of vision, smell, taste, hearing, and touch are essential for us to... -
Molecular Ecology by Joanna R. Freeland
RRP: $111.20$97.44A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics may help us to better understand aspects of ecology and evolution including... -
Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective by Paul A. Colinvaux 9780691178080
RRP: $33.58$25.94First published in 1979, Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare has established itself as a seminal work in ecology. Now with a new foreword by ecologist and writer Cristina Eisenberg, this penetrating study of ecosystems and animal populations is more relevant... -
Adapt: How We Can Learn from Nature's Strangest Inventions by Amina Khan 9781786492272
RRP: $27.28$17.98Nature's creations are more sophisticated and elegant than anything humans have created. Geckos can run upside down along ceilings. Termite mounds can stay cool in the desert without air conditioning. Adapt explores how we can harness such ideas through... -
Parasitology: An Integrated Approach, 2nd Edition by A Gunn
RRP: $123.80$109.33Parasitology Highly detailed textbook on parasites and parasite relationships The fully revised edition of Parasitology: An Integrated Approach holds true to its engaging and easy-to-read approach. It comprehensively covers the complex and dynamic... -
Adapt: How We Can Learn from Nature's Strangest Inventions by Amina Khan 9781786492272 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$5.65Nature's creations are more sophisticated and elegant than anything humans have created. Geckos can run upside down along ceilings. Termite mounds can stay cool in the desert without air conditioning. Adapt explores how we can harness such ideas through... -
A Primer of Molecular Population Genetics by Asher D. Cutter 9780198838951
RRP: $117.60$110.67What are the genomic signatures of adaptations in DNA? How often does natural selection dictate changes to DNA? How does the ebb and flow in the abundance of individuals over time get marked onto chromosomes to record genetic history? Molecular... -
Mathematical Tools for Understanding Infectious Disease Dynamics by Odo Diekmann
$242.15Mathematical modeling is critical to our understanding of how infectious diseases spread at the individual and population levels. This book gives readers the necessary skills to correctly formulate and analyze mathematical models in infectious disease... -
Exotic Fruits and Nuts of the New World by Robert E. Paull
RRP: $115.29$110.61A major reference work on exotic and underutilised fruits and nuts of the New World. While many of these are well known in the local markets and in Spanish-language literature, they have rarely been brought to the attention of the wider English-speaking... -
Bonobo and Chimpanzee: The Lessons of Social Coexistence by Takeshi Furuichi
RRP: $69.28$63.08This book describes the similarities and differences between two species, bonobos and chimpanzees, based on the three decades the author has spent studying them in the wild, and shows how the contrasting nature of these two species is also reflected in... -
The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution by Sankar Chatterjee 9781421415901
$122.43A small set of fossilized bones discovered almost thirty years ago led paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee on a lifelong quest to understand their place in our understanding of the history of life. They were clearly the bones of something unusual, a... -
A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth by Peter Ward
RRP: $27.28$19.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608199105Author Peter WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Bloomsbury PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 386g -
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley 9780060556570
RRP: $41.98$19.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060556570Author Matt RidleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Marvelous Microfossils: Creators, Timekeepers, Architects by Patrick De Wever 9781421436739
RRP: $108.15$97.46Training a powerful lens on the microscopic wonders of the universe, hundreds of photos, both exquisite and strange, accompany this startling expose of a secret world invisibly evolving around us for billions of years.Silver Winner of the 2021 IBPA... -
Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World - Second Edition by Steven Vogel 9780691155661
RRP: $193.20$154.16Why do you switch from walking to running at a specific speed? Why do tall trees rarely blow over in high winds? And why does a spore ejected into air at seventy miles per hour travel only a fraction of an inch? Comparative Biomechanics is the first and... -
Starving Cancer Cells: Evidence-Based Strategies to Slow Cancer Progression: A Selection of Readings for Health Services Providers by Robert Fried
RRP: $241.50$215.63Starving Cancer Cells: Evidence-Based Strategies to Slow Cancer Progression - A Selection of Readings for Health Services Providers presents an edited and annotated collection of recent medical journal publications and abstracts illustrating new... -
The Theory of Endobiogeny: Volume 2: Foundational Concepts for Treatment of Common Clinical Conditions by Kamyar M. Hedayat 9780128169087
RRP: $247.80$222.01The Theory of Endobiogeny Volume 2: Foundational Concepts for Treatments of Common Clinical Conditions addresses the core elements of the adaptation response to stressors: autonomic nervous system (ANS), corticotropic axis, immunity and digestive tract... -
A History of Biology by Michel Morange 9780691253923
RRP: $39.88$31.75A comprehensive history of the biological sciences from antiquity to the modern eraThis book presents a global history of the biological sciences from ancient times to today, providing needed perspective on the development of biological thought while... -
