Biological Sciences 10

Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems interacting with their environm……続きを見る

Todo mundo precisa de oito horas diárias de sono? Por que comer após o pôr do sol pode afetar nosso peso? As pesquisas do neurocientista Russell Foster sobre o relógio biológico nos orientam para os……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered what our robots might be thinking? What do our cars experience as they use their sensors to observe the world around them and increasingly take over our driving duties? When w……続きを見る

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, th……続きを見る

Many scientists and students are asking for advice in statistical analyses during preparation of their publications or theses. This book aims to address these needs by representing a "recipe book" f……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011 WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011 ‘Profound, eloquent and searching’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Essential reading’ INDEPENDENT ‘Masterly’ GUARDIAN ……続きを見る

Present day neuroscience places the brain at the centre of study. But what if researchers viewed the brain not as the foundation of life, rather as a mediating organ? Ecology of the Brain addresses ……続きを見る

This book explores the emergence and development of the legal concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing, and its application in agriculture. Developed in the 1990s, the concept of fair and equit……続きを見る

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New York Times bestseller • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year “It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction……続きを見る

BBC R4 Book of the Week ‘Brilliant’ Guardian ‘Fascinating and often delightful’ The Times What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to me……続きを見る

Preeminent psychologist Lisa Barrett lays out how the brain constructs emotions in a way that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mind. ……続きを見る

How could a relatively simple chemical code give rise to the complexity of a human being? How could our human genome have evolved? And how does it actually work? Over the past 50 years we have decip……続きを見る

Since dyslexia was first described in the British Medical Journal in 1896, there has been debate about the definitions and diagnostic procedures used, with some casting doubt on its very existence. ……続きを見る

The first comprehensive treatment of active inference, an integrative perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior used across multiple disciplines. Active inference is a way of understanding senti……続きを見る

“Author Stacy Horn dissects all the things that go bump in the nightーghosts, poltergeists, your ex-boyfriend Klausーin [her] macabre book.” ーMarie Claire A fascinating, eye-opening collection of “……続きを見る

**'Astonishing ... an amazing book ... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know' Chris Evans 'Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet' Evening Stand……続きを見る

Plastics show up in every area of our lives. They are durable, cheap and light, properties that make them attractive but also problematic for the environment. The focus of this book is not just to h……続きを見る

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of 2021ー***Bloomberg Businessweek;***A Best Science Book of 2021ー***The Guardian;***A Best Science Book of 2021ー***Financial Times;***A Best Philosophy Book o……続きを見る

Could fungal pathogens outsmart us before we find ways to combat them? Humans and fungi share nearly 50 percent of the same DNA. Because we're related, designing drugs to combat the varieties that a……続きを見る

"A captivating primer to the world of viruses that requires zero background in biology . . . a suitable first introduction to this fascinating part of our world." ー The Inquisitive Biologist In 202……続きを見る

Mind & Membrain is a book that not only reveals the 'missing link' between head impacts, mental health issues and early onset dementia but also offers a new approach to mental health diagnosis and t……続きを見る

Few things are as fundamental to human happiness as sex, and few writers are as entertaining about the subject as Mary Roach. Can a woman think herself to orgasm? Is your penis three inches longer t……続きを見る

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, presents the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing ……続きを見る

A 50th anniversary edition of one of the most widely influential articles of 20th Century philosophy “Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.” So begins Thomas Nagel's ……続きを見る

We have all experienced a 'gut reaction' or acted 'on a hunch' – we've used our intuition. Until recently, science didn't have a good explanation for how intuition works. In fact, some scientists di……続きを見る

A "fascinating book" that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI (Financial Times) For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest quest……続きを見る

The remarkable story of how today's brain scanning techniques were developed, told by one of the field's pioneers It is now possible to witness human brain activity while we are talking, reading, or……続きを見る

World-renowned biohacker and bestselling author Dave Asprey reveals how to maximize your well-being with the minimum effort, by taking control of your body’s operating system If you want to lose wei……続きを見る

By the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a "brilliant" and "beautifully told" new natural history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary fa……続きを見る