Foreword --Introduction --A journey into the animal mind (from The Atlantic) /Ross Andersen --Sleep no more (from Wind) /Kelly Clancy --What remains (from the California Sunday magazine) /Daniel...

This is a timely review of the mechanisms underlying the presynaptic control of synaptic transmission and the role they play in sensory and motor behavior. Early chapters offer a detailed account of...

From the New York Times to Gawker, a behind-the-scenes look at how performance analytics are transforming journalism today—and how they might remake other professions tomorrowJournalists today are...

The linkage of politics and technology is now the driving momentum in communication. Publishers are now part of the astonishing transformation of the slow to the instant. From twitters to bloggers,...

Nel De rerum natura, pubblicato postumo da Cicerone intorno al 53 a.C., Lucrezio consegna alla posterità una fedele esposizione del materialismo epicureo, fonte essenziale per la riscoperta di questa...

A prize-winning popular science writer uses mathematical modeling to explain the cosmosIn Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to...

An essential introduction to microbiome science, a new cutting-edge discipline that is transforming the life sciencesThis book provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the fundamental...

Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar systemWhere is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site...

SAME COVER AS STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. SCUFFING, EDGE WEAR, SOME CURLING AND DINGS ON COVERS. SMALL BLACKOUT ON FIRST PAGE. SIGNIFICANT UNDERLINING THROUGHOUT BOOK, BUT REMAINS READABLE.

x 138p green boards, hardback, bibliography, index, cover a little creased, well preserved copy from a Cambridge college library

Designed for first-time readers of the subject, this stimulating introduction offers a historical exposition of differing views on the philosophy of science. With concise profiles presenting the...

D. A. Fraser. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [145]

The Development of the Vertebrate An Approach Through Experiment, Genetics, and Evolution

Growth is a process which affects every individual from the hour of conception to the hour of death, and forms a background to almost every medical discipline. Yet the scientific study of growth...

Linking atmospheric chemistry with the traditional natural sciences, this book places in context the advances and problems in atmospheric science.

Presents a narrative account of five celebrated controversies in geology that embrace the most important ideas in the history of the science.

* from USA. Will take 25-35 days

Lectures on Nonlinear Differential Equation Models in Biology