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Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures |
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Amazon.com
Many books provoke a visceral reaction, but few really make you itch. Science writer Carl Zimmer's Parasite Rex does just that, provoking a deliciously creepy sense of paranoia in the reader as it explores a long-misunderstood realm of science. While entomologists love to announce that there are more species of insects than all other animals combined, few parasitologists choose to trump that by reminding us that "parasites may outnumber free-living species ... >> |
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Biochemistry with Lecture Notebook |
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From Book News, Inc.
This text for a one-semester introduction is intended for students in any field of science or engineering who do not intend to become biochemistry majors. A beginning biology course, general chemistry, and at least one semester of organic chemistry are assumed as preparation. This fourth edition features expanded special interest boxes on new topics such as prions and genetic keys to cancer, plus increased chapter exercises, expanded coverage of nutrition, and ... >> |
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Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge |
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From Publishers Weekly
Anthropologist Narby's very personal account of his encounters with Amazonian shamanism and his passionately researched syntheses of anthropological, biochemical, neurological and mythological scholarship fascinate but do not convince. His defense of the rights of indigenous peoples against usurpation by capitalist, technological countries is admirable; his methodology is not. Throughout, Narby appears to mistake enthusiasm for evidence and he takes similariti... >> |
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