New BioScience Books

Do fish feel pain? / Victoria Braithwaite	Medical microbiology / edited by Michael Ford	Cell death / editors, Gerry Melino, David Vaux
Chronobiology of marine organisms / Ernest Naylor	Ecosystem ecology : a new synthesis / edited by David G. Raffaelli, Christopher L.J. Frid	Geomicrobiology / editors, Sudhir K. Jain, Abdul Arif Khan, Mahendra K. Rai
The green Roosevelt : Theodore Roosevelt in appreciation of wilderness, wildlife, and wild places / edited by Zachary Michael Jack.	Computational modeling in biomechanics / Suvranu De, Farshid Guilak, Mohammad R.K. Mofrad, editors	The eagle watchers : observing and conserving raptors around the world / edited by Ruth E. Tingay and Todd E. Katzner ; foreword by Keith L. Bildstein and Jemima Parry-Jones

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The ecological thought / Timothy Morton	How science works – evolution : a student primer / John Ellis	Beetles in conservation / T.R. New
Clinical laboratory microbiology : a practical approach / Karen M. Kiser, William C. Payne, Teresa A. Taff	The nesting season : cuckoos, cuckolds, and the invention of monogamy / Bernd Heinrich	An introduction to plant fossils / Christopher J. Cleal, Barry A. Thomas
Biology and ideology from Descartes to Dawkins / edited by Denis R. Alexander and Ronald L. Numbers	Taking stock of nature : participatory biodiversity assessment for policy, planning and practice / edited by Anna Lawrence	Life : extraordinary animals, extreme behaviour / Martha Holmes and Mike Gunton
Gene patents and collaborative licensing models : patent pools, clearinghouses, open source models and liability regimes / edited by Geertrui Van Overwalle	Essay on the geography of plants / Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland ; edited with an introduction by Stephen T. Jackson ; translated by Sylvie Romanowski	Microbial glycobiology: structures, relevance and applications / editor-in-chief, Anthony P. Moran ; editors, Otto Holst, Patrick J. Brennan, Mark von Itzstein

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March of the microbes : sighting the unseen / John L. Ingraham	Ghostly muscles, wrinkled brains, heresies and Hobbits / Charles Oxnard	Introduction to numerical geodynamic modelling / Taras V. Gerya
An entirely synthetic fish : how rainbow trout beguiled America and overran the world / Anders Halverson	Microbiology and technology of fermented foods / Robert W. Hutkins	Charles Darwin: the concise story of an extraordinary man / Tim M. Berra
Yeast physiology and biotechnology / by Graeme M. Walker	Modeling evolution : an introduction to numerical methods / Derek A. Roff	Redox biochemistry/ edited by Ruma Banerjee ; associate editors, Donald Becker
RNA viruses : host gene responses to infections / edited by Decheng Yang	Nelumbonaceae to Vitaceae : water lotus to grapes / Robert H. Mohlenbrock	Quirks of human anatomy : an evo-devo look at the human body / Lewis I. Held, Jr

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Adaptation to climate change : a spatial challenge / Rob Roggema	Charles and Emma : the Darwins’ leap of faith / Deborah Heiligman	Encyclopedia of the human brain / ed, V.S. Ramachandran
Carrier-bound immobilized enzymes: principles, applications and design / Linqiu Cao	The long thaw : how humans are changing the next 100,000 years of Earth’s climate / David Archer	Encyclopedia of the human genome / editor-in-chief, David N. Cooper
Ecology, cognition and landscape : linking natural and social systems / Almo Farina	Fish locomotion : an eco-ethological perspective / editors, Paolo Domenici, B.G. Kapoor	The neuroendocrine Leydig cells and their stem cell progenitors, the pericytes / Michail S. Davidoff
Scientific and humane issues in the use of random source dogs and cats in research / Institute for Laboratory Animal Research	Handbook of research on computational grid technologies for life sciences, biomedicine, and healthcare / Mario Cannataro, editor	Photoperiodism : the biological calendar / edited by Randy J. Nelson, David L. Denlinger, David E. Somers

