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Enzymes are giant macromolecules which catalyse biochemical reactions. They are remarkable in many ways. Their three-dimensional structures are highly complex, yet they are formed by spontaneous folding of a linear polypeptide chain. Their catalytic …
Enzymes are giant macromolecules which catalyse biochemical reactions. They are remarkable in many ways. Their three-dimensional structures are highly complex, yet they are formed by spontaneous folding of a linear polypeptide chain. Their catalytic …
История нашего вида сложилась бы совсем по другому, если бы не счастливая генетическая мутация, которая позволила нашим организмам расщеплять алкоголь. С тех пор человек не расстается с бутылкой – тысячелетиями выпивка дарила людям радость и утешение…
История нашего вида сложилась бы совсем по другому, если бы не счастливая генетическая мутация, которая позволила нашим организмам расщеплять алкоголь. С тех пор человек не расстается с бутылкой – тысячелетиями выпивка дарила людям радость и утешение…
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book PrizeShortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeNow, as cancer becomes an ever more universal experience, the need to under…
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book PrizeShortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeNow, as cancer becomes an ever more universal experience, the need to under…
Our use of light at night is negatively affecting the natural world in ways we’re barely beginning to study. Meanwhile, our physical, psychological, and spiritual health are significantly influenced by darkness or a lack thereof; it’s not a matter of…
Our use of light at night is negatively affecting the natural world in ways we’re barely beginning to study. Meanwhile, our physical, psychological, and spiritual health are significantly influenced by darkness or a lack thereof; it’s not a matter of…
The Human Microbiota offers a comprehensive review of all human-associated microbial niches in a single volume, focusing on what modern tools in molecular microbiology are revealing about human microbiota, and how specific microbial communities can b…
The Human Microbiota offers a comprehensive review of all human-associated microbial niches in a single volume, focusing on what modern tools in molecular microbiology are revealing about human microbiota, and how specific microbial communities can b…
A unique approach to a core topic in organic chemistry presented by an experienced teacher to students and professionals Heterocyclic rings are present in the majority of known natural products, contributing to enormous structural diversity. In addit…
A unique approach to a core topic in organic chemistry presented by an experienced teacher to students and professionals Heterocyclic rings are present in the majority of known natural products, contributing to enormous structural diversity. In addit…
A guide to the issues relevant to the design, analysis, and interpretation of toxicity studies that examine chemicals for use in the environment Statistical Analysis of Ecotoxicity Studies offers a guide to the design, analysis, and interpretation of…
A guide to the issues relevant to the design, analysis, and interpretation of toxicity studies that examine chemicals for use in the environment Statistical Analysis of Ecotoxicity Studies offers a guide to the design, analysis, and interpretation of…
We think we know what healers do: they build on patients’ irrational beliefs and treat them in a ‘symbolic’ way. If they get results, it’s thanks to their capacity to listen, rather than any influence on a clinical level. At the same time, we also th…
We think we know what healers do: they build on patients’ irrational beliefs and treat them in a ‘symbolic’ way. If they get results, it’s thanks to their capacity to listen, rather than any influence on a clinical level. At the same time, we also th…
The updated seventh edition of the classic text on wood science and forestry The seventh edition of Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduction offers a fully revised and updated review of the forest products industry. This classic text contain…
The updated seventh edition of the classic text on wood science and forestry The seventh edition of Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduction offers a fully revised and updated review of the forest products industry. This classic text contain…
Если бы не живые существа, Земле была бы уготована унылая участь Марса. Именно разные организмы – от бактерий до цветковых растений и млекопитающих – превратили третью планету от Солнца в обитаемый мир, создали ее нынешнюю атмосферу, значительно повл…
