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The Avian Migrant: The Biology of Bird Migration

by John H. Rappole

The purpose of migration, regardless of the distance involved, is to exploit two or more environments suitable for survival or reproduction over time, usually on a seasonal basis. Yet individual organisms can...

Land, Weather, Seasons, Insects: An Archetypal View

by Dennis L. Merritt

'The Dairy Farmer's Guide to the Universe Volume IV' explores the environment, with the Midwest as an example, using traditional Jungian and Hillmanian approaches to deepen our connection with the land, the...

Hermes

by Dennis L. Merritt

"Who ever does not shy away from dangers of the most profound depths and the newest pathways, which Hermes is always prepared to open, may follow and reach, whether as scholar, commentator, or philosopher, a...

The Cry of Merlin: Jung, the Prototypical Ecopsychologist

by Dennis L. Merritt

Carl Jung can be seen as the prototypical ecopsychologist. Volume II of The Dairy Farmer's Guide to the Universe explores how Jung's life and times created the context for the ecological nature of Jungian ideas....

Molecular Basis of Oxidative Stress: Chemistry, Mechanisms, and Disease Pathogenesis

by Frederick A. Villamena

Focusing on the molecular and chemical bases of oxidative stress, which can cause cancer as well as cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, Molecular Basis of Oxidate Stress discusses the role of free...

Probably Approximately Correct: Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex World

by Leslie Valiant

We have effective theories for very few things. Gravity is one, electromagnetism another. But for most things—whether as mundane as finding a mate or as major as managing an economy—our theories are lousy...

Stem Cells: From Biology to Therapy

by Robert A. Meyers

This third in the Current Topics in Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine Series contains a careful selection of new and updated, high-quality articles from the well-known Meyer's Encyclopedia, describing...

Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body

by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

An eye-opening, spine-tingling, heartwarming tour through the extraordinary history and secrets of the human body.The human body is the most fraught and fascinating, talked-about and taboo, unique yet universal...

Early Hominin Paleoecology

by Matthew Sponhiemer, Julia A. Lee-Thorp & Kaye E. Reed

An introduction to the multidisciplinary field of hominin paleoecology for advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduate students, Early Hominin Paleoecology offers an up?to?date review of the relevant...

Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands: A Comprehensive Guide

by George R. Zug

The Pacific is not only the world's largest body of water; its vast expanse also includes an extraordinary number and diversity of oceanic islands, from Palau and the Marianas east of the Philippines to Cocos...

Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M.

by Suzanne Corkin

In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental “psychosurgical” procedure—a targeted lobotomy—in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected—when...

Pattern Formations and Oscillatory Phenomena

by Shuichi Kinoshita

Patterns and their formations appear throughout nature, and are studied to analyze different problems in science and make predictions across a wide range of disciplines including biology, physics, mathematics,...

Schaum's Outline of Biology

by George Fried & George Hademenos

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately, there's Schaum's.

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum'sto help them succeed in the classroom and on exams.Schaum's is the key...

Biofuel Crop Sustainability

by Bharat Singh

Biofuel Crop Sustainability brings together the basic principles of agricultural sustainability and special stipulations for biofuels, from the economic and ecological opportunities and challenges of sustainable...

In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity

by Daniel J. Kevles

Daniel Kevles traces the study and practice of eugenics--the science of "improving" the human species by exploiting theories of heredity--from its inception in the late nineteenth century to its most recent...

Schaum's Outline of Human Anatomy and Physiology

by Kent Van de Graaff & R. Rhees

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's.

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum'sto help them succeed in the classroom and on exams.Schaum's is...

Principles of Human Evolution

by Robert Andrew Foley & Roger Lewin

Principles of Human Evolution presents an in-depth introduction to paleoanthropology and the study of human evolution. Focusing on the fundamentals of evolutionary theory and how these apply to ecological, molecular...

Essentials of Chemical Biology: Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules

by Andrew D. Miller & Julian Tanner

“This excellent work fills the need for an upper-level graduate course resource that examines the latest biochemical, biophysical, and molecular biological methods for analyzing the structures and physical...

Handbook of Energy, Volume I: Diagrams, Charts, and Tables

by Cutler J. Cleveland & Christopher G. Morris

Handbook of Energy, Volume I: Diagrams, Charts, and Tables provides comprehensive, organized coverage on all phases of energy and its role in society, including its social, economic, political, historical, and...

Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution

by Paul G. Higgs & Teresa K. Attwood

In the current era of complete genome sequencing, Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to bioinformatics in the context of evolutionary biology.

This accessible...