Biological category: 21163 books

Cover of Nanotechnology to Aid Chemical and Biological Defense
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Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015

This book presents research into chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense and environmental security, exploring practical implications of the research. Contributions from a diverse group of international civilian researchers present the latest work on nanotechnology problems in...
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Biological Exuberance

Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity

by Bruce Bagemihl
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2000

A Publishers Weekly Best Book One of the New York Public Library's "25 Books to Remember" for 1999 Homosexuality in its myriad forms has been scientifically documented in more than 450 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, and other animals worldwide. Biological Exuberance...
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Enhancing Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants

Volume 2: Non-Biological Approaches

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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017

This two-volume work is an effort to provide a common platform to environmental engineers, microbiologists, chemical scientists, plant physiologists and molecular biologists working with a common aim of sustainable solutions to varied environmental contamination issues. Chapters explore biological...
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Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes:

Building Coherence between Microbial Ecology and Molecular Mechanisms

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Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011

The offered volume intends to review the biological control theme of phytonematodes from several prospects: ecological; applicative as well as commercial state of the art; understanding the mode-of-action of various biocontrol systems; interaction between the plant host, nematodes’ surface and microorganism’s;...
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Unit 731: Laboratory of the Devil, Auschwitz of the East

Japanese Biological Warfare in China 1933-45

by Yang Yan-Jun, Tam Yue-Him
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018

This book exposes Unit 731 as being the largest bacterial warfare force in the history of the Second World War. Manufacture and the use of biological weapons, the entire process of preparation and implementation of germ warfare, with the reflection on war and human nature, medical and ethical issues,...
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Dance to the Tune of Life

Biological Relativity

by Denis Noble
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

In this thought-provoking book, Denis Noble formulates the theory of biological relativity, emphasising that living organisms operate at multiple levels of complexity and must therefore be analysed from a multi-scale, relativistic perspective. Noble explains that all biological processes operate by...
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Analytical Ultracentrifugation

Instrumentation, Software, and Applications

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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016

This book introduces analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) as a whole, covering essential theoretical and practical aspects as well as its applications in both biological and non-biological systems. Comprehensive characterizations of macromolecules in a solution are now routinely required not only...
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The Arc of Life

Evolution and Health Across the Life Course

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Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017

Given the rapidly developing area of evolutionary medicine and public health, The Arc of Life examines ways in which research conducted by biological anthropologists can enrich our understanding of variation in human health outcomes. The book aims not only to showcase the perspective that biological...
Cover of Dynamics and the Problem of Recognition in Biological Macromolecules
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

From within complex structures of organisms and cells down to the molecular level, biological processes all involve movement. Muscular fibers slide on each other to activate the muscle, as polymerases do along nucleic acids for replicating and transcribing the genetic material. Cells move and organize...
Cover of Physical Chemistry for the Biological Sciences
by Gordon G. Hammes, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015

This book provides an introduction to physical chemistry that is directed toward applications to the biological sciences. Advanced mathematics is not required. This book can be used for either a one semester or two semester course, and as a reference volume by students and faculty in the biological sciences.
Cover of Historical Dictionary of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare
by Benjamin C. Garrett
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017

The history of biological weapons (BW), chemical weapons (CW), and nuclear weapons is complicated. It can be disturbing, tragic, and occasionally encouraging. It is rarely amusing, although the names selected for certain weapons suggest a casualness toward the consequences of their use: Atomic Annie,...
Cover of Step by step practical guide with Statistics (from ANOVA to survival analysis) in Biological Sciences: Or: Help, how can I analyze my “damned” scientific data correctly and in an easy way with free R!
by Boran Altincicek
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013

Many scientists and students are asking for advice in statistical analyses during preparation of their publications or theses. This book aims to address these needs by representing a “recipe book” for statistical analysis in biological sciences. More importantly, limited knowledge in statistical...
Cover of Biological Control of Insect Pests Using Egg Parasitoids
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013

The theme of the book is highly relevant to the current emphasis on environment conservation, with focus on native biodiversity conservation in agro-ecosystems. The current impetus being given to organic farming and export oriented agri-hortculture in the country calls for access to relevant scientific...
Cover of The Origin of Life
by Raymond Aron
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017

Theoretical biology is still in its early stages as an academic discipline. There is even little agreement as to what topics it should deal with or in what manner it should precede; and it is only recently that philosophers felt called upon to notice the relevance of biological topics as evolution...
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