Biological Sciences category: 21088 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...
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...
Energy and the Social Sciences
An Examination of Research Needs
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Originally published in 1974, this report dwells on the problems of meeting global energy demands and the time, effort and knowledge needed to research new energy methods. With rising costs, the uncertainty of supply from the Middle East and concern over the environmental impact of energy products,...
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
This volume is the first of its kind to present contemporary, state-of-the-art examples of how social science theories, models, and findings can advance all aspects of campus sustainability, an area that has so far been largely neglected. The individual chapters reflect the broad diversity of research...
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,...
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...
AsapSCIENCE
Answers to the World's Weirdest Questions, Most Persistent Rumors, and Unexplained Phenomena
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
The instant New York Times bestselling book of entertaining, irreverent, and totally accessible illustrated answers to the scientific “questions you had no idea were bugging you all your life” (Fast Company), from the creators of the wildly popular YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE.
Why do we...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...