Biology: Books & Ebooks

This book takes the readers through introduction to biology. This book sheds light on the concept of the science of life and its chemical basis. This book further explains the cells, genes, heredity, the diversity of life, and nervous system, sensory system, and immune system. - Provided by publisher

Advances in molecular biology and biotechnology are increasing at a rapid pace, both in the development of new methodologies and in their practical applications. This popular textbook has been revised and updated to provide an overview of this exciting area of bioscience and to reflect a number of the key developments driving this expansion - Provided by publisher

Addressesing the fundamental problem of the disconnect between humans and nature, the author proposes a new approach to the biological sciences that puts the human back in nature. He argues that feelings and emotions, far from being superfluous to the study of organisms, are the very foundation of life.

In this masterful account, a historian of science surveys the molecular biology revolution, its origin and continuing impact.Since the 1930s, a molecular vision has been transforming biology. Michel Morange provides an incisive and overarching history of this transformation, from the early attempts to explain organisms by the structure of their chemical components, to the birth and consolidation of genetics, to the latest technologies and discoveries enabled by the new science of life. - Provided by publisher

One of the most authoritative and comprehensive sources on the world's animals. It includes high-quality photographs and illustrations and a comprehensive index to all 16 volumes.

This book focuses on current concepts in evolution as they pertain to conservation, and the empirical study of these concepts.

A technical discussion of bacterial biofilms, managing bactericidal agents, the antibiotic crisis, food choices after bariatric surgery, retinol as an active molecule and more.

Drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. Here the author presents cutting-edge science on gene expression, showing how environmental stressors are leaving their mark on plants, animals, and possibly humans for generations to come.

"This book includes over 300 illustrations to help you visualize what is necessary to understand biology at its core. Each chapter goes into depth on key topics to further your understanding of Cellular and Molecular Biology ... Discover a better way to learn through illustrations"-- Amazon.com.

From the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who coined the word “biology” in the early nineteenth century, to the American James Lovelock, for whom the Earth is a living, breathing organism, explore the lives of 18 biologists who had grand and often radical ideas that went far beyond the run-of-the-mill science of their peers.

Learn about the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes. By obsessing over sterilizing our homes and separating our spaces from nature, we are unwittingly cultivating an entirely new playground for evolution.

An illuminating history of Western science, tracing the trials and triumphs of the iconoclastic scientists who have sought to uncover the mystery of how life first came to be.

Ten esteemed experts thoroughly survey how each of Earth's major groups of living things diversified and evolved through time. Also includes profiles of the most important scientists that have influenced evolutionary theory.

A 2 Volume set as a complement to Grzimek's Animal Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, that explores extinction and extinct life in detail.

Short but informative entries, providing up-to-date information on a broad range of topics, including definitions for terms from the fields of Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Immunology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Systems Biology, and Toxicology.