Other Sciences category: 9579 books
Science Unshackled
How Obscure, Abstract, Seemingly Useless Scientific Research Turned Out to Be the Basis for Modern Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Why in the world are we paying for all this "basic" research? The answer to this question becomes clear in this romp through the "seemingly useless" world of pure science, where one thing leads to another in ways that result in major scientific advancements.
With a novelistic...
Only a Theory
Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2008
A highly regarded scientist’s examination of the battle between evolution and intelligent design, and its implications for how science is practiced in America.
by James D. Watson, Ph.D., Alexander Gann
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA, an annotated and illustrated edition of this classic book gives new insights into the personal relationships between James Watson, Frances Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin, and the making of a scientific revolution.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology--both plant and animal. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, control of cell development and differentiation, and cell transformation...
by Ram J. Singh
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Cytogenetics plays an important role in understanding the chromosomal and genetic architecture of plant species. Plant Cytogenetics, Third Edition follows the tradition of its predecessors presenting theoretical and practical aspects of plant cytogenetics. Chapters describe correct handling of plant...
Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery
The Race to Find the Body's Own Morphine
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The “fascinating” story of the global scientific race to discover and unlock the power of endorphins—the body’s own morphine (The New Yorker).
In 1973, scientists John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz were studying pig brains in an underfunded laboratory in Aberdeen, Sweden. During their...
The Undead
Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Important and provocative, The Undead examines why even with the tools of advanced technology, what we think of as life and death, consciousness and nonconsciousness, is not exactly clear and how this problem has been further complicated by the business of organ harvesting.
Dick Teresi, a science...
Life at the Speed of Light
From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
“Venter instills awe for biology as it is, and as it might become in our hands.” —Publishers Weekly
On May 20, 2010, headlines around the world announced one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in modern science: the creation of the world’s first synthetic lifeform. In Life at...
Stem Cells
An Insider's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Stem Cells: An Insider's Guide is an exciting new book that takes readers inside the world of stem cells guided by international stem cell expert, Dr. Paul Knoepfler. Stem cells are catalyzing a revolution in medicine. The book also tackles the exciting and hotly debated area of stem cell treatments...
The People's Peking Man
Popular Science and Human Identity in Twentieth-Century China
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
In the 1920s an international team of scientists and miners unearthed the richest evidence of human evolution the world had ever seen: Peking Man. After the communist revolution of 1949, Peking Man became a prominent figure in the movement to bring science to the people. In a new state with twin goals...
Making Marie Curie
Intellectual Property and Celebrity Culture in an Age of Information
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
In many ways, Marie Curie represents modern science. Her considerable lifetime achievements—the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the only woman to be awarded the Prize in two fields, and the only person to be awarded Nobel Prizes in multiple sciences—are studied by schoolchildren across...
Through a Window
My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
The renowned British primatologist continues the “engrossing account” of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania (Publishers Weekly).
In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting...
Novel Science
Fiction and the Invention of Nineteenth-Century Geology
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Novel Science is the first in-depth study of the shocking, groundbreaking, and sometimes beautiful writings of the gentlemen of the “heroic age” of geology and of the contribution these men made to the literary culture of their day. For these men, literature was an essential part of the practice...
Permanent Present Tense
The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M.
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental psychosurgical” procedure-a targeted lobotomy-in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected-when Henry awoke, he could no longer form new memories, and for the rest of his life would be trapped...