Life Sciences: General Issues

It's time for a story of human evolution that goes beyond describing ape-men and talks about what women and children were doing. In a few decades,...

The relentless loss of biodiversity is among the greatest problems facing the world today. The third edition of this established textbook provides ...

Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrödinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' This problem has puzzled biolo...

Understanding geometry, physics, and biology This is a highly informative and richly illustrated nonfiction book that conveys scientific content ...

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other speciesThe Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evoluti...

Why do we love music? What enables us to create it, perceive it, and enjoy it? In From Perception to Pleasure, Robert Zatorre provides answers to t...

What if experiencing a good life involves more than just pleasure?Revealing the surprising roots of lasting happiness, pre-eminent psychologist Pa...

For decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional em...

How recent breakthroughs in longevity research offer clues about human agingAll of us would like to live longer, or to slow the debilitating effect...

After his famous visit to the Galapagos Islands, Darwin speculated that one might fancy that, from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago...

The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeho...

This major reference is an overview of the current state of theoretical ecology through a series of topical entries centered on both ecological and...

What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on ...

Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilie...

Die 10. Auflage dieses etablierten Standardwerks für Wasserfachleute bietet dem Leser einen breiten Überblick zu chemischen, hydrogeologischen und ...

This new edition of College Physics Essentials provides a streamlined update of a major textbook for algebra-based physics. This is the first volum...

The goal of this book is to be an accessible guide for undergraduate and graduate students to the new field of data-driven biology. Next-generation...

When did science fiction become science fact? When did time start from, and all matter form? Ripples in the Ether II explores these questions and d...

The second volume of this book series synthesizes nomenclature, systematics, and descriptions of North American mammal species. Clear, simple and i...

'An essential primer on humanitys ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life . . . Excellent . . . Ball is a terrific writer.' Adam Rutherfor...

This two-volume work focuses on the mathematical aspects of Darwinian evolution starting from the basic model of stochastic evolution of a single i...

In this follow-up to Islands and Snakes, this book contains 15 chapters describing diversity and conservation of snakes on islands, with foci on se...

This book provides a comprehensive explanation of rainfed farming, dryland agriculture, and watershed management concepts. Despite utilizing all av...

An increasing amount of usable space on our planet is crowded by humans. Whether we are using the space for permanent homes, vacation homes, travel...