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Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins

A Trip Through the World of Animal Intoxication

by One R. Pagan ...

From the cup of coffee that jumpstarts the day to dangerously addictive drugs, the recreational use of plants with psychoactive properties has a long history among humans.But, as with many things, it turns out that other animals got there first.From parrots to primates, consuming medicinal chemicals is an instinctive behavior that helps countless organisms fight infection and treat disease. But ... Read more

$12.99 USD

From the cup of coffee that jumpstarts the day to dangerously addictive drugs, the recreational use of plants with psychoactive properties has a long history among humans.But, as with many things, it turns out that other animals got there first.From parrots to primates, consuming medicinal chemicals is an instinctive behavior that helps countless organisms fight infection and treat disease. But
... Read more
Bioactive Compounds Extraction from Marine Resources and Wastes

Edited by J. Basilio Heredia, Erick Paul Gutiérrez-Grijalva, Luis Angel Cabanillas-Bojórquez ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides information about the principal biotechnological strategies (enzyme-assisted extraction, liquid fermentation, and solid-state fermentation) used for the bioactive compounds (bioactive peptides, carotenoids, phenolic acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals, among others) extraction from the marine resource (marine animals, microalgae, seaweed, among others) and ... Read more

$224.99 USD

This book provides information about the principal biotechnological strategies (enzyme-assisted extraction, liquid fermentation, and solid-state fermentation) used for the bioactive compounds (bioactive peptides, carotenoids, phenolic acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals, among others) extraction from the marine resource (marine animals, microalgae, seaweed, among others) and
... Read more
The Ocean Sunfishes

Evolution, Biology and Conservation

Edited by Tierney M. Thys, Graeme C. Hays, Jonathan D. R. Houghton ...

The Ocean Sunfishes: Evolution, Biology and Conservation is the first book togather into one comprehensive volume our fundamental knowledge of the world-record holding, charismatic ocean behemoths in the family Molidae. From evolution and phylogeny to biotoxins, biomechanics, parasites, husbandry and popular culture, it outlines recent and future research from leading sunfish experts worldwide ... Read more

$100.99 USD

The Ocean Sunfishes: Evolution, Biology and Conservation is the first book togather into one comprehensive volume our fundamental knowledge of the world-record holding, charismatic ocean behemoths in the family Molidae. From evolution and phylogeny to biotoxins, biomechanics, parasites, husbandry and popular culture, it outlines recent and future research from leading sunfish experts worldwide
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 23, 1875

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

$140.99 USD

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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Science and Sovereignty

by Rodrigo Fernós ...

This book explores the impact of modern science on Western notions of sovereignty and its extension and interpretation within the Hispanic world. While the Scientific Revolution richly contributed to innovations in political theory, influencing thinkers as Montesquieu, Locke, and Hobbes, the diffusion of these ideas to Puerto Rico would be held back by monarchical Spanish colonialism for nearly ... Read more

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This book explores the impact of modern science on Western notions of sovereignty and its extension and interpretation within the Hispanic world. While the Scientific Revolution richly contributed to innovations in political theory, influencing thinkers as Montesquieu, Locke, and Hobbes, the diffusion of these ideas to Puerto Rico would be held back by monarchical Spanish colonialism for nearly
... Read more
The Pesticide Question

Environment, Economics and Ethics

Edited by David Pimentel, Hugh Lehman ...

Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat.
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The Biology of Camel-Spiders

Arachnida, Solifugae

by Fred Punzo ...

My initial interest in the Solifugae (camel-spiders) stems from an incident that occurred in the summer of 1986. I was studying the behavioral ecology of spider wasps of the genus Pepsis and their interactions with their large theraphosid (tarantula) spider hosts, in the Chihuahuan Desert near Big Bend National Park, Texas. I was monitoring a particular tarantula burrow one night when I noticed ... Read more

$242.99 USD

My initial interest in the Solifugae (camel-spiders) stems from an incident that occurred in the summer of 1986. I was studying the behavioral ecology of spider wasps of the genus Pepsis and their interactions with their large theraphosid (tarantula) spider hosts, in the Chihuahuan Desert near Big Bend National Park, Texas. I was monitoring a particular tarantula burrow one night when I noticed
... Read more
The Gastro-Archeologist

