13,294円 The single comprehensive treatment of the field, from the leading members of the Society of Ethnobiology The field of ethnobiologyーthe study of relationships between particular ethnic groups and their native plants and animalsーhas grown very rapidly in recent years, spawning numerous subfields....

1,294円 Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of No Mean City, the classic novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's most deprived district. He lived in the same street as its fictional 'razor king', Johnnie Stark, and subsequently realised that a...

17,500円 On Earth, lakes provide favorable environments for the development of life and its preservation as fossils. They are extremely sensitive to climate fluctuations and to conditions within their watersheds. As such, lakes are unique markers of the impact of environmental changes. Past and current mi...

24,309円 The volumes in this authoritative series present a multidisciplinary approach to modeling and simulation of flows in the cardiovascular and ventilatory systems, especially multiscale modeling and coupled simulations. Volume 5 is devoted to cells, tissues, and organs of the cardiovascular and vent...

1,709円 In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records–which is to say, the overwhelming majority of our time here on earth. But Renfrew also opens up to discussion, and even debate, the term “prehistory” itsel...

16,099円 This complete, yet concise text is designed to help students easily master the anatomy and basic physiology of the nervous system. Accessible and clear, the text highlights interrelationships between systems, structures and the rest of the body as it moves through various regions of the brain. Th...

22,305円 The surface pigmentation of vertebrates is controlled by specialized cells able to synthesize a variety of pigments collectively known as melanins. Recent research has shown that melanins are produced not only in the skin but also in many other sites such as the eye, inner ear, muscles, etc., - w...

2,515円 Birds do it, and bees do it, so do all animals, some of them in weird and wonderful ways. Quirks & Quarks' latest book explores the more bizarre behaviours of more than 100 creatures, from barnacles to Panda bears. The tiny spider that has to tear off one of its two huge sex organs just to be abl...

200円 What Darwinians Don't Want You to Know – The truth about the Intelligent Design theory. Does Secular Humanism require more faith than most religions?

6,072円 This concise primer (based on lectures given at summer schools on complex systems and on a masters degree course in complex systems modeling) will provide graduate students and newcomers to the field with the basic knowledge of the concepts and methods of statistical physics and its potential for...

300円 Im Jahr 1831 suchte der Kapitän der Beagle Fitzroy einen standesgemäßen und naturwissenschaftlich gebildeten Begleiter für eine geplante Vermessungs- und Entdeckungsfahrt nach Südamerika. Der 22jährige Darwin wurde für diese Position von seinem Lehrer und Freund Henslow empfohlen und konnte nach ...

7,960円 The mammalian neurohypophyseal peptide hormones oxytocin and vasopressin act to mediate human social behavior - they affect trust and social relationships and have an influence on avoidance responses. Describing the evolutionary roots of the effects that these neuropeptides have on behavior, this...