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The Brain

Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman on a whistle-stop tour of the inner cosmos. It's a journey that will take you into the world ...

The Extended Phenotype - The Long Reach of the Gene

The 'extended phenotype' is Dawkins' key contribution to the gene's eye view of evolution given in The Selfish Gene. He shows that the in...

The Red Queen - Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Mat...

Determined - The Science of Life Without Free Will

One of the world¿s greatest scientists of human behaviour, the bestselling author of Behave, shows that free will does not exist - and se...

Eve - The Disobedient Future of Birth

SELECTED AS A NEW SCIENTIST 'BOOKS TO EXPAND YOUR MIND' 'THOUGHTFUL ... EXAMINES THE BOUNDARIES OF MOTHERHOOD THROUGH AN UNUSUAL LENS: AR...

A Natural History of the Future - What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species

Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Nat...

The Logic of Life - A History of Heredity

"The most remarkable history of biology that has ever been written."--Michel Foucault Nobel Prize-winning scientist François Jacob's The ...

Why Only Us - Language and Evolution

Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable,...

How Biology Works - The Facts Visually Explained

Discover everything you need to know about biology, with the simplest most visual guide to the science of life. How do vaccines work? Wha...

The Biology Book - Big Ideas Simply Explained

Learn about the most important discoveries and theories of this science in The Biology Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, th...

The Biology Book - Big Ideas Simply Explained

Discover and understand the key ideas that underpin the core science of biology and learn about the great minds who uncovered them. Writt...

The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness

An Architectural Record Notable Book A fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our built environment Modern humans are an indoor spec...

Tsukemono - Decoding the Art and Science of Japanese Pickling

One of the best-kept secrets of Japanese cuisine is a range of side dishes known as tsukemono (¿¿¿¿, ¿¿). The word, pronounced ¿tskay-moh...

Coastal Phytoplankton - Photo Guide for Northern European Seas

Coastal phytoplankton boasts an incredible diversity of life forms. It is not rare to find 40 or 50 different species in just a few drops...

Incomplete Nature - How Mind Emerged from Matter

As scientists study the minutiae of subatomic particles, neural connections, and molecular compounds, their attempts at a "theory of ever...

Research Ethics for Scientists - A Companion for Students

Research Ethics for Scientists A fully updated textbook helping advanced students and young scientists navigate the ethical challenges th...

Evolution of the Human Head

An exhaustive history of the human cranium and a guide to how each part of it functions.

IB Biology Course Book 2014 edition: Oxford IB Diploma Programme

The most comprehensive coverage of the 2014 syllabus for both SL and HL, this completely revised edition gives you unrivalled support for...

Thinking about Science - Good Science, Bad Science, and How to Make It Better

Thinking about Science: Good Science, Bad Science, and How to Make It Better A riveting exploration of the world of science, diving headf...

Advanced Biology

Written by an experienced author and teacher for students of all abilities, Advanced Biology will spark interest and motivate your A-Leve...

Biology: A Global Approach, Global Edition

This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include conte...

Principles of Development

All the key principles of developmental biology that students need to know, underpinned by experimental evidence, and an exploration of t...

Biology: How Life Works (International Edition)

Biology: How Life Works helps introductory majors students understand the story of biology.

Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Physiology (International Edition)

From the groundbreaking partnership of Macmillan Learning and Scienti¿c American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of ...

Molecular Biology - Principles and Practice

Written and illustrated with unsurpassed clarity, Molecular Biology: Principles and Practice introduces fundamental concepts while exposi...

DNA Traffic in the Environment

This book comprehensively discusses our current understanding of the role and biological mechanisms of horizontal transfer of genetic ele...

Life in Our Phage World

We share the Earth with more than 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 phages. Everywhere they thrive, from well-fed guts to near-b...

Platelets and Megakaryocytes - Volume 4, Advanced Protocols and Perspectives

The main aim of this fourth volume is to complement the first three volumes published in 2004 and 2012 by adding advanced methodologies a...

