Microbe Books

• Lost Treasures
  Anthropology
  Origin of Life
  Religion
  Cultures
  Public Health
   
  

  Jamestown, the Buried Truth

  What was life really like for the band of adventurers who first set foot on the banks of the James River in 1607? Important as the accomplishments of these men and women were, the written records ...  > read more
• Space Station
  Space Policy
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
   
  

  Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space

  An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all—outer spaceIn the nearly forty years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has come to be seen as a ...  > read more
• Space Station
  Space Policy
  Astronomy
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
   
  

  The Hazards of Space Travel: A Tourist's Guide

  “I didn’t think about the dangers before going into space, but now I realize how hazardous it is!”–Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, first person to walk in spaceWith the opening of ...  > read more
• Geography
  Climate
  Environmental Policies
  Earth Science
  Nature
  Computer Modeling
   
  

  World Regions in Global Context: Peoples, Places, and Environments

  For courses in World Regional Geography. This explicitly global approach to world regional geography emphasizes global connections and the stories behind the maps – and offers ...  > read more
• Anthropology
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Nature
  Human Biology
  Apes
   
  

  The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution (Helix Books)

  The title The Great Human Diasporas implies that this book is a history of human migration, but it is much more. It is a readable, accessible summary of the lifework of Luca Cavalli-Sforza, who has ...  > read more
• Educational Policy
  Educational Psychology
  Children's Health
  Personalized Medicine
  Internet
  Biochemistry Research
   
  

  Biochemistry, Update (with ThomsonNOW, InfoTrac Printed Access Card)

  In Biochemistry, the questions often are more exhilarating than the answers. This Updated Third Edition continues the unique conceptual and organizing framework, "Essential Questions." Guiding ...  > read more
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Dinosaurs
  Apes
  Early Climate
   
  

  T. Rex and the Crater of Doom

  One of the great mysteries is what happened to the dinosaurs, and it has taken great detective work to give us an answer. In T. Rex and the Crater of Doom, some brilliant, not to mention determined, ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Galaxies
  Solar System
   
  

  Cosmic Perspective Media Update with MasteringAstronomy(TM) and Voyager SkyGazer Planetarium Software, The (4th Edition) (MasteringAstronomy Series)

  KEY MESSAGE: Building on a long tradition of strong pedagogy and streamlined presentation,The Cosmic Perspective, Fourth Edition Media Update now includes an enhanced media package that features the ...  > read more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Swine Flu
  New Species
  Lost Treasures
  Ice Ages
  Fossils
   
  

  Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Fifth Edition)

  Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been ...  > read more
• Computer Modeling
  Genes
  Mathematical Modeling
  Weather
  Human Biology
  Biochemistry
   
  

  Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids

  Probablistic models are becoming increasingly important in analyzing the huge amount of data being produced by large-scale DNA-sequencing efforts such as the Human Genome Project. For example, ...  > read more

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