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Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Paul de Kruif

6 Roux and Behring Massacre the Guinea-Pigs 1 It was to save babies that they killed so many guinea-pigs! Emile Roux, the fanatical helper of Pasteur, in 1888 took up ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 12,2018 )
The Ghosts of Gombe by Peterson Dale
epub |eng | | Author:Peterson, Dale

2. Once, during the summer, Geza heard one of the FWI short-term volunteers talk about her physical attraction for the male chimps. She wondered aloud: “Which one of them would ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 12,2018 )
Introducing Mind and Brain by Angus Gellatly
epub |eng | | Author:Angus Gellatly

WHAT’S THIS? Examples of perceptual learning are learning to identify species of flowers or birds, recognize when pastry has the proper consistency, or hear if the timing of an engine ...
( Category: Graphic Novels May 11,2018 )
ALTERED GENES, TWISTED TRUTH: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public by Steven Druker
epub, pdf |eng | 2015-02-26 | Author:Steven Druker [Druker, Steven]

In light of the foregoing discussion, it’s clear that the bars associated with genetic engineering in the report’s comparative chart must be adjusted to reflect far more than the unintended ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 11,2018 )
The Healing Self by Deepak Chopra
epub |eng | | Author:Deepak Chopra

Britt wasn’t unusual in finding herself mired in struggle. A crisis like the one her husband threw her into creates heightened confusion and struggle, but everyday life masks the same ...
( Category: Alternative Medicine May 11,2018 )
The Beautiful Cure by Daniel M Davis
epub |eng | | Author:Daniel M Davis

7 The Guardian Cells If there’s any single take-home message from all of science, it’s that nothing is simple. Everything has depth. It sounds simple enough that our immune system ...
( Category: Basic Sciences May 11,2018 )
Human Anatomy: A Very Short Introduction by Leslie Klenerman
epub |eng | 2014-12-26 | Author:Leslie Klenerman

For movement of the jaw, a joint exists (temporomandibular joint) between the head of mandible and the temporal bone. The strength of this joint depends mainly on the bony conformation ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 11,2018 )
Forests: A Very Short Introduction by Jaboury Ghazoul
epub |eng | 2015-03-19 | Author:Jaboury Ghazoul

Cyclones devastate tropical forests near coasts, such as Australia’s Wet Tropics region. Severe forest damage is largely contained within fifty kilometres of the cyclone’s track, and even within this zone ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology May 11,2018 )
Fungi: A Very Short Introduction by Nicholas P. Money
epub |eng | 2015-11-24 | Author:Nicholas P. Money

Rusts Stripe rust is a highly destructive disease of wheat that poses a significant threat to global food security. It is widespread across wheat-growing regions and has been called the ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 11,2018 )
The Smell of Fresh Rain by Barney Shaw
epub |eng | 2017-05-10 | Author:Barney Shaw [Barney Shaw]

Ironically, the stench of the Thames was in part a result of improving sanitation. Until the early 19th century, the effluent of London went largely into cesspools. The Thames, though ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 10,2018 )
Synchrotron Light Sources and Free-Electron Lasers by Eberhard J. Jaeschke Shaukat Khan Jochen R. Schneider & Jerome B. Hastings
epub |eng | | Author:Eberhard J. Jaeschke, Shaukat Khan, Jochen R. Schneider & Jerome B. Hastings

Multiple-Crystal Arrangement Figure 15 shows the DuMond diagram with two successive crystal arrangements: (+m, − n) setting and (+m, + n) setting. Here, overlap of reflection domains by two crystals ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 10,2018 )
Fundamentals of Neuromechanics by Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas
epub |eng | | Author:Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

(7.18) 7.5 Size and Shape of Feasible Sets The first thing to notice when you build the feasible joint torque set in Fig. 7.5 is that each and every muscle ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 10,2018 )
Japan by Totman Conrad;
epub |eng | | Author:Totman, Conrad;

By Illegal Felling 1,826,783 By Natural Causes 2,010,957 Thus natural damage – mostly due to high winds, heavy snowfall or lightning strikes – ruined less than a third as many ...
( Category: Asia May 9,2018 )
Marine Biology: A Very Short Introduction by Philip V. Mladenov
epub |eng | 2013-05-09 | Author:Philip V. Mladenov

21. Distribution of coral reefs One of the remarkable attributes of reef-building corals is that, although they are animals, functionally they perform in many ways like plants, which explains why ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 9,2018 )
Molecular Biology: A Very Short Introduction by Aysha Divan & Janice Royds
epub |eng | 2016-06-22 | Author:Aysha Divan & Janice Royds

Gene–environment interactions The role of enhancers and epigenetics in mediating changes in gene expression and hence vulnerability to disorders is widely accepted but how these interact with the environment is ...
( Category: Biological Sciences May 9,2018 )

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