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Plant and Crop Physiology (Hardcover): Jordan Smith Plant and Crop Physiology (Hardcover)
Jordan Smith
R3,615 R3,266 Discovery Miles 32 660 Save R349 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Biogeography: An Ecological Approach (Hardcover): Neil Griffin Biogeography: An Ecological Approach (Hardcover)
Neil Griffin
R3,605 R3,256 Discovery Miles 32 560 Save R349 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Wonder of Life - Follow man's ignorance of the secrets of life to the marvels of today's DNA, the genetic code... The Wonder of Life - Follow man's ignorance of the secrets of life to the marvels of today's DNA, the genetic code and the genome of man. (Hardcover)
John Husher
R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Wonder of Life takes you from Earth's beginning and describes the events that preceded man and carries you along the path of man's education. This came through wars, then religion, and always through the silent killers of man as disease became one of the major carriers of education as well as death. You will journey through the battles with the silent killers and understand how man went from a defensive mode to one of the aggressor with the invention of the microscope. Follow the progress of the wins over the Staff infections, to the use of penicillin during the war and then the defeat of Polio; always in the search of what made man tick. This carries him through the discovery of DNA, the genetic code, AIDS, the human genome and to today's great hope of the use of stem cells to correct for the body's malfunction of its organs. It's an exciting story told in a novel manner for the layman to understand.

Functional Genomics (Hardcover): Rosanna Mann Functional Genomics (Hardcover)
Rosanna Mann
R2,493 R2,273 Discovery Miles 22 730 Save R220 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Darwinism and Philosophy (Hardcover): Vittorio Hosle, Christian Illies Darwinism and Philosophy (Hardcover)
Vittorio Hosle, Christian Illies
R4,312 Discovery Miles 43 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The philosophically most challenging science today, arguably, is no longer physics but biology. It is hardly an exaggeration to state that Charles Darwin has shaped modern evolutionary biology more significantly than anyone else. Moreover, since Darwin's day, philosophers and scientists have realized the enormous philosophical potential of Darwinism and have tried to expand his insights well beyond the limits of biology. However, no consensus has been achieved. The aim of this collection of essays is to revive a comprehensive discussion of the meaning and the philosophical implications of "Darwinism." The contributors to Darwinism and Philosophy are international scholars from the fields of philosophy, science, and history of ideas. A strength of this collection is that it brings together sustained reflection from American and Continental philosophical traditions. The conclusions of the contributors vary, but taken together their essays successfully map the problems of interpreting "Darwinism."

Scientific Advances in Neuroscience (Hardcover): Vin Lopez Scientific Advances in Neuroscience (Hardcover)
Vin Lopez
R3,162 Discovery Miles 31 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Land Solutions for Climate Displacement (Paperback): Scott Leckie Land Solutions for Climate Displacement (Paperback)
Scott Leckie
R1,634 Discovery Miles 16 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The threat of climate displacement looms large over a growing number of countries. Based on the more than six years of work by Displacement Solutions in ten climate-affected countries, academic work on displacement and climate adaptation, and the country-level efforts of civil society groups in several frontline countries, this report explores the key contention that land will be at the core of any major strategy aimed at preventing and resolving climate displacement. This innovative and timely volume coordinated and edited by the Founder of Displacement Solutions, Scott Leckie, examines a range of legal, policy and practical issues relating to the role of land in actively addressing the displacement consequences of climate change. It reveals the inevitable truth that climate displacement is already underway and being tackled in countries such as Bangladesh, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and the United States, and proposes a series of possible land solution tools that can be employed to protect the rights of people and communities everywhere should they be forced to flee the places they call home.

Cellular and Tissue Engineering: Concepts and Applications (Hardcover): Shay Fisher Cellular and Tissue Engineering: Concepts and Applications (Hardcover)
Shay Fisher
R3,522 R3,184 Discovery Miles 31 840 Save R338 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Applied Genetics Of Humans, Animals, Plants And Fungi, The (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Bernard Charles Lamb Applied Genetics Of Humans, Animals, Plants And Fungi, The (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Bernard Charles Lamb
R1,873 Discovery Miles 18 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A concise, clear writing style and a detailed and rich coverage of topics are the reasons that students found the first edition of the book so engaging and useful.Riding on this wave, all chapters within the second edition of this popular book have been thoroughly updated and expanded, especially the human and animal materials. A wider range of animals is covered, including dogs and cats as well as farm animals. The use of cord blood for therapy, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and animal cloning are also explored and dealt with.

