Comparative Physiology of Animals: An Environmental Approach

Science & Math

Hill, Richard W.

Biological Sciences

HarperCollins, Publishers

The Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of the American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Spanning more than ten thousand years, the one million objects in the museum's collections represent the extraordinary scope of Indian life in the Americas. From ancient stone points to contemporary Indian paintings, these objects make vividly clear the diversity and vigorous creativity of Native cultures from the Arctic to the southern tip of South America.

Treasures of the National Museum of the American Indian: Smithsonian Institution (Tiny Folio)

Arts & Photography

West, W. Richard

National Museum of the American Indian, U. S.

Kidwell, Clara-Sue

History & Criticism

Abbeville Press

Animal Physiology presents all the branches of modern animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration among physiological disciplines, ecology, and evolutionary biology. The book takes an entirely fresh approach to each topic. Its full-color illustrations include many novel, visually effective features to help students learn. Each of the 28 chapters starts with a brief animal example to engage student interest and demonstrate the value of the material that will be learned. The book includes five entire chapters that apply students' newfound physiological knowledge to curiosity-provoking and important topics, including diving by marine mammals, the mechanisms of navigation, and use/disuse effects in muscle. The book is committed to a comparative approach throughout. While mammalian physiology is consistently treated in depth, emphasis is also given to the other vertebrate groups, arthropods, molluscs, and-as appropriate-additional invertebrates. Concepts and integrative themes are emphasized while giving students the specifics they need. The whole animal is the principal focus of this book. The pages are filled with information on everything from knockout mice and enzyme chemistry to traditional organ physiology, phylogenetic analysis, and applications to human affairs. Always, the central organizing principle for the array of topics presented is to understand whole animals in the environments where they live. Concepts from chemistry, physics, and mathematics are explained so the book will be accessible to science students at the sophomore or higher level. Neurophysiological and other complex principles are developed clearly and carefully, to help students understand important concepts in sufficient depth without being overwhelmed. Pedagogical aids include embedded summaries throughout chapters, study questions, partially annotated reference lists, an extensive glossary, and appendices. For all three authors, teaching physiology to undergraduate students has been a lifelong priority. The opening three chapters provide background material on physiological basics, cell-molecular concepts, transport of solutes and water, ecology, and evolutionary biology. The remaining chapters are organized into five sections: 
Food, Energy, and Temperature Integrating Systems Muscle and Movement Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport * Water, Salts, and Excretion

Animal Physiology

Wyse, Gordon A.

Anderson, Margaret

Sinauer Associates, Inc.

Animal Physiology presents all the branches of modern animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration of physiological knowledge, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Integration extends from molecules to organ systems and from one physiological discipline to another. The book takes an entirely fresh approach to each topic. Its full-colour illustrations include many novel, visually effective features to help students learn. Each of the 25 main chapters starts with a brief animal example to engage student interest and demonstrate the value of the material that will be learned. The book includes five additional, briefer 'At Work' chapters that apply students' newfound physiological knowledge to curiosity-provoking and important topics, including diving by marine mammals, the mechanisms of navigation, and muscle plasticity in use and disuse. The book is committed to a comparative approach throughout. Whereas mammalian physiology is consistently treated in depth, emphasis is also given to the other vertebrate groups, arthropods, molluscs, and-as appropriate-additional invertebrates. Concepts and integrative themes are emphasized while giving students the specifics they need. The whole animal is the principal focus of this book. The pages are filled with information on everything from knockout mice, genomics, and enzyme chemistry to traditional organ physiology, phylogenetic analysis, and applications to human affairs. Always, the central organizing principle for the array of topics presented is to understand whole animals in the environments where they live. Complex principles are developed clearly and carefully to help students understand important concepts in sufficient depth without being overwhelmed. Pedagogical aids include embedded summaries throughout chapters, study questions, partially annotated reference lists, an extensive glossary, appendices, and an upgraded index. For all three authors, teaching physiology to undergraduate students has been a lifelong priority. The opening five chapters provide background material on physiological basics, cell-molecular concepts, genomics, physiological development, transport of solutes and water, ecology, and evolutionary biology. The remaining chapters are organized into five sections: * Food, Energy, and Temperature * Integrating Systems * Movement and Muscle * Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport * Water, Salts, and Excretion The new edition features: * A new chapter on physiological development and epigenetics (Chapter 4) * An entirely rewritten chapter on sensory processes, integrating latest research insights with organ-system physiology (Chapter 14) * Extensive rewriting, reorganization, or expansion of chapters on aerobic and anaerobic metabolism (Chapter 8), activity energetics (Chapter 9), thermal relations (Chapter 10), osmoregulation (Chapter 28), and kidney function (Chapter 29) * More than 57 new figures or tables * New boxes written by expert guest authors on topics such as fMRI, magnetoreceptors in navigation, optogenetics, sleep, and symbiosis * All chapters updated based on the latest literature and terminology * All figures and text revised as needed for pedagogical effectiveness * Updated, in-depth lists of references to the scientific literature

