This is the first modern, extensive study of Late Cretaceous planktic foraminifera, a group of paramount importance for specialists in the oil industry and academia. This volume is dedicated to globotruncanids, describing 61 species with high-quality, spectacular photographs.
Aimed at students, this clear and concise practical handbook is prepared in accordance with the latest syllabi. It explores the instruments and glassware handled during experiments and the calculations required to prepare chemical reagents and media.
The world is an internal model. This theory of mental evolution explains mathematics, the origin of time, and consciousness itself. It also explains the meaning of Paleolithic artifacts, the origin of language, and identifies strict limits of scientific knowledge.
An Analysis of the Research on Sugarcane Yellow Leaf
For 30 years, sugarcane yellow leaf (SYL) has been known as a viral disease. After analyzing decades of confusing and contradictory research, the author argues it is a physiological syndrome. This book aims to disentangle the issue and show the truth behind the condition.
Basic Biology for Born Engineers
While the laws of physics rely on calculus, this approach fails for biology. Living things are not continuous; they are discrete and amazingly exact. This book presents a novel view of biology as the science of ‘living mosaics’, made of discrete, yet interacting, ‘tiles’.
Belonging to Earth
Global health threats reveal the deep interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. This book’s fictional, evidence-based stories, rooted in true events, provide invaluable insights that will change the way we understand our place in the global ecosystem.
This book provides a new, interdisciplinary model of consciousness, offering a multidisciplinary bridge between the brain, mind, philosophy, self-consciousness, human identity, and free will.
Biologists in the Age of Totalitarianism
These gripping biographies reveal the hidden lives of biologists in the Third Reich. Dr. Nowak, who knew many personally, uses newly opened archives to tell the stories of victims and perpetrators caught in the ideological nets of Nazism, Stalinism, and Maoism.
Blindsight, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and the Brain
Advances in neuroscience are revolutionizing society. This book provides insight into the wonders of sensory experience, traumatic brain injuries, and diseases like Alzheimer’s, exploring the field from individual cells to the majestic organ now contemplating itself.
The biological role of heterochromatin, our non-coding DNA, is a mystery. This study of Q-heterochromatin variability in humans reveals that differences are related to environmental factors, not race, and that our ability to adapt to extreme conditions depends on its amount.
This book is a comprehensive guide to colloidal and supramolecular drug delivery systems, designed to conquer pharmacokinetic impediments. It covers their classification, preparation, characterization, and the regulatory strategies required to launch them in the market.
Explore the captivating world of alkaloids from plants, animals, and marine life. Crafted with clarity, this guide is an indispensable reference for students and researchers, providing deep insights into the chemistry and diverse applications of these natural compounds.
Eco-neurobiology investigates how environmental factors impact the brain. This book covers recent findings on how non-genetic factors—the food we eat, stress, and traumatic events—influence our minds, from everyday function to the development of disorders.
Six chemical elements make up 98% of the human body, but what remains is equally important. This book is about the other elements that are vitally important for some animals and plants, as well as a few that are deadly or used as protection by others.
Evolution and I discusses and sheds light on human knowledge and evolution from a range of perspectives including morals and ethics, sex and gender, religion, artificial intelligence, and microorganisms, with often surprising conclusions illuminating who we are as humans.
Evolution of Evolution
What is desperately needed is the realization of the evolutionary survival value of caring for others. This book links our humanities to a scientific understanding of human destiny to provide a key to meaning. We don’t have ‘forever’ to ‘get it!’
In 1830, John Williams wrote this pioneering study of the plants, animals, and agriculture of Llanrwst, north Wales. This new edition is reproduced verbatim but augmented by a biography of the author, a gazetteer of localities, and eight full-page colour plates.
This book explains the fundamental processes of evolutionary genetics, such as mutation, natural selection, and speciation. It provides an up-to-date overview of the field, discussing the theories of Darwin and Mendel, adaptation, and the origin of new genes.
From spotted dogs to mosaic irises, genetic mosaics are all around us—in fact, we are all mosaics. But little is known about the genetic bases of their origin. This book overviews the mechanisms behind mosaicism, with examples illustrating their impact on our lives.
The Mekong Delta’s economically significant fish species are threatened by fragmented research, hindering conservation. This monograph offers a solution: the culmination of a decade of research providing a holistic understanding of their genetics, ecology, and survival.