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Author : Lewis I. Held
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 2009-05-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521518482
This book introduces students to basic concepts in evolutionary developmental biology, for undergraduate and graduate courses.
Author : Lewis I. Held, Jr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,47 MB
Release : 2009-05-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139477757
With the emergence of the new field of evolutionary developmental biology we are witnessing a renaissance of Darwin's insights 150 years after his On the Origin of Species. Thus far, the exciting findings from 'evo-devo' have only been trickling into college courses and into the domain of non-specialists. With its focus on the human organism, Quirks of Human Anatomy opens the floodgates by stating the arguments of evo-devo in plain English, and by offering a cornucopia of interesting case studies and examples. Its didactic value is enhanced by 24 schematic diagrams that integrate a host of disparate observations, by its Socratic question-and-answer format, and by its unprecedented compilation of the literature. By framing the 'hows' of development in terms of the 'whys' of evolution, it lets readers probe the deepest questions of biology. Readers will find the book educational and enjoyable, as it revels in the fun of scientific exploration.
Author : Maria Birmingham
Publisher : Owlkids
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 21,23 MB
Release : 2014
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 9781771470100
Describes seventeen ways in which some people are unlike everyone else because of differerences in their bodies or their brains, and interviews people with these conditions, many of whom did not know there was anyone else like them.
Author : Armand Marie Leroi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 46,58 MB
Release : 2005-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 1101562765
Visit Armand Marie Leroi on the web: http://armandleroi.com/index.html Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it—a French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty; children who, echoing Homer’s Cyclops, are born with a single eye in the middle of their foreheads; a village of long-lived Croatian dwarves; one family, whose bodies were entirely covered with hair, was kept at the Burmese royal court for four generations and gave Darwin one of his keenest insights into heredity. This elegant, humane, and engaging book “captures what we know of the development of what makes us human” (Nature).
Author : Lewis I. Held, Jr.
Publisher :
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 16,16 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108355520
Author : Nathan H. Lents
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 10,11 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1328974677
A biology professor’s “funny, fascinating” tour of the physical imperfections—from faulty knees to junk DNA—that make us human (Discover). We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution’s greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often—two hundred times more often than a dog does? How come our wrists have so many useless bones? Why is the vast majority of our genetic code pointless? And are we really supposed to swallow and breathe through the same narrow tube? Surely there’s been some kind of mistake? As professor of biology Nathan H. Lents explains in Human Errors, our evolutionary history is indeed nothing if not a litany of mistakes, each more entertaining and enlightening than the last. The human body is one big pile of compromises. But that is also a testament to our greatness: as Lents shows, humans have so many design flaws precisely because we are very, very good at getting around them. A rollicking, deeply informative tour of humans’ four-billion-year-and-counting evolutionary saga, Human Errors both celebrates our imperfections and offers an unconventional accounting of the cost of our success. “An insightful and entertaining romp through the myriad ways in which the human body falls short of an engineering ideal—and the often-surprising reasons why.” —Ian Tattersall, author of The Monkey in the Mirror
Author : Leanne Boucher Gill
Publisher : American Psychological Association
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 17,7 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1433835789
2022 KIDS' BOOK CHOICE AWARDS WINNER FOR BEST INFO MEETS GRAPHICS! Readers are welcomed to the Lobe Labs and Dr. Brain activities in this brightly illustrated, highly engaging book that uses science to answer interesting questions that kids have about the brain and human behavior. This is a fun primer on psychology and neuroscience that makes complex psychological phenomenon and neural mechanisms relatable to kids through illustrations, interesting factoids, and more. Chapters include: What is the brain made up of and how does it work? Why can’t I tickle myself? Why do they shine a light in my eyes when I hit my head in the game? Answers draw from both psychology and neuroscience, giving ample examples of how the science is relevant to the question and to the reader’s life experiences.
Author : Rui Diogo
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1498753914
Understanding Human Anatomy and Pathology: An Evolutionary and Developmental Guide for Medical Students provides medical students with a much easier and more comprehensive way to learn and understand human gross anatomy by combining state-of-the-art knowledge about human anatomy, evolution, development, and pathology in one book. The book adds evolutionary, pathological, and developmental information in a way that reduces the difficulty and total time spent learning gross anatomy by making learning more logical and systematic. It also synthesizes data that would normally be available for students only by consulting several books at a time. Anatomical illustrations are carefully selected to follow the style of those seen in human anatomical atlases but are simpler in their overall configuration, making them easier to understand without overwhelming students with visual information. The book’s organization is also more versatile than most human anatomy texts so that students can refer to different sections according to their own learning styles. Because it is relatively short in length and easily transportable, students can take this invaluable book anywhere and use it to understand most of the structures they need to learn for any gross anatomy course.
Author : Lhoussaine
Publisher : Lhousaine
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 46,18 MB
Release : 2024-09-06
Category : Science
ISBN :
How it Works: Everything You Need To Know About The Human Body – 2nd Edition 2024
Author : Jeremy D. Schmahmann
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 28,3 MB
Release : 2009-02-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0195388267
The text is enriched throughout by close attention to functional aspects of the anatomical observations."--Jacket.