Biology
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Visual EcologyVisual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have evolved, and how they are specialized for particular visual tasks. Visual Ecology provides the first up-to-date synthesis of the field to appear in more...
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Bugs Rule!: An Introduction to the World of InsectsThe essential illustrated introduction to insects for nonscience majors Bugs Rule provides a lively introduction to the biology and natural history of insects and their noninsect cousins, such as spiders, scorpions, and centipedes. This richly illustrated textbook features more than 830 color photos, a...
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Random Walks in Biology: New and Expanded EditionThis book is a lucid, straightforward introduction to the concepts and techniques of statistical physics that students of biology, biochemistry, and biophysics must know. It provides a sound basis for understanding random motions of molecules, subcellular particles, or cells, or of processes that depend...
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Mama's Milk / Mamá Me AlimentaCelebrating the warm and loving bond between mammal mamas and their babies, this lushly illustrated book shows little ones doing what comes naturally-nursing. A perfect choice for cuddling up with a breast-feeding child or preschoolers who wonder how new babies get fed. Now available...
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The Ecology of Freshwater MolluscsHere is a comprehensive review of the ecology of freshwater bivalves and gastropods worldwide. Robert Dillon discusses the ecology of these species in its broadest sense, including diet, habitat, and reproductive biology to emphasize the tremendous diversity of these freshwater invertebrates. He develops a...
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Seaweed Ecology and PhysiologyIn coastal seas, from the tropics to the poles, seaweeds supply the energy required to support diverse coastal marine life and provide habitat for invertebrates and fish. Retaining the highly successful approach and structure of the first edition, this is a synthesis of the...
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Mountain Gorillas: Three Decades of Research at KarisokeOver thirty years ago, Dian Fossey established the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda to study the behavior and ecology of mountain gorillas. Some of the offspring of the gorillas first studied by Fossey are still being observed today and the long-term observations on known...
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Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America Volume 8As recently as 11,000 years ago--"near time" to geologists--mammoths, mastodons, gomphotheres, ground sloths, giant armadillos, native camels and horses, the dire wolf, and many other large mammals roamed North America. In what has become one of science's greatest riddles, these large animals vanished in...
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Raptors of California: Volume 82Raptors--the charismatic group of birds that includes hawks, eagles, and falcons--evoke power, swiftness, and grace. Raptors, or birds of prey, gaze calmly about while at rest, exuding confidence and nobility, and, while soaring aloft, they are absolute icons of the California landscape. Featuring descriptions...
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Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution"Microcosmos is nothing less than the saga of the life of the planet. Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan have put it all together, literally, in this extraordinary book, which is unlike any treatment of evolution for a general readership that I have encountered before....
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Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution and BehaviorA book accessible to all readers, whatever their level of numeracy ... an excellent introduction to what theoretical biologists get up to in trying to understand evolutionary and ecological ideas. ― NatureWhy are there only two sexes? Why do stags restrain their aggression in...
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An Introduction to the Study of Experimental MedicineClear and penetrating presentation of the basic principles of scientific research from the great French physiologist whose contributions in the 19th century included the discovery of vasomotor nerves; nature of curare and other poisons in human body; functions of pancreatic juice in digestion; elucidation...
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Basic Biology: An IntroductionLife is Earth's most fascinating and incredible feature. It is what makes this planet so special. Yet, we take it for granted every day. From birds to bees, bacteria to humans, there is such a splendor of life that inhabits this spectacular planet and...
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Topobiology: An Introduction to Molecular EmbryologyIf you had a complete copy of a dinosaur's DNA and the genetic code, you still would not be able to make a dinosaur--or even determine what one looked like. Why? How do animals get their shape and how does shape evolve? In this...
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Hospitalization, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Surgery in Iran: The Lifecycle of Medical SciencesHospitalization, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Surgery in Iran: The Lifecycle of Medical Sciences provides a complete understanding of the lifecycle of medicine in the underserved area of Iran. Coverage elucidates the importance of communication between scientists in different countries for the further development of research...
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The Tree of Life: Charles DarwinIn this brilliant presentation of a revolutionary thinker's life, the picture book becomes an art formAs far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men . . . Charles Darwin was, above all else, an independent...
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Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer GermsA leading epidemiologist shares his powerful and necessary stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone). Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited...
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El Origen de Las Especies: Una Adaptación de Sabina RadevaEn 1831, Darwin se embarc en un viaje de cinco a os alrededor del mundo en el nav o HMS Beagle. En 1859 public Sobre el origen de las especies, donde describe sus hallazgos. Su libro sigue siendo un xito en ventas a lo...
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Varanoid Lizards of the WorldThe large and impressive monitor lizard (genus Varanus) has attracted a great deal of interest. Despite being wary and difficult to observe, monitors have received an extraordinary amount of attention from devoted students. Varanoid Lizards of the World is a comprehensive account of virtually...
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Describing Species: Practical Taxonomic Procedure for BiologistsNew species are discovered every day--and cataloguing all of them has grown into a nearly insurmountable task worldwide. Now, this definitive reference manual acts as a style guide for writing and filing species descriptions. New collecting techniques and new technology have led to a...
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