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Ackerman, Jennifer Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity
Houghton Mifflin 2001 0618082875 / 9780618082872 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - Price inside dustcover: $25.00 - Tight spine - Bright pages - 252 pages - NO writing, marks or tears - Award-winning science writer Jennifer Ackerman investigates the endless mysteries of genetics, offering an elegant natural history of humanity as seen through the lens of our genes and cells. Combining the gifts of vision and language with in-depth knowledge, Ackerman explores the ways in which, at the most fundamental level. humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world. Chance in the House of Fate is a rich and often personal tour through the surprising turns of heredity, informed by the ways genetic inheritance has affected Ackerman's own life. From a younger sister's profound retardation and her mother's illness to the births of her own healthy daughters, Ackerman presents her experiences as telling touchpoints, ultimately illuminating the hidden biological connections among all forms of life.
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Anthony, Catherine Parker Structure and Function of the Body: Fourth Edition
Saint Louis The C.V. Mosby Company 1972 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
No tears - Tight spine - A few pages have underlining by previous owner - Illustrations (medical) throughout. Over-sized hardback (8 1/4 x 10 1/4) - 174 Pages - Partial Contents: The body as a whole - Systems that form the framework of the body and move it - Systems that control body functions - Syatems that process and distribute foods and eliminate wastes - Systems that reproduce the body
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Appleyard, Bryan Brave New Worlds : Staying Human in the Genetic Future
New York, NY, U.S.A. Viking 1998 0670869899 / 9780670869893 Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
In this elegant stiletto of a book -- a primer for reclaiming the knowledge and power that is rightfully ours -- Bryan Appleyard explores the promise and the danger of genetic manipulation and forges a link between this scientific juggernaut and its moral and ethical implications. Only by making this connection, he insists, can non-scientists accept responsibility for grave decisions that have no historical precedent. In the end, Brave New Worlds is an eloquent plea to realign technological advances with human values.
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Baker, Ralph R.; Dunn, Peter E. New Directions in Biological Control: Alternatives for Suppressing Agricultural Pests and Diseases: UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology: New Series, Volume 112
New York, New York, U.S.A. Arlin R. Liss 1990 0471566810 / 9780471566816 Hard Cover Near-Fine No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new copy of this SCARCE book - NO writing or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - 837 pages - NO remainder marks or price clippings. This volume reviews the state of the art in biological control of insect pests, mites, nematodes, plant pathogens, and weeds in agricultural production. The proceedings of a 1989 UCLA colloquium, New Directions in Biological Control brings together a distinguished group of specialists from the fields of entomology, plant pathology, nematology, and weed science with the goal of assessing current research in biological control, identifying impediments to use of this pest and disease suppression tactic, and pointing the way for future research. With biological control assuming ever greater urgency, owing to widespread dissatisfaction with chemical pesticides and rapid advances in biotechnology, this text offers a timely and up-to-date discussion of crucial issues in the field.
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Bearden, H. Joe; Fuquay, John W. Applied Animal Reproduction Fourth Edition
Paramus, NJ, U.S.A. Prentice Hall PTR 1997 0135080290 / 9780135080290 Hard Cover Near-Fine No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Like-new copy except a few pages have highlighting. 351 pages - Illustrated throughout. - In this comprehensive text, Bearden and Fuquay profile the reproductive process of animals in vivid detail. Designed for readers with little, if any background in physiology, the authors present the material in a clear, informative manner. The first five sections of the text focus on terminology, a necessary prerequisite to discussing and understanding the physiological processes controlling reproduction. For those hoping for more in-depth coverage, the sections that follow elaborate on the physiological processes and discuss artificial insemination encompassing collection, evaluation, storage, and utilization of semen.
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Becker, Robert O.; Selden, Gary The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life
Quill / William Morrow 1987 0688069711 / 9780688069711 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Bichell, David
A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. 365 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Illustrated throughout. Synopsis: The Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the filed of regeneration and its relationship to electrical currents in living things, challenges the established mechanistic understanding of the body. He found clues to the healing process in the long-discarded theory that electricity is vital to life. But as exciting as Becker's discoveries are, pointing to the day when human limbs, spinal cords, and organs may be regenerated after they have been damaged, equally fascinating is the story of Becker's struggle to do such original work. The Body Electric explores new pathways in our understanding of evolution, acupuncture, psychic phenomena, and healing.
