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Functional Dissection of Calcium Homeostasis and Transport Machinery in Plants

by Girdhar K. Pandey, Sibaji K. Sanyal ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book focuses on the significance and implications of Calcium (Ca2+) transport machinery in the plant cell in generating alternating Ca2+ levels and impacting the cell’s physiological, biochemical and developmental processes. In the following sections, the concept of Ca2+ homeostasis, Ca2+ signature, various Ca2+ transport protein families and conductance systems would be discussed in detail- ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book focuses on the significance and implications of Calcium (Ca2+) transport machinery in the plant cell in generating alternating Ca2+ levels and impacting the cell’s physiological, biochemical and developmental processes. In the following sections, the concept of Ca2+ homeostasis, Ca2+ signature, various Ca2+ transport protein families and conductance systems would be discussed in detail-
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New Frontiers in Barnacle Evolution

by Frederick R. Schram ...

Series series Advances in Crustacean Research
This work provides a guide to current research in barnacle evolution. Topics covered include: chemical signals in barnacles; larval settlement; naupliar evidence for cirripede taxonomy and phylogeny; and South American patterns of barnacle distribution. ... Read more

$126.41 CAD

This work provides a guide to current research in barnacle evolution. Topics covered include: chemical signals in barnacles; larval settlement; naupliar evidence for cirripede taxonomy and phylogeny; and South American patterns of barnacle distribution.
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What is Truth? by Jake & Jahden Krihkori

by Jake Krihkori, Jahden Krihkori ...

Series Book 1 - What Is Truth
What is truth?Is it something we decide-or something we discover?And if truth exists, how do we recognize it?These questions-questions that both kids and adults struggle with in different ways-set two brothers, Jake and Jahden, on a bold journey to explore life's biggest mysteries. In ***What Is Truth?***, the first book in an exciting new series, they invite readers of all ages to join them on a ... Read more

$14.39 CAD

What is truth?Is it something we decide-or something we discover?And if truth exists, how do we recognize it?These questions-questions that both kids and adults struggle with in different ways-set two brothers, Jake and Jahden, on a bold journey to explore life's biggest mysteries. In ***What Is Truth?***, the first book in an exciting new series, they invite readers of all ages to join them on a
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Matemática & Evolução

Sobre as Incursões de Matemáticos na Teoria Evolucionária

by Josiney A. Souza ...

A teoria da evolução de Darwin é considerada uma explicação plausível para o surgimento da vida e o desenvolvimento dos seres vivos. Afirma que os organismos mudam ao longo do tempo por meio de mutações genéticas e seleção natural – mecanismo de modificação que seleciona os organismos mais adaptados. Embora aceita por grande parte da comunidade científica e amplamente difundida pelos sistemas ... Read more

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A teoria da evolução de Darwin é considerada uma explicação plausível para o surgimento da vida e o desenvolvimento dos seres vivos. Afirma que os organismos mudam ao longo do tempo por meio de mutações genéticas e seleção natural – mecanismo de modificação que seleciona os organismos mais adaptados. Embora aceita por grande parte da comunidade científica e amplamente difundida pelos sistemas
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Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection

by Alfred Russel Wallace ...

The present volume consists of essays which I have contributed to various periodicals, or read before scientific societies during the last fifteen years, with others now printed for the first time. The two first of the series are printed without alteration, because, having gained me the reputation of being an independent originator of the theory of "natural selection," they may be considered to ... Read more

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The present volume consists of essays which I have contributed to various periodicals, or read before scientific societies during the last fifteen years, with others now printed for the first time. The two first of the series are printed without alteration, because, having gained me the reputation of being an independent originator of the theory of "natural selection," they may be considered to
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Properties of Life

Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology

by Bernd Rosslenbroich ...

Series series Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.Despite continued advances, science has until now struggled to describe the specific properties that define a living being. By synthesizing several aspects of organismic biology and contemporary science, Properties of Life by Bernd Rosslenbroich generatesa coherentconcept of the singular ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.Despite continued advances, science has until now struggled to describe the specific properties that define a living being. By synthesizing several aspects of organismic biology and contemporary science, Properties of Life by Bernd Rosslenbroich generatesa coherentconcept of the singular
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American and Australasian Marsupials

An Evolutionary, Biogeographical, and Ecological Approach

Edited by Nilton C. Cáceres, Christopher R. Dickman ...

