A reprint of the U. of Penn. Press edition (1988) based on papers presented at Friday Harbor (Wash.) Laboratories in Sept. 1986. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
It is another hot day in the desert. Birds and other animals scurry about looking for food. When they get tired they stop to rest at a giant cactus. It is their hotel in the desert!Many different ani
This volume promotes the use of peptides and polyamino acids in a variety of settings. Its 25 chapters focus on examples from the mineralization sciences; the power and sophistication of biotechnology
The focus here is on two important evolutionary phenomena: how species arise, and how a given species acquires its particular repertoire of behavioral and ecological characters. Annotation copyright B
Wisteria, mistletoe, oleander, milkweed, narcissus, yellow Jessamine, wild hydrangea, trillium, all are plants easily recognized by most people. But these and more that 200 other plants in Alabama and
Clearly explaining the logical analysis of biological control phenomena, Biological Feedback answers questions concerning everything from regulation to logic. This rare monograph presents a formal met
Between roughly 25 and 31 degrees north latitude, a combination of flat topography, poor soils, and limited surface water produce deserts nearly everywhere on earth. In Florida, h
Surveying the night sky, a charming philosopher and his hostess, the Marquise, are considering thep ossibility of travelers from the moon. "What if they were skillful enough to navigate on th
One of the co-discoverers of the double helix of DNA recounts the unusual combination of choice and chance that led to the discovery that launched the molecular biological revolution
The Photochemistry of Nucleic Acids (J. Cadet & P. Vigny). Photosensitized Reactions of DNA: Cleavage and Addition (I. Kochevar & D. Dunn). Photoreactions of Nucleic Acids and Their Constituents with
What's the effect of osmosis on a raisin? How is water transported through plant stems? What's the best way to grow penicillin? How are butterflies different from moths? Now you can discover answe
In the early nineteenth century, a group of German biologists led by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach and Karl Friedrich Kielmeyer initiated a search for laws of biological organization that would explain
The chief purpose of such new editions is to bring the text up to date. This I have tried to do. The danger with such endeavours is that the book becomes corpulent. This I have tried to avoid. In so d
The Biolab Book is designed with the student in mind. Dissection diagrams show the specimens exactly as they appear in the dissecting pan; exercises and follow-up questions help the student see the bi
These studies of Canadian authors fulfill a real need in the study of Canadian literature. Each monograph is a separately bound study that contains a biography of the author, a description of the trad
Ranging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and evolutionary theory in this s