Medical Books

Basic Sciences

Animal Physiology presents all the branches of modern animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration among physiological disciplines, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Its full-colour illustration program includes many novel, visually effective features to help students learn.

Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.

In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli, veteran ambassador of the republic of Florence, wrote a treatise titled Il Principe (usually but loosely translated as The Prince) in order to instruct political leaders on the techniques that he deemed necessary to gain and maintain power. The Prince advocated the need of the ruler to preserve and enhance his own power and that of the state by what ever means necessary. It was a ruthlessly pragmatic analysis of politics. Indeed, even the cut-throat rulers that Machiavelli knew would have been surprised by the unbounded ambition and ruthless disregard of law and ethics that characterized the Wall Street arbitrage and take-over activities in the late 1980's. Machiavelli's admired leaders were hardheaded about human weakness but remained influenced by Judeo-Christian morality. The Prince became a guidebook to power politics and made Machiavelli's name synonymous with cunning and political immortality. Much of Machiavelli's advice is directly applicable to today's fiercely competitive business world. Competition was the name of the game then and competition is the name of the game today. Today's competitive environment puts as much pressure and stress on leaders as did the endless small-scale warring of the independent states of Renaissance Italy. Machiavelli's timeless wisdom and essential advice can help today's managers to avoid failure and to achieve sustained success. In order to facilitate the application of Machiavelli's observations to today's business world, this book presents a new translation of those maxims which are applicable to business. Shrewd comments and vivid examples drawn from modern business experience enliven Machiavelli's maxims and make this highly readable book a delight for managers and employees alike.

The Boss: Machiavelli on Managerial Leadership

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Pyramid Media Group

Principles of Life 2E provides a textbook well aligned with the recommendations proposed in BIO 2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists and Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education. This multi-media pack contains the print textbook and LaunchPad access for an additional £5 per student. LaunchPad is an interactive online resource that helps students achieve better results. LaunchPad combines an interactive e-book with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve, our adaptive quizzing resource, to engage your students and develop their understanding. Unique LaunchPad features included in Principles of Life 2E: • Pre-built Units for each chapter, curated by experienced educators, with media for that chapter organized and ready to assign or customize to suit your course.• Intuitive and useful analytics, with a Gradebook that lets you see how your class is doing individually and as a whole.• A streamlined and intuitive interface that lets you build an entire course in minutes.LearningCurve in Launchpad In a game-like format, LearningCurve adaptive and formative quizzing provides an effective way to get students involved in the coursework. It offers: • A unique learning path for each student, with quizzes shaped by each individual's correct and incorrect answers.• A Personalised Study Plan, to guide students' preparation for class and for exams.• Feedback for each question with live links to relevant e-book pages, guiding students to the reading they need to do to improve their areas of weakness. For more information on LaunchPad including how to request a demo, access our support centre, and watch our video tutorials, please visit here.  Request a demo

Principles of Life w/ LaunchPad

Hillis, David M.

Price, Mary V.

Sadava, David

WH Freeman

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 With its focus on key competencies foundational to biology education and careers, self-guided adaptive learning, and unparalleled instructor resources for active classrooms, Principles of Life is the resource students need to succeed.

Principles of Life

Hall, David W.

Laskowski, Marta J.

W.H.Freeman

Principles of Life 2e (High School Edition) & LaunchPad for Principles of Life, High School (One Use Access)

Sadava, David E.

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