Series series Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
This book focuses on the evolution, biogeography, systematics, taxonomy, and ecology of New World and Australasian marsupials, greatly expanding the current knowledge base. There are roughly 140 species of New World marsupials, of which the opossum is the best known. Thanks to recent research, there is now an increasing amount of understanding about their evolution, biogeography, systematics, ... Read more

$832.59 CAD

This book focuses on the evolution, biogeography, systematics, taxonomy, and ecology of New World and Australasian marsupials, greatly expanding the current knowledge base. There are roughly 140 species of New World marsupials, of which the opossum is the best known. Thanks to recent research, there is now an increasing amount of understanding about their evolution, biogeography, systematics,
... Read more
Understanding Life in the Universe

by Wallace Arthur ...

Series series Understanding Life
The two most fascinating questions about extraterrestrial life are where it is found and what it is like. In particular, from our Earth-based vantage point, we are keen to know where the closest life to us is, and how similar it might be to life on our home planet. This book deals with both of these key issues. It considers possible homes for life, with a focus on Earth-like exoplanets. And it ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

The two most fascinating questions about extraterrestrial life are where it is found and what it is like. In particular, from our Earth-based vantage point, we are keen to know where the closest life to us is, and how similar it might be to life on our home planet. This book deals with both of these key issues. It considers possible homes for life, with a focus on Earth-like exoplanets. And it
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The Intelligent Creation of Life

by Adam Mann ...

This book follows an amazing voyage from the start of everything, through the formation of the Solar System and onto the development of First Life on the initially barren Earth. A good way to start is to explain that you, the reader, are literally a star child. Absolutely every single component of every atom in your body came into existence 14,000 million years ago at the moment the Universe ... Read more

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This book follows an amazing voyage from the start of everything, through the formation of the Solar System and onto the development of First Life on the initially barren Earth. A good way to start is to explain that you, the reader, are literally a star child. Absolutely every single component of every atom in your body came into existence 14,000 million years ago at the moment the Universe
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Fisheries Acoustics

by E.J. Simmonds, D.N. MacLennan ...

Series Book 5 - Fish & Fisheries Series
$256.19 CAD
Political Descent

Malthus, Mutualism, and the Politics of Evolution in Victorian England

by Piers J. Hale ...

Historians of science have long noted the influence of the nineteenth-century political economist Thomas Robert Malthus on Charles Darwin. In a bold move, Piers J. Hale contends that this focus on Malthus and his effect on Darwin’s evolutionary thought neglects a strong anti-Malthusian tradition in English intellectual life, one that not only predated the 1859 publication of the Origin of Species ... Read more

$52.79 CAD

Historians of science have long noted the influence of the nineteenth-century political economist Thomas Robert Malthus on Charles Darwin. In a bold move, Piers J. Hale contends that this focus on Malthus and his effect on Darwin’s evolutionary thought neglects a strong anti-Malthusian tradition in English intellectual life, one that not only predated the 1859 publication of the Origin of Species
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The Evolution of the Human Form

by Charles Morris ...

This book deals with the evolution of human and organic forms.“That men, or thinking beings akin to man, exist only on that minute fragment of the universe we call the earth is a conception so highly improbable, in view of the vast multitude of planets which we may logically conceive to exist, that it seems as if no reasoning being could entertain it. It is true, indeed, that in our own solar ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

This book deals with the evolution of human and organic forms.“That men, or thinking beings akin to man, exist only on that minute fragment of the universe we call the earth is a conception so highly improbable, in view of the vast multitude of planets which we may logically conceive to exist, that it seems as if no reasoning being could entertain it. It is true, indeed, that in our own solar
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The Hypothetical Species

