Biology

Your insider guide to the stuff of life 3.8 billion years old and counting, there's more than a little to know about the fundamentals of how life works. This friendly guide takes you from the primordial soup to the present, explaining how specialized...

Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2018Fully updated to account for the removal of Unit Assessments and the changes to the National 5 exam, this book contains all the advice and support you...

Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Business Management First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: May 2019 Get your best grade with comprehensive course notes and advice from Scotland's top experts, fully updated for the latest changes to SQA Higher...

A razor-sharp analysis of how record-breaking exploits in extreme sport are redefining the limits of being human.Right now, more people are risking their lives for their sports then ever before in history. As Thomas Pynchon once put it in Gravity's...

A Waterstones science book of the yearA book of the year for The Times and Sunday TimesNew York Times editor's choice Winner of the Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction'The book that might change the world ... This is luxury-class science writing'...

If your students struggle with standard deviation or statistical tests, this is the book for them. This textbook companion will help improve their essential maths skills for psychology, whichever awarding body specification you're following. You can use...

In Sentient, Jackie Higgins assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures - from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe - to understand what it means to be human.'Spellbinding . . . More than any other book, [Sentient] has made me think...

A vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts, human anatomy can at first appear confusing and off-putting. But the basic construction of the human body - the skeleton, the organs of the chest and abdomen, the nervous...

Revise smart and save! Our Revision Workbooks are designed to help students develop vital skills throughout the course in preparation for the exam with: One-to-one page match with the OCR AS/A level Biology Revision Guide so you can find the practice you...

Dr. Lee Know does a brilliant job shedding light on this once ignored organelle and shows us how to care for our most important metabolic system. Dr. Nasha Winters, co-author of The Metabolic Approach to Cancer From infertility to aging to cancer and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683670087Author BA WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint American Society for MicrobiologyPublisher American Society for MicrobiologyWeight(grams)...

How animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new molecular tools such as DNA fingerprinting and genomics is causing a revolution in the study of animal behaviour, while developments in computing and image analysis...

Shortlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize A New Statesman Book of the Year This is the story of our quest to understand the most mysterious object in the universe: the human brain. Today we tend to picture it as a computer. Earlier...

What happens to you when you can't walk for a year? When you can't have sex? Or smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? Is it possible to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles an hour? Space is a world devoid of the...

BIOS Instant Notes in Biochemistry, Fourth Edition, is the perfect text for undergraduates looking for a concise introduction to the subject, or a study guide to use before examinations. Each topic begins with a summary of essential facts-an ideal...

Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Human Biology First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019Ensure that students are prepared for every aspect of Higher Human Biology with the new edition of this popular textbook from James Torrance and his...

'Jackie Higgins's lyrical, literate style will charm you while her book stuns your imagination with strange, other-worldly truths' Richard DawkinsSentient assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures - from land, air, sea and all four corners of the...

Draws on current findings in astrobiology to chart the story of the second half of the planet Earth's life, predicting that the process of planetary evolution will effectively reverse itself until life discontinues and the world becomes engulfed by an...

'Mind-blowing ... It is a hugely important book ... His story is crucial' Matt Ridley, The TimesOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies...

For decades parasites were the pariahs of science. Only recently have biologists begun to appreciate that these diverse and complex organisms are the most highly evolved life forms on earth. In this work, Carl Zimmer takes the reader on a tour of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061472794Author Stephen C. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm)...

Exam Board: WJEC, EduqasLevel: A-levelSubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students' understanding throughout their course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help your students target...

This is the third edition of the highly successful book, Biological Science. The text has been revised and updated to provide comprehensive coverage of the latest syllabuses. New material has been added in the following areas: human health and disease,...

A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruationMenstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781291991192Author Allegedly K. A. DaveFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Lulu Press IncPublisher Lulu Press Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127161Author Nicholas WadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 264g

What if the stories of trees and people are more closely linked than we ever imagined?Winner of the World Wildlife Fund's 2020 Jan Wolkers PrizeOne of Science News's "Favorite Books of 2020" A New York Times "New and Noteworthy" BookA 2020 Woodland Book...

The Anatomy and Physiology Workbook for Paramedics is a valuable resource for all those taking an undergraduate human anatomy and physiology class, as well as those healthcare professionals wanting to brush up on their existing knowledge. The workbook...

New York Times BestsellerDiscover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat and change the way your brain ages, in this cutting-edge, practical guide to eliminating brain fog, optimizing brain health, and achieving peak mental performance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140263480Author Deborah BlumFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

COMING TO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ON 27 MAY 2019_________In March 2014, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was first reported. By October 2014, it had become the largest and deadliest occurrence of the disease. Over 4,500 people have died. Almost 10,000...

Developed for the new International A Level specification, these new resources are specifically designed for international students, with a strong focus on progression, recognition and transferable skills, allowing learning in a local context to a global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741290240Author Mr Jeremy GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint WTM Publishing & Communications Pty LtdPublisher WTM Publishing & Communications...

From the world-famous expert on chimpanzees - the powerfully compelling sequel to the international bestseller IN THE SHADOW OF MAN: 'An instant animal classic' TimeEquipped with little more than a notebook, binoculars, and her fascination with wildlife,...

The debut of a female Steve Jones - likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival. How do people survive extremes of heat, cold, depth, speed and altitude? This book explores the...

A radically thought-provoking account of a major shift in how we understand our Earth, not simply as an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather as a planet that came to life.'Wide-ranging and thought-provoking . . . with lashings of anecdote...

In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence in support of a...

WINNER OF THE JOHN AVERY AWARD AT THE ANDRE SIMON AWARDS If we can save the salmon, we can save the world Over the centuries, salmon have been a vital resource, a dietary staple and an irresistible catch. But there is so much more to this...

First published in 1966, THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE has held its own as a clear and authoritative introduction to the world of biochemistry. This fourth edition has been fully updated and revised to include the latest developments in DNA and protein...

Since its first publication more than twenty-five years ago, How to Build a Habitable Planet has established a legendary reputation as an accessible yet scientifically impeccable introduction to the origin and evolution of Earth, from the Big Bang...