18 books like Argonauts of the western Pacific

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Current topics in cellular regulation Bernard L. Horecker · 1981 Current Topics in Cellular Regulation. Shares: Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Science

Current topics in developmental biology Alberto Monroy · 1966 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology. These volumes are valuable to researchers in animal and plant development, as well as to students and professionals who want an introduction to cellular and molecular mechanisms of development. The series has recently passed its 30-year mark, making it the… Shares: Life Sciences, Science

Anthropology and autobiography Judith Okely · 1992 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Anthropological writings by anthropologists in the field have long been a valuable tool to the profession. But until now, the theoretical implications of its use have not been fully explored. Anthropology and Autobiography provides unique insights into the fieldwork, autobiographical materials and/or textual critiques of anthropologists, many of whose ethnographies are already familiar. It… Shares: Ethnology, Anthropology

Handbook of Biochemistry Gerald D. Fasman · 2017 · 552p · ≈ 18h · Moderate The section of this handbook has been dividing into two volumes, the first volume contains information relating to purines, pyrimidine and nucleoside, oligonucleotide, polynucleotides, and their derivatives. Both ribo and deoxyribo compounds are listed also. The second volume will contain the remaining material similar to Volume 1 and material more relative to genetic and biological aspects such… Shares: Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Science

Autoethnography and the Other Tami Spry · 2016 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Challenging the critique of autoethnography as overly focused on the self, Tami Spry calls for a performative autoethnography that both unsettles the "I" and represents the Other with equal commitment. Expanding on her popular book Body, Paper, Stage, Spry uses a variety of examples, literary forms, and theoretical traditions to reframe this research method as transgressive, liberatory, and… Shares: Ethnologie, Ethnology

Campbell Biology Martha R. Taylor · 2011 · ★ 4.5 · 928p · ≈ 30h · Moderate Campbell Biology is a biology textbook used for introductory Biology and Advanced Placement Biology courses. The textbook was initially published in 1987 by American biologist Neil Campbell, and has been used internationally by over 700,000 students in both high school and college-level classes. Shares: Life Sciences, Science

Aku-Aku: El Secreto De LA Isla De Pascua/Aku-Aku Thor Heyerdahl · 1957 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Ancient, Polynesian, Archaeological, Expedition to verify the ancient relationship of the Easter Island Polynesian with the indigenous Peruvian peoples. Shares: Ethnology, Anthropology

Advances in Chromatography Eli Grushka · 1992 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Written by experts on current innovations in their fields, this 33rd volume of Advances in Chromatography covers subjects such as planar chips technology, molecular biochromatography, fusion reaction chromatography and enantioselective liquid chromatographic separations. Shares: Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Science

Insect-Plant Interactions Elizabeth A. Bernays · 2017 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate First Published in 1989, this book explores the relationship between plants and insects and the ways in which they interact with each other. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes, diagrams, and references this book serves as a useful reference for students of oncology, and other practitioners in their respective fields. Shares: Life Sciences, Science

Botany James D. Mauseth · 1991 · ★ 4.1 · 800p · ≈ 26h · Moderate This text covers the fundamentals of plant science, including structure, genetics and evolution, physiology and development, and ecology. The text also contains information on molecular biology, plant biotechnology, and coverage of taxonomy and phylogeny of plants.--adapted from back cover. Shares: Life Sciences, Science

CRC Handbook of Chromatography Ram N. Gupta · 1988 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate These volumes provide a reference source of different gas chromatographic, liquid chromatographic, or thin-layer chromatographic techniques, for the qualitative determination of various therapeutic agents, including antibiotics, vitamins and hormones, drugs of abuse in body fluids, dosage forms, or food stuffs. Over 5000 publications were reviewed to prepare tables of chromatographic data for 800… Shares: Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Science

Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology Waldo E. Cohn · 1974 "In perusing these chapters, I found much of interest. It is worth investigating."--P. Brickell in Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry"Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist--for whom the numerous references will be invaluable--but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell."--British Medical Journal… Shares: Life Sciences, Science

Myth and meaning Claude Lévi-Strauss · 1978 · ★ 3.8 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Ever since the rise of science and the scientific method in the seventeenth century, we have rejected mythology as the product of superstitious and primitive minds. Only now are we coming to a fuller appreciation of the nature and role of myth in human history. In these five lectures originally prepared for the CBC, Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the world's greatest living thinkers, offers the… Shares: Ethnology, Anthropology

Essential Cell Biology Bruce Alberts · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 864p · ≈ 28h · Moderate Cell biology is taught in classrooms around the world to provide students with a firm conceptual grounding in biology. This text provides basic, core knowledge about how cells work and uses colour images and diagrams to emphasize concepts and aid understanding. Shares: Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Science

Tristes Tropiques Claude Lévi-Strauss · 1955 · ★ 4.1 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Tristes Tropiques was an immensely popular bestseller when it was first published in France in 1955. Claude Levi-Strauss's groundbreaking study of the societies of a number of Amazonian peoples is a cornerstone of structural anthropology and an exploration by the author of his own intellectual roots as a professor of philosophy in Brazil before the Second World War, as a Jewish exile from… Shares: Ethnologie, Anthropology

Horizons of Anthropology Sol Tax · 1964 · ★ 3.6 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The scientific study of human evolution and culture is about a hundred years old. This volume surveys its achievements and methods. Originally published more than forty years ago, the volume's contributors include people who have shaped anthropology's future. As Gluckman says in his Preface, the contributions "point to the horizons of increasing understanding of man, his evolution and his social… Shares: Ethnologie, Anthropology

Primitive Culture Edward Burnett Tylor · 2010 · 520p · ≈ 17h · Moderate The first Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oxford, Edward B. Tylor, defined the term "culture" for modern readers in this groundbreaking work. Initially published in 1871, this classic two-volume study explores the full range of learned human behavior patterns in terms of the beliefs, wisdom, laws, artistic achievements, and mores that constitute a society. The formation of… Shares: Ethnology, Anthropology

Selected Writings of Andrew Lang Alexandra Warwick · 2016 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Anthropology, Folklore Shares: Anthropology, Folklore

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