Waisted: The Biology of Body Fat, Paperback - Nathan Denton

Waisted: The Biology of Body Fat outlines the fascinating, often misunderstood and sometimes controversial biology of fat, otherwise known as adipo...

Publisher: University of California PressIllustration(s): 30 color illustrations, 3 b-w photographs, 16 line illustrations, 10 tablesNumber of page...

The Domestic Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour - Dennis C. Turner, Patrick Bateson

Through the vivid, true stories of five addicts, a neuroscientist explains how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it. T...

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The central concern of this book is us human beings. The authors' basic question is: 'How is it that we can live in mutual care, have ethical conce...

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Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, U.S.Author(s): Michael J JoynerNumber of pages: 408Collection: Perspectives CshlPublication date: 2...

Contributor(s): Author: Mark L. WinstonAuthor: M. L. WinstonFrom ancient cave paintings of honey bee nests to modern science's richly diversified i...

All people are equal but, as Human Diversity explores, all groups of people are not the same -- a fascinating investigation of the genetics and neu...

Presents evidence of the ecology and behavior of Great White Sharks. This volume begins with the evolution of the white shark and its relatives and...

Uses new research about the brain to explore how we can transcend our current physical and cultural limitations - Reveals that transcendence of cur...

How our intuitive understanding of numbers is deeply rooted in our biology, traceable through both evolution and development.

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The Biology of Death ties together the many ways that death helps scientists understand life. In the book, science writer Gary C. Howard synthesize...

All health care professionals involved in the care of children, well or sick, need an understanding of the biological processes underpinning child ...

Tyrannosaurs are, by some margin, the most famous dinosaurs in the world. Popular among children and adults alike, it is the only dinosaur many peo...

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Introverted? This book introduces readers to all the ways in which a person can be "shy", "introverted" and "anxious". It explores the biological r...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael DentonFrom roaring waterfalls and crashing waves to gentle rain and billowing clouds, water pervades our planet's m...

Now shortlisted for the 2012 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award and the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is a ...

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Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, U.S.Author(s): Terri GrodzickerIllustration(s): IllustrationsNumber of pages: 328Collection: Cold S...

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When we think of climate change, we often picture man-made global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions. But natural climate change has occur...

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The groundbreaking science behind why we need to rethink our relationship with a much-maligned organ: fat

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Reducere. From computers to airplanes to life-giving medicines, the technological marvels of our world were made possible by the human use of fire. But the u...