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Bialy, Harvey Oncogenes, Aneuploidy, And AIDS: A Scientific Life And Times Of Peter H. Duesberg
North Atlantic Books 2004 1556435312 / 9781556435317 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 318 pages. Synopsis: The author is an unabashed friend of Peter Duesberg and makes no bones about it in this personalized account of some of what the transformation of classical molecular biology into biotechnology has wrought. Most people, even many molecular biologists, will either not know or remember that two of the great themes of modern medicine, AIDS and cancer genes, both directly derive from the pioneering work on retroviruses of Peter Duesberg and a handful of others in the 1970s. Thus Duesberg's more than two decade, ongoing theoretical and experimental critiques of the dominant etiological explanations in each of these fields comes from substantial scientific contributions over a highly distinguished professional career that not only placed him in the US National Academy of Sciences at the young age of 50 in 1986, but gave him his own archive at the U.C. Berkeley Bancroft library--an archive that provided much of the documentation for revelations about the extremely unscientific behavior of several of Duesberg's powerful scientific adversaries. In tracing Duesberg's academic trials, tribulations and recent emerging triumphs, the author, an early PhD from the first department of molecular biology in the country at Berkeley, and the founding scientific editor of Nature Biotechnology, uses as guide posts the published papers of Duesberg from the earliest critical analysis of oncogenes in the pages of Nature in 1983 to very recent experimental demonstrations in the pages of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) of quantitative, aneuploidy-based explanations of cancer's genetic roots. In between, the book follows the interruption of this classical scientific arc--in which one dominant paradigm begins to transform into a more useful and correct one--with the story of the iconoclastic professor's professionally self-destructive questioning of the other pillar of today's biotech driven molecular medicine that he unwittingly midwived--HIV and its relationship to AIDS etiology. The author interweaves fully documented and serious scientific history with often quite funny personal accounts to demonstrate how scientific theories develop and are shaped by historical circumstances.
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Bird, W.R. The Origin Of Species Revisited The Theories of Evolution and of Abrupt Appearance TWO VOLUMES
Nashville, Tennessee Regency 1989 0840768486 / 9780840768483 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Two-Volume Set - Fine / Like-New - Vol I has 551 pages; Vol II has 563 pages - BOTH are illustrated - Volume I Science Volume II Philosophy Of Science Philosophy Of Religion History, Education, And Constitutional Issues The Origin of Species Revisited is a comprehensive, thoroughly documented investigation of one of the great ongoing battles of this or any age: Darwin's theory of evolution versus the theory of creation and the theory of abrupt appearance. W.R. Bird, who argued the major case on the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court, presents an in-depth comparison of the two theories, in two volumes containing 2000 quotations and 5,400 footnotes. Volume I assesses scientific claims of the two chief views concerning the origins of the universe, the first life, and plants and animals. It sketches punctuationist, macromutationist, neutral selectionist, structuralist, and other challenges to orthodox Darwinism, as well as the natural order systematics, transformed cladist, panspermia, discontinuitist, and creationist attacks on macroevolutions. Volume II compares the scientific, non-religious, historical, educational, and constitutional natures of the theory of evolution and the theory of abrupt appearance. It discusses the definitions of science and religion and their applicability to theories of origins, the educational rationale for alternative explanations and nonindoctrination, and the constitutional requirements of academic freedom and separation of church and state
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Bresler, Jack B. Environments Of Man
Addison-Wesley Publishing 1968 Trade Paperback Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
No writing - No tears - Tight spine - Very-nice copy. Bresler was with Tufts University - 289 pages. Illustrated.
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Buchanan, Estelle D.; Buchanan, Robert Earle Bacteriology: For Students In General And Household Science
The MacMillan Company 1930 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Stated THIRD EDITION. Green boards with gilt lettering. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO foxing. Pages show light tanning. Illustrated throughout. 532 pages. NO tears inside book. 48 pages show light writing/underlining. Does NOT interfere with reading. Estelle Buchanan was Assistant Professor of Botany - Iowa State College. Robert Earle Buchanan was Professor of Bacteriology, Iowa State College and Bacteriologist of the Iowa Agricultural Experiement Station.
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Budiansky, Stephen The Covenant of the Wild : Why Animals Chose Domestication
New York, NY, U.S.A. William Morrow and Company 1992 0688096107 / 9780688096106 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. Price inside dustcover: $18.00. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 190 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - Angered by the animal rights movement, the author, assistant managing editor of U.S. News & World Report , attempts to demonstrate that domestication of animals is a natural product of evolution rather than a human invention. Drawing on recent scientific research, he expounds the theory that since the end of the Ice Age domesticated animals, as well as mice, rats and other such creatures have been biologically motivated to throw their lot in with humans for food and protection. Therefore, when we catch a house mouse and release it in the woods or stop a farmer from docking the tail of a lamb, we arrogantly interfere with a complex evolutionary process. He claims that an understanding of the true nature of domestication should make us take our obligation to animals more seriously, but he doesn't explain how. This biased book offers little for readers genuinely concerned about humans' capacity to destroy nature. It does, however, provide plenty of ammunition for those who seek to discredit animal rights advocates in particular and the environmental movement in general.
