Biological Sciences

This is aconcise yet comprehensive medicinal chemistry book for undergraduates. All theimportant areas in medicinal chemistry are covered in a format that is ideal forlearning and rapid revision. If you are studying medical chemistry and need aneasy to understand text, this book is the life line you... More

Did you know that Tasmanian hens have two husbands? That vampire bats will share food with hungry fellow bats and that Hanuman langurs commit infanticide? Why creatures great and small behave in such fascinating and seemingly perplexing ways is explained in this delightful account of the evolutionar... More

The anthrax attacks by bioterrorists in the USA in October 2001 served to highlight our vulnerability to biological warfare and to act as an impetus for a massive increase in funding for biodefense research.In this timely book, top biodefense experts critically review every aspect of this complex is... More

Instant Notes In Microbiology is aconcise yet comprehensive microbiology book for undergraduates. All theimportant area in microbiology are covered in a format that is ideal for learningand rapid revision. The book has been comprehensively revised and updated toincorporate recent advances in this fa... More

Instant Notes titles focus on core information and are designed to help undergraduate students come to grips with a subject quickly and easily. The new edition, like the current one, will give an insight into the whole of plant science, which is one of the fundamental areas of biology. It will be up... More

The term "artificial life" describes research into synthetic systems that possess some of the essential properties of life. This truly interdisciplinary field includes biologists, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, geneticists, and others. Artificial life may be viewed as an attempt to under... More

Although invisible to the naked eye, stem cells have become the center of a debate among scientists, politicians, religious leaders, patients, and the general public. Stem cells are unique in their potential for developing into other types of cells as they mature, and adult stem cells are routinely ... More

Instant Notes titles focus on core information and are designed to help undergraduate students come to grips with a subject quickly and easily. This book is aimed at undergraduate life science students who need to improve or brush-up their mathematical and statistical skills to a level which will ma... More

The Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Plant Breeding And RelatedSubjects is the first comprehensive book that contains clear and usefuldefinitions of the terms associated with plant breeding and relatedscientific/technological disciplines. This well-organized guide defines all ofthe jargon surrounding this... More

Agricultural (or “green”) biotechnology is a source of growing tensions in the global trading system. Genetically modified food thus faces an uncertain future. The technology behind it might revolutionize food production around the world. Or it might follow the example of nuclear energy, which d... More

"Instant Notes "titles focus on core information and are designed to help undergraduate students come to grips with a subject quickly and easily. "Instant Notes in Medical Microbiology "covers the basic concepts and terminology required to understand the different kinds of microorganisms; the spread... More

In addition to providing a dictionary of Plant pathological terms and a complete list of crop diseases accepted names synonyms and anamorphic/telemorphic names names of pathogens the Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology is an essential reference for: The latest nomenclature and classification of ... More

This is a concise yetcomprehensive developmental biology book for undergraduates. All the importantareas in developmental biology are covered in a format that is ideal forlearning and rapid revision. ... More