Biology

New Page 1 Instant Notes in Immunology provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to immunology, providing easy access to the core information in the field. The book covers all important areas in immunology in a format which is ideal for learning and rapid revision. It also features ... More

An Introduction to Perl fo Biologists With its highly developed capacity to detect patterns in data, Perl has become one of the most popular languages for biological data analysis. But if you're a biologist with little or no programming experience, starting o... More

This work has become a benchmark of popular anthropology and psychology. Zoologist Desmond Morris considers humans as being simply another animal species in this classic book first published in 1967. Here is the Naked Ape at his most primal in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relativ... More

An Introduction to Software Tools for Biological Applications Bioinformatics--the application of computational and analytical methods to biological problems--is a rapidly evolving scientific discipline. Genome sequencing projects are producing vast amounts of... More

Fritjof Capra is at the forefront of the revolution in modern science which has challenged a convetional mechanistic view of the world based on the thinking of Descartes and Newton and brought us towards a holistic, ecological view. Here Capra offers a brilliant, radical synthesis of such recent sc... More

In the same, lively style as his classics, Manwatching and Bodywatching, Desmond Morris now focuses his attention and skill on the female form. The Naked Woman builds on Desmond Morris's unrivalled experience as an observer of the human animal. In this, his latest book, he turns his attention and sk... More

Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates is written bearing in mind that the modern trends of studies on the chordates have changed drastically from classical study of one or two commonly available representative types to rather detailed comparative account of organs and organ systems present in all avail... More

An eye-opening discussion of how biological clocks affect the lives of all living organismsWhy can't teenagers get out of bed in the morning? How do bees tell the time? Why do some plants open and close their flowers at the same time each day? Why do so many people suffer the misery of jet lag? In t... More

"iGenetics: A Molecular Approach" reflects the dynamic nature of modern genetics by emphasizing an experimental, inquiry-based approach with a solid treatment of many research experiments. Genetics: An Introduction, DNA: The Genetic Material, DNA Replication, Gene Control of Proteins, Gene Expressio... More

Advertised as "the book that gets you results," "Cracking the SAT"--from the world's best test-prep company--offers proven techniques for scoring higher.The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Biology E/M Subject Test is very different from earning straight A's in school. We don't try to te... More

According to conventional wisdom, our genes and lifestyles are the most important causes of the most deadly ailments of our time. Conventional wisdom may be wrong. In this controversial book, the eminent biologist Paul W. Ewald offers some startling arguments: -Germs appear to be at the root of hear... More