Life Sciences: General Issues

There is no part of our bodies that fully rotatesbe it a wrist or ankle or arm in a shoulder socket, we are made to twist only so far. And yet ther...

When a young girl, Cardy Raper told her mother, When I grow up I want to be a scientist and make grand discoveries! Her mother responded, You could...

Our understanding of vertebrate origins and the backbone of human history evolves with each new fossil find and DNA map. Many species have now had ...

Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Cricks 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every ad...

A revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyondBy the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billio...

A comprehensive overview of symbiotic relationships between insects and microbesInsects and Their Beneficial Microbes is an authoritative and acces...

Alaska pollock is everywhere. If youre eating fish but you dont know what kind it is, its almost certainly pollock. Prized for its generic fish tas...

The first annotated edition of the scientific papers that created the foundation of modern neuroscience and physiology The origin of everything kno...

A real-life thriller about a nation in crisis, and the controversial decisions its leaders made during the Covid-19 pandemic. First, the government...

Forensic DNA analysis plays a central role in the judicial system. A DNA sample can change the course of an investigation with immense consequences...

The neuroscience of why bad habits are so hard to breakand how evidence-based strategies can help us change our behavior more effectivelyWe all hav...

How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze usHow do magicians make us see the impossible? The Illusionist Br...

Interestinguseful for photographers as a reference book. Amateur Photographer Has pink always been feminine and blue a mans colour? Why are we gree...

In Close Encounters with Humankind, paleoanthropologist Sang-Hee Lee explores some of our biggest evolutionary questions from unexpected new angles...

A noted conflict-resolution expert explores dignity, its role in human conflict, and its power to improve relationships  This book is a must read f...

Beyond Biofatalism is a lively and penetrating response to the idea that evolutionary psychology reveals human beings to be incapable of building a...

CCTV for Wildlife Monitoring is a handbook on the use of CCTV in nature watching, conservation and ecological research. CCTV offers a unique abilit...

All life on earth occurs in natural assemblages called communities. Community ecology is the study of patterns and processes involving these collec...