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Origins of Life 2ND Edition
by Freeman Dyson  Publisher Comments This general book starts by surveying theories and experiments concerned with the origin of life; it then gives a sketch of new ideas and experiments by which the gaps in our understanding may be filled. The principal new idea is that a search for...
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Biology : Life on Earth With Physiology (8TH 08 Edition)
by Gerald Audesirk Publisher Comments The number of biology-related issues in our society is growing constantly. This book helps readers digest a wealth of scientific information with relevant references and examples. Includes new Links to Life feature-ends each chapter on a relevant note...
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The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit
by Joseph C Pearce Publisher Comments Joseph Chilton Pearce examines the current biological understanding of our neural organization to address how we can transcend our current evolutionary capacities and limitations. It is the dynamic interaction of the head brain (intellect) and heart...
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The Meme Machine
by Susan J. Blackmore Publisher Comments What is a meme? First coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, a meme is any idea, behavior, or skill that can be transferred from one person to another by imitation: stories, fashions, inventions, recipes, songs, ways of plowing a field or...
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The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe
by Brian W. Ogilvie Publisher Comments Out of the diverse traditions of medical humanism, classical philology, and natural philosophy, Renaissance naturalists created a new science devoted to discovering and describing plants and animals. In order to distinguish and catalog new plant and...
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Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People
by Steven Vogel Publisher Comments Nature and humans build their devices with the same earthly materials. Why do their designs diverge so sharply? Vogel compares these two worlds and introduces the reader to his field of biomechanics, explaining how the nexus of physical law, size, and...
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Principles of Animal Locomotion
by R Mcneill Alexander Publisher Comments "The lack of a comprehensive text has been the source of substantial frustration to those who teach courses in animal locomotion. It is a great pleasure, then, to see the publication of this book. It is poised to become an instant classic and will...
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Sperm Wars : Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles (06 Edition)
by Robin Baker Publisher Comments Published to acclaim and controversy a decade ago, Sperm Wars is a revolutionary thesis about sex that turned centuries-old biological assumptions on their head. Evolution has programmed men to conquer and monopolize women while women, without ever...
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Freshwater Mussel Ecology: A Multifactor Approach to Distribution and Abundance (Freshwater Ecology)
by David L. Strayer Publisher Comments Pearly mussels (Unionoidea) live in lakes, rivers, and streams around the world. These bivalves play important roles in freshwater ecosystems and were once both culturally and economically valuable as sources of food, pearls, and mother-of-pearl. Today...
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The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth
by E. O. Wilson Publisher Comments In his daring work, Wilson states that Nature is a universal value--one that serves without discrimination the interests of all humanity--and proposes an alliance between science and religion to save Earth's vanishing biodiversity....
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Molecular Biology of the Cell - Student Edition - With CD (5TH 08 Edition)
by Alberts And Johnson / Lewis / Raff / Roberts / Walter Publisher Comments For nearly a quarter century Molecular Biology of the Cell has been the leading cell biology textbook. This tradition continues with the new Fifth Edition, which has been completely revised and updated to describe our current, rapidly advancing...
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The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout
by Thomas P. Quinn Publisher Comments Esteemed fisheries expert Quinn distills essential information about salmon, steelhead, and cutthroat trout from the vast scientific literature....
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Kaufman Field Guide To Birds of North America (392 Pages) (00 Edition)
by Kenn Kaufman Publisher Comments Beginner or expert, every birder needs a field guide that is accurate, readable, and easy to use. Updated for 2005, this back-to-basics edition is produced by one of the foremost birding experts, with a clear and direct approach to recognizing every...
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Computer Modeling in Bioengineering
by Milos Kojic Publisher Comments Bioengineering is a broad-based engineering discipline that applies engineering principles and design to challenges in human health and medicine, dealing with bio-molecular and molecular processes, product design, sustainability and analysis of...
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan Publisher Comments Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries...
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The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria
by Michael Shnayerson Publisher Comments A battle is taking place on the frontiers of medicine between rapidly evolving bacteria and the doctors struggling to outwit them. "The Killers Within" tells this horror story that just happens to be true....
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Biology as Ideology: Doctrine of DNA, the
by Richard C Lewontin Publisher Comments A Reasonable Skepticism Science is a social institution about which there is a great deal of misunderstanding, even among those who are part of it. We think that science is an institution, a set of methods, a set of people, a great body of knowledge that...
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Developmental Biology -with CD (8TH 06 Edition)
by Scott F. Gilbert Publisher Comments Developmental Biology returns in its ground-breaking new edition. Tried and tested through seven previous editions, Scott F. Gilbert has an uncanny knack of captivating student interest, opening minds to the wonder of developmental biology, whilst at the...
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Origin of Species (03 Edition)
by Charles Darwin Publisher Comments The book that shook the world First time from Signet Classic This is the book that revolutionized the natural sciences and every literary, philosophical and religious thinker who followed. Darwin's theory of evolution and the descent of man remains as...
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What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
by Avery Gilbert Publisher Comments - How many smells are there? And how many molecules would it take to create every smell in nature, from roses to stinky feet? - Who was the bigger scent freak: the perfume-obsessed Richard Wagner or Emily Dickinson, with her creepy passion for flowers? -...
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