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Cambridge University Press publishes across the broad spectrum of biological sciences, from molecular and cell biology through zoology and behavior to ecology. As well as publishing high level academic books and important series we have growing list of undergraduate and graduate textbooks. We also foster links with many key organizations and societies and publish with them or on their behalf.

 

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Add to basket Becoming a Successful Scientist

Strategic Thinking for Scientific Discovery

Craig Loehle

Practical guide to a successful scientific career, including creativity and problem-solving techniques to enhance research quality and output.

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$34.99 (Z)

 

Add to basket Darwinian Sociocultural Evolution

Solutions to Dilemmas in Cultural and Social Theory

Marion Blute

Addresses today’s major dilemmas in social scientific theory from the modern Darwinian sociocultural evolutionary approach.

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$34.99 (Z)

 

Add to basket Floral Diagrams

An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution

Louis P. Ronse De Craene

Guide to using floral diagrams for the identification of flowering plants, and to understand flower structures, their diversity and evolution.

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$60.00 (Z)

 

Add to basket Philosophical Foundations for the Practices of Ecology

William A. Reiners, Jeffrey A. Lockwood

Ecology is a difficult field - this book presents a coherent philosophy for the struggle to understand, practice and teach it.

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$45.00 (Z)

 

Add to basket Plant Microevolution and Conservation in Human-influenced Ecosystems

David Briggs

With particular emphasis on plants, this thought-provoking text examines the implications of human influences on micro-evolutionary processes.

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$75.00 (Z)

 

Add to basket Introduction to Conservation Genetics

Richard Frankham, Jonathan Ballou, David Briscoe

Student-focused, robust teaching package, with a strong illustration program, now including references to software and databases and two new chapters.

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$75.00 (Z)

 

Add to basket Leaders in Animal Behavior

The Second Generation

Lee Drickamer, Donald Dewsbury

A collection of autobiographies from 21 individuals who have provided important contributions to the field in the past 25 years.

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$49.99 (Z)

 

Add to basket Low Temperature Biology of Insects

Edited by David L. Denlinger, Richard E. Lee, Jr

Explores the molecular mechanisms, ecological responses and practical applications of insect survival at low temperatures.

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$105.00 (C)

 

Add to basket Electrical Dynamics of the Dendritic Space

Sergiy Mikhailovich Korogod, Suzanne Tyc-Dumont

Exploration of the role of dendritic geometry in shaping the electric dendritic field of the neuron. With NeuronViewer and user guide.

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$140.00 (C)
Add to basket The Human Pain System

Experimental and Clinical Perspectives

Fred Lenz, Kenneth L Casey, Edward G Jones, William D Willis

A review of the anatomy and physiology of nociception in monkeys and humans.

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$140.00 (C)
Add to basket Mechanisms in Classical Conditioning

A Computational Approach

Nestor Schmajuk

A neural network view of the processes involved in classical conditioning using computational simulations to analyze actual experimental data.

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$120.00 (C)
Add to basket Principles and Techniques of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Edited by Keith Wilson, John Walker

Uniquely integrates the theory and practice of key experimental techniques for bioscience undergraduates. Now includes drug discovery and clinical biochemistry.

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c. $70.00
Add to basket Remarkable Biologists

From Ray to Hamilton

Ioan James

Profiles 38 eminent biologists from the last 400 years, focusing on their varied life-stories rather than their achievements.

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$45.00 (Z)