Biological category: 21163 books
The Insects
An Outline of Entomology
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Insects represent over half of the planet’s biological diversity. This popular textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to this extraordinary diversity, and places entomology central to the theory and practice of evolutionary and ecological studies.
Fully revised, this fifth edition...
Why Only Us
Language and Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it.
**“A loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary phenomenon...
The Calculus of Life
Towards a Theory of Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
This book explores the exciting world of theoretical biology and is divided into three sections. The first section examines the roles played by renowned scientists such as Jacob, Monod, Rosen, Turing, von Bertalanffy, Waddington and Woodger in developing the field of theoretical biology. The second...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
MILS-16 provides an up-to-date review of the impact of alkali metal ions on life. Their bioinorganic chemistry and analytical determination, the solid state structures of bio-ligand complexes and the properties of alkali metal ions in solution in the context of all kinds of biologically relevant ligands...
Genesis - In The Beginning
Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Genesis – In The Beginning deals with the origin and diversity of Life and early biological evolution and discusses the question of where (hot or cold sources) and when the beginning of Life took place. Among the sections are chapters dealing with prebiotic chemical processes and considering self-replication...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Marking the change in focus of tree genomics from single species to comparative approaches, this book covers biological, genomic, and evolutionary aspects of angiosperm trees that provide information and perspectives to support researchers broadening the focus of their research. The diversity of angiosperm...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2009
Temperate forests cover large areas of Europe and perform a number of important functions such as the regulation of energy and matter, production of wood and other resources, and conservation of biodiversity and habitats; they also have special signi?cance in social and cultural contexts. Initiated...
The Biological Mind
How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
A pioneering neuroscientist argues that we are more than our brains
To many, the brain is the seat of personal identity and autonomy. But the way we talk about the brain is often rooted more in mystical conceptions of the soul than in scientific fact. This blinds us to the physical realities...
Islands in the Cosmos
The Evolution of Life on Land
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009
How is it that we came to be here? The search for answers to that question has preoccupied humans for millennia. Scientists have sought clues in the genes of living things, in the physical environments of Earth from mountaintops to the depths of the ocean, in the chemistry of this world and those...
by Michael Jessop, Terry Hill
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
How a simple data module underlies all our thoughts and perceptions.
The biology of our brains is reasonably well understood through research and our knowledge of the laws of chemistry and ultimately physics. Our minds and our day-to-day experiences depend on the operation of the brain, yet...
Hormonal
The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones -- How They Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, Influence Our Choices, and Make Us Wiser
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
The hidden intelligence of hormones and their role in empowering women to succeed sexually, reproductively, and socially.
Did you know women walk more, eat less, socialize more, meet more men, dance more, and flirt more when they're ovulating? Or that PMS may have evolved to get rid of boyfriends...
by Stephen R. Kellert, Scott McVay, Aaron Katcher
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
"Biophilia" is the term coined by Edward O. Wilson to describe what he believes is humanity's innate affinity for the natural world. In his landmark book Biophilia, he examined how our tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes might be a biologically based need, integral to our developmas individuals...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
This compendium of research material on the role of oxidative stress in animal disease and morbidity examines both the general and the specific. Sourced from scientists, veterinarians, and members of the medical community from around the world, it includes chapters on our wider understanding of the...
Systems Biology
Functional Strategies of Living Organisms
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The objective of this book is to present the strategies employed by living organisms on a molecular level and to help understand the basics of Systems Biology. Its content is organized in a way to meet the exponential growth in the volume of biological knowledge, and the need for a multidisciplinary...