The proteome remains a mysterious realm. Researchers have determined thestructures of only a small fraction of the proteins encoded by the human genome.Crystallography continues to be the primary method used to determine the structuresof the remaining unknown proteins. This imaging technique uses the diffraction ofX-rays to determine a protein's ......
Venomous creatures such as snakes and spiders are the stuff of human nightmares. Yet toxins are a regular part of the animal world, an essential tool for hunting and defense. A surprising variety of insects, reptiles, and amphibians use venom in their daily lives, either to subdue their prey or to prevent falling victim to another predator. ......
There is no group of birds more mysterious and fascinating than owls. The loudmouths of the raptor world, they peep, trill, toot, bark, growl, shriek, whistle, chittle, whoop, chuckle, boom, and buzz. Indeed, very few actually ''hoot.'' They have become the stuff of lore and legendfrom the Roman myth that an owl foot could reveal secrets to the ......
Treating the traditional God concept, as conventionally presented in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, like any other scientific hypothesis, this work examines the claims made for God's existence. It considers the Intelligent Design arguments as evidence of God's influence in biology.
From marsupials to bats to carnivores to cetaceans, fully one-fourth of the world's mammals can be found on the South American continent. Rexford D. Lord provides the most vivid snapshot of South American fauna ever produced. With 252 stunning photographsmost taken by the author during his 40 years as an ecologist and mammalogist in the ......
Compares Hindu and Christian ideas about God and humans. This work helps Christians make sense of Eastern notions of God. It teaches readers about the non-dualistic thought of 8th century Hindu thinker Sankara and the Christian pantheism (belief in and worship of all Gods) of Paul Tillich. It presents a fresh theology of God and human beings.
A number of powerful arguments have been formulated by philosophers and logicians, which assume that God's existence is possible, but argue that the weight of the empirical evidence is against God's actual existence. This anthology collects most of the important arguments that have been published since the mid 1900s.
Summarising the key concepts, terminology, and major contributions of influential thinkers associated with atheism, scepticism, and humanism, this title discusses notions such as God, free will, and evil to concepts such as 'eupraxsophy'. Also included are 'buzzwords' that have some bearing on the free thought worldview such as 'metrosexual'.