The Secret Perfume of Birds - Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent (Hardcover): Danielle J. Whittaker The Secret Perfume of Birds - Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent (Hardcover)
Danielle J. Whittaker
R693 Discovery Miles 6 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The untold story of a stunning discovery: not only can birds smell, but their scents may be the secret to understanding their world. The puzzling lack of evidence for the peculiar but widespread belief that birds have no sense of smell irked evolutionary biologist Danielle Whittaker. Exploring the science behind the myth led her on an unexpected quest investigating mysteries from how juncos win a fight to why cowbirds smell like cookies. In The Secret Perfume of Birds-part science, part intellectual history, and part memoir-Whittaker blends humor, clear writing, and a compelling narrative to describe how scent is important not just for birds but for all animals, including humans. Whittaker engagingly describes how emerging research has uncovered birds' ability to produce complex chemical signals that influence their behavior, including where they build nests, when they pick a fight, and why they fly away. Mate choice, or sexual selection-a still enigmatic aspect of many animals' lives-appears to be particularly influenced by smell. Whittaker's pioneering studies suggest that birds' sexy (and scary) signals are produced by symbiotic bacteria that manufacture scents in the oil that birds stroke on their feathers when preening. From tangerine-scented auklets to her beloved juncos, redolent of moss, birds from across the world feature in Whittaker's stories, but she also examines the smelly chemicals of all kinds of creatures, from iguanas and bees to monkeys and humans. Readers will enjoy a rare opportunity to witness the twisting roads scientific research can take, especially the challenging, hilarious, and occasionally dangerous realities of ornithology in the wild. The Secret Perfume of Birds will interest anyone looking to learn more about birds, about how animals and humans use our senses, and about why it can sometimes take a rebel scientist to change what we think we know for sure about the world-and ourselves.

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry: Volume III (Hardcover): Clayton Murphy Handbook of Environmental Chemistry: Volume III (Hardcover)
Clayton Murphy
R3,021 Discovery Miles 30 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Genius of Kinship - The Phenomenon of Kinship and the Global Diversity of Kinship Terminologies (Hardcover, New): G. V.... The Genius of Kinship - The Phenomenon of Kinship and the Global Diversity of Kinship Terminologies (Hardcover, New)
G. V. Dzibel, German V. Dziebel
R3,335 Discovery Miles 33 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This highly acclaimed book brings the cumulative results of a century and a half of kinship studies in anthropology into the focus of current debates on the origin of modern humans in Africa and on an entangled bit of human evolutionary history commonly subsumed under the heading of the "peopling of the Americas." This erudite study is based on a database of some 2,500 kinship vocabularies representing roughly 600 African languages, 140 Australian languages, 500 Austronesian languages, 200 Papuan languages, 350 languages of Eurasia (excluding Indo-Europeans), 440 North and Middle American Indian languages, and 200 South American languages. This valuable reference will take the reader to the dawn of kinship studies in the 19th century Western science in order to elicit the wider context of anthropological interest in kinship systems and the interdisciplinary salience of the phenomenon of kinship. The book also examines the founder of kinship studies in anthropology, American lawyer and Iroquois ethnographer, Lewis Henry Morgan, and the circumstances of his life that generated his interest in human kinship. The study ventures into the intricacies of scientific and quasi-scientific debates in the 19th century, and treats 19th century science as embedded in a myth featuring divinity, humanity and animality as principal characters. This account is divided into four sections, each of which is structured as a triad (philosophy, psychology and physiology; logic, semiotics and reproduction; religion, hermeneutics and evolution; law, grammar and speech). This far-reaching historical journey aims at formulating an idea of what human kinship might be all about, especially in the light of the widespread uncertainties about this question caused by the constructivist turn in anthropology. Eventually our ideas regarding human origins, ancient population dispersals and the homeland of modern humans are inextricably linked to our ideas about kinship. As a book that brings together evolutionary and sociocultural anthropology, The Genius of Kinship will be a critical addition for all Anthropology collections.

Marine Fungus (Hardcover): Federico Baltar Marine Fungus (Hardcover)
Federico Baltar
R1,540 Discovery Miles 15 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Pollination in Plants (Hardcover): Phatlane William Mokwala Pollination in Plants (Hardcover)
Phatlane William Mokwala
R3,315 Discovery Miles 33 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Did I Ever Tell You About the Whale? - Or Measuring Technology Maturity (Hardcover, New): William L. Nolte Did I Ever Tell You About the Whale? - Or Measuring Technology Maturity (Hardcover, New)
William L. Nolte; Foreword by James W. Bilbro
R2,771 Discovery Miles 27 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Technology maturity: What is it, and why is it important? For more than ten years, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has criticized federal agencies for a history of cost and schedule overruns on a significant portion of their procurement programs. GAO has repeatedly reported that the use of immature technologies in programs is a primary cause for these overruns. In spite of these repeated reports, the problems in government procurement have not improved. In fact, recent reports indicate that the problems are getting worse. One cause of this worsening situation might be that, while GAO identified lack of technology maturity as a problem, they did not tell how to measure technology maturity, or conversely, its lack. This groundbreaking work attempts to fill this gap by examining the current state of technology maturity measurement, pointing out strengths and weaknesses of available measures, and proposing a complete technology maturity assessment as a potential solution. The book also includes a discussion of risk during technology development.

