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Lake of the Old Uncles
by Gerard Kenney  About the Author Lake of the Old Uncles recounts a trip that began three-quarters of a century ago in a small village inn nestled in the Laurentian hills of French-speaking Quebec. One day, the trip will end at the village cemetery, just one kilometre from the inn. The...
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The Pulmonary Epithelium in Health and Disease
by David Proud Synopsis The Pulmonary Epithelium offers a comprehensive overview of the structure and function of this tissue, in health and disease. This unique text brings together in a single volume, the body of knowledge that currently exists, and explores how this...
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Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators, and Human Evolution, Expanded Edition
by Donna L. Hart Publisher Comments Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds. The authors’ studies of...
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Human Biology
by Colleen Belk Publisher Comments Key Message: Human Biology is a new book for readers preparing for careers in human biology or anatomy & physiology. As in Belk and Borden's highly successful Biology: Science for Life, science is presented as a story that is integrated into the...
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In Silico: 3D Animation and Simulation of Cell Biology with Maya and Mel (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)
by Jason Sharpe Publisher Comments In Silico introduces Maya programming into one of the most fascinating application areas of 3D graphics: biological visualization. In five building-block tutorials, this book prepares animators to work with visualization problems in cell biology. The...
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Tricky Trapdoor Spiders (No Backbone: Spiders)
by Meish Goldish Synopsis Whats so tricky about trapdoor spiders? Its the way they catch their food! The trapdoor spider waits in a hole in the ground, under a hidden door. When an insect walks by, the sneaky spider flips the door open, jumps out of its hole, and grabs its victim....
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Society for the Study of Human Biology #48: Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications, Future Prospects
by Sarah Elton Publisher Comments Can an evolutionary perspective be integrated in day-to-day practice and is it of value in medical education and training? If so, when and how? Highlighting exciting areas of research into the evolutionary basis of health and disease, Medicine and...
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A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds
by Gary Snyder Publisher Comments In this classic collection of 29 pieces that span half a century, Gary Snyder explores humans’ complex, ever-evolving attitudes toward the environment. He argues that nature is not separate from humanity, but intrinsic to it, and that since...
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Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics, and Informatics
by George P. Redei Publisher Comments The new, 3rd edition is an updated version of the best-seller earlier books. It includes about 56% more words than the 1,392-page 2nd edition of 2003. The number of illustrations increased to almost 2,000 and their quality has improved by design and four...
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Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief
by Lewis Wolpert Publisher Comments "Marvelously funny and provocative."—Publishers Weekly Why do 70 percent of Americans believe in angels, while others are convinced that they were abducted by aliens? What makes people believe in improbable things when all the evidence points to the...
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Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
by Florian Lang Publisher Comments Determining and understanding the molecular mechanisms of disease is one of the key goals of modern medical research. The studies of medical genetics, microbiology, immunology, structural biology, molecular cell biology, neuroscience and developmental...
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The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - And Why They Matter
by Marc Bekoff Publisher Comments In this important book, world-renowned biologist Marc Bekoff questions the conventional scientific “wisdom” that denies animal emotions. He makes a strong case for something that every animal lover and pet owner already knows: animals have...
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Methods in Molecular Biology #461: Molecular Embryology:: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition
by Paul Sharpe Synopsis This new edition offers a comprehensive guide to cutting-edge methods used today across the field of molecular embryology. These powerful techniques take advantage of the most commonly used vertebrate experimental models: murine embryos for their...
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Hierarchical Modeling and Inference in Ecology: The Analysis of Data from Populations, Metapopulations and Communities
by J. Andrew Royle Publisher Comments The hierarchical modelling framework represents a powerful and flexible framework for modelling and inference about ecological processes. It admits an explicit and formal representation of the data model into constituent components for observations and...
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Mortal Coil: A Short History of Living Longer
by David Boyd Haycock Publisher Comments An obsession with perpetual youth may seem a particularly modern phenomenon, but it is a goal that western scientists and philosophers have aspired to (and worked towards) for the last four hundred years. Mortal Coil explores the medical, scientific, and...
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The Pure Society: From Darwin to Hitler
by Andre Pichot Publisher Comments As genetic manipulation comes to dominate medical science, a timely and trenchant history of eugenics. How did the notions of "race" and "ethnic group," under the cover of scientific legitimacy, get used for political ends? This work retraces the history...
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Cloning Fraud: How Dr. Hwang Conned the World
by David Cyranoski Publisher Comments Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk became a Korean national hero and an international star when he came forward with the claim of successfully cloning human embryos. Time magazine named him one of the "People Who Mattered" in 2004 and prestigious science journals...
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Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology: A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)
by Eric J. Sargis Publisher Comments This book acknowledges and celebrates the contributions of Dr. Frederick S. Szalay to the field of Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology. Professor Szalay has published about 200 articles, six monographs, and six books on this subject. He is a strong...
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Stories in Tracks and Sign
by Diane K. Gibbons Synopsis Beautiful nature photographs combined with hand-drawn illustrations allow readers to discover the mystery behind wild animal tracks and sign. Detailed information about each sign is provided, urging readers to imagine what animal might have made a...
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From Mealworm to Beetle: Following the Life Cycle
by Laura Purdie Salas Synopsis Glossary/Index/Table of Contents/Content Consultants/Side bars/Fun Facts/Timeline/Book List/Further Reading/Safe Web sites at www.FactHound.com National Science Education Standards: Life Science: Content Standard C: Life Cycles of Organisms. Quizzes at...
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