Biological category: 21163 books
Biochirality
Origins, Evolution and Molecular Recognition
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Early History of the Recognition of Molecular Biochirality, by Joseph Gal, Pedro Cintas
Synthesis and Chirality of Amino Acids Under Interstellar Conditions, by Chaitanya Giri, Fred Goesmann, Cornelia Meinert, Amanda C. Evans, Uwe J. Meierhenrich
Chemical and Physical Models for the...
Understanding Statistical Error
A Primer for Biologists
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
This accessible introductory textbook provides a straightforward, practical explanation of how statistical analysis and error measurements should be applied in biological research.
Understanding Statistical Error - A Primer for Biologists:
Introduces the essential topic of error analysis...
by Alan J. Cann
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
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 taught introductory maths and statistics for...
LAWS, LANGUAGE and LIFE
Howard Pattee’s classic papers on the physics of symbols with contemporary commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
Howard Pattee is a physicist who for many years has taken his own path in studying the physics of symbols, which is now a foundation for biosemiotics. By extending von Neumann’s logical requirements for self-replication, to the physical requirements of symbolic instruction at the molecular level,...
Evolution's Eye
A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2000
In recent decades, Susan Oyama and her colleagues in the burgeoning field of developmental systems theory have rejected the determinism inherent in the nature/nurture debate, arguing that behavior cannot be reduced to distinct biological or environmental causes. In Evolution’s Eye Oyama elaborates...
by Eric Noel Muñoz
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Rarely have global battles in the war on invasive species been successful. Even tougher is fighting a mutant genetic clone of a natural counterpart on a marine coast. The first known Western Hemisphere detection of the invasive seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia occurred in Southern California, at San Diego...
For Whose Benefit?
The Biological and Cultural Evolution of Human Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book takes the reader on a journey, navigating the enigmatic aspects of cooperation; a journey that starts inside the body and continues via our thoughts to the human super-organism.
Cooperation is one of life’s fundamental principles. We are all made of parts – genes, cells, organs,...
Analysis of Complex Disease Association Studies
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
According to the National Institute of Health, a genome-wide association study is defined as any study of genetic variation across the entire human genome that is designed to identify genetic associations with observable traits (such as blood pressure or weight), or the presence or absence of a disease...
Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril
A Biological Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Intended as a guide for wildlife managers and ecotourism operators, as well as interested ecotourists, this book addresses the biological principles governing how ecotourism affects wildlife. The introductory chapters focus on four key responses to human visitation—behavioral, physiological, ecological,...
by Andreas Hofmann, Anne Simon, Tanja Grkovic
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Delivering fundamental insights into the most popular methods of molecular analysis, this text is an invaluable resource for students and researchers. It encompasses an extensive range of spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques used for molecular analysis in the life sciences, especially in the...
Chemistry and Biology of Solid Waste
Dredged Material and Mine Tailings
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Dredged Material and Mine Tailings are two of the same thing once they are deposited on land: they must be safe-guarded, wash-out must be prevented, and they must be protected by a plantcover. This comprehensive treatise covers both important aspects of their management: In Chemistry and Biology...
Bleomycin: Chemical, Biochemical, and Biological Aspects
Proceedings of a joint U.S.-Japan Symposium held at the East-West Center, Honolulu, July 18–22, 1978
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book records the proceedings of a joint U.S.-Japan symposium on the chem istry, biochemistry, and biology of bleomycin, an antitumor antibiotic shown to be effective therapeutically against, eg, squamous cell carcinomas, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and testicular tumors. Several important and previously...
Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Known world-wide as the standard introductory text to this important and exciting area, the sixth edition of Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis addresses new and growing areas of research whilst retaining the philosophy of the previous editions. Assuming the reader has little prior knowledge of the subject,...
Biomimetics Through Nanoelectronics
Development of Three Dimensional Macroporous Nanoelectronics for Building Smart Materials, Cyborg Tissues and Injectable Biomedical Electronics
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
This thesis presents original research on how to seamlessly integrate electronics with living biological systems. Jia Liu has used silicon nanowires as active sensors to investigate biological signals at the cellular level. He has also designed nanoelectronic networks into flexible, three-dimensional...