Plant-Animal Interactions: An Ecological Approach (Hardcover): Isaac Clements Plant-Animal Interactions: An Ecological Approach (Hardcover)
Isaac Clements
R3,584 R3,238 Discovery Miles 32 380 Save R346 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Microbial Life in the Cryosphere and Its Feedback on Global Change (Hardcover): Susanne Liebner, Lars Ganzert Microbial Life in the Cryosphere and Its Feedback on Global Change (Hardcover)
Susanne Liebner, Lars Ganzert
R3,552 Discovery Miles 35 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The cryosphere stands for environments where water appears in a frozen form. It includes permafrost, glaciers, ice sheets, and sea ice and is currently more affected by Global Change than most other regions of the Earth. In the cryosphere, limited water availability and subzero temperatures cause extreme conditions for all kind of life which microorganisms can cope with extremely well. The cryosphere's microbiota displays an unexpectedly large genetic potential, and taxonomic as well as functional diversity which, however, we still only begin to map. Also, microbial communities influence reaction patterns of the cryosphere towards Global Change. Altered patterns of seasonal temperature fluctuations and precipitation are expected in the Arctic and will affect the microbial turnover of soil organic matter (SOM). Activation of nutrients by thawing and increased active layer thickness as well as erosion renders nutrient stocks accessible to microbial activities. Also, glacier melt and retreat stimulate microbial life in turn influencing albedo and surface temperatures. In this context, the functional resilience of microbial communities in the cryosphere is of major interest. Particularly important is the ability of microorganisms and microbial communities to respond to changes in their surroundings by intracellular regulation and population shifts within functional niches, respectively. Research on microbial life exposed to permanent freeze or seasonal freeze-thaw cycles has led to astonishing findings about microbial versatility, adaptation, and diversity. Microorganisms thrive in cold habitats and new sequencing techniques have produced large amounts of genomic, metagenomic, and metatranscriptomic data that allow insights into the fascinating microbial ecology and physiology at low and subzero temperatures. Moreover, some of the frozen ecosystems such as permafrost constitute major global carbon and nitrogen storages, but can also act as sources of the greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide. In this book we summarize state of the art knowledge on whether environmental changes are met by a flexible microbial community retaining its function, or if the altered conditions also render the community in a state of altered properties that affect the Earth's element cycles and climate. This book brings together research on the cryosphere's microbiota including permafrost, glaciers, and sea ice in Arctic and Antarctic regions. Different spatial scales and levels of complexity are considered, spanning from ecosystem level to pure culture studies of model microbes in the laboratory. It aims to attract a wide range of parties with interest in the effect of climate change and/or low temperatures on microbial nutrient cycling and physiology.

DeeNA (Hardcover): A. R. Sutton DeeNA (Hardcover)
A. R. Sutton
R868 Discovery Miles 8 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Handbook of Environmental Chemistry: Volume II (Hardcover): Clayton Murphy Handbook of Environmental Chemistry: Volume II (Hardcover)
Clayton Murphy
R3,021 Discovery Miles 30 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Protein Structural Biology in Biomedical Research, Part A, Volume 22 (Hardcover): C Woodward Protein Structural Biology in Biomedical Research, Part A, Volume 22 (Hardcover)
C Woodward; Edited by N. M. Allewell
R3,020 Discovery Miles 30 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Recent advances in protein structural biology, coupled with new developments in human genetics, have opened the door to understanding the molecular basis of many metabolic, physiological, and developmental processes in human biology. Medical pathologies, and their chemical therapies, are increasingly being described at the molecular level. For single-gene diseases, and some multi-gene conditions, identification of highly correlated genes immediately leads to identification of covalent structures of the actual chemical agents of the disease, namely the protein gene products. Once the primary sequence of a protein is ascertained, structural biologists work to determine its three-dimensional, biologically active structure, or to predict its probable fold and/or function by comparison to the data base of known protein structures. Similarly, three-dimensional structures of proteins produced by microbiological pathogens are the subject of intense study, for example, the proteins necessary for maturation of the human HIV virus. Once the three-dimensional structure of a protein is known or predicted, its function, as well as potential binding sites for drugs that inhibit its function, become tractable questions. The medical ramifications of the burgeoning results of protein structural biology, from gene replacement therapy to "rational" drug design, are well recognized by researchers in biomedical areas, and by a significant proportion of the general population. The purpose of this book is to introduce biomedical scientists to important areas of protein structural biology, and to provide an insightful orientation to the primary literature that shapes the field in each subject.
The chapters in this volume cover aspects of protein structural biology which have led to the recognition of fundamental relationships between protein structure and function.

