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Origin of Chirality in the Molecules of Life

From Awareness to the Current Theories and Perspectives of this Unsolved Problem

by Albert Guijarro ...

This book provides an interdisciplinary review of one of the great unsolved mysteries that has fascinated scientists for over 150 years: the origin of chirality in biomolecules. Current advances in fields as diverse as space exploration, prebiotic chemistry and high-energy physics may help to provide an answer. Important pieces of information will come from observations at the two frontiers of ... Read more

$227.99 CAD

This book provides an interdisciplinary review of one of the great unsolved mysteries that has fascinated scientists for over 150 years: the origin of chirality in biomolecules. Current advances in fields as diverse as space exploration, prebiotic chemistry and high-energy physics may help to provide an answer. Important pieces of information will come from observations at the two frontiers of
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Fish Distant Hybridization

Edited by Shaojun Liu ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
The book introduces fish distant hybridization, which covers the basic theory and applications of fish distant hybridization as well as the main biological characteristics of different ploidy fish at the individual, tissue, cell, and molecular level.It is divided into 12 Chapters. The research progresses of animal distant hybridization and polyploids in domestic and overseas are summarized in this ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

The book introduces fish distant hybridization, which covers the basic theory and applications of fish distant hybridization as well as the main biological characteristics of different ploidy fish at the individual, tissue, cell, and molecular level.It is divided into 12 Chapters. The research progresses of animal distant hybridization and polyploids in domestic and overseas are summarized in this
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Opossums

An Adaptive Radiation of New World Marsupials

by Robert S. Voss, Sharon A. Jansa ...

The definitive volume on opossums, a group of ecologically and scientifically important mammals, covering natural history, evolution, behavior, and biogeography.Opossums are the most diverse and ecologically important group of New World marsupials, although only the Virginia opossum is familiar to North American residents. In fact, many species of opossums are found in Neotropical rainforests, ... Read more

$69.29 CAD

The definitive volume on opossums, a group of ecologically and scientifically important mammals, covering natural history, evolution, behavior, and biogeography.Opossums are the most diverse and ecologically important group of New World marsupials, although only the Virginia opossum is familiar to North American residents. In fact, many species of opossums are found in Neotropical rainforests,
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The Enigma of Evolution and the Challenge of Chance

by Denise Carrington-Smith ...

Evolution. It is not a question of if, but a question of how. Commonly accepted, Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection leaves unanswered some fundamental questions.How did life originate?How did the DNA code originate?How did multi-cellular life originate?How did sex originate?We all know about evolution, the brain-child of Charles Darwin which he announced in his celebrated book, On ... Read more

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Evolution. It is not a question of if, but a question of how. Commonly accepted, Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection leaves unanswered some fundamental questions.How did life originate?How did the DNA code originate?How did multi-cellular life originate?How did sex originate?We all know about evolution, the brain-child of Charles Darwin which he announced in his celebrated book, On
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 27, 1879

by Charles Darwin ...

Series series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ... Read more

$149.59 CAD

This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging
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The Aquatic World of Penguins

Biology of Fish-Birds

by David G Ainley, Rory P Wilson ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Centuries ago, when penguins were first encountered by European explorers, they were not thought to be birds but rather a fish-like relative. Subsequent accumulation of knowledge has shown penguins to be an avian species with unrivaled aquatic attributes, owing to a number of evolutionary adaptations: shape change, low drag, ability to regulate buoyancy, and extraordinary surface compliancy from ... Read more

$128.09 CAD

Centuries ago, when penguins were first encountered by European explorers, they were not thought to be birds but rather a fish-like relative. Subsequent accumulation of knowledge has shown penguins to be an avian species with unrivaled aquatic attributes, owing to a number of evolutionary adaptations: shape change, low drag, ability to regulate buoyancy, and extraordinary surface compliancy from
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God and Molecules

Chemical Evolution and Divine Providence

by Ross Hastings ...

