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The Moral Brain
Essays on the Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Aspects of Morality
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2009
Scientists no longer accept the existence of a distinct moral organ as phrenologists once did. A generation of young neurologists is using advanced technological medical equipment to unravel specific brain processes enabling moral cognition. In addition, evolutionary psychologists have formulated...
Smallpox: The Death of a Disease
The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2009
For more than 3000 years, hundreds of millions of people have died or been left permanently scarred or blind by the relentless, incurable disease called smallpox. In 1967, Dr. D.A. Henderson became director of a worldwide campaign to eliminate this disease from the face of the earth. This spellbinding...
The Life Puzzle
On Crystals and Organisms and on the Possibility of a Crystal as an Ancestor
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1971
What is the origin of life? Molecular biology shows us one kind, but in thinking about it we must consider those generalised aspects of living organisation that are common to all conceivable forms of life. The author believes that only a combination of general biological theory and particular chemical...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
The biological membranes of cellular organization enfold an important group of membrane proteins called the ATPases, which are not only versatile in maintaining chemical gradient and electrical potential across the membrane but also bring metabolites necessary for cell metabolism and drive out toxins,...
The Development of Social Engagement
Neurobiological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2005
The Development of Social Engagement, edited by Peter J. Marshall and Nathan A. Fox, brings together some of the latest research on social engagement processes across a range of life stages and species. The opening chapters provide overviews of cutting-edge research on social engagement in areas such...
The Aliens Among Us
How Invasive Species Are Transforming the Planet—and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
A thoughtful, accessible look at the rapidly growing issue of invasive plants, animals, and microbes around the globe with a focus on the scientific issues and ecological, health, and other challenges
From an award-winning adventure and science journalist comes an eye-opening exploration of...
Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 28
Ecology for Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
This book presents ecological principles and applications of managing biodiversity in agriculture to decrease pesticide use and produce safe food. Major topics include ecosystem services biological pest control, conservation agriculture, drought stress, and soil biodiversity, carbon and fertilisation.
Segmented Negative Strand Viruses
Arenaviruses, Bunyaviruses, and Orthomyxoviruses
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Segmented Negative Strand Viruses: Arenaviruses, Bunyaviruses, and Orthomyxoviruses is a collection of proceedings presented at the 5th International Symposium on Negative Strand Viruses, held at Hilton Head, South Carolina, on September 11-17, 1983. The papers focus on three virus families with segmented...
Aqua Soil
Our Evolution, Biological and Cultural
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2009
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The Parasite-Stress Theory of Values and Sociality
Infectious Disease, History and Human Values Worldwide
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
This book develops and tests an ecological and evolutionary theory of the causes of human values—the core beliefs that guide people’s cognition and behavior—and their variation across time and space around the world. We call this theory the parasite-stress theory of values or the parasite-stress...
Robustness, Plasticity, and Evolvability in Mammals
A Thermal Niche Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
Among the unresolved topics in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology are the origins, mechanisms, evolution, and consequences of developmental and phenotypic diversity. In an attempt to address these challenges, plasticity has been investigated empirically and theoretically at all levels of...
Phylogeography of California
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Phylogeography of California examines the evolution of a variety of taxa—ancient and recent, native and migratory—to elucidate evolutionary events both major and minor that shaped the distribution, radiation, and speciation of the biota of California. The book also interprets evolutionary history...
Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology
Volume I
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The impact of evolutionary theory on the philosophy of science has been no less profound than its impact on the science of biology itself. Advances in this theory provide a rich set of examples for thinking about the nature of scientific explanation and the structure of science. Many of the developments...
Virtual Organisms
The Startling World of Artificial Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Harmless artificial life forms are on the loose on the Internet. Computer viruses and even robots are now able to evolve like their biological counterparts. Telecommunications companies are sending small packets of software to go forth and multiply to cope with ever-increasing telephone traffic. Protein-based...