Variables of Human Evolution

by Michael Charles Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book is a provocative and invigorating real-time exploration of the future of human evolution by two of the world’s leading interdisciplinary ecologists – Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison. Steeped in a rich multitude of the sciences and humanities, the book enshrines an elegant narrative that is highly empathetic, personal, scientifically wide-ranging and original. It focuses on ... Read more

$42.29 CAD

This book is a provocative and invigorating real-time exploration of the future of human evolution by two of the world’s leading interdisciplinary ecologists – Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison. Steeped in a rich multitude of the sciences and humanities, the book enshrines an elegant narrative that is highly empathetic, personal, scientifically wide-ranging and original. It focuses on
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Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Ungulates in Latin America

Edited by Sonia Gallina-Tessaro ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book brings together the latest information on tropical ungulates in different Latin American countries. These animals are not only important from the point of view of their role in different ecosystems, but also have cultural value for people. The book also discusses topics such as habitat transformation and hunting as these species are an important source of food in many places. Addressing ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book brings together the latest information on tropical ungulates in different Latin American countries. These animals are not only important from the point of view of their role in different ecosystems, but also have cultural value for people. The book also discusses topics such as habitat transformation and hunting as these species are an important source of food in many places. Addressing
... Read more
Time, Space, Stars And Man: The Story Of The Big Bang

by Michael Mark Woolfson ...

Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term “Big Bang” as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings together all of that material. Starting with the creation of space and time — known as the Big Bang — the book ... Read more

$74.79 CAD

Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term “Big Bang” as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings together all of that material. Starting with the creation of space and time — known as the Big Bang — the book
... Read more
The Language of Bees

by James C. Nieh ...

A rich and engaging look at social bees, master communicators of the insect worldWith senses that often seem alien to us, bees navigate complex decisions about where to find food, when to fight or flee, and how to work together. The Language of Bees invites readers into the hidden world of bee communication, a realm where creatures less than an inch long use scent, vibration, movement, and sound ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

A rich and engaging look at social bees, master communicators of the insect worldWith senses that often seem alien to us, bees navigate complex decisions about where to find food, when to fight or flee, and how to work together. The Language of Bees invites readers into the hidden world of bee communication, a realm where creatures less than an inch long use scent, vibration, movement, and sound
... Read more
Mathematical Properties of Population-Genetic Statistics

Quadratic Forms Most Beautiful

by Noah A. Rosenberg ...

Series series Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology
A powerful new approach to interpreting population-genetic data in evolution and ecologyPopulation genetics uses statistical analysis to catalog genetic variation among populations and species. Summary statistics computed from allele frequencies—mathematical functions that measure features of genetic similarity and diversity—are key to this global effort. Yet despite their widespread use in ... Read more

$71.49 CAD

A powerful new approach to interpreting population-genetic data in evolution and ecologyPopulation genetics uses statistical analysis to catalog genetic variation among populations and species. Summary statistics computed from allele frequencies—mathematical functions that measure features of genetic similarity and diversity—are key to this global effort. Yet despite their widespread use in
... Read more
The Species Problem

A Conceptual History

by Igor Ya. Pavlinov ...

The general notion of species is one of the most fundamental in biology. But an idea of species is also one of the most persistent unresolved obsessions of biologists, philosophers and theoreticians. This new book investigates the multifaceted problem species as a "conceptual envelope" of that notion. Contemporary conceptualists and evolutionary epistemology allow for a fresh look by analyzing the ... Read more

$107.17 CAD

The general notion of species is one of the most fundamental in biology. But an idea of species is also one of the most persistent unresolved obsessions of biologists, philosophers and theoreticians. This new book investigates the multifaceted problem species as a "conceptual envelope" of that notion. Contemporary conceptualists and evolutionary epistemology allow for a fresh look by analyzing the
... Read more
Dinosaurs

How We Know What We Know

by Mary Higby Schweitzer, Elena Rita Schroeter, Charles Doug Czajka ...

