Author: D'Arcy Wentworth ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Form (Aesthetics)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
On Growth and Form
Author: D'Arcy Wentworth ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Form (Aesthetics)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
On Growth and Form
Author: D'Arcy Wentworth ThompsonPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486671356
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Classic of modern biology sets forth seminal "theory of transformation" ? that evolution takes place in large-scale transformations of body as a whole. Over 500 photographs and drawings.
Molecular Systematics and Evolution: Theory and Practice
Author: R. DeSallePublisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034881142
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Important practical implications are established by case reports and specific examples. The present book is the ideal complement to the practitioner’s manual Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution, recently published by the same editors in the Birkhäuser MTBM book series. The first part of this book deals with important applications of evolutionary and systematic analysis at different taxonomic levels. The second part discusses DNA multiple sequence alignment, species designations using molecular data, evo-devo and other topics that are problematic or controversial. In the last part, novel topics in molecular evolution and systematics, like genomics, comparative methods in molecular evolution and the use of large data bases are described. The final chapter deals with problems in bacterial evolution, considering the increasing access to large numbers of complete genome sequences.
Democritus
Author: Aldo BrancacciPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004151605
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
This volume gathers specific investigations dealing with some of the main topics of the research on Democritus: the catalogue of works, music, literary criticism, technics, zoology and the relation to medicine, physics, epistemology, posterity.
The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology
Author: Ian ShawPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199271879
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1300
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology offers a comprehensive survey of the entire study of ancient Egypt, from prehistory through to the end of the Roman period. Authoritative yet accessible, and covering a wide range of topics, it is an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and general readers alike.
Making Sense of Life
Author: Evelyn Fox KELLERPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674039440
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
What do biologists want? How will we know when we have 'made sense' of life? Explanations in the biological sciences are provisional and partial, judged by criteria as heterogenous as their subject matter. This text accounts for this diversity.
A Glossary of Greek Birds - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: ThompsonPublisher: Scholar's Choice
ISBN: 9781296377762
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
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Six Town Chronicles of England
Author: Ralph FlenleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Botanical Latin
Author: William Thomas StearnPublisher: David & Charles Publishers
ISBN: 9780715316436
Category : Botanique - Langage
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
This reference work explains the grammar and syntax of botanical Latin, and covers the roots and origins of Latin and latinised geographical names, colour terms, symbols and abbreviations, diagnoses and descriptions, and the formation of names and epithets.
Author: Aristotle