Biology, life sciences

"e;Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation is a staple for any forensic science library and is routinely referenced by professional organizations as a study guide for certifications.

This book is an invaluable tool for studying and reviewing key concepts in forensic pathology.

This volume of the Bioenergy Plants compendium contains a collection of chapters that focus on the history, economics, and practical sciences related to sugarcane.

Originally published in 2003, Covered Waters is a "e;forgotten classic"e; by Joseph Heywood.

When dealing with previously abused or naturally skittish dogs, it's easy to get frustrated.

From the acclaimed author of Fragrance of Grass comes a meditation on water and nature, fishing and growing older.

Best-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius.

Greatand unforgettable stories about the passion of fishing by some of the world's best writers.

A multi-authored and comprehensive text, Cell Physiology Source Book enables graduate students in various biological sub-disciplines to gain a thorough understanding of cell physiology.

The inaugural title in an upcoming series of species-specific tying manuals produced in coordination with Fly Tyer magazine, Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Trout Flies provides the beginning and intermediate fly fisher with everything he or she needs to know in order to successfully tie the most successful, tried and true trout patterns.

Thoroughly revised, with more than thirty new streams and up-to-date maps, this is the best guide to the best trout fishing in America.

In this comprehensive and readable guide, Tom Rosenbauer shares his vast knowledge of fly fishing when there is no hatch.

In this introductory text, Dr.

Urknall-Reste und Sternenstaub: das Wunder des menschlichen KörpersKönnen Sie sich das vorstellen?

Discover the pleasures of watching insects with this fun, informative, and marvelously illustrated how-to guideInsects are the most abundant wildlife on the planetbut also the least observed.

A multi-authored and comprehensive text, Cell Physiology Source Book enables graduate students in various biological sub-disciplines to gain a thorough understanding of cell physiology.

Steroid hormones are unique compounds in that they are active at the interface of peripheral endocrine events and neural mechanisms.

Pulsatility is now recognized as a nearly ubiquitous functional feature of neuroendocrine systems.

Many of the phospholipases and even the receptor for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate have recently been cloned and sequenced and play an important role in neurotransmission.

Research in neural modeling and neural networks has escalated dramatically in the last decade, acquiring along the way terms and concepts, such as learning, memory, perception, recognition, which are the basis of neuropsychology.

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.

Biochemistry of Brain is a collection of articles dealing with the developments in the biochemistry of the brain.

Sleep has hardly changed since Paleolithic humans snoozed soundly in their caves.

Trophic Regulation of the Basal Ganglia: Focus on Dopamine Neurons examines neurotransmitters.

Chromosome Techniques: Theory and Practice, Third Edition focuses on chromosome research.

Biotechnology in Growth Regulation focuses on mechanisms of action of growth hormones and how immunological and transgenic procedures can affect growth response.

This book is a fundamental guide to understanding plant structure offering plant scientists, plant biologists and horticulturalists in practice, academic life and in training.

Tröstlich, einzigartig, inspirierend – Elisabeth Tova Baileys Spiegel-Bestseller ist die perfekte Lektüre für ungewisse Zeiten und jetzt endlich als schön illustrierte Neuausgabe erhältlich!

Biomedical ScienceChinese herbal medicine represents complementary or adjunctive therapies that often can improve the efficacy of Western medicine to achieve the pharmacological effects, especially in cancer treatment.

Maintaining its user-friendly approach, this new edition of a bestseller summarizes information necessary for the effective and efficient operation of an IACUC.

El contenido de este libro recopila el trabajo de investigación llevado a cabo en los últimos cinco años por el grupo de investigación Ética, Lenguaje y Epistemología de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP).

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From one of America's best-known biologists, a revolutionary new way of thinking about evolution that shows ';why, in light of our origins, humans are still special' (Edward J.

How to be more humanFor 95 per cent of our time on earth, Homo sapiens were hunter gatherers.

"e;Biological Insights of Multi-Omics Technologies in Human Diseases' provides detailed information about the basics of multi-omic technologies including ethics, historical perspective, science, drug discovery, and development and metabolism.

This volume is the third in the Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science series sponsored by the Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS).

This book presents the work on aphasia coming out of the Institute for Aphasia and Stroke in Norway during its 10 years of existence.

Boeing's 737 is indisputably the most popular and arguably the safest commercial airliner in the world.

Much has been written about the effects of increased UV radiation caused by stratospheric ozone depletion on the weather, but there has been a dearth of publications on the role of UV on ecosystems as a whole.

Leading bioethicists and philosophers examine and debate the question of how the health care system should deal with using complimentary and alternative medicines.

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How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?

'Promises a new route through the parenting wilds' Sunday Times'Powerful, honest and reassuring' Professor Gina Rippon'A vital new narrative .

In this entertaining and accessible exploration of love, Oxford anthropologist Dr Anna Machin dives into the science behind the myriad types of love that exist in the world, including romantic love, parental love, friendships, love for pets, football teams, religious love and even love for our smartphones.

Can we give Grandma a Viking funeral?

'A thought-provoking and worthwhile read' THE TIMES'A timely, challenging book' GUARDIAN'[A] rich, intriguing book' NATUREWE ARE MUCH MORE CONNECTED TO NATURE AND EACH OTHER THAN WE REALISE .

'A fascinating and challenging story' New York Review of Books 'This is an incredibly absorbing and insightful book about the most important scientific question of our age' Mark Miodownik, author of Stuff Matters'The story of the quest to understand life's genesis is a universal one, in which everyone can find pleasure and fascination.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Nobody deals with challenging subjects more interestingly and compellingly than Adam Rutherford, and this may be his best book yet.