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Adaptive Oncogenesis

A New Understanding of How Cancer Evolves inside Us

by James DeGregori ...

Popular understanding holds that genetic changes create cancer. James DeGregori uses evolutionary principles to propose a new way of thinking about cancer’s occurrence. Cancer is as much a disease of evolution as it is of mutation, one in which mutated cells outcompete healthy cells in the ecosystem of the body’s tissues. His theory ties cancer’s progression, or lack thereof, to evolved strategies ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Popular understanding holds that genetic changes create cancer. James DeGregori uses evolutionary principles to propose a new way of thinking about cancer’s occurrence. Cancer is as much a disease of evolution as it is of mutation, one in which mutated cells outcompete healthy cells in the ecosystem of the body’s tissues. His theory ties cancer’s progression, or lack thereof, to evolved strategies
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Competition and Coexistence

Edited by Ulrich Sommer, Boris Worm ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The question "Why are there so many species?" has puzzled ecologist for a long time. Initially, an academic question, it has gained practical interest by the recent awareness of global biodiversity loss. Species diversity in local ecosystems has always been discussed in relation to the problem of competi tive exclusion and the apparent contradiction between the competitive exclu sion principle and ... Read more

$89.09 USD

The question "Why are there so many species?" has puzzled ecologist for a long time. Initially, an academic question, it has gained practical interest by the recent awareness of global biodiversity loss. Species diversity in local ecosystems has always been discussed in relation to the problem of competi tive exclusion and the apparent contradiction between the competitive exclu sion principle and
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The Development of Evolutionary Genetics

From Early Ideas on Evolution to the Modern Synthesis

by Prakash Gorroochurn ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The books describes the historical development of evolutionary genetics, starting from early ideas on evolution and ending with the modern synthesis. It provides an extensive coverage of the history of both evolution and heredity, and gives detailed descriptions of the works of Lamarck, Darwin, Mendel, Näageli, Weismann, de Vries, Galton, Pearson, Bateson, Johannsen, Morgan, Fisher, Wright and ... Read more

$215.09 USD

The books describes the historical development of evolutionary genetics, starting from early ideas on evolution and ending with the modern synthesis. It provides an extensive coverage of the history of both evolution and heredity, and gives detailed descriptions of the works of Lamarck, Darwin, Mendel, Näageli, Weismann, de Vries, Galton, Pearson, Bateson, Johannsen, Morgan, Fisher, Wright and
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The Vision Revolution

How the Latest Research Overturns Everything We Thought We Knew About Human Vision

by Mark Changizi ...

In The Vision Revolution: How the Latest Research Overturns Everything We Thought We Knew About Human Vision, Mark Changizi, prominent neuroscientist and vision expert, addresses four areas of human vision and provides explanations for why we have those particular abilities, complete with a number of full-color illustrations to demonstrate his conclusions and to engage the reader. Written for both ... Read more

$7.99 USD

In The Vision Revolution: How the Latest Research Overturns Everything We Thought We Knew About Human Vision, Mark Changizi, prominent neuroscientist and vision expert, addresses four areas of human vision and provides explanations for why we have those particular abilities, complete with a number of full-color illustrations to demonstrate his conclusions and to engage the reader. Written for both
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Indian Seed Sector

Evolution, Technology, Trade and Impact

Edited by Malavika Dadlani, Partha R. Das Gupta, Narendra K. Dadlani ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides an insight into the growth of the Indian seed industry in the past 60 years. It analyzes the socio-economic parameters, complexities, diversities, and need for a strong seed system with appropriate regulatory frameworks in the Indian agrarian economy. The role of rich biological resources and development of a scientific plant breeding system, which laid the strong foundation of ... Read more

$224.09 USD

This book provides an insight into the growth of the Indian seed industry in the past 60 years. It analyzes the socio-economic parameters, complexities, diversities, and need for a strong seed system with appropriate regulatory frameworks in the Indian agrarian economy. The role of rich biological resources and development of a scientific plant breeding system, which laid the strong foundation of
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The Case of the Female Orgasm

Bias in the Science of Evolution

by Elisabeth A. Lloyd ...

Why women evolved to have orgasms--when most of their primate relatives don't--is a persistent mystery among evolutionary biologists. In pursuing this mystery, Elisabeth Lloyd arrives at another: How could anything as inadequate as the evolutionary explanations of the female orgasm have passed muster as science? A judicious and revealing look at all twenty evolutionary accounts of the trait of ... Read more

$26.29 USD

Why women evolved to have orgasms--when most of their primate relatives don't--is a persistent mystery among evolutionary biologists. In pursuing this mystery, Elisabeth Lloyd arrives at another: How could anything as inadequate as the evolutionary explanations of the female orgasm have passed muster as science? A judicious and revealing look at all twenty evolutionary accounts of the trait of
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Richard Dawkins contra Stephen Jay Gould

by Kim Sterelny ...

