Biology Books

• Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Botany
  Seeds
  Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
   
  

  The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

  Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way ...  > read more
• Kuiper Belt
  Workplace Health
  Encryption
  Hacking
  Privacy Issues
  Information Technology
   
  

  Excel 2003 for Dummies

  Every time you turn around, you run into Excel. It’s on your PC at work. It’s on your PC at home. You get Excel files from your boss. Wouldn’t you like to understand this powerful ...  > read more
• Scientific Conduct
  Public Health
  Diseases and Conditions
  Lost Treasures
  Bioethics
  Ethics
   
  

  The Merck Manual 18th Edition

  This is serious stuff. The most widely used medical text in the world and the hypochondriac's bible, the Merck has the lowdown on the vast expanse of human diseases, disorders and injuries, as well ...  > read more
• Fish
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Earth Science
  Space Exploration
  Space Policy
   
  

  The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss

  On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters—the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and ...  > read more
• Intelligence
  Brain Tumor
  Brain Injury
  Psychology
  Neuroscience
  Psychology Research
   
  

  Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

  The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order to understand written symbols. But how does ...  > read more
• Human Biology
  Computer Graphics
  Biology
  Internet
  Communications
  Ethics
   
  

  Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Netter Basic Science)

  Using outstanding anatomical illustrations from Netter's hugely popular Atlas of Human Anatomy, these 324 flash cards help you learn and test your knowledge of muscles, bones, vessels, viscera and ...  > read more
• Computer Programming
  Computers and Internet
  Language Acquisition
  Child Development
  Floods
  Parkinson's Research
   
  

  Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Essential)

  ActionScript 3.0 is a huge upgrade to Flash's programming language. The enhancements to ActionScript's performance, feature set, ease of use, cleanliness, and sophistication are considerable. ...  > read more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Quantum Physics
  Charles Darwin
  Cosmology
  Big Bang
   
  

  The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

  Richard Dawkins is not a shy man. Edward Larson's research shows that most scientists today are not formally religious, but Dawkins is an in-your-face atheist in the witty British style: I want to ...  > read more
• Mars
  Jupiter
  Computer Programming
  Computers and Internet
  Perception
  Beer and Wine
   
  

  Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

  How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully ...  > read more
• Behavior
  Materials Science
  Internet
  Privacy Issues
  Statistics
  Behavioral Science
   
  

  Encyclopedia of Counseling: Master Review and Tutorial for the National Counselor Examination and State Exams

  The new edition of this best-selling preparation book for the National Counselor Examination (NCE) has been expanded with hundreds of new terms, concepts, memory devices and test hints. The book ...  > read more

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