God's Providential Work in Creation Before Life BeganGod has been present and active in creation from the moment he created it ex nihilo. Few Christians would question this claim, but its implications for ongoing theologyand science dialogues have not been fully explored.In this pathbreaking and field-advancing work, Ross Hastings brings his expertise in both scientific and theological disciplines ... Read more

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God's Providential Work in Creation Before Life BeganGod has been present and active in creation from the moment he created it ex nihilo. Few Christians would question this claim, but its implications for ongoing theologyand science dialogues have not been fully explored.In this pathbreaking and field-advancing work, Ross Hastings brings his expertise in both scientific and theological disciplines
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The Macaque Connection

Cooperation and Conflict between Humans and Macaques

Edited by Sindhu Radhakrishna, Michael A. Huffman, Anindya Sinha ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The concept of this book arises from a symposium entitled “Human-Macaque Interactions: Traditional and Modern Perspectives on Cooperation and Conflict ” organized at the 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society, that was held in Kyoto in September 2010. The symposium highlighted the many aspects of human-macaque relations and some of the participants were invited to contribute to ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

The concept of this book arises from a symposium entitled “Human-Macaque Interactions: Traditional and Modern Perspectives on Cooperation and Conflict ” organized at the 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society, that was held in Kyoto in September 2010. The symposium highlighted the many aspects of human-macaque relations and some of the participants were invited to contribute to
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Atlas of Animal Anatomy and Histology

by Péter Lőw, Kinga Molnár, György Kriska ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This atlas presents the basic concepts and principles of functional animal anatomy and histology thereby furthering our understanding of evolutionary concepts and adaptation to the environment. It provides a step-by-step dissection guide with numerous colour photographs of the animals featured. It also presents images of the major organs along with histological sections of those organs. A wide ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

This atlas presents the basic concepts and principles of functional animal anatomy and histology thereby furthering our understanding of evolutionary concepts and adaptation to the environment. It provides a step-by-step dissection guide with numerous colour photographs of the animals featured. It also presents images of the major organs along with histological sections of those organs. A wide
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The End Of Evolution; Why Darwin’s Theory Isn’t The End Of The Story

by Harvey O. Brown ...

Evolution, as we know it, has been held up as the final word on life's origins for well over a century. It's been paraded as the one-size-fits-all explanation, a theory that had scientists and non-scientists alike nodding in agreement. Charles Darwin laid it all out with his landmark book On the Origin of Species, and since then, his theory has shaped how we think about life's development on Earth ... Read more

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Evolution, as we know it, has been held up as the final word on life's origins for well over a century. It's been paraded as the one-size-fits-all explanation, a theory that had scientists and non-scientists alike nodding in agreement. Charles Darwin laid it all out with his landmark book On the Origin of Species, and since then, his theory has shaped how we think about life's development on Earth
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From Ancient Diets to Modern Minds

The Role of Micronutrients in Brain Development and Function

by Hans Konrad Biesalski ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book explores the evolution of the human brain, highlighting the critical role of diet, particularly micronutrients, in shaping our cognitive development. By examining the evolutionary path of our ancestors, it sheds light on how dietary practices have influenced brain growth and function. This provides valuable insights into modern health and lifestyle choices. Thus, the book makes an ... Read more

$47.39 CAD

This book explores the evolution of the human brain, highlighting the critical role of diet, particularly micronutrients, in shaping our cognitive development. By examining the evolutionary path of our ancestors, it sheds light on how dietary practices have influenced brain growth and function. This provides valuable insights into modern health and lifestyle choices. Thus, the book makes an
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Social DNA

Rethinking Our Evolutionary Past

by M. Kay Martin ...

What set our ancestors off on a separate evolutionary trajectory was the ability to flex their reproductive and social strategies in response to changing environmental conditions. Exploring new cross-disciplinary research that links this capacity to critical changes in the organization of the primate brain, Social DNA presents a new synthesis of ideas on human social origins – challenging models ... Read more

$27.49 CAD

What set our ancestors off on a separate evolutionary trajectory was the ability to flex their reproductive and social strategies in response to changing environmental conditions. Exploring new cross-disciplinary research that links this capacity to critical changes in the organization of the primate brain, Social DNA presents a new synthesis of ideas on human social origins – challenging models
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Modern Trends in Diatom Identification

