Биология, биофизика, биохимия

How the famous and not-so-famous like-minded citizens all gave their time, expertise, and money to build a park legacy of incomparable benefit The Palisades park and historic site system in New York and New Jersey is a significant anchor-point for the spread of national and state parks across the nation. The challenge to protect these treasures began with a brutal blast of dynamite in the late nineteenth century and continues to this day. Palisades: The People’s Park presents the story of...

The Bestselling Classic Updated for Surfers, Sailors, Oceanographers, Climate Activists, and Those Who Love the Sea First published in 1963 and updated in 1979, this classic was an essential handbook for anyone who studies, surfs, protects, or is fascinated by the ocean. The original author, Willard Bascom, was a master of the subject and included a wealth of information, based on theory and statistics, but also anecdotal observation and personal experience. It brought to the general public...

Save money and make yourself more self-sufficient by using alternative energy, choosing sustainable materials, and cutting down on waste. This practical guide has all the answers for converting your building to be eco-friendly. Creating an Eco-Friendly Home & Workplace offers accessible information on everything from using better lighting and improving air quality to creating better insulation and installing solar panels. With chapters covering light, power, heat, shelter, air, waste, and...

The Arctic, long described as the world’s last frontier, is quickly becoming our first frontier—the front line in a world of more diffuse power, sharper geopolitical competition, and deepening interdependencies between people and nature. A space of often-bitter cold, the Arctic is the fastest-warming place on earth. It is humanity’s canary in the coal mine—an early warning sign of the world’s climate crisis. The Arctic “regime” has pioneered many innovative...

What does it take to succeed in sports? The formula for being a champion can be distilled into several skill sets that are essential for playing at a competitive level, with some of the most important being strength, speed and stamina. This full colour illustrated training guide takes an in-depth look at your muscles at work during various sporting activities, making it crystal clear how to tailor your training to your specific needs. Whether you play football, baseball, tennis, basketball,...

A unique guide, reference work and graphic education tool suitable for any woman interested in understanding how her body functions during exercise and in formulating a personal exercise program. Over 90 exercises that will help you sculpt your entire body, ranging from free-weights and fixed weights to routines employing machines and aerobics. All exercises accompanied by detailed anatomical illustrations that show exactly which muscles are being used and how. Comprehensive separate...

Cows, sheep, and goats, oh my! Know Your Hobby Animals is an essential guide to discovering loads of interesting facts about 172 popular breeds of chickens, pigs, goats, cows, and sheep. A complete compilation of the most popular farm animals within the Know Your… series, you’ll learn all about each breed’s unique characteristics, history, breeding, personality, and more. Fun and fascinating, this engaging and collective guide will turn both the young and old into farm animal enthusiasts!

· A must-have project book for dedicated and intermediate quilters to quilt outside of their comfort zone and build confidence · Learn to transfer traditional blocks to modern quilts · Includes 14 step-by-step projects to combine fabrics from different lines and genres to encourage mixing and matching · Provides 4 sidebar features for every pattern to boost confidence: Leap of Faith suggestions, Confidence Booster tips, alternative digital colorations, and Fearless Takeaways lists · Written...

This text is designed to enable cat owners to understand their feline friend better as well as to protect it from hazards and illness, monitor its health, deal with emergencies, and cope with ageing. The book includes complementary medicine for cats and advice on feeding.

THE FORM WITHIN is the fascinating story of two hundred years of pioneering brain research, told from the unique perspective of the only brain scientist who has been, and still remains, an active participant in that story throughout the past seventy years: Karl H. Pribram.In THE FORM WITHIN, Dr. Pribram takes us on a compelling journey from the dawn of our collective “recorded perceptions” in cave paintings to our greatest achievements as a species. He explains the important...

A killer. A manhunt. The triumph of justice and of the wolf.The greatest event in Yellowstone history.Greater Yellowstone was the last great truly intact ecosystem in the temperate zones of the earth—until, in the 1920s, U.S. government agents exterminated its top predator, the gray wolf. With traps and rifles, even torching pups in their dens, the killing campaign was entirely successful. The howl of the “evil” wolf was heard no more. The “good”...

The author's bookshelf includes The Monkey Wrench Gang signed by Edward Abbey, and The Book of Mormon , signed by Cliven Bundy; both drive the narrative of American Zion , a deep exploration of the ways religion shapes peoples' perspective on landscape.Taps interest in the Mormon Church, the public land debate, Native sovereignty, and Western history.Author has personal connections at Buzzfeed, High Country News, and Sierra Club Magazine.

From the author of <i>The Secret Knowledge of Water</i> and <i>Atlas of a Lost World</i> comes a deeply felt essay collection focusing upon a vivid series of desert icons&mdash;a half&ndash;blind bighorn ram, a sheet of virga over Monument Valley, solitude on the Green River. Craig Childs delves into the primacy of the land and the profound nature of the more&ndash;than&ndash;human.

In support of tribal efforts to protect the Bears Ears, Native writers bear testimony to the fragile and essential nature of this sacred landscape in America&#8217;s remote red rock country. Through poem and essay, these often-ignored voices explore the ways many native people derive tradition, sustenance, and cultural history from the Bears Ears.

"These essays combine an adventurer&apos;s soul with a philosopher&apos;s head. Kudos to Zak Podmore, a fresh new voice from the West." <br>&mdash;<b>PHILIP CONNORS</b>, author of <i>A Song for the River</i> <br><br>"An ambitious, adventurous ride. The words themselves move like rivers&mdash;from choked, bucking rapids to languid flat water, to eddies swirling with uncomfortable truths&hellip; Zak Podmore has unleashed the kind of...

Suresh Rattan&apos;s birth certificate reads «1955». At his age, signs of decline inevitably creep in, but Suresh doesn&apos;t feel that old. In fact, he feels twenty years younger. He can even explain why. No wonder: He does research on age and ageing at Aarhus University. Thanks to evolution, we can&apos;t imagine ourselves any older than 45. Biologically, we should just give up the ghost once we&apos;ve raised a few carbon copies of ourselves. But for those of us who want to stick around a...

Livets hemmelighed blev afsloret i 1953, hvor James D. Watson og Francis Crick offentliggjorde en model af DNA-molekylet.Modellen har siden haft en kolossal indvirkning pa videnskaben og samfundet.Indlejret i molekylets yndefulde kurver la noglen til en helt ny videnskab, molekylAerbiologien, der over de efterfolgende 50 ar har givet os en forbloffende indsigt i vores arts biologi. Ligesa betydningsfuld har indvirkningen vAeret pa lAegevidenskaben, fodevareproduktionen og retssystemet. DNA er...

As nutrition and development are closely intertwined in early childhood, this book brings together scientists, nutritionists, and psychologists to present a multidisciplinary approach. The first part examines how the biological systems of the body may contribute to healthy growth, looking at bones, muscles, and fat tissues and the optimal nutrition required for dynamic function. The second section contains updates on the latest research on dietary interventions in the areas of growth and body...