Fully illustrated with maps and figures, this book describes the native Hebrideans and the reasons for their depopulation. The author, a biologist and zoologist, then details the insect, avian and mammalian inhabitants of the islands and their behaviors.
Supernatural as Natural examines ways in which our religious beliefs and experiences are products of our biological make-up. This book takes as its fundamental starting point the insight that humans are animals whose primary means of adapting to the world is culture, including religion.
From the Reviews of Previous Volumes In reviewing this volume as a whole, one is struck by the quality and scholarship of the various chapters and the obviously efficient editing. -PARASITOLOGY The policy of the editors of Advances in Parasitology to include reviews from any aspect of parasitology and the high standard of individual papers have ...
Short yet comprehensive new book; the first single volume to discuss the indications for operation on the breast and include a detailed description of breast operations. Controversies as to indication and technique of operation are discussed, and in some situations, two different techniques are presented with rationales for both procedures. ...
This volume of "Advances in Parasitology" has a predominantly protozoological flavor. It features: the questionable pathogenicity of Blastocytis, a ptorist closely related to amoeboflagellates; a discussion of Giardia and the evidence of early branching of the eukaryotic stem; full overview of current knowledge of the immunology of Leishmania; an ...
Due to the advent of AIDS, there is currently great interest in opportunistic infections in people with compromised immune systems. This special volume of Advances in Parasitology provides a detailed account of the pathogens associated with human enteric diseases. Cryptosporidium parvum, Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Cyclospora cayetanensis. This ...
Text extracted from opening pages of book: BIOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE BY JOHN R. BAKER AND J. B. S. HALDANE LONDON GEORGE ALLEN Sf UNWIN LTD MUSEUM STREET PREFACE THIS book comprises six talks broadcast in the National programme in the Spring of 1933. Conversational English differs markedly from the written language, and it is essential to a good ...
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