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  • Cloning

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Aaron D. Levine ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Would you drink milk from a cloned cow? Should we clone extinct or endangered species? Are we justified in using stem cells to develop cures? When will we clone the first human? Ever since Dolly the sheep, such questions have rarely been far from the public consciousness. Aaron Levine explains the science of cloning and guides readers around the thorny political and ethical issues that have ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Microcosm

    E. coli and the New Science of Life

    by Carl Zimmer ...
    A Best Book of the YearSeed Magazine • Granta Magazine • The Plain-DealerIn this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces E. coli's pivotal role in the history of biology, from the discovery of DNA to the latest advances in biotechnology. He reveals the many surprising and alarming parallels between E. coli's life and our own. And he describes how E. coli changes in real time, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • BioCoder #8

    July 2015

    by O'Reilly Media, Inc. ...
    BioCoder is a quarterly newsletter for DIYbio, synthetic bio, and anything related. You’ll discover:Articles about interesting projects and experiments, such as the glowing plantArticles about tools, both those you buy and those you buildVisits to DIYbio laboratoriesProfiles of key people in the communityAnnouncements of events and other items of interestSafety pointers and tips about good ... Read more

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  • Agro-Technology

    A Philosophical Introduction

    by R. Paul Thompson ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
    Humans have been modifying plants and animals for millennia. The dawn of molecular genetics, however, has kindled intense public scrutiny and controversy. Crops, and the food products which include them, have dominated molecular modification in agriculture. Organisations have made unsubstantiated claims and scare mongering is common. In this textbook Paul Thompson presents a clear account of the ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • Why Are We Conscious?

    A Scientist’s Take on Consciousness and Extrasensory Perception

    by David E.H. Jones ...
    There are two huge gaps in scientific theory. One, the contradiction between classical and quantum mechanics, is discussed in many publications. The other, the total failure to explain why anything made of atoms (such as ourselves) can be conscious, has little acknowledgement. The main thesis of this book is that to be conscious at all, you need an unconscious mind. The author explores the idea ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Lively Capital

    Biotechnologies, Ethics, and Governance in Global Markets

    Edited by Kaushik Sunder Rajan ...
    Series series Experimental futures
    Lively Capital is an urgent and important collection of essays addressing the reconfigured relations between the life sciences and the market. Exploring the ground where social and cultural anthropology intersect with science and technology studies, prominent scholars investigate the relationship of biotechnology to ethics, governance, and markets, as well as the new legal, social, cultural, and ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Handbook of Optics, Third Edition Volume II: Design, Fabrication and Testing, Sources and Detectors, Radiometry and Photometry

    by Michael Bass, Casimer DeCusatis, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, Guifang Li, Carolyn MacDonald, Eric Van Stryland, Jay M. Enoch, Virendra N. Mahajan ...
    The most comprehensive and up-to-date optics resource availablePrepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics, Third Edition, contain everything a student, scientist, or engineer requires to actively work in the field. From the design of complex optical systems to world-class research and ... Read more

    $140.19 USD

  • Diversity, Dynamics and Functional Role of Actinomycetes on European Smear Ripened Cheeses

    Edited by Nagamani Bora, Christine Dodd, Nathalie Desmasures ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Cheese is a significant part of European culture and its production, both industrial and artisanal, is a significant economic activity. Smear cheeses are one element of that diverse cultural and economic activity. And they are an ecological niche which illustrates the diversity of, especially, though not exclusively, actinomycetes. Mainstream ecology looks at the oceans, soil, rhizosphere, human ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Biotechnology of Isoprenoids

    Edited by Jens Schrader, Jörg Bohlmann ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The aim is to cover all aspects of this interdisciplinary technology where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science. Volumes are organized topically and provide a comprehensive discussion of developments in the respective ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Principles of Tissue Engineering

    Edited by Robert Lanza, Robert Langer, Joseph P. Vacanti ...
    Series series Tissue Engineering Intelligence Unit
    The opportunity that tissue engineering provides for medicine is extraordinary. In the United States alone, over half-a-trillion dollars are spent each year to care for patients who suffer from tissue loss or dysfunction. Although numerous books and reviews have been written on tissue engineering, none has been as comprehensive in its defining of the field. Principles of Tissue Engineering ... Read more

    $193.49 USD

  • The Role of Biotechnology in Improvement of Livestock

    Animal Health and Biotechnology

    Edited by Muhammad Abubakar, Oguz Kul, Ali Saeed ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book examines how biotechnology can improve livestock breeding and farming, and thereby also animal products. In the first chapters the reader will discover which techniques and approaches are currently used to improve animal breeding, animal health and the value of animal products. Particular attention is given to reproduction techniques, animal nutrition and livestock vaccines that not only ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Analytical Ultracentrifugation

    Instrumentation, Software, and Applications

    Edited by Susumu Uchiyama, Fumio Arisaka, Walter F. Stafford, Tom Laue ...
    This book introduces analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) as a whole, covering essential theoretical and practical aspects as well as its applications in both biological and non-biological systems. Comprehensive characterizations of macromolecules in a solution are now routinely required not only for understanding the solution system but also for producing a solution with better properties. ... Read more

    $143.99 USD