The Theory of Endobiogeny: Volume 1: Global Systems Thinking and Biological Modeling for Clinical Medicine by Kamyar M. Hedayat 9780128169032
RRP: $247.80$222.01The Theory of Endobiogeny Volume 1: Global Systems Thinking and Biological Modeling for Clinical Medicine offers researchers and clinicians a detailed introduction to the theory of Endobiogeny. The book presents a new approach to medicine that is at once... -
Biology of Fishes by Quentin Bone
RRP: $167.98$161.70The Third Edition of Biology of Fishes is chiefly about fish as remarkably efficient machines for coping with the many problems that life in water entails, and looks at many such special cases. Fishes form the largest group of vertebrates, with around... -
Snakes of Central and Western Africa by Jean-Philippe Chippaux 9781421427195
RRP: $151.20$134.46The first-and only-authoritative guide to the snakes of Central and Western Africa.Nobody knows exactly how many snake species live in the biodiversity hotspots of Western and Central Africa. While field guides abound that make mammals, birds, and even... -
Gene Control by David S. Latchman
RRP: $182.68$176.74The new edition of Gene Control has been updated to include significant advances in the roles of the epigenome and regulatory RNAs in gene regulation. The chapter structure remains the same: the first part consists of pairs of chapters that explain the... -
The Annihilation of Nature: Human Extinction of Birds and Mammals by Gerardo Ceballos 9781421417189
RRP: $52.50$44.48Gerardo Ceballos, Anne H. Ehrlich, and Paul R. Ehrlich serve as witnesses in this trial of human neglect, where the charge is the massive and escalating assault on living things. Nature is being annihilated, not only because of the human population... -
Adapt: How We Can Learn from Nature's Strangest Inventions by Amina Khan
RRP: $20.98$14.07How can sea cucumbers, geckos and termites help us cure diseases, camouflage soldiers and even keep our buildings cool? Nature's creations are more sophisticated and elegant than anything humans have created. Adapt explores how we can harness such ideas... -
Life in the Dark: Illuminating Biodiversity in the Shadowy Haunts of Planet Earth by Dante Fenolio 9781421418636
RRP: $69.30$62.06Deep inside caves, at the bottoms of oceans and lakes, beneath the ground: these concealed habitats are absent of sunlight. This strange and fascinating world of complete darkness is not a solitary place-it is inhabited by millions of life forms. Yet... -
Adapt: How We Can Learn from Nature's Strangest Inventions by Amina Khan 9781786492296 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$6.74How can sea cucumbers, geckos and termites help us cure diseases, camouflage soldiers and even keep our buildings cool? Nature's creations are more sophisticated and elegant than anything humans have created. Adapt explores how we can harness such ideas... -
Discovering Life’s Story: Biology’s Beginnings by Joy Hakim 9781529512212
RRP: $42.00$28.88"An engrossing chronicle for readers ages 12 and older" The Wall Street JournalHow did our scientific quest to understand life begin? From the earliest questioning about the origins of life to the first use of the word virus, this compelling and... -
Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds by Mohamed A. F. Noor 9780691177410
RRP: $42.00$33.37An engaging journey into the biological principles underpinning a beloved science-fiction franchiseIn Star Trek, crew members travel to unusual planets, meet diverse beings, and encounter unique civilizations. Throughout these remarkable space... -
Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society by Cordelia Fine 9780393355482
RRP: $27.28$23.44Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental force in human development. According to this false-yet-familiar story, the divisions between men and women are in nature alone and not part of culture. Drawing on evolutionary... -
Living in the Environment by Scott Spoolman 9781337094153
$165.04Team up with Miller/Spoolman's, LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT and the National Geographic Society for the most inspiring introduction to environmental science available! Providing clear introductions to the multiple environmental problems that we face and... -
Ospreys: The Revival of a Global Raptor by Alan F. Poole
RRP: $73.50$66.44A fascinating look at one of the greatest conservation success stories of the modern era: the wildly popular, unique, and thrilling raptor, the Osprey.Ospreys are one of the few bird species that are found throughout the world. From forests in Hokkaido... -
Have Bacteria Won? by Hugh Pennington 9780745690803
RRP: $20.98$18.80Today, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menace of antibiotic resistance and modern 'plagues' like Ebola. In this timely new book, eminent bacteriologist Hugh... -
Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps by Margaret Cargill
RRP: $58.70$51.77Writing Scientific Research Articles The new edition of the popular guide for novice and professional scientists alike, providing effective strategies and step-by-step advice for writing scientific papers for publicationFor scientists writing a research... -
Reading the Shape of Nature: Comparative Zoology at the Agassiz Museum by Mary P. Winsor 9780226902159
RRP: $84.00$80.96Reading the Shape of Nature vividly recounts the turbulent early history of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and the contrasting careers of its founder Louis Agassiz and his son Alexander. Through the story of this institution and the... -
Astounding Mushrooms by Jaroslav Maly
RRP: $35.60$25.75"Beautiful ... we're given a glimpse into the wild world of mushrooms that exists like another realm beneath our feet. With over one million species of mushrooms said to exist worldwide, this book shows us some of the world's most diverse.... There is...