Fundamentals and Applications

Edited by Gabriel Cristóbal, Saúl Blanco, Gloria Bueno ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
High-resolution images of phytoplankton cells such as diatoms or desmids, which are useful for monitoring water quality, can now be provided by digital microscopes, facilitating the automated analysis and identification of specimens. Conventional approaches are based on optical microscopy; however, manual image analysis is impractical due to the huge diversity of this group of microalgae and its ... Read more

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High-resolution images of phytoplankton cells such as diatoms or desmids, which are useful for monitoring water quality, can now be provided by digital microscopes, facilitating the automated analysis and identification of specimens. Conventional approaches are based on optical microscopy; however, manual image analysis is impractical due to the huge diversity of this group of microalgae and its
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The Seeds of Forms and the Forms of Seeds

Narratives in Historiography and in Evolutionary Biology

by Anton Markoš, Jan Horský ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This monograph intertwines the two themes of historiography and evolutionary biology and shows that both activities are analogous in their practices; they are spinning stories about the past and thus constructing the world to suit the present of a given community as well as, if necessary, the construction of its tilting into the future. This book presents the history and methodology of both ... Read more

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This monograph intertwines the two themes of historiography and evolutionary biology and shows that both activities are analogous in their practices; they are spinning stories about the past and thus constructing the world to suit the present of a given community as well as, if necessary, the construction of its tilting into the future. This book presents the history and methodology of both
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Human Population Genetics

A Centennial Tribute to J. B. S. Haldane

Edited by P.P. Majumder ...

J. B. S. Haldane, R. A. Fisher and Sewall Wright simultaneously, and largely independently, laid the foundations of population genetics and the mathematical theory of evolution. Hal dane was born on November 5, 1892. Although he primarily worked at the University College London (UCL), in 1957 he resigned from the UCL and joined the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (India) as a Research ... Read more

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J. B. S. Haldane, R. A. Fisher and Sewall Wright simultaneously, and largely independently, laid the foundations of population genetics and the mathematical theory of evolution. Hal dane was born on November 5, 1892. Although he primarily worked at the University College London (UCL), in 1957 he resigned from the UCL and joined the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (India) as a Research
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Genomic Diversity

Applications in Human Population Genetics

Edited by Surinder Singh Papiha, Ranjan Deka, Ranajit Chakraborty ...

One of the major themes of human population genetics is assaying genetic variation in human populations. The ultimate goal of this objective is to understand the extent of genetic diversity and the use of this knowledge to reconstruct our evolutionary history. The discipline had undergone a revolutionary transition with the advent of molecular techniques in the 1980s. With this shift, statistical ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

One of the major themes of human population genetics is assaying genetic variation in human populations. The ultimate goal of this objective is to understand the extent of genetic diversity and the use of this knowledge to reconstruct our evolutionary history. The discipline had undergone a revolutionary transition with the advent of molecular techniques in the 1980s. With this shift, statistical
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Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

Edited by Sasha W. Eisenman, David E. Zaurov, Lena Struwe ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This unique book is a collaborative effort between researchers at Rutgers University and colleagues from numerous institutions in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. It will be the first book to document more than 200 of the most important medicinal plants of Central Asia, many whose medicinal uses and activities are being described in English for the first time. The majority of the plants described grow ... Read more

$256.19 CAD

This unique book is a collaborative effort between researchers at Rutgers University and colleagues from numerous institutions in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. It will be the first book to document more than 200 of the most important medicinal plants of Central Asia, many whose medicinal uses and activities are being described in English for the first time. The majority of the plants described grow
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Evoluzione ed etica

by Henry Thomas Huxley ...

Translated by Carolina Ruata, Laura De Fabeck ...

Questo breve interessantissimo saggio sul rapporto tra etica e teoria dell’evoluzione è uno dei testi più importanti e brillanti della prosa scientifica del XIX secolo. L’autore, a dieci anni dalla morte di Darwin, si trovava nella posizione di più influente e prestigioso esponente dell’evoluzionismo.Georges John Romanes, discepolo di Darwin e autore di studi pionieristici di psicologia comparata, ... Read more

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Questo breve interessantissimo saggio sul rapporto tra etica e teoria dell’evoluzione è uno dei testi più importanti e brillanti della prosa scientifica del XIX secolo. L’autore, a dieci anni dalla morte di Darwin, si trovava nella posizione di più influente e prestigioso esponente dell’evoluzionismo.Georges John Romanes, discepolo di Darwin e autore di studi pionieristici di psicologia comparata,
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Seeing Opera Anew

A Cultural and Biological Perspective

by Joseph Cone ...

