This text discusses the applications of fluid mechanics to biology.

This edition builds on those strengths and introduces several innovations.

While emphasising the environmental theme, the book introduces all facets of the biology discipline, including cell biology, evolution, ecology, conservation and restoration."--Publisher.

This book will teach you not only to understand the scientific terms you encounter but also to distinguish "good science" from unscientific claims.

Verse translation of Lucretius's epic Latin poem explaining the universe, within the framework of Epicurean philosophy.

Essays cover a wide range of topics, including the nature of fossils, evolution, and biodiversity.

Throughout, this book questions our accepted definitions and biases, showing the self-reflective nature of scientific activity within society.

This book is a short history ranging from Lamarck and Darwin to DNA and the Human Genome Project, exploring the conceptual oppositions, techniques, institutional conditions and controversies that have shaped the development of biology.

Explores the development of the ideas of evolutionary biology, particularly as affected by the increasing understanding of genetics and of the chemical basis of inheritance.