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Burr, Chandler A Separate Creation: The Search for the Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation
Hyperion Books 1996 0786860812 / 9780786860814 First Edition Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 354 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. Dustcover shows light wear (NO tears). Synopsis In Aug. 1991 a neurologist announced the finding of a physiological difference between the brains of heterosexuals & homosexuals. This was science that not only challenged accepted beliefs but carried profound legal, political, & social implications. Two years later a team of geneticists reported finding a likely genetic basis for homosexuality in men. This book explores the rich & varied research that is currently being carried out in neurobiology, endocrinology, & genetics. It also considers the awesome ramifications of research that may well come to explain the origins of one of the fundamental components of our humanity. Publishers Weekly Burr's detailed, elegantly written report takes us to the front lines of research into a possible biological or genetic basis for homosexuality. He dispassionately reviews the scientific and political controversy surrounding the report in 1991 by gay British neuroanatomist Simon LeVay that a cluster of cells in the brain's hypothalamus is larger in straight men than in gay men. National Cancer Institute molecular geneticist Dean Hamer's 1993 finding that a specific region of the X chromosome is linked to homosexuality in some men led to intense debate over how a "gay gene" might function in creating a homosexual orientation. Boston University geneticist Richard Pillard theorizes that the sexual centers of gay men's brains are not "defeminized"a hormone-regulated process that routinely occurs in the embryonic brains of male heterosexuals. Burr, whose 1993 cover story in the Atlantic Monthly led to this book, ponders the ethical issues swirling around Affymetrix, a Santa Clara, Calif., company that is building a semiconductor chip made of silicon and human DNA that may make possible widespread testing for a gay gene. Illustrated. Author tour.
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Calladine, C.R.; Drew, Horace R. Understanding DNA: The Molecule And How It Works
Academic Press 1997 0121550885 / 9780121550882 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. Stated SECOND EDITION. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean and bright (NO tears). Tight spine, bright pages. Nicely illustrated throughout. 283 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis The functional properties of any molecule are directly related to, and affected by, its structure. This is especially true for DNA, the molecule that carries the code for all life on earth. The Second Edition of Understanding DNA has been entirely revised and updated, and expanded to cover new advances in our understanding. It explains, step by step, how DNA forms specific structures, the nature of these structures and how they fundamentally affect the biological processes of transcription and replication. Understanding DNA * Describes the basic units of DNA and how these form the double helix * Characteries the various types of DNA double helix that have been found * Explains how and why DNA twists and curves * Discusses the mechanisms of DNA supercoiling * Summarizes the assembly of DNA and protein into chromosomes * Describes the latest work on protein-DNA complexes * Outlines the methods used to study DNA structure * Summarizes recent studies of DNA in disease and medicine * Contains over 120 illustrations, some in full color * Contains simple exercises and further reading at the end of chapters Written in a clear, concise and lively fashion, Understanding DNA is essential reading for all molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics students, to newcomers to the field from other areas such as chemistry, or physics, and even for the most seasoned researchers, who really want to understand DNA. Annotation Audience: Undergraduates and graduates in molecular biology, biochemistry, and biophysics; newcomers to the field and molecular biology researchers without a structural background; cell biologists and life scientists in general as usefulbackground information. Roger W. Melvold: This text covers the structure and function of DNA from biological and chemical approaches. It is intended to present the material to be useful to the uninitiated as well as to students and others already in the field. The early material is designed to be useful to the reader who may have little or no background in biology or biochemistry and introduces the importance and basic features of the molecule. The middle chapters are more useful to readers who have some biological background, but provide chemical and physical information that help to understand how DNA is actually able to carry out its functions (e.g., "Twisting and Curving" and "Curving in Three Dimensions"), or how the 3-dimension structure is related to biological function (e.g., "DNA Supercoiling" and "Specific SNA-Protein Interactions"). The late chapters are devoted to the various techniques used to analyze DNA molecules and their applications to problems of human diversity and disease. Each chapter is followed by a set of pertinent, recent references and a set of problem or thought exercises. The black-and-white illustrations are well designed and informational. The text would be a useful companion for a course using more traditional biology or molecular biology coverage. And, of course, it would be well suited for those wishing to introduce themselves to the topic of DNA for the first time. Biography: Calladine, C. R. (Cambridge Univ); Drew, Horace R. (CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering, Sydney)
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Colborn, Theo; Dumanoski, Dianne; Myers, John Peterson Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Own Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story
New York, New York, U.S.A. E P Dutton 1996 0525939822 / 9780525939825 Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-nice,clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 307 pages. Illustrated. Synopsis: Over thirty years ago, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring first warned that manmade chemicals had spread across the planet, permeating virtually every living creature and the most distant wilderness. Her landmark book documented the deadly toll of these synthetic chemicals to birds and wildlife. Only now, however, are we recognizing the full consequences of this insidious invasion, which is derailing sexual development and reproduction, not only in a host of animal populations but, it now appears, in humans as well. Our Stolen Future, by two leading environmental scientists and an award-winning environmental journalist, is the first book to piece together the compelling evidence from wildlife studies, laboratory experiments, and human data and to lay out the emerging scientific case regarding this largely unrecognized threat. Picking up where Silent Spring left off, it reveals the underlying causes of the symptoms that had so alarmed Carson. Building on decades of research, the authors give a gripping account that traces birth defects, sexual abnormalities, and reproductive failures in wildlife to their source - synthetic chemicals that mimic natural hormones, upsetting normal reproductive and developmental processes. The conclusions drawn here are as urgent as they are inescapable. We must move aggressively to protect ourselves and our families in the short term and to begin vital long-term changes in the way we manufacture and employ the manmade compounds that have become an integral part of our "good life." This riveting and immensely important work is an indispensable volume for those concerned about the profound human impact on the environment, the integrity and survival of our species, and the well-being of our children.