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs. A wide range of topics is covered, from fossils and taphonomy to dinosaur physiology, evolution, and extinction. In addition, sedimentology, paleo-tectonics, and non-dinosaurian Mesozoic life are discussed. There is a special opportunity to capitalize on the enthusiasm for ... Read more

$182.75 CAD

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs. A wide range of topics is covered, from fossils and taphonomy to dinosaur physiology, evolution, and extinction. In addition, sedimentology, paleo-tectonics, and non-dinosaurian Mesozoic life are discussed. There is a special opportunity to capitalize on the enthusiasm for
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O Homem Multidimensional

Fundamentos histórico-filosóficos para a compreensão da realidade histórico-social

by Gerlane Siqueira ...

Esta obra busca ressaltar o percurso, através do qual, descobrimo-nos homens e mulheres inteiros, mas envoltos em contextos diversos. É a multiplicidade desses contextos que compõe os significados da nossa existência no mundo. Apresenta os fundamentos histórico-filosóficos, que balizaram a busca por identidade, conhecimento e a edificação do seu mundo próprio, processo, pelo qual, o homem ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Esta obra busca ressaltar o percurso, através do qual, descobrimo-nos homens e mulheres inteiros, mas envoltos em contextos diversos. É a multiplicidade desses contextos que compõe os significados da nossa existência no mundo. Apresenta os fundamentos histórico-filosóficos, que balizaram a busca por identidade, conhecimento e a edificação do seu mundo próprio, processo, pelo qual, o homem
... Read more
The 21st Century Singularity and Global Futures

A Big History Perspective

Edited by Andrey V. Korotayev, David J. LePoire ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book introduces a 'Big History' perspective to understand the acceleration of social, technological and economic trends towards a near-term singularity, marking a radical turning point in the evolution of our planet. It traces the emergence of accelerating innovation rates through global history and highlights major historical transformations throughout the evolution of life, humans, and ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book introduces a 'Big History' perspective to understand the acceleration of social, technological and economic trends towards a near-term singularity, marking a radical turning point in the evolution of our planet. It traces the emergence of accelerating innovation rates through global history and highlights major historical transformations throughout the evolution of life, humans, and
... Read more
Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context

Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context

Edited by Ph.D. Steven J. Dick, Dr. Mark L. Lupisella, Ph.D., National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list priceDuring the last 50 years, coincident with the Space Age, cosmic evolution has been recognized as the master narrative of the universe, history writ large. Cosmic evolution includes physical, biological, and cultural evolution, and of these the latter is by far the most rapid.In this volume, authors ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list priceDuring the last 50 years, coincident with the Space Age, cosmic evolution has been recognized as the master narrative of the universe, history writ large. Cosmic evolution includes physical, biological, and cultural evolution, and of these the latter is by far the most rapid.In this volume, authors
... Read more
Indigenous Knowledge, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology

by Raymond Pierotti ...

Series series Indigenous Peoples and Politics
Indigenous ways of understanding and interacting with the natural world are characterized as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), which derives from emphasizing relationships and connections among species. This book examines TEK and its strengths in relation to Western ecological knowledge and evolutionary philosophy. Pierotti takes a look at the scientific basis of this approach, focusing on ... Read more

$90.68 CAD

Indigenous ways of understanding and interacting with the natural world are characterized as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), which derives from emphasizing relationships and connections among species. This book examines TEK and its strengths in relation to Western ecological knowledge and evolutionary philosophy. Pierotti takes a look at the scientific basis of this approach, focusing on
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New Directions in Lemur Studies

Edited by Berthe Rakotosamimanana, Hanta Rasamimanana, J. Ganzhorn, Steven M. Goodman ...

Over the course of the past decade, there has been an enormous augmentation in the amount of information available on the lemurs of Madagascar. These advances are closely coupled with an increase in the number of national and international researchers working on these animals. As a result, Madagascar has emerged as one of the principal sites of primatological studies in the world. Furthermore, the ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

Over the course of the past decade, there has been an enormous augmentation in the amount of information available on the lemurs of Madagascar. These advances are closely coupled with an increase in the number of national and international researchers working on these animals. As a result, Madagascar has emerged as one of the principal sites of primatological studies in the world. Furthermore, the
... Read more

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