Biology, life sciences

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The field of signal transduction research is one of the fastest growing in all of biomedical research in recent years.

Incorporating a bench-top format, G Proteins: Techniques of Analysis covers essential methods - with a commitment to those techniques of proven and current utility.

Genetic engineering suggests new avenues for constructing useful products, but it also poses hazards to the health of the environment and the public.

Viral Pathogenesis in Diagrams is the first book of its kind to illustrate viral pathogenesis on a comparative basis.

Many scientists have reported an extensive amount of information on the biology, life history, and damage potential of stink bugs.

Understanding biotic stress and plant yield allows for the practical development of economic decision making, an instrumental part of Integrated Pest Management.

Still widely used as gene markers, isozymes detected by zymogram techniques have proven valuable in a range of other biological applications over the last few years.

Insects are among the most diverse and adaptable organisms on Earth.

Thermoregulation is vital for survival but the interplay between toxic insults and thermoregulatory mechanisms is often poorly understood.

Research has generated a number of advances in methods for spatial cluster modelling in recent years, particularly in the area of Bayesian cluster modelling.

We are just beginning to discover the importance of vitamin C in the health of natural and man-made ecosystems.

With stunning regularity, the search for our cosmic roots has been yielding remarkable new discoveries about the universe and our place in it.

Much of the convenience of modern life resides in sheet metal, the cowling shield of most machines and appliances.

Environmental Politics Casebook: Genetically Modified Foods includes testimony, journal and newspaper articles, book chapters, and interest group communications such as press releases and on-line briefs, as well as other studies and reports that constitute the principal elements of the public debate on the genetic modification of food.

With the successful mapping of the human genome, we have entered an age of unprecedented opportunity in which researchers are beginning to apply this vast repository of knowledge to the treatment of human disease.

While other books concentrate on the different facets of aggression, these publications tend to focus on a single aspect of the subject and do not make any attempt to integrate biology and behavior.

Used primarily for characterizing polymers and biological systems, vibrational spectroscopy continues to uncover structural information pertinent to a growing number of applications.

The handling and analysis of data generated by proteomics investigations represent a challenge for computer scientists, biostatisticians, and biologists to develop tools for storing, retrieving, visualizing, and analyzing genomic data.

Food Phytates takes a new look at phytates, including their potential health benefits.

Summarizing current knowledge on symbiotic organisms in the biology of insects, Insect Symbiosis, Volume IIdescribes the diversity of symbiotic bacteria associated with pests such as whiteflies, aphids, mealybugs, psyllids, and tsetse flies.

A look at the personal and professional motivations behind the scientific community's dogmatic rejection of religion and how this impacts the culture.

Looking into the face of our alleged ape ancestor, popular Christian apologist Hank Hanegraaff dissects and debunks the astonishingly weak arguments for the evolutionary theory, revealing it as nothing more than a "e;fairy tale for grown-ups.

As Christians, we are often urged to turn away from scientific discovery and rely solely on the Bible as the source of our faith.

Fake Evidence examines the scientific evidence offered in evolution-creation court cases from the State of Tennessee v.

Since its inception in World War II, the clinical trial has evolved into a standard procedure in determining therapeutic efficacy in many Western industrial democracies.

Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice?

Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms.

A whip-smart, dark comedy for fans of Sally Rooney, Fleabag and My Year of Rest and Relaxation'Janet is my soulmate' LUCY MANGAN'Surprising and irreverent' NEW YORK TIMES***If there was a pill that promised happiness.

THE FOUR MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe brilliantly argued and impassioned classic polemic from the world s best-known atheist.

A remarkable look at the rarest butterflies, how global changes threaten their existence, and how we can bring them back from near-extinctionMost of us have heard of such popular butterflies as the Monarch or Painted Lady.

A comprehensive account of the origins, evolution, and behavior of South and Central American primatesNew World Monkeys brings to life the beauty of evolution and biodiversity in action among South and Central American primates, who are now at risk.

How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee coloniesHumans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild.

The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary beesWhile social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less than 10 percent of all bee species in the world.

From the author of the groundbreaking, international bestseller The Female Brain comes this eagerly awaited follow-up.

The description of creation as it appears in the Bible makes no sense.

Following on from the international success of The Naked Woman, bestselling zoologist Desmond Morris turns his attention to the human male.

Have you ever wondered why it takes so long to get out of bed in the morning?

A must-read for anyone who has ever wondered why people do what they do, from the popular author of The Naked Ape.

Timothy Ferris, bestselling author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way, brilliantly synthesizes inner and outer space with a penetrating examination into the nature of the universe and the human brain that perceives it.

From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelMore than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee.

Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged.

Birds of Prey of the West and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the East, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published.

"Die Bestimmung der Stellung des Menschen in der Natur und seiner Beziehungen zur Gesamtheit der Dinge, diese Frage aller Fragen für die Menschheit, wie sie Huxley mit Recht genannt hat, wird durch jene Erkenntnis der tierischen Abstammung des Menschengeschlechts endgültig gelöst.

Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings?

The Manx Shearwater ranks amongst the world's most evocative seabirds.

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and author of the international bestseller The Double Helix, tells the story of the amazing molecule since its discovery fifty years ago, following modern genetics from his own Nobel prize-winning work in the fifties to today's Dolly the sheep, designer babies and GM foods.

When George Price died in January 1975, his funeral in London was attended by five homeless men.

All human cultures seem to make music - today and through history.

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHORHere is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war.