Neural Aspects of Tactile Sensation, Volume 127 (Hardcover): J.W. Morley Neural Aspects of Tactile Sensation, Volume 127 (Hardcover)
J.W. Morley
R5,546 Discovery Miles 55 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The world within reach is characterised to a large extent by our ability to sense objects through touch. Research into the sensation of touch has a long history. However, it is only relatively recently that significant advances have been made in understanding how information about objects we touch is represented in both the peripheral and central divisions of the nervous systems. This volume draws together the increasing body of knowledge regarding the mechanisms underlying tactile sensation and how they relate to tactile perception.
Individual chapters address; the response of mechanoreceptors to stimuli (including movement and shape), the role of the somatosensory cortex in processing tactile information, the psychophysics and neurophysiology of the detection and categorisation of somesthetic stimuli, perceptual constancy, recent findings in regard to short term and long term plasticity in the somatosensory cortex and the psychophysical correlates of this plasticity, and parallel versus serial information processing in the cortex.
The authors look at past and current research, and comment on the direction of future investigation, relating findings from psychophysical studies of tactile behavior to our growing understanding of the underlying neural mechanisms.

Recent Advances in Tomato Breeding and Production (Hardcover): Seloame Tatu Nyaku, Agyemang Danquah Recent Advances in Tomato Breeding and Production (Hardcover)
Seloame Tatu Nyaku, Agyemang Danquah
R3,313 Discovery Miles 33 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Visual Masking - Time slices through conscious and unconscious vision (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Bruno Breitmeyer, Haluk... Visual Masking - Time slices through conscious and unconscious vision (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Bruno Breitmeyer, Haluk Ogmen
R4,333 R3,728 Discovery Miles 37 280 Save R605 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Our visual system can process information at both conscious and unconscious levels. Understanding the factors that control whether a stimulus reaches our awareness, and the fate of those stimuli that remain at an unconscious level, are the major challenges of brain science in the new millennium. Since its publication in 1984, Visual Masking has established itself as a classic text in the field of cognitive psychology. In the years since, there have been considerable advances in the cognitive neurosciences, and a growth of interest in the topic of consciousness, and the time is ripe for a new edition of this text. Where most current approaches to the study of visual consciousness adopt a 'steady-state' view, the approach presented in this book explores its dynamic properties. This new edition uses the technique of visual masking to explore temporal aspects of conscious and unconscious processes down to a resolution in the millisecond range. The 'time slices' through conscious and unconscious vision revealed by the visual masking technique can shed light on both normal and abnormal operations in the brain. The main focus of this book is on the microgenesis of visual form and pattern perception - microgenesis referring to the processes occurring in the visual system from the time of stimulus presentation on the retinae to the time, a few hundred milliseconds later, of its registration at conscious or unconscious perceptual and behavioural levels. The book takes a highly integrative approach by presenting microgenesis within a broad context encompassing visuo-temporal phenomena, attention, and consciousness.

Microbial Population Genetics (Hardcover): Jianping Xu Microbial Population Genetics (Hardcover)
Jianping Xu
R5,677 Discovery Miles 56 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Microbial population genetics is a rapidly advancing field of investigation with relevance to many areas of science. The subject encompasses theoretical issues, such as the origins and evolution of species, sex, and recombination. Population genetics lays the foundations for tracking the origin and evolution of antibiotic resistance and deadly infectious pathogens and is also an essential tool in the utilization of beneficial microbes. This invaluable book, written by leading researchers in the field, details the current major advances in microbial population genetics and genomics. Distinguished international scientists introduce fundamental concepts, describe genetic tools, and comprehensively review recent data from SNP surveys, whole-genome DNA sequences, and microarray hybridizations. The chapters cover broad groups of microorganisms including viruses, bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, and algae. A major focus is the application of molecular tools in the study of genetic variation. Topics covered include microbial systematics, comparative microbial genomics, horizontal gene transfer, pathogenic bacteria, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, cyanobacteria, microalgae, fungi, malaria parasites, viral pathogens, and metagenomics. Microbial Population Genetics is an essential volume for everyone interested in population genetics, and it is highly recommended reading for all microbiologists.

Life at Vents and Seeps (Hardcover): Jens Kallmeyer Life at Vents and Seeps (Hardcover)
Jens Kallmeyer
R3,732 Discovery Miles 37 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Vents and seeps are the epitome of life in extreme environments, but there is much more to these systems than just black smokers or hydrocarbon seeps. Many other ecosystems are characterized by moving fluids and this book provides an overview of the different habitats, their specific conditions as well as the technical challenges that have to be met when studying them. The book provides the current state of the art and will be a valuable resource for everybody that has an interest in such environments.

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