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Cziko, Gary Without Miracles: Universal Selection Theory and the Second Darwinian Revolution
MIT Press 1995 0262032325 / 9780262032322 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings Tight spine - Bright pages. 385 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - From the Publisher In this sweeping account, Gary Cziko integrates various scientific disciplines within a universal selection theory that attempts to account for all cases of fit involving living organisms, including those that might appear miraculous. Cziko's bold assertion is that all novel forms of adapted complexity - whether single-celled organisms or scientific theories - emerge form an evolutionary process involving cumulative blind variation and selection. From The Critics Library Journal Cziko, an educational psychologist, critically examines puzzles of fit on many levels, from providential through instructionist to selectionist theories of explanation. His naturalistic and mechanistic interpretation of evolution rejects miracles, innatism, teleology, and natural theology. Especially influenced by zoologist Richard Dawkins and psychologist Donald T. Campbell, Cziko argues that the emergence of global diversity and ongoing adaptive complexity in and among organisms (e.g., the immune system and instinctive behavior), as well as throughout the human world from neurons to computers, is due to the pervasive process of cumulative variation and selection. In particular, his universal selection framework includes an ultra-Darwinian explanation for the emergence of language, acquisition of knowledge, and development of science and technology. Cziko even maintains that blind variation and hindsighted selection also apply to advances in drug design, genetic engineering, and directed molecular evolution. The result is similar to Daniel Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea (LJ 4/15/95). Fascinating and unique, this strictly Darwinian presentation balances current attacks on Darwinism. Highly recommended for academic and larger public library science collections.-H. James Birx, Canisius Coll., Buffalo, N.Y. Booknews Cziko (educational psychology, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) integrates several scientific disciplines within the perspective of universal selection theory to account for cases of fit involving living organisms, even those that appear miraculous. He asserts that all novel forms of adapted complexity, from single-celled organisms to scientific theories, emerge from an evolutionary process involving cumulative blind variation and selection, and describes the ongoing "second Darwinian revolution." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Dasmann, Raymond F. Wildlife Biology
John Wiley & Sons 1964 0471196053 / 9780471196051 Hard Cover Near-Fine No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-fine copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Gold boards with gilt animal art on front. Black lettering on spine. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 231 pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. Tight spine, bright pages. Author was Associate Professor, Humboldt State College, Arcata, California.
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Dodge, Charles Wright Introduction To Elementary Practical Biology: A Laboratory Guide for High-School and College Students
Harper & Brothers 1894 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good copy of this 1894 hardback. Apparent First Edition. Dark-blue boards with gilt lettering. Boards show minor wear and slight chipping at top of the spine. 422 pages. NO foxing. Pages are remarkably bright in light of the age (show only slight tanning) - Tight spine - Clean pages. NO tears. ONLY writing/mark inside is previous owner's name stamp in book front on blank page: "Library of A.J. O'Reilly, St. Louis" Dodge was Professor of Biology in The university of Rochester.
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Duggar, Benjamin Minge Fungous Diseases Of Plants: With Chapters On Physiology, Culture Methods And Technique
Ginn and Company 1909 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean copy of this 1909 hardback. Apparent First Edition. Apparent First Edition. Country Life Education Series. Light brown boards with black lettering (clean - shows light wear). ONLY writing/mark inside book is bookseller stamp in book front, on blank page. ON that same page is the remnant of a piece of paper that was pasted to the page. Illustrated throughout. NO tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. NO foxing. Pages show light tanning. 508 pages plus ads in back of book. Author was Professor of Plant Physiology in the New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University
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