Introductory Genetics: A Primer for the Flipped Classroom was created to meet the needs of undergraduate students and instructors who favor a concise and focused approach to learning genetics. The text emphasizes foundational genetic concepts explained from a molecular perspective and utilizing the appropriate technical language that is relevant ......
Spider Goats, Genetic Modification, and the Will to Change Nature
How scientific advances in genetic modification will fundamentally change the natural world The process of manipulating the genetic material of one animal to include the DNA of another creates a new transgenic organism. Several animals, notably goats, mice, sheep, and cattle are now genetically modified in this way. In Our Transgenic Future, ......
Great Thinkers, Great Minds comprises 10 selected papers from Sunway University's own academics, highlighting original research-based findings in their respective areas of expertise. Based on Sunway University's Professorial Lecture Series presentations held between 2014 and 2016, this book encompasses an array of fascinating research prospects ......
Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend
Takes the reader inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people you know, perhaps all too well, but could never understand. This book presents a tour-de-force of popular science writing that melds scientific research with intriguing family history and puts both a human and scientific face to evil.
Dialectical Essays on the Coevolution of Nature and Society
Provides a critique of genetic determinism and reductionism within science while exploring a range of issues including the nature of science, biology, evolution, the environment, public health, and dialectics. This work brings together the essays of two prominent scientists who work to empower the public's understanding of science and nature.
Dialectical Essays on the Coevolution of Nature and Society
Provides a critique of genetic determinism and reductionism within science while exploring a range of issues including the nature of science, biology, evolution, the environment, public health, and dialectics. This work brings together the essays of two prominent scientists who work to empower the public's understanding of science and nature.
A compelling synthesis of ideas from agronomy, medicine, breeding, physiology, population genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology, Genetic Glass Ceilings presents transgenics as an inevitable and desperately necessary approach to securing and diversifying the world's food supply.