Revealing the Mysteries of the Intestine and its Diseases

by Jeremy Woodward ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
In order to understand common conditions such as coeliac disease and Crohn’s disease, one must view the gut in its evolutionary context. This is the novel approach to the gut and its diseases that is adopted in this book. The first part tells the story of the evolution of the gut itself – why it came about and how it has influenced the evolution of animals ever since. The second part focuses on ... Read more

$31.99 USD

In order to understand common conditions such as coeliac disease and Crohn’s disease, one must view the gut in its evolutionary context. This is the novel approach to the gut and its diseases that is adopted in this book. The first part tells the story of the evolution of the gut itself – why it came about and how it has influenced the evolution of animals ever since. The second part focuses on
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Aging

How Science Works

by Carsten Carlberg, Stine M. Ulven, Eunike Velleuer ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Aging is a topic that concerns all of us, since none of us can escape it. The molecular and cellular process is built in every of the billions of cells forming our body. Some of these cells, such as immune cells and red blood cells, live only for a few days to weeks and get life-long constantly replaced by cells produced in the bone marrow. In contrast, there are cells, such as neurons and memory ... Read more

$116.99 USD

Aging is a topic that concerns all of us, since none of us can escape it. The molecular and cellular process is built in every of the billions of cells forming our body. Some of these cells, such as immune cells and red blood cells, live only for a few days to weeks and get life-long constantly replaced by cells produced in the bone marrow. In contrast, there are cells, such as neurons and memory
... Read more
The Eukaryote Genome in Development and Evolution

by John Bernard ...

'The mind unlearns with difficulty what has long been impressed upon it. ' Seneca Reductionism, is, without question, the most successful analytical approach available to the experimental scientist. With the advent of techniques for cloning and sequencing DNA, and the development of a variety of molecular probes for localizing macromolecules in cells and tissues, the biologist now has available ... Read more

$89.99 USD

'The mind unlearns with difficulty what has long been impressed upon it. ' Seneca Reductionism, is, without question, the most successful analytical approach available to the experimental scientist. With the advent of techniques for cloning and sequencing DNA, and the development of a variety of molecular probes for localizing macromolecules in cells and tissues, the biologist now has available
... Read more
Observing Evolution

Peppered Moths and the Discovery of Parallel Melanism

by Bruce S. Grant ...

A firsthand account of how a modest moth demonstrated Darwin's theory of natural selection.The extraordinary tale of the humble peppered moth is at the very foundation of our acceptance of Darwinian evolution. When scientists in the early twentieth century discovered that a British population of the small, speckled Biston betularia had become black over the course of mere decades in response to ... Read more

$51.99 USD

A firsthand account of how a modest moth demonstrated Darwin's theory of natural selection.The extraordinary tale of the humble peppered moth is at the very foundation of our acceptance of Darwinian evolution. When scientists in the early twentieth century discovered that a British population of the small, speckled Biston betularia had become black over the course of mere decades in response to
... Read more
Lectures on Evolution

by Thomas Henry Huxley ...

Thomas Henry Huxley’s "Lectures on Evolution", delivered in New York City in September of 1876, was reported extensively in newspapers, particularly because in addition to presenting evidence supporting the theory of evolution, it also argued that the scheme of creation in Milton (and therefore in Moses) was bunk.Thomas Henry Huxley was a British biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his ... Read more

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Thomas Henry Huxley’s "Lectures on Evolution", delivered in New York City in September of 1876, was reported extensively in newspapers, particularly because in addition to presenting evidence supporting the theory of evolution, it also argued that the scheme of creation in Milton (and therefore in Moses) was bunk.Thomas Henry Huxley was a British biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his
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Малпа ў шыкоўным адзенні.

