Biology, Life Sciences

Focusing on the roles of different segments of DNA, Statistics in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology provides a basic understanding of problems a...

'Reminiscent of Oliver Sacks and the best of medical writing. Fascinating' Abraham Verghese'A rich and humane work' Gwen Adshead, author of The Dev...

Statistics is central in the biosciences, social sciences and other disciplines, yet many students often struggle to learn how to perform statistic...

The Living Universe is a comprehensive, historically nuanced study of the formation of the new scientific discipline of exobiology and its transfor...

During the fifteen years since the bestselling first edition of Folate in Health and Disease was published, there have been thousands of new resear...

This book is an ethnographic exploration of what it means to be human from a more-than-human perspective, the microbial perspective. It engages wit...

This book examines the importance of the animal in modern art theory, using classic texts of modern aesthetics and texts written by modern artists ...

This study presents age-associated pathologic findings in aging rats that had been maintained under similar well-controlled laboratory conditions. ...

By exploring the evolution of the Medici family’s villas, Cultivating the Renaissance charts the shifting politics, philosophy and aesthetics of th...

Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Rabat, Morocco, this ethnography analyzes the relationship between neoliberal development policies, women’s repro...

Known for both its narrative style and scientific rigor, Principles of Behavior is the premier introduction to behavior analysis. Through an explor...

Many genes have been cloned from chicken cells, and during the next decade numerous laboratories will be concentrating their resources in developin...

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.The field of plant physiology includes the study of all chemical and physical processes of pla...

The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. Each title encourages ...

This book provides new information relating recent advances made in the field of plant secondary products. Besides the updation of chapters this ed...

Insect-Plant Interactions is a series devoted to reviews across the breadth of the topic from cellular mechanisms to ecology and evolution. Article...

Imitation: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the topic of imitation behavior in humans, providing a summary of existing scientific research...

Chromatography has many roles in forensic science, ranging from toxicology to environmental analysis. In particular, high-performance liquid chroma...

The existence and functioning of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) challenge the classical structure-function paradigm that equates function...

The chemical properties of superoxide ion, its biological role, and the role of other oxygen radicals which arise as a result of its transformation...

What is consciousness and how can a brain, a mere collection of neurons, create it? In Consciousness and the Social Brain, Princeton neuroscientist...

An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics familiarizes readers with what is considered tested and accepted and in so doing, gives t...

Winner of the 2000 American Studies Network Prize and the Literature and Language Award from the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Early Ame...

One of the largest islands in the world, Madagascar is home to an astonishing array of endemic vertebrate biodiversity. While recent decades have s...

This book unpacks the organized sets of practices that govern contemporary Asian medicine, from production of medications in the lab to their circu...

What happens inside your brain when you look at a tarot card? How do you attribute significance to symbols? In this book, Siddharth Ramakrishnan an...

One of the very few - if not only - books written exclusively related to this topic. This book comprehensively outlines the principles governing th...

The value of psychology as a science has been challenged in phenomenology and in other epistemological trends. The main objective of this book is t...

The American Obesity Association identifies obesity’s link to numerous medical conditions, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular ...

Although the basic statistical theory behind modern genetics is not very difficult, most statistical genetics papers are not easy to read for begin...

These two companion volumes provide a comprehensive review and critical evaluation of the major DSM-III and DSM-III-R child disorders. Their major ...

This book is an ethnographic exploration of what it means to be human from a more-than-human perspective, the microbial perspective. It engages wit...

This publication is a multi-authored attempt to present the scientific fraternity high quality resource material in the field of climate change and...

First published in 1995. It will soon be forty years since the original edition of this work, Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées (1955), appeared in F...

Rhetorical scholarship has for decades relied solely on culture to explain persuasive behavior. While this focus allows for deep explorations of hi...

Winner of the 2000 American Studies Network Prize and the Literature and Language Award from the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Early Ame...

Orchids of Tropical America is an entertaining, informative, and splendidly illustrated introduction to the orchid family for enthusiasts and newco...

The Aesthetic Brain takes readers on an exciting journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Using the latest advances in neuroscience ...

First Published in 1988, this five volume set documents the transmission and growth of Arthropod born viruses. Carefully compiled and filled with a...

Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what might be the most dramatic wor...

While there are numerous resources for practitioners on the subject, the ambiguity remains of what actually constitutes effective multicultural cou...

Where and when did man make his first appearance on this earth? The object of this book is to bring before the public such further facts and values...

Prior to publication the study of animal coloration was plagued by fanciful speculations, post hoc explanations and untestable hypotheses. This tit...

In recent decades, Susan Oyama and her colleagues in the burgeoning field of developmental systems theory have rejected the determinism inherent in...