Biology, Life Sciences

Published in 1984, this book explores craniosynostosis, providing a synthesis of diagnostic aspects and the therapeutic orientation derived from bo...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: A level Subject: Science / Biology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 An ActiveBook is included wit...

History and Philosophy of Biology summarizes the major philosophical ideas that have attended the development of science in general and of biology ...

The Tree of Life presents the ultimate phylogenetic tree; featuring 44 chapters each authored by experts in their field, it provides for the first ...

Dunes is the first book in over a decade to incorporate the latest research in this active and fast-developing field. It discusses the shapes, size...

This famous book on botany was published for the first time in 1894 by Eduard Strasburger and his co-workers. The present edition is based on a tra...

Specifically intended for lab-based biomedical researchers, this practical guide shows how to design experiments that are reproducible, with low bi...

In the 1940s, the eminent British botanist John Heslop Harrison proposed a controversial theory: that vegetation on the islands off the west coast ...

Laban''s The Mastery of Movement on the Stage, first published in 1950, quickly came to be accepted as the standard work on his conception of human...

Viruses are some of the simplest infectious agents on the planet, yet can cause severe and even life-threatening diseases in all forms of life - in...

Herpetology, Fourth Edition presents a functional understanding of amphibians and reptiles-what they do and how they do it, and how those attribute...

There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humankind than diet and nutrition. Throughou...

This comprehensive Study Guide reinforces all the key concepts for the 2014 syllabus, ensuring students develop a clear understanding of all the cr...

Exam Board: Salters Nuffield Level: A level Subject: Science / Biology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 An ActiveBook is incl...

What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this gripping and illuminating book, Dr Allan Ropper reveals the extraord...

Comparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. When scientists study chimpanzee cognition, for example, they compare chimp performance on ...

Vision, more than any other sense, dominates our mental life. Our conscious visual experience of the world is so rich and detailed that we can hard...

Biocontrol of major grapevine diseases provides a timely research update on the use of biological control agents and plant resistance inducers agai...

In humans, the perception of odours adds a fourth dimension to life, from the scent of flowers, the aroma of foods, and all the subtle smells in th...