Ад першапачатковай крохкасці да ўсеагульнай свядомасці.

by Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Book 953 - BEL - PensareDiverso
На працягу тысячагоддзяў мы апісвалі сябе як «голыя малпы»: крохкія жывёлы, раптам кінутыя ў свет без кіпцюроў і даспехаў, акружаныя неўразумелымі сіламі прыроды і лепш узброенымі драпежнікамі, — гэты вобраз быў услаўлены этолагам і антраполагам Дэсмандам Морысам у яго знакамітай кнізе 1967 года «Голая малпа». Напалоханая істота, якая навучылася выжываць, вынаходзячы гісторыі, сімвалы, багоў і ... Read more

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На працягу тысячагоддзяў мы апісвалі сябе як «голыя малпы»: крохкія жывёлы, раптам кінутыя ў свет без кіпцюроў і даспехаў, акружаныя неўразумелымі сіламі прыроды і лепш узброенымі драпежнікамі, — гэты вобраз быў услаўлены этолагам і антраполагам Дэсмандам Морысам у яго знакамітай кнізе 1967 года «Голая малпа». Напалоханая істота, якая навучылася выжываць, вынаходзячы гісторыі, сімвалы, багоў і
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Evolution – Fact or Fiction?

by Nicholas Nurston ...

This book sets out to provide answers to the following questions: Why are we here? Were we meant to die and what happens to us when we do? Is there a supreme, intelligent energy source in the universe, able to determine such things? People of all cultures have posed these questions for millennia! Why are we so different from all other creatures? Even a well known professor and ardent evolutionist ... Read more

$5.99 USD

This book sets out to provide answers to the following questions: Why are we here? Were we meant to die and what happens to us when we do? Is there a supreme, intelligent energy source in the universe, able to determine such things? People of all cultures have posed these questions for millennia! Why are we so different from all other creatures? Even a well known professor and ardent evolutionist
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Knowledge and Evolution

How Theology, Philosophy, and Science Converge in the Question of Origins

by Michael Chaberek ...

The question of the origins of the universe is probably one of the most dwelled upon and argued about over the last couple of centuries. Ever since Charles Darwin proposed his theory, evolutionists and creationists want to settle the issue on their sides. But science did not stop at Darwin's time. It progressed enormously, creating significant problems for Darwinian explanations. Is there a better ... Read more

$22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The question of the origins of the universe is probably one of the most dwelled upon and argued about over the last couple of centuries. Ever since Charles Darwin proposed his theory, evolutionists and creationists want to settle the issue on their sides. But science did not stop at Darwin's time. It progressed enormously, creating significant problems for Darwinian explanations. Is there a better
... Read more
The Nature of Classification

Relationships and Kinds in the Natural Sciences

by J. Wilkins, M. Ebach ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Discussing the generally ignored issue of the classification of natural objects in the philosophy of science, this book focuses on knowledge and social relations, and offers a way to understand classification as a necessary aspect of doing science. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Discussing the generally ignored issue of the classification of natural objects in the philosophy of science, this book focuses on knowledge and social relations, and offers a way to understand classification as a necessary aspect of doing science.
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Como Éramos

Histórias da Grande História do Homem

by Guido Barbujani ...

Translated by Carlos Aboim ...

Os rostos dos que vieram antes de nóscontam uma história: A nossaEsta é a história das nossas origens. Graças à mestria de arqueólogos e paleontólogos que reconstruíram pacientemente os esqueletos dos nossos antepassados, e também com a contribuição dos geneticistas que estudaram o seu ADN, três artistas conseguiram criar esculturas hiper-realistas que revelam as características físicas dos ... Read more

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Os rostos dos que vieram antes de nóscontam uma história: A nossaEsta é a história das nossas origens. Graças à mestria de arqueólogos e paleontólogos que reconstruíram pacientemente os esqueletos dos nossos antepassados, e também com a contribuição dos geneticistas que estudaram o seu ADN, três artistas conseguiram criar esculturas hiper-realistas que revelam as características físicas dos
... Read more
Evolution and Development of Fishes

Edited by Zerina Johanson, Charlie Underwood, Martha Richter ...

