Bioscience Books

New and Published Books

1. Introduction to Corporate and White-Collar Crime

   By Frank J. DiMarino, Cliff Roberson

   White-collar crime costs the United States more than $300 billion each year. It is surprisingly common, with one in every three Americans eventually becoming a victim. The criminals often dismiss these crimes as victimless, but those unfortunate enough to fall prey would disagree. An Introduction...

   Published May 20th 2013 by CRC Press
2. The Biology of Cancer

   2nd Edition

   By Robert A. Weinberg

   Thoroughly updated and incorporating the most important advances in the fast-growing field of cancer biology, The Biology of Cancer, Second Edition, maintains all of its hallmark features admired by students, instructors, researchers, and clinicians around the world. The Biology of Cancer is a...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Garland Science
3. Marine Genetic Resources, Access and Benefit Sharing

   Legal and Biological Perspectives

   By Bevis Fedder

   Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) has been promoted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of combining biodiversity conservation goals with economic development. However, as this book shows, since its inception in 1992, implementation has encountered...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Wildlife Forensic Investigation

   Principles and Practice

   By John E Cooper, Margaret E. Cooper

   Wildlife forensics is the application of forensic science to the conservation and protection of non-domesticated animals, both in the wild and in captivity. Providing an in-depth introduction to this rapidly evolving field, Wildlife Forensic Investigation: Principles and Practice also chronicles...

   Published May 12th 2013 by CRC Press
5. Handbook of Biofunctional Surfaces

   Edited by Wolfgang Knoll

   The design and synthesis of molecularly or supramolecularly defined interfacial architectures have seen in recent years a remarkable growth of interest and scientific research activities for various reasons. On the one hand, it is generally believed that the construction of an interactive interface...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Pan Stanford Publishing
6. Endocrine Sex Differentiation in Fish

   By T. J. Pandian

   Of all vertebrates, fish exhibit unparalleled diversity of sexual plasticity and flexibility, ranging from gonochorism to unisexualism, and exceptional patterns of functional hermaphroditism. Fish farming and monosex aquaculture have led to reproductive dysfunction with males producing less milt,...

   Published May 6th 2013 by CRC Press
7. Principles of Neural Coding

   Edited by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Stefano Panzeri

   Understanding how populations of neurons encode information is the challenge faced by researchers in the field of neural coding. Focusing on the many mysteries and marvels of the mind has prompted a prominent team of experts in the field to put their heads together and fire up a book on the subject...

   Published May 5th 2013 by CRC Press
8. Hazardous Chemicals

   Safety Management and Global Regulations

   By T.S.S. Dikshith

   An easily accessible guide to scientific information, Hazardous Chemicals: Safety Management and Global Regulations covers proper management, precautions, and related global regulations on the safety management of chemical substances. The book helps workers and safety personnel prevent and minimize...

   Published May 5th 2013 by CRC Press
9. Juvenile Hormones and Juvenoids

   Modeling Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

   Edited by James Devillers

   Series: QSAR in Environmental and Health Sciences

   Juvenile hormones (JHs) are a group of structurally related sesquiterpenes secreted by the insect corpora allata. They affect most insect life-cycle stages and physiological functions, including embryogenesis, larval and adult development, metamorphosis, reproduction, metabolism, diapause,...

   Published May 5th 2013 by CRC Press
10. Spike Timing

    Mechanisms and Function

    Edited by Patricia M. DiLorenzo, Jonathan D. Victor

    Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

    Neuronal communication forms the basis for all behavior, from the smallest movement to our grandest thought processes. Among the many mechanisms that support these functions, spike timing is among the most powerful and—until recently—perhaps the least studied. In the last two decades, however, the...

    Published May 1st 2013 by CRC Press