Dawkins y Gould. Oxford y Harvard. Un zoólogo y un paleontólogo. Un liberal y un socialista. Un inglés y un estadounidense. Una gran batalla intelectual. Dos visiones contrapuestas acerca de la verdadera naturaleza de la evolución.La historia de la ciencia está repleta de rivalidades y conflictos: Newton discutió con Leibniz sobre la naturaleza del espacio, Edison y Tesla fueron protagonistas de ... Read more

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Dawkins y Gould. Oxford y Harvard. Un zoólogo y un paleontólogo. Un liberal y un socialista. Un inglés y un estadounidense. Una gran batalla intelectual. Dos visiones contrapuestas acerca de la verdadera naturaleza de la evolución.La historia de la ciencia está repleta de rivalidades y conflictos: Newton discutió con Leibniz sobre la naturaleza del espacio, Edison y Tesla fueron protagonistas de
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Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands

Science and Conservation

Edited by Luis M. P. Ceríaco, Ricardo F. de Lima, Martim Melo, Rayna C. Bell ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This open access book presents a comprehensive synthesis of the biodiversity of the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea, a biodiversity hotspot off the west coast of Central Africa. Written by experts, the book compiles data from a plethora of sources – archives, museums, bibliography, official reports and previously unpublished data – to provide readers with the most updated information about ... Read more

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This open access book presents a comprehensive synthesis of the biodiversity of the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea, a biodiversity hotspot off the west coast of Central Africa. Written by experts, the book compiles data from a plethora of sources – archives, museums, bibliography, official reports and previously unpublished data – to provide readers with the most updated information about
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Quantum Physics and Life

How We Interact with the World Inside and Around Us

by Ingemar Ernberg, Göran Johansson, Tomas Lindblad, Joar Svanvik, Göran Wendin ...

This book reveals glimpses of how the quantum physics of atoms and molecules influences, and even controls, the way our cells function and how we and our fellow animals interact with our environment. Simply put, how birds fly and why grass grows.Certainly, biochemistry and molecular biology are the foundations for the biology of living cells, but there is more—quantum coherence and entanglement ... Read more

$59.95 USD

This book reveals glimpses of how the quantum physics of atoms and molecules influences, and even controls, the way our cells function and how we and our fellow animals interact with our environment. Simply put, how birds fly and why grass grows.Certainly, biochemistry and molecular biology are the foundations for the biology of living cells, but there is more—quantum coherence and entanglement
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Причуды эволюции

by Александр Дементьев ...

Series series История и наука Рунета. Подарочное издание
Александр Дементьев — журналист (работал в таких изданиях, как РБК и «Лента.ру»), закончил МПГУ (бывш. МГПИ им. В.И Ленина) по специальности общая и экспериментальная физика. Автор самого крупного научно-популярного канала «Популярная наука» на «Дзен». О книге «Причуды эволюции»: Мы привыкли идеализировать эволюцию, полагая, что все созданное ею обязательно имеет смысл. И действительно, ведь не ... Read more

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Александр Дементьев — журналист (работал в таких изданиях, как РБК и «Лента.ру»), закончил МПГУ (бывш. МГПИ им. В.И Ленина) по специальности общая и экспериментальная физика. Автор самого крупного научно-популярного канала «Популярная наука» на «Дзен». О книге «Причуды эволюции»: Мы привыкли идеализировать эволюцию, полагая, что все созданное ею обязательно имеет смысл. И действительно, ведь не
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From Stardust to First Cells

The Origin and Evolution of Early Life

by Sankar Chatterjee ...

Series series History (R0)
This book presents a groundbreaking hypothesis to answer one of the greatest scientific mysteries: How did life begin? Like a detective piecing together seemingly disparate bits of evidence, Dr. Sankar Chatterjee combines the most recent discoveries in cosmology, geology, chemistry, information systems, and biology, weaving a vast tapestry from the threads of current research. Dr. Chatterjee ... Read more

$134.09 USD

This book presents a groundbreaking hypothesis to answer one of the greatest scientific mysteries: How did life begin? Like a detective piecing together seemingly disparate bits of evidence, Dr. Sankar Chatterjee combines the most recent discoveries in cosmology, geology, chemistry, information systems, and biology, weaving a vast tapestry from the threads of current research. Dr. Chatterjee
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The Sacred Brain

What Neuroscience Teaches About Spiritual Awakening

by Zara El-Mirren ...