The Integrin Interactome - Methods and Protocols

This volume provides the most cutting edge technologies related to the study of integrin activation and the characterization of their vas...

Pheromone Signaling - Methods and Protocols

Providing experimental methods and protocols for performing pheromone research in a variety of organisms ranging from invertebrates to ve...

Bacterial Pathogenesis and Antibacterial Control

Bacterial pathogens have been becoming the main problem in hospital and community-acquired infections. It is hard to treat the strains th...

African Paleoecology and Human Evolution

"Early hominins were not limited to particular sites or localities in a paleontological or archeological sense but lived and died in comp...

Human Cell Transformation - Advances in Cell Models for the Study of Cancer and Aging

This book, part contributed volume, part proceedings, discusses state-of-the-art advances on human cell transformation in cell models for...

Cyanobacteria Biotechnology

Guides the reader through the interesting and useful aspects of cyanobacteria metabolism but will keep true to a biotechnology vision.

Neglected Tropical Diseases - North America

This volume of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) series covers the most prevalent NTDs in North America. This book discusses in detai...

Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses - Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites

Humans suffer from numerous parasitic foodborne zoonoses, many of which are caused by helminths. The helminth zoonoses of concern in this...

Periodontal Pathogens - Methods and Protocols

This book addresses the major periodontal pathogens implicated as causal agents in periodontal disease, including Porphyromonas gingivali...

The Marine Microbiome

This updated and expanded second edition reviews numerous aspects of the marine microbiome and its possible industrial applications. The ...

Microbial Polymers - Applications and Ecological Perspectives

This book cover all types of microbe based polymers and their application in diverse sectors with special emphasis on agriculture. It col...

The Ecology of Cyanobacteria - Their Diversity in Time and Space

Cyanobacteria make a major contribution to world photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation, but are also notorious for causing nuisances such ...

Living on Earth

The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith's three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began w...

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Rooted in Time - Living Fossils and Other Tenacious Plants

"This work showcases 17 groups of plants, and is complemented with photos and specially rendered illustrations"--

The Evolution of Sex - Strategies of Males and Females

Written from an evolutionary perspective, The Evolution of Sex emphasizes the idea that males and females are influenced by different bio...

The Osteology of Reptiles and Amphibians: A Modern Comparative Atlas of North American Species

The Osteology of Reptiles and Amphibians: A Modern Comparative Atlas of North American Species is a comprehensive guide on all skeletal s...

At the Foot of the Himalayas - Paleontology and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Siwalik Record

This authoritative volume brings together decades of insights from one of the longest terrestrial fossil records on the planet. The fable...

Evolutionary Medicine

With recent updates, the second edition of Evolutionary Medicine presents general principles of evolutionary biology and organismal desig...

Space Physiology - From Earth to Space and Back Again

Space Physiology: From Earth to Space and Back Again provides readers with new and authoritative information about current and important ...

Breaking Tolerance to Pancreatic Cancer Unresponsiveness to Immunotherapy - Volume 5

Breaking Tolerance to Pancreatic Cancer Unresponsiveness to Immunotherapy discusses current and under investigation treatments in pancrea...

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologic Surgery - Management, Surgical Approaches, and Post-Operative Care

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologic Surgery: Management, Surgical Approaches, and Post-Operative Care is an excellent and novel resource...

Case-Based Practical Training of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology - With Diagrams and Images

Case-Based Practical Training in Colposcopy and Cervical pathology: With Diagrams and Images is an illustrated reference to improve theor...

Multiobjective Optimization Algorithms for Bioinformatics

This book provides an updated and in-depth introduction to the application of multiobjective optimization techniques in bioinformatics. I...

Regenerative Hepatology and Liver Transplantation - Volume 2

Regenerative Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Volume Two in the Regenerative and Transplant Medicine series, is an essential resourc...

Colonial Diatoms

Diatom Ecology

A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Britain, Ireland and Europe