First published in 1981, this book presents an original approach to an area of great importance in comparative zoology and physiology and evolutionary biology: the evolution of air breathing in vertebrates from aquatic ancestors. The subject is approached from a functional as well as an anatomical viewpoint, utilising knowledge of the physiology of extant animals to trace probable evolutionary steps. Opening with a brief summary of current views of vertebrate evolution, the authors then go on to deal with problems of oxygen transfer in water and air and the structure and function of gills and lungs. Carbon dioxide transfer in water-breathing forms is seen as being tightly coupled to an ion and acid-base regulation. The evolution of air breathing is seen as a several-stage process, beginning with the evolution of accessory air-breathing structures for oxygen uptake.

The Evolution of Air Breathing in Vertebrates

Science & Math

RANDALL, DAVID J.

Farrell, Anthony P.

Burggren, Warren W.

Haswell, M. Stephen

Biological Sciences

Cambridge University Press

Animal Physiology

ECKERT, ROGER

W.H.Freeman & Company

Eckert Animal Physiology is the essential text for courses exploring the structure, function and evolution of animals. The new Fourth Edition , revised, redesigned and updated, builds on Roger Eckert's earlier success in establishing this book as a classic. Comparing examples and experimental data across a wide variety of animal groups, the authors emphasize the book's central theme: how the bodies of animals function and how evolution has adapted them to their environment. Clear, balanced and beautifully illustrated, this book sets the standard of excellence in the field. " Animal Physiology develops the major ideas in a simple and direct manner...Examples are selected from a broad spectrum of animal life, ranging from protozoa at one end to our species and other vertebrates at the other end ...the authors have produced a balanced and up-to-date treatment of animal function." Entomologia Generalis Supplement: Transparency masters

Animal Physiology: MECHANISMS AND ADAPTATIONS

VHPS

The West has become permeated with a culture that doesn’t ‘do’ God. Many people assert that we have progressed, while Christians are still clinging to out–dated ideas. In Why We (Still) Believe, fourteen contributors focus on several specific contemporary attacks on Christianity, showing why they ‘continue in the faith’ (Col.1:23). Contributors: Andy Bannister, Iver Martin, John Ellis, Vince Vitale, Maher Samuel, John Blanchard, Joe Barnard, David J. Randall, Stefan Gustavsson, Richard Lucas, David Robertson, Nola Leach, Gordon MacDonald, (the late) Gordon Wilson

Why We (still) Believe: Standing Firm on Biblical Christianity

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Focus

Here are twelve real-life heroes whose stories demonstrate the truth and relevance of the Christian faith. Their stories give answers to three questions many ask about Christianity: Is it true? Does it work? Is it worth it? The lives of Columba of Iona, John Knox, John Bunyan, William Wilberforce, David Livingstone, Fanny Crosby, Mary Slessor, Corrie ten Boom, CS Lewis, Eric Liddell, Jim Elliot and Joni Eareckson Tada can inspire us because they did great things through faith.

Christianity: Is It True?: Answering Questions through Real Lives

Children's Books

Religions

CF4Kids

The basic outline of the Christmas story is so familiar we might think we have no more to learn from it. But try looking at the Christmas story through different eyes. Through the eyes of Micah and Isaiah who foretold it; Anna and Simeon who witnessed it; and Paul and John who reflected on it. Wonder anew at this amazing story of the birth of the Son of God as a baby.

Come and Behold Him: Christmas Through Different Eyes

Eleven Christians - including a biologist, a psychiatrist, a journalist, and a debater - travelled on eleven diverse paths to faith in Jesus Christ. This book is the compilation of their answers and experiences written in response to Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not A Christian.
Contributors include Donald Bruce, Alistair Donald, Henk Drost, Elaine Duncan, Alex MacDonald, Pablo Martinez, David Randall, David Robertson, Chris Sinkinson, Heather Tomlinson and Ravi Zacharias.

Why I am not an Atheist: Facing the Inadequacies of Unbelief

“What about making it a New Year resolution to write each other every few weeks?”      And so it begins – an amazing year’s worth of correspondence between one elderly gentleman and his young grandchild. Issues and questions that every young Christian has to tackle are dealt with in a warm but direct way. This book is an essential bit of kit for the 21st century young apologist – or simply anyone who wants to face up to the world.

Messages From Grandad: Encouragement for a Young Christian

During his earthly life Jesus had many critics and enemies who sought to discredit him and sometimes trap him in his own words. They said, for example, that he had threatened to destroy the temple, that he was a blasphemer and that he acted in league with the devil. On one occasion some religious leaders ‘grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners”’ (Luke 15:1). However, what they intended as an attack gives expression to gospel truth – Jesus did and does welcome sinners; as the apostle Paul wrote, ‘The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’ (1 Tim. 1:15). • Randall considers these attacks, and attacks we see in our day. The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies looks at such attacks in Scripture and also considers contemporary attacks on Christianity which express truths that their speakers do not intend. • These attacks point us to our Saviour. The book leads us to the gospel according to Jesus Christ himself. This study of these unintended statements of saving truth will be an encouragement to both young Christians and seasoned saints.

The Gospel According to Christ's Enemies (Unintended Statements of Saving Truth)

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The Evolution of Air Breathing in Vertebrates

The Evolution of Air Breathing in Vertebrates

Animal Physiology

Animal Physiology: MECHANISMS AND ADAPTATIONS

Why We (still) Believe: Standing Firm on Biblical Christianity

Christianity: Is It True?: Answering Questions through Real Lives

Come and Behold Him: Christmas Through Different Eyes

Why I am not an Atheist: Facing the Inadequacies of Unbelief

Messages From Grandad: Encouragement for a Young Christian

The Gospel According to Christ's Enemies (Unintended Statements of Saving Truth)