Biology

Designed to help students excel at their academic requirements, Anatomy and Physiology for Paramedical Practice is a unique book in that it brings together anatomy and physiology in a way that is useful for future practice in the field. It will help students understand how the body is organised, its underlying anatomical structure, in terms of gross anatomy, histology and/or cell biology, and then how anatomy and physiology are applied in clinical practice.

This text features lively, clear writing and exceptional illustrations, making it the ideal textbook for a first course in both cell and molecular biology. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Fifth Edition maintains its focus on the latest cell biology research.

The Human Body in Health & Disease, 7th Edition makes it easier to understand how the body works, both in normal conditions and when things go wrong. Its easy-to-read writing style, more than 500 full-color illustrations, and unique Clear View of the Human Body transparencies keep you focused on the principles of anatomy, physiology, and pathology.

Take a fascinating journey through the life cycle. Here's just what you need to safely and effectively care for your patients at any stage of life in today's ever-changing world of health care. The 7th Edition of this popular, student friendly text guides you through the life cycle--from conception to old age--with an emphasis on health promotion, maintenance, and restoration in clinical practice.

Designed to provide students and researchers with a solid foundation in the study of biology, this volume introduces readers to hundreds of important terms and concepts. It begins with a detailed introduction of the field of biology and is written in clear, understandable language. Entries include a complete discussion of the subject, related fields, key terms, plus illustrations, models and diagrams.

As a field of science, biology helps us understand the living world and the ways it's many species (including humans) function, evolve, and interact. Advances in medicine, agriculture, biotechnology, and many other areas of biology have brought improvements in the quality of life. The goal of this book is to assist students understand the concepts of this vast field. The topics covered are inclusive but not limited to biochemistry, biotechnology, the concept of life and living processes, biomolecules, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proteins, vitamins, enzyme, nucleic acids, bioenergetics, enzymology, cell biology, molecular biology, microbiology, cell metabolic, CAM plants, electron transport chain, techniques apply in biochemistry and molecular technology.

This text provides readers with a comprehensive study of the mechanics of cell biology. Topics covered range from the different types of cells--plant and animal, eukaryote and prokaryote, and stem cells--to the components of the cell such as the cell wall, DNA, and plasma. The text also discusses cell locomotion and the cell cycle including cell division, mitosis, and meiosis. Finally, the topic of cancer, when cells divide uncontrollably, is addressed. This title offers a biography section of the pioneers of DNA research, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, and James Watson, whose research led us to understand the structure of DNA.

This book takes the readers through introduction to biology and sheds light on the concept of the science of life and its chemical basis. This book further explains the cells, genes, heredity, the diversity of life, and nervous system, sensory system, and immune system.

In this masterful account, a historian of science surveys the molecular biology revolution, its origin and continuing impact. Since the 1930s, a molecular vision has been transforming biology. Michel Morange provides an incisive and overarching history of this transformation, from the early attempts to explain organisms by the structure of their chemical components, to the birth and consolidation of genetics, to the latest technologies and discoveries enabled by the new science of life.

You: A Natural History offers a multidisciplinary investigation of your hyperextended family tree, going all the way back to the Big Bang. And while your family tree may contain surprises, your hyperextended history contains some truly amazing stories. As the result of learning more about who and what you are, and about how you came to be here, you will likely see the world around you with fresh eyes. You will also become aware of all the one-off events that had to take place for your existence to be possible: stars had to explode, the earth had to be hit 4.5 billion years ago by a planetesimal and 65 million years ago by an asteroid, microbes had to engulf microbes, the African savanna had to undergo climate change, and of course, any number of your direct ancestors had to meet and mate. It is difficult, on becoming aware of just how contingent your own existence is, not to feel very lucky to be part of our universe.