Fish, or lower vertebrates, occupy the basal nodes of the vertebrate phylogeny, and are therefore crucial in interpreting almost every feature of more advanced vertebrates, including amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Recent research focuses on combining evolutionary observations - primarily from the fish fossil record - with developmental data from living fishes, in order to better ... Read more

$135.99 USD

Fish, or lower vertebrates, occupy the basal nodes of the vertebrate phylogeny, and are therefore crucial in interpreting almost every feature of more advanced vertebrates, including amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Recent research focuses on combining evolutionary observations - primarily from the fish fossil record - with developmental data from living fishes, in order to better
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Evolution of Lightweight Structures

Analyses and Technical Applications

Edited by Christian Hamm ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This volume contains studies on the evolution and function of lightweight constructions of planktonic and other organisms, and examples of how they can be used to create new solutions for radical innovations of lightweight constructions for technological application. The principles and underlying processes responsible for evolution and biodiversity of marine plankton organisms are highly relevant ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This volume contains studies on the evolution and function of lightweight constructions of planktonic and other organisms, and examples of how they can be used to create new solutions for radical innovations of lightweight constructions for technological application. The principles and underlying processes responsible for evolution and biodiversity of marine plankton organisms are highly relevant
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Die Evolution des Menschen

by Thomas Junker ...

Series Book 2409 - Beck'sche Reihe
Warum gibt es Menschen? Wie lassen sich ihre körperlichen Merkmale und typischen Verhaltensweisen - von der Sexualität und Aggression bis zur Intelligenz und Kunst - erklären? Das Buch zeigt, wie diese uralten und zugleich höchst aktuellen Rätsel durch die neuesten Erkenntnisse der Evolutionsbiologie gelöst werden können. ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Warum gibt es Menschen? Wie lassen sich ihre körperlichen Merkmale und typischen Verhaltensweisen - von der Sexualität und Aggression bis zur Intelligenz und Kunst - erklären? Das Buch zeigt, wie diese uralten und zugleich höchst aktuellen Rätsel durch die neuesten Erkenntnisse der Evolutionsbiologie gelöst werden können.
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Evolution, Chance, and God

Understanding the Relationship between Evolution and Religion

by Dr Brendan Sweetman ...

Evolution, Chance, and God looks at the relationship between religion and evolution from a philosophical perspective. This relationship is fascinating, complex and often very controversial, involving myriad issues that are difficult to keep separate from each other. Evolution, Chance, and God introduces the reader to the main themes of this debate and to the theory of evolution, while arguing for ... Read more

$33.99 USD

Evolution, Chance, and God looks at the relationship between religion and evolution from a philosophical perspective. This relationship is fascinating, complex and often very controversial, involving myriad issues that are difficult to keep separate from each other. Evolution, Chance, and God introduces the reader to the main themes of this debate and to the theory of evolution, while arguing for
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Animal Teeth and Human Tools

A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia

by Christy G. Turner II, Nicolai D. Ovodov, Olga V. Pavlova ...

The culmination of more than a decade of fieldwork and related study, this unique book uses analyses of perimortem taphonomy in Ice Age Siberia to propose a new hypothesis for the peopling of the New World. The authors present evidence based on examinations of more than 9000 pieces of human and carnivore bone from 30 late Pleistocene archaeological and palaeontological sites, including cave and ... Read more

$164.99 USD

The culmination of more than a decade of fieldwork and related study, this unique book uses analyses of perimortem taphonomy in Ice Age Siberia to propose a new hypothesis for the peopling of the New World. The authors present evidence based on examinations of more than 9000 pieces of human and carnivore bone from 30 late Pleistocene archaeological and palaeontological sites, including cave and
... Read more
Evolutionary Biology

Edited by Michael T. Clegg, Ross J. MacIntyre, Max K. Hecht ...

Series Book 31 - Evolutionary Biology
$143.99 USD
Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics

Edited by Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen, Roberta L. Millstein ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This volume addresses fundamental issues in the philosophy of science in the context of two most intriguing fields: biology and economics. Written by authorities and experts in the philosophy of biology and economics, Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics provides a structured study of the concepts of mechanism and causality in these disciplines and draws careful juxtapositions between ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This volume addresses fundamental issues in the philosophy of science in the context of two most intriguing fields: biology and economics. Written by authorities and experts in the philosophy of biology and economics, Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics provides a structured study of the concepts of mechanism and causality in these disciplines and draws careful juxtapositions between
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