Approximately 99.9% of vertebrate species reproduce sexually. The exceptional 0.1% reproduce via asexual or clonal means, which vary wildly and are fascinating in their own right. In this book, John C. Avise describes the genetics, ecology, ... Zobraziť viac
Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts, astonishing stories and now fully illustrated for the first time... Zobraziť viac
How was a brilliant physics professor tricked into carrying 2kg of cocaine across the Argentinian border? Why do doctors misdiagnose 10 to 15% of their patients? ... Zobraziť viac
Souhrnné ucelené vydání středoškolských učebnic: „Biologie prokaryot, vyšších a nižších rostlin, hub“, „Biologie živočichů“, „Biologie člověka a úvod do obecné biologie“, „Vybrané kapitoly z obecné biologie“, „Praktická cvičení z biologie“. Zobraziť viac
Hodiny a kalendáře jsme zvyklí pokládat za vymoženosti lidské civilizace. Ovšem ostatní živé organizmy se obejdou bez nich, a přesto dokážou určovat čas během dne i roční období. Příroda totiž vybavila jejich těla "biologickými hodinami"... Zobraziť viac
Učebný text je primárne určený pre študentov jednoodborového štúdia biológie a všeobecnej ekológie, ako aj odborom učiteľského štúdia v rôznych kombináciách s biológiou. Venuje sa v nich opisu jednotlivých skupín... Zobraziť viac
Atlas, který představuje nepostradatelného průvodce každého houbaře a kuchaře, obsahuje podrobný popis jednotlivých druhů hub, jejich výskyt, dobu růstu a charakteristické rysy na barevných fotografiích... Zobraziť viac
Návody a úkoly k praktickým cvičením z lékařské biologie a genetiky... Zobraziť viac
In What It’s Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special, large-format volume is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed... Zobraziť viac
In this thought-provoking book, Denis Noble formulates the theory of biological relativity, emphasising that living organisms operate at multiple levels of complexity and must therefore be analysed from a multi-scale... Zobraziť viac
This deluxe gift edition of Charles Darwin''s On the Origin of Species is presented with gold-embossed cover design with decorative page-edges and beautiful endpapers.The controversial theory of natural selection proposed in this book made Darwin... Zobraziť viac
Vegetation Description and Data Analysis: A Practical Approach, Second Edition is a fully revised and up-dated edition of this key text. Zobraziť viac
Still considered one of the most important and groundbreaking works of science ever written, Darwin’s eminently readable exploration of the evolutionary process challenged most of the strong beliefs of the Western world... Zobraziť viac
Get ready to learn everything you never knew about plants and then some! Now in paperback, this illustrated compendium celebrates the plants you didn't even know you used, from your toothpaste to your car tires to the name of your great-great-aunt... Zobraziť viac
On December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves... Zobraziť viac
What does it mean to be well? Is it something in our body? Or, is it rather something subjective - something of the mind? In this profound collection of clinical stories, eminent psychiatrist Dr. Alastair Santhouse draws on his... Zobraziť viac
This up-to-date guidebook on freshwater invertebrates of the central European region is a richly illustrated work, providing an excellent source of systematic information on freshwater macroinvertebrates. Numerous colour photos and additional vector... Zobraziť viac
Mammalogy is the study of mammals from the diverse biological viewpoints of structure, function, evolutionary history, behavior, ecology, classification, and economics... Zobraziť viac
The Polar Regions have so captivated Filip Kulisev over the years that he finally decided to devote a book to exploring these parts of the world. In Polar Planet he points out the differences between the Artic and Antarctica... Zobraziť viac