In the quest to understand the boundaries of human awareness, modern laboratory tools are exposing how seemingly intangible phenomena map onto tangible neural circuits. This journey intrigues those seeking evidence-based insight into how spiritual awakening and meditative states can reshape perception, behaviour, and community bonds.Here, accessible explanations of how neuroscience of spirituality ... Read more

$16.19 USD

In the quest to understand the boundaries of human awareness, modern laboratory tools are exposing how seemingly intangible phenomena map onto tangible neural circuits. This journey intrigues those seeking evidence-based insight into how spiritual awakening and meditative states can reshape perception, behaviour, and community bonds.Here, accessible explanations of how neuroscience of spirituality
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Homo cardiovascularis

Vivir más allá del diseño

by Gustavo Lorenzo Escalada Lesme ...

Homo cardiovascularis propone una mirada innovadora y profundamente reflexiva sobre las enfermedades cardiovasculares y metabólicas del mundo contemporáneo. A partir de la práctica clínica, la fisiopatología y la biología evolutiva, el Dr. Gustavo L. Escalada Lesme plantea que muchas de las patologías actuales no representan fallos del organismo humano, sino la expresión de un desajuste ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Homo cardiovascularis propone una mirada innovadora y profundamente reflexiva sobre las enfermedades cardiovasculares y metabólicas del mundo contemporáneo. A partir de la práctica clínica, la fisiopatología y la biología evolutiva, el Dr. Gustavo L. Escalada Lesme plantea que muchas de las patologías actuales no representan fallos del organismo humano, sino la expresión de un desajuste
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The Origin of Species

Natural Selection and Evolution

by Charles Darwin ...

A groundbreaking scientific work introducing the theory of evolution. ... Read more

$1.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A groundbreaking scientific work introducing the theory of evolution.
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Aus Asien

Wie die Out-of-Africa-Theorie falsch sein könnte

by Adrian W. Caldwell ...

Out of Asia ist ein provokantes und zugleich sorgfältig argumentiertes Sachbuch über eine der größten Fragen der Menschheitsgeschichte. Seit Jahrzehnten gilt die Out of Africa Theorie als wissenschaftlicher Standard, die Vorstellung, dass der moderne Mensch aus einer einzigen Ursprungsregion in Afrika hervorging und von dort die Welt besiedelte. Adrian W. Caldwell stellt diese Erzählung nicht mit ... Read more

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Out of Asia ist ein provokantes und zugleich sorgfältig argumentiertes Sachbuch über eine der größten Fragen der Menschheitsgeschichte. Seit Jahrzehnten gilt die Out of Africa Theorie als wissenschaftlicher Standard, die Vorstellung, dass der moderne Mensch aus einer einzigen Ursprungsregion in Afrika hervorging und von dort die Welt besiedelte. Adrian W. Caldwell stellt diese Erzählung nicht mit
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Luck

by Samuel Butler ...

Luck or cunning as the main means of organic modification presents an argument that reconsiders how living beings change over generations by linking inherited traits to the persistence of memory. The work questions the idea that evolution operates solely through random variation, suggesting instead that the continuity between generations may be shaped by purposeful patterns that resemble ... Read more

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Luck or cunning as the main means of organic modification presents an argument that reconsiders how living beings change over generations by linking inherited traits to the persistence of memory. The work questions the idea that evolution operates solely through random variation, suggesting instead that the continuity between generations may be shaped by purposeful patterns that resemble
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Réimse na Feasachta. I dtreo intinne uilíoch chomhroinnte

Athraíonn an teoiric nua na réimsí comhfhios an duine ina réaltacht chosmach.

by Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Book 956 - GLE - PensareDiverso
Le fada an lá, chreideamar gur ábhar príobháideach a bhí sa chomhfhios, faoi choimeád laistigh de cheann gach duine. Saghas seomra dúnta, lasair aonair a shoilsigh ár ndomhan inmheánach amháin. Inniu, áfach, tá rud éigin ag athrú. Is cosúil go n-insíonn an taighde eolaíoch ar iompar comhchoiteann, fionnachtana sa néareolaíocht shóisialta, teoiricí comhaimseartha an intinne dháilte, agus fiú ... Read more

$8.14 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Le fada an lá, chreideamar gur ábhar príobháideach a bhí sa chomhfhios, faoi choimeád laistigh de cheann gach duine. Saghas seomra dúnta, lasair aonair a shoilsigh ár ndomhan inmheánach amháin. Inniu, áfach, tá rud éigin ag athrú. Is cosúil go n-insíonn an taighde eolaíoch ar iompar comhchoiteann, fionnachtana sa néareolaíocht shóisialta, teoiricí comhaimseartha an intinne dháilte, agus fiú
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Human Longevity

Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution

by Raymond C. Valentine, David L. Valentine ...