What people ultimately want from opera, audience research suggests, is to be absorbed in a story that engages their feelings, even moves them deeply, and that may lead them to insights about life and, perhaps, themselves.How and why can this combination of music and drama do that? What causes people to be moved by opera? How is it that people may become more informed about living and their own ... Read more

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What people ultimately want from opera, audience research suggests, is to be absorbed in a story that engages their feelings, even moves them deeply, and that may lead them to insights about life and, perhaps, themselves.How and why can this combination of music and drama do that? What causes people to be moved by opera? How is it that people may become more informed about living and their own
... Read more
The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates

Edited by Russell Tuttle ...

These original contributions on the evolution of primates and the techniques for studying the subject cover an enormous range of material and incorporate the work of specialists from many different fields, showing the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to problems of primate morphology and phylogeny. Collectively, they demonstrate the concerns and methods of leading contemporary workers in ... Read more

$101.68 CAD

These original contributions on the evolution of primates and the techniques for studying the subject cover an enormous range of material and incorporate the work of specialists from many different fields, showing the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to problems of primate morphology and phylogeny. Collectively, they demonstrate the concerns and methods of leading contemporary workers in
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Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals

Volume I:History, Geology, and Magnetostratigraphy

Edited by Richard H Tedford, Zhan-Xiang Qiu, Lawrence J Flynn ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
The Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China embodies the bulk of our knowledge on successions of terrestrial vertebrates in the northern part of East Asia. Everything we know about Asian mammals of the last 6 million years has a historical basis in the documentation of the geology of Yushe. This volume introduces the basin in its geological setting, describes the succession of ... Read more

$63.49 CAD

The Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China embodies the bulk of our knowledge on successions of terrestrial vertebrates in the northern part of East Asia. Everything we know about Asian mammals of the last 6 million years has a historical basis in the documentation of the geology of Yushe. This volume introduces the basin in its geological setting, describes the succession of
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The Evolution of Culture

Volume IV

Edited by Stefan Linquist ...

Series series The International Library of Essays on Evolutionary Thought
Recent years have seen a transformation in thinking about the nature of culture. Rather than viewing culture in opposition to biology, a growing number of researchers now regard culture as subject to evolutionary processes. Recent developments in this field have shifted some of the traditional academic fault lines. Alliances are forming between researchers trained in anthropology, evolutionary ... Read more

$89.31 CAD

Recent years have seen a transformation in thinking about the nature of culture. Rather than viewing culture in opposition to biology, a growing number of researchers now regard culture as subject to evolutionary processes. Recent developments in this field have shifted some of the traditional academic fault lines. Alliances are forming between researchers trained in anthropology, evolutionary
... Read more
Agnihotri - I Custodi del Fuoco

Il Sentiero di Guarigione del Guerriero del Fuoco

by Massimo Rodolfi ...

Per guarire gli altri bisogna guarire se stessi. Ecco il Sentiero…A te che stai cercando il Sentiero che porta al tuo cuore, finalmente l’hai trovato. Riposa un momento, prima della battaglia finale, ascolta il dolce e tremendo silenzio dell’alba che viene. Già si vede il chiarore che annuncia il possente rombo del Fuoco, all’erta Cavaliere, ciò che devi sconfiggere è dentro di te. Trovato che ... Read more

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Per guarire gli altri bisogna guarire se stessi. Ecco il Sentiero…A te che stai cercando il Sentiero che porta al tuo cuore, finalmente l’hai trovato. Riposa un momento, prima della battaglia finale, ascolta il dolce e tremendo silenzio dell’alba che viene. Già si vede il chiarore che annuncia il possente rombo del Fuoco, all’erta Cavaliere, ciò che devi sconfiggere è dentro di te. Trovato che
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Progress in Botany 77

Edited by Ulrich Lüttge, Francisco M. Cánovas, Rainer Matyssek ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on plant genetics, physiology, ecology, and evolution. ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on plant genetics, physiology, ecology, and evolution.
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