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Deserts : a very short introduction / Nick Middleton	Encyclopedia of adaptations in the natural world / Adam Simmons	The life and fate of the Indian tiger / Tobias J. Lanz
The well-dressed ape : a natural history of myself / Hannah Holmes	Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology / edited by Francisco J. Ayala and Robert Arp	Remote sensing of coastal environments / edited by Yeqiao Wang
The nature study movement : the forgotten popularizer of America’s conservation ethic / Kevin C. Armitage	Biodiversity in environmental assessment : enhancing ecosystem services for human well-being / Roel Slootweg	The game of conservation : international treaties to protect the world’s migratory animals / Mark Cioc
The master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the Western world / Iain McGilchrist	Manhood : the rise and fall of the penis / Mels van Driel	Male, female : the evolution of human sex differences / David C. Geary

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Cougar : ecology and conservation / edited by Maurice Hornocker and Sharon Negri	Garlic and other alliums : the lore and the science / Eric Block	Integrated regional assessment of global climate change / C. Gregory Knight, Jill Jäger
Bioactive foods in promoting health : fruits and vegetables / edited by Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy	Amphibian ecology and conservation : a handbook of techniques / edited by C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr	Cellular mechanotransduction : diverse perspectives from molecules to tissues / edited by Mohammad R.K. Mofrad, Roger D. Kamm

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Species : a history of the idea / John S. Wilkins	On thin ice : the changing world of the polar bear / Richard Ellis	Vitamins and minerals demystified / Steve Blake
Applied biomedical microbiology : a biofilms approach / edited by Daryl S. Paulson	The concise handbook of human anatomy / R.M.H. McMinn, R.T. Hutchings, B.M. Logan	Grass : in search of human habitat / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene
The complete Ice Age : how climate change shaped the world / edited by Brian Fagan	The infanticide controversy : primatology and the art of field science / Amanda Rees	The ferocious summer: Adélie penguins and the warming of Antactica / Meredith Hooper
Biopharmaceuticals in plants : toward the next century of medicine / Kathleen Laura Hefferon	Defining Darwin : essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology / Michael Ruse	Accessing uncultivated microorganisms: from the environment to organisms and genomes and back / edited by Karsten Zengler

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Considering our Drexel community, Hagerty Library is looking to improve the science and technology portion of the leisure books collection.

Some really terrific science and technology books came out over the past year. Please take a look at this list of 2009’s best and vote for the ones you’d like to see added to the shelves.

VOTE HERE

Don’t see what you want? Make suggestions – or check the library catalog, we may already have it!

Please vote by the end of the day next Tuesday (1/19).

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Geomicrobiology / Henry Lutz Ehrlich	Coffee, tea, chocolate, and the brain / edited by Astrid Nehlig	The ecology of seashores / George A. Knox
Transport phenomena in biological systems / George A. Truskey, Fan Yuan, David F. Katz	Darwin’s camera : art and photography in the theory of evolution / Phillip Prodger	Supramolecular design for biological applications / edited by Nobuhiko Yui
Scale, heterogeneity, and the structure and diversity of ecological communities / Mark E. Ritchie	The lives of the brain : human evolution and the organ of mind / John S. Allen	DNA arrays: technologies and experimental strategies / edited by Elena V. Grigorenko
Wildlife science: linking ecological theory and management applications / edited by Timothy E. Fulbright and David G. Hewitt.	Oceanographic processes of coral reefs: physical and biological links in the Great Barrier Reef / edited by Eric Wolanski	Food exploitation by social insects: ecological, behavioral, and theoretical approaches / editors: Stefan Jarau, Michael Hrncir

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Ape / John Sorenson	Marine macroecology / [edited by] Jon D. Witman and Kaustuv Roy	Snail / Peter Williams
Principles of behavioral genetics / Robert R.H. Anholt, Trudy F.C. Mackay	Elephants on the edge : what animals teach us about humanity / G.A. Bradshaw	Communicating biological sciences : ethical and metaphorical dimensions / edited by Brigitte Nerlich, Richard Elliott, Brendon Larson
Adaptive environmental management : a practitioner’s guide / Catherine Allan, George H. Stankey, editors	Reproductive biology and phylogeny of fishes (agnathans and bony fishes) / volume edited by Barrie G.M. Jamieson	The Origin then and now : an interpretive guide to the Origin of species / David N. Reznick ; with an introduction by Michael Ruse
The dusky dolphin : master acrobat off different shores / edited by Bernd Würsig and Melany Würsig	Animals on the edge : reporting from the frontline of extinction / Chris Weston ; photographs by Chris Weston and Art Wolfe	Avian invasions : the ecology and evolution of exotic birds / Tim M. Blackburn, Julie L. Lockwood, Phillip Cassey