SW - Evolution 1

This book summarizes mountains of research by various scientists in the field of general biochemistry, with an emphasis on enzymes which make all the important molecules in our body, such as DNA, pr……続きを見る

How can one view the world biologically but also biblically? The walls people build around their lives protect themーbut also limit them. People build many intellectual, emotional, and spiritual wal……続きを見る

L’espèce humaine va-t-elle pouvoir s’adapter aux changements qu’elle a elle-même suscités ? En a-t-elle encore les moyens physiologiques et biologiques ? Est-il encore temps ? Sur quel secteur scien……続きを見る

Microbes form the “unseen majority” of life on Earth, with bacteria at the forefront as both the architects of life’s chemical foundations and agents of disease. But their story is far more complex.……続きを見る

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and science In Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between inn……続きを見る

Functional and Phylogenetic Ecology in R is designed to teach readers to use R for phylogenetic and functional trait analyses. Over the past decade, a dizzying array of tools and methods were genera……続きを見る

Societies that ignore social disintegration and collapsing birth rates are putting their future in peril. So why are we ignoring the signs? ?In The Origin Of Politics, Nicholas Wade explains how our……続きを見る

Evolutionary science teaches that humans arose as a population, sharing common ancestors with other animals. Most readers of the book of Genesis in the past understood all humans descended from Adam……続きを見る

«Un libro delizioso, accessibile e ricco di informazioni, che porta il lettore dai complessi dettagli del DNA e delle proteine ad alcuni dei più affascinanti successi (e fallimenti) dell'umanità.» «……続きを見る

Rosemary Lombard has maintained a private turtle lab for nearly half a century, first in Bloomington Indiana, then in Chicago, then Milwaukee, later in the Bay Area, and now in Hillsboro, Oregon. To……続きを見る

The basis for the Emmy-winning film. "A wonderful, highly readable account of the history of the universe from the Big Bang through the present moment."ーThomas Lovejoy, University Professor in Envi……続きを見る

This order once encompassed all insects with a complex network of wing veins, regardless of whether their metamorphosis was incomplete or complete. By the early 20th century, most of the species had……続きを見る

The idea of Evolution is an old one. It is older than the Darwinian hypothesis; it is older than Lamarck, who published his particular theory in 1809, the year that Darwin was born; it is older than……続きを見る

From industrious ants to mischievous whales, sensing, understanding, and responding appropriately to the world is an essential life function. Throughout millions of years, the nervous system has evo……続きを見る

Darwin's theory of evolution was for more than a century dogged by a major problem: the evidence proving the connections between the main groups of organisms was nowhere to be found. By the 1970s th……続きを見る

Are species worth saving? Can they be resurrected by technology? What is the use of species in biomedicine? These questions all depend on a clear definition of the concept of 'species', yet biologis……続きを見る

Humans possess the most expressive faces in the animal kingdom. Adam Wilkins presents evidence ranging from the fossil record to recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental bio……続きを見る

An up-to-date reference book on phylogenetic methods and applications for evolutionary biologists The increasingly widespread availability of genomic data is transforming how biologists estimate evo……続きを見る

Buceando en las nuevas evidencias que ha dejado la descodificación del genoma humano, el periodista científico Nicholas Wade nos adentra en las bases genéticas de la raza y su rol fundamental en la ……続きを見る

Meaning, feeling and expression – the experience of inwardness – matter most in human existence. The perspective of biopoetics shows that this experience is shared by all organisms. Being alive mean……続きを見る

The history of life is a nearly four billion year old story of transformative change. This change ranges from dramatic macroscopic innovations such as the evolution of wings or eyes, to a myriad of ……続きを見る

This book describes the origins of the Human species. It takes us through the stages of life from a single cell organism all the way to the emergence and evolution of humankind. In this book, it des……続きを見る

Evolution, Chance, and God looks at the relationship between religion and evolution from a philosophical perspective. This relationship is fascinating, complex and often very controversial, involvin……続きを見る

"Marvelously funny and provocative."ーPublishers Weekly Why do 70 percent of Americans believe in angels, while others are convinced that they were abducted by aliens? What makes people believe in i……続きを見る

Taking a retrospective view of the dark and unenlightened past, when the mighty forces of nature were almost entirely hidden from the human gaze; contemplating the sad spectacle of our forefathers b……続きを見る

Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the centre of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotate……続きを見る

More than 40,000 species of mites have been described, and up to 1 million may exist on earth. These tiny arachnids play many ecological roles including acting as vectors of disease, vital players i……続きを見る

Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the centre of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotate……続きを見る

There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals--some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or diff……続きを見る

How similar are your choices, behaviours, and lifestyle to those of a parrot? We humans are not like other mammals. We look like them, but we don't act like them. In fact, many of our defining human……続きを見る