Human biology

As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies.

Why do animals, plants, and people look like their parents?

Learn all about COVID-19, including its global spread, social distancing guidelines, and the search for a vaccine.

Nighttime for many new parents in the United States is fraught with the intense challenges of learning to breastfeed and helping their babies sleep so they can get rest themselves.

Breastfeeding and child feeding at the center of nurturing practices, yet the work of nurture has escaped the scrutiny of medical and social scientists.

To be human is to be curious.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go into outer space?

Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values.

Why do human beings behave as they do?

Up-to-date scientific information will engage readers as they learn about Venus.

Biochemical Correlates of Brain Structure and Function deals with the biochemical correlates of brain structure and function, providing some examples of contemporary work interrelating structure with function of the nervous system.

Human Biological Diversity is an introductory textbook designed to cover the key contemporary topics in the study of human variation and human biology within the field of physical anthropology.

This book examines the future of birthing practices, particularly by focusing on epidural analgesia in childbirth.

Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health addresses the sexual and reproductive health needs of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) women from a structural and intersectional perspective.

Charles Darwin's groundbreaking On the Origin of Species is now available in an accessible, illustrated edition for young readers that includes an introduction, glossary, modern insight and information, and more!

This book focuses on the development of the National Museum of Natural History's David H.

The electromagnetic spectrum is a vital part of our environment.

This book provides a philosophical analysis of the experience of health and investigates how this experience is shaped by recent developments in medicine and public health.

This groundbreaking book repositions C.

Book Features:* Ages 4-8, Grades PreK-2* 16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches* Simple, patterned Spanish text with full-color pictures* Includes comprehension questions, writing prompts, and high frequency words* Graphic organizers and photo glossary includedBring Learning to Life: In Listos para las Ciencias: !

In this lively and informative book, beginning readers will be introduced to the physical characteristics of stars - as well as the major stars in our solar system.

When you flip a light switch, it turns on the light.

Textbook of Arterial Stiffness and Pulsatile Hemodynamics in Health and Disease, Two Volume Set covers the principles, physiology, biologic pathways, clinical implications and therapeutics surrounding arterial stiffness and pulsatile hemodynamics, along with a thorough overview of the field.

Advances in Radiation Biology, Volume 6: Effects of Low Dose and Low Dose Rate Radiation examines the biological effects of low dose and low dose rate ionizing radiation on a broad scale, covering various articles from microdosimetry to analyses of human responses.

Interest in interleukin-1 (IL-1) has increased dramatically over the last decade, but has been largely restricted to immunologists, cell biologists and those studying inflammation and cancer.

Global Change and Our Common Future includes 22 edited presentations from the Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future.

Connect students in grades 5 and up with science using Light and Color.

Each book in the Learn Every Day series features one hundred activities contributed by teachers around the world.

This volume provides the first detailed overview of the growing phenomenon of the international migration of skilled health workers.

What is work?

This book delves into the intricate landscape of respiratory diseases among older people, shedding light on their biosocial encounters while grappling with chronic breathlessness.

Der Weltraummediziner und Physiologe Hanns-Christian Gunga beobachtet den menschlichen Körper unter physischen und psychischen Extrembelastungen – und erklärt, warum die Wissenschaft längst noch nicht alle Geheimnisse gelüftet hat:Wie wirkt sich Isolation auf unseren Körper aus?

This thirteenth of 15 short atlases reimagines the classic 5 volume Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development.

Exam Board: AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas Level: A-level Subject: Biology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: Summer 2017Master the skills you need to set yourself apart and hit the highest grades; this year-round course companion develops the higher-order thinking skills that top-achieving students possess, providing step-by-step guidance, examples and tips for getting an A grade.

Calcium And Cell Function, Volume II covers the status of the multifunctional role of calcium in cell function.

How does a mind think magically?

Protides of the Biological Fluids is a compendium of papers presented at the XIX Colloquium held at Bruges in 1971.

This is the coronal plane that governs the weavings of remembrance and anticipation, recollections of the past and expectations of the future.

This book is an ethnographic work that uses a critical medical anthropology approach to examine the concept of fever care in the context of southern India.

The space is outdoors.

Book Features:* 32 Pages, 7 inches x 9 inches* Ages 8-13, Grades 3-8 Leveled Readers, Lexile 520L* Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant images* Features exciting facts about birds to engage early readers* Includes glossary words, after-reading questions, an extension activity, and a memory gameThe Magic Of Reading: Introduce your child to the magic of reading and animals with Dangerous.

Did you know that Neptune is the windiest planet in the solar system?

In Israel, where the Orthodox rabbinate wields historically sanctioned influence over the legal definitions of marriage and parenthood, same-sex parenthood raises important questions such as what constitutes belonging to the national collective, who has the authority to define the norms of reproduction, and where the boundaries of Orthodox Judaism begin and end.

Build your students' scientific thinking and practical skills with this Third Edition textbook, developed specifically for the 2017 GCSE specifications, from the No.

Sex Differences in Physiology is an all-encompassing reference that details basic science research into sex differences in all physiological fields.

From khat to kava to ketamine, drugs are constitutive parts of cultures, identities, economies and livelihoods.

A methodological textbook on autoethnography should be easily distinguishable from the standard methods text.

Landing spacecraft on Mars is difficult and risky.

Astronauts first reached Earth's moon over fifty years ago, bringing back moon dirt and rocks to study.

This book provides a solid basis to understand two centuries of bodily measurement practices and their scientific and political scope throughout the Western world.