Biology category: 3817 books
Fred Sanger - Double Nobel Laureate
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Considered 'the father of genomics', Fred Sanger (1918–2013) paved the way for the modern revolution in our understanding of biology. His pioneering methods for sequencing proteins, RNA and, eventually, DNA earned him two Nobel Prizes. He remains one of only four scientists (and the only British...
by Yang Kuang, John D. Nagy, Steffen E. Eikenberry
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Introduction to Mathematical Oncology presents biologically well-motivated and mathematically tractable models that facilitate both a deep understanding of cancer biology and better cancer treatment designs. It covers the medical and biological background of the diseases, modeling issues, and existing...
Correlation-based network analysis of cancer metabolism
A new systems biology approach in metabolomics
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
With the rise of systems biology as an approach in biochemistry research, using high throughput techniques such as mass spectrometry to generate metabolic profiles of cancer metabolism is becoming increasingly popular. There are examples of cancer metabolic profiling studies in the academic literature;...
by Michael Ruse
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Simply Darwin tells the story of Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) and his theory of evolution through natural selection. On one level, the book portrays a dedicated scientist who, through careful observation and brilliant insight, became convinced that organisms were the end product of a long,...
All the Boats on the Ocean
How Government Subsidies Led to Global Overfishing
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Most current fishing practices are neither economically nor biologically sustainable. Every year, the world spends $80 billion buying fish that cost $105 billion to catch, even as heavy fishing places growing pressure on stocks that are already struggling with warmer, more acidic oceans. How have...
by Elspeth Michaels
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK In a 2006 interview with Meet the Author, the year when The Selfish Gene celebrated its 30th anniversary, Richard Dawkins had this to say: “...If I had to write it again, I wouldn’t write it very differently. It has been described as a revolutionary book, in one respect...
by Ben Williams
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Learn all about the incredible things your heart, lungs, arteries, and circulatory system do and how to keep them healthy and strong! With vibrant images and informational text in conjunction with supportive diagrams and stimulating facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction title introduces readers to basic biology and vocabulary.
by John Green
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
The human body is an infinitely complex marvel of fine design, superbly adapted to its functions. A host of specialized organs, bones, muscles, nerve fibers, blood vessels, and other anatomical features work together in harmony to maintain the network of interrelated body systems necessary to maintain...
Invisible Enemies
Stories of Infectious Disease
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2022
In this fully revised third edition of the 1998 original, Jeanette Farrell tells the gripping stories of mankind's struggles against deadliest diseases in human history—including malaria, leprosy and cholera—updated to reflect new medical and social developments such as the continuing ravages...
Evolution
How Life Adapts to a Changing Environment with 25 Projects
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Why do humans walk on two legs? Why do fish have gills? Life on Earth is incredibly diverse and part of the reason for this is evolution, or the theory that living things change with time. Evolution: How Life Adapts to a Changing Environment explores the theory of evolution, its history, how we think...
The Cancer Chronicles
Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a revolution under way—an explosion...
Liars, Lovers, and Heroes
What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
This exciting, timely book combines cutting-edge findings in neuroscience with examples from history and recent headlines to offer new insights into who we are. Introducing the new science of cultural biology, born of advances in brain imaging, computer modeling, and genetics, Drs. Quartz and Sejnowski...
I Contain Multitudes
The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin—a “microbe’s-eye view” of the world that reveals a marvelous,...