Если бы не живые существа, Земле была бы уготована унылая участь Марса. Именно разные организмы – от бактерий до цветковых растений и млекопитающих – превратили третью планету от Солнца в обитаемый мир, создали ее нынешнюю атмосферу, значительно повл…
В чём заключается главная тайна Троянской войны? В чём особенности этой долгой войны? С кем воевали ахейцы? Почему один только город Илион почти стотысячное ахейское войско не могло взять десять лет? Какие нераскрытые загадки таит в себе «Илиада» Гом…
В чём заключается главная тайна Троянской войны? В чём особенности этой долгой войны? С кем воевали ахейцы? Почему один только город Илион почти стотысячное ахейское войско не могло взять десять лет? Какие нераскрытые загадки таит в себе «Илиада» Гом…
Проблемы преподавания философии в России затрагивают сегодня практически весь спектр вопросов, касающихся философии как таковой. Как преподавать? Что преподавать? Кому преподавать? И даже – зачем преподавать? Можно сказать, что русская философия сего…
Проблемы преподавания философии в России затрагивают сегодня практически весь спектр вопросов, касающихся философии как таковой. Как преподавать? Что преподавать? Кому преподавать? И даже – зачем преподавать? Можно сказать, что русская философия сего…
Originally published as The God Species: How the Planet Can Survive the Age of HumansThe green movement has got it very wrong.Nature no longer controls our planet – it is humanity, ‘the god species’, that must save the environment we have inflicted u…
Originally published as The God Species: How the Planet Can Survive the Age of HumansThe green movement has got it very wrong.Nature no longer controls our planet – it is humanity, ‘the god species’, that must save the environment we have inflicted u…
Written by experienced authors, this book presents numerous natural everyday products with a high range of structural diversity. Twenty natural products have been arranged in five sections, describing three alkaloids, five colored compounds, three ca…
Written by experienced authors, this book presents numerous natural everyday products with a high range of structural diversity. Twenty natural products have been arranged in five sections, describing three alkaloids, five colored compounds, three ca…
The first thorough review of cyclooxygenase inhibitors, including their toxicity mechanisms and toxicopathological risks Cyclooxygenases (COXs) are enzymes responsible for the formation of an important class of biological mediators called prostanoids…
The first thorough review of cyclooxygenase inhibitors, including their toxicity mechanisms and toxicopathological risks Cyclooxygenases (COXs) are enzymes responsible for the formation of an important class of biological mediators called prostanoids…
This book introduces readers to the current social and economic state of China since its restructuring in 1949. Provides insights into the targeted institutional change that is occurring simultaneously across the entire country Presents context-rich …
This book introduces readers to the current social and economic state of China since its restructuring in 1949. Provides insights into the targeted institutional change that is occurring simultaneously across the entire country Presents context-rich …
Because it is grounded in math, chemical thermodynamics is often perceived as a difficult subject and many students are never fully comfortable with it. The first authoritative textbook presentation of equilibrium chemical and phase thermodynamics in…
Because it is grounded in math, chemical thermodynamics is often perceived as a difficult subject and many students are never fully comfortable with it. The first authoritative textbook presentation of equilibrium chemical and phase thermodynamics in…
В очередной книге серии читатель познакомится с береговыми и зенитными батареями кригсмарине в Мемеле (ныне литовская Клайпеда), действиями аргентинских подводных лодок в ходе Фолклендского конфликта, российскими и советскими подводными лодками с воз…
В очередной книге серии читатель познакомится с береговыми и зенитными батареями кригсмарине в Мемеле (ныне литовская Клайпеда), действиями аргентинских подводных лодок в ходе Фолклендского конфликта, российскими и советскими подводными лодками с воз…
Why is it that the behaviour of teenagers can be so odd? As they grow older, young children steadily improve their sense of how to behave, and then all of a sudden, they can become totally uncommunicative, wildly emotional and completely unpredictabl…
Why is it that the behaviour of teenagers can be so odd? As they grow older, young children steadily improve their sense of how to behave, and then all of a sudden, they can become totally uncommunicative, wildly emotional and completely unpredictabl…
Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understandin…
Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understandin…