More than 7 billion people inhabit the earth and all of them are subject to aging. This book is aimed at persons interested in a molecular explanation of how our cells age. Human Longevity: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution is built on the proposition that we age as our mitochondria age. It suggests a revised vers ... Read more

$67.99 USD

More than 7 billion people inhabit the earth and all of them are subject to aging. This book is aimed at persons interested in a molecular explanation of how our cells age. Human Longevity: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution is built on the proposition that we age as our mitochondria age. It suggests a revised vers
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Prebiotic Chemistry and Life's Origin

Edited by Michele Fiore ...

Series Book 20 - Chemical Biology
How life originated from the inanimate mixture of organic and inorganic compounds on the priomordial earth remains one of the great unknowns in science. This origin of life, or abiogenesis, continues to be examined in the context of the conditions and materials required for natural life to have begun on Earth both theoretically and experimentally. This book provides a broad but in-depth analysis ... Read more

$211.49 USD

How life originated from the inanimate mixture of organic and inorganic compounds on the priomordial earth remains one of the great unknowns in science. This origin of life, or abiogenesis, continues to be examined in the context of the conditions and materials required for natural life to have begun on Earth both theoretically and experimentally. This book provides a broad but in-depth analysis
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Hox Modules in Evolution and Development

Edited by David E. K. Ferrier ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
Few, if any, genes have had the same level of impact on the field of evolutionary-developmental biology (evo-devo) as the Hox genes. These genes are renowned for their roles in patterning the body plans and development of the animal kingdom. This is complemented by the distinctive organisation of these genes in the genome, with them frequently being found as clusters in which gene position is ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Few, if any, genes have had the same level of impact on the field of evolutionary-developmental biology (evo-devo) as the Hox genes. These genes are renowned for their roles in patterning the body plans and development of the animal kingdom. This is complemented by the distinctive organisation of these genes in the genome, with them frequently being found as clusters in which gene position is
... Read more
Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 3 (R - Z)

by Eng Soon Teoh ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
A presentation of over 700 popular orchid species in 104 genera carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer. Each genus is assigned a separate chapter. Coverage of the most commonly cultivated Asian species including their varieties and cultivars (e.g. in Bulbophyllum 72 species; Coelogyne ... Read more

$170.09 USD

A presentation of over 700 popular orchid species in 104 genera carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer. Each genus is assigned a separate chapter. Coverage of the most commonly cultivated Asian species including their varieties and cultivars (e.g. in Bulbophyllum 72 species; Coelogyne
... Read more
Mycorrhizal Fungi in South America

Biodiversity, Conservation, and Sustainable Food Production

Edited by Mónica A. Lugo, Marcela C. Pagano ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
In order to feed the world, global agriculture will have to double food production by 2050. As a result, the use of soils with fertilizers and pesticides in agronomic ecosystems will increase, taking into account the sustainability of these systems and also the provision of food security. Thus, soil ecosystems, their health, and their quality are directly involved in sustainable agronomical ... Read more

$107.09 USD

In order to feed the world, global agriculture will have to double food production by 2050. As a result, the use of soils with fertilizers and pesticides in agronomic ecosystems will increase, taking into account the sustainability of these systems and also the provision of food security. Thus, soil ecosystems, their health, and their quality are directly involved in sustainable agronomical
... Read more
Sexual Selections

What We Can and Can’t Learn about Sex from Animals

by Marlene Zuk ...

Scientific discoveries about the animal kingdom fuel ideological battles on many fronts, especially battles about sex and gender. We now know that male marmosets help take care of their offspring. Is this heartening news for today's stay-at-home dads? Recent studies show that many female birds once thought to be monogamous actually have chicks that are fathered outside the primary breeding pair. ... Read more

$28.49 USD

Scientific discoveries about the animal kingdom fuel ideological battles on many fronts, especially battles about sex and gender. We now know that male marmosets help take care of their offspring. Is this heartening news for today's stay-at-home dads? Recent studies show that many female birds once thought to be monogamous actually have chicks that are fathered outside the primary breeding pair.
... Read more
Relativität der Evolution

by Markus Knoflacher ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Dieses Werk fokussiert vor allem auf evolutionäre Prozesse (und weniger auf evolutionäre Geschichte). Themen sind abiotische Rahmenbedingungen, Morphologie und Physiologie lebender Organismen, fossile und molekulare Hinweise auf evolutionäre Entwicklungen. Die grundlegenden Prozesse biologischer Evolution sind bereits in einzelligen Organismen festgelegt. Entwicklungsoptionen für vielzellige ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Dieses Werk fokussiert vor allem auf evolutionäre Prozesse (und weniger auf evolutionäre Geschichte). Themen sind abiotische Rahmenbedingungen, Morphologie und Physiologie lebender Organismen, fossile und molekulare Hinweise auf evolutionäre Entwicklungen. Die grundlegenden Prozesse biologischer Evolution sind bereits in einzelligen Organismen festgelegt. Entwicklungsoptionen für vielzellige
... Read more

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