Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations for life on other worlds. This class-tested text ...

Uniquely combining biology and philosophy, this book offers a systematic course in the emergence of life from inanimate matter through to cellular life. With review questions ...

Elliott Sober explores how the concept of evidence applies to creationism, natural selection and common ancestry.

Discusses the relationship between hosts and parasites. This book contains detailed descriptions of the immune system and the microbial world as well as methodological and ...

For many technology symbolises the faith of the postmodern world, but it is an ambivalent faith encapsulating both our hopes and fears for the future. This book examines the ...