Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality by Fausto-Sterling, Anne, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Sexing the brain : how biologists make a difference --…”
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Classification from Antiquity to Modern Times : Sources, Methods, and Theories from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Table of Contents: “…Classification and Naming of Living Objects -- a Biologist's Perspective (Extended Abstract) --…”
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Reconceiving the gene : Seymour Benzer's adventures in phage genetics by Holmes, Frederic Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…Classical mendelian genetics -- Genetics and the phage biologists -- The physicist becomes a phage biologist -- To Paris and back -- Teaching and research at Purdue -- Entering the rII region -- Crossing into the fine structure -- Is gene a dirty word? …”
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Reconceiving the gene : Seymour Benzer's adventures in phage genetics by Holmes, Frederic Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…Classical mendelian genetics -- Genetics and the phage biologists -- The physicist becomes a phage biologist -- To Paris and back -- Teaching and research at Purdue -- Entering the rII region -- Crossing into the fine structure -- Is gene a dirty word? …”
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The bet : Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and our gamble over Earth's future by Sabin, Paul, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Biologist to the rescue -- Dreams and fears of growth -- Listening to Cassandra -- The triumph of optimism -- Polarizing politics -- Betting the future of the planet.…”
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The bet : Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and our gamble over Earth's future by Sabin, Paul, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Biologist to the rescue -- Dreams and fears of growth -- Listening to Cassandra -- The triumph of optimism -- Polarizing politics -- Betting the future of the planet.…”
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Cloning of Frogs, Mice, and Other Animals. by McKinnell, Robert Gilmore

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Forensics, fossils and fruitbats : a field guide to Australian scientists by Luntz, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…COVER; Acknowledgements; Archaeologists and palaeontologists; Astronomers and space scientists; Botanists and agricultural scientists; Chemists; Computer scientists; Earth scientists; Engineers; Geneticists; Marine biologists; Mathematicians; Medical scientists; Neuroscientists; Physicists; Science communicators; Zoologists.…”
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Future humans : inside the science of our continuing evolution by Solomon, Scott

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What about Darwin? : all species of opinion from scientists, sages, friends, and enemies who met, read, and discussed the naturalist who changed the world by Glick, Thomas F.

Table of Contents: “…Note continued: German sociologist / Max Weber -- German biologist / August Weismann -- English novelist / H.G. …”
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60 minutes. Rescuing reefs

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The final forest : big trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest by Dietrich, William, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Preface, 2010: Twilight Town -- Introduction: The Last Corner -- The Cutter -- The Biologist -- The Opening in the Trees -- The Owl -- The Town -- The Guru -- The Industry -- The Truckers -- The Environmentalist -- Nobody to Blame -- The Forester -- The Candidate -- A Name for the Trees -- Refusing to Lose -- The Empty Mill -- Sanctuary, I -- Sanctuary, II -- Epilogue: The Final Forest -- Afterword, 2010.…”
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Primates of the Caribbean

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Built for speed : a year in the life of pronghorn by Byers, John A. (John Alexander), 1948-

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The secret world of red wolves : the fight to save North America's other wolf by Beeland, T. DeLene

Table of Contents: “…Tracing the origins of red wolves ; "Dogs of the woods" and their decline ; A biologist's zeal for recovery ; Wild island adventures ; North Carolina's reborn native wolf -- The red wolf tomorrow. …”
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Bioinformatics algorithms : techniques and applications

Table of Contents: “…BIOINFORMATICS ALGORITHMS; CONTENTS; Preface; Contributors; 1 Educating Biologists in the 21st Century: Bioinformatics Scientists versus Bioinformatics Technicians; PART I TECHNIQUES; 2 Dynamic Programming Algorithms for Biological Sequence and Structure Comparison; 3 Graph Theoretical Approaches to Delineate Dynamics of Biological Processes; 4 Advances in Hidden Markov Models for Sequence Annotation; 5 Sorting- and FFT-Based Techniques in the Discovery of Biopatterns; 6 A Survey of Seeding for Sequence Alignment; 7 The Comparison of Phylogenetic Networks: Algorithms and Complexity.…”
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Dirt : a love story

Table of Contents: “…Price, Author -- The language of clay / Roxanne Swentzell, Sculptor -- Dirt : imago ignota / John Keeble, Author -- Mud pies / Chris Larson, Green Architect -- Services at the church of dirt / Marilyn Krysl, Poet -- Dreaming in dirt / BK Loren, Author -- Tao of dirt / Liz Stephens, Author -- The life of soil / Bernd Heinrich, Biologist -- Dirt in love / Barbara Richardson, Author -- Dirt house / Peter Heller, Author -- Sinking down into heaven / Jeanne Rogers, Artist and Author -- The soil's breath / Tyler Volk, Biologist -- Earthmover / Lisa Knopp, Author -- Worm herder : a Q and A with Dr. …”
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Into wild Mongolia by Schaller, George B.

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Engineering the environment : phytotrons and the quest for climate control in the Cold War by Munns, David P. D., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The Age of Biology; 1. "The Awe in Which Biologists Hold Physicists": Building the First Phytotron at Caltech; 2. …”
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Toxin : the cunning of bacterial poisons by Lax, Alistair J., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…: a further layer of cunning -- Deviant biology : weapons, espionage, and man's innate inhumanity -- A more optimistic outcome : from poison to cure and the cell biologist's toolkit -- Where is toxinology going now? …”
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Biotechnology by Yashon, Ronnee K., Cummings, Michael R.

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 10: The Papaya and the Biologist: The Man Behind the Rainbow; Appendix A: What Can We Learn from the Past?…”
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Team teaching : across the disciplines, across the academy

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Origins: Team Teaching in the Sciences; 2 Lessons Learned by a Philosopher and a Biologist in Team Teaching a First-Year Seminar on ''Disease and Culture: Why You Are a Walking Petri Dish''; 3 Arts and Community: Lessons in Team Teaching; 4 Interracial Team Teaching in Social Work; 5 Lessons Learned From an Interdisciplinary Course in Undergraduate Science; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.…”
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Design in nature : Biomimicry.

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Antarctic Diving: Tracking Climate Change Under Ice.

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Crocodiles of the Orinoco

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Feast of the giant sharks

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Untold. 31, Rachel Carson's fight for the environment.

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Heather and Goliath

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Brainwave. Train to happiness : discussion with Matthieu Ricard and Bennett Shapiro

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Darwinian heresies

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Biologists on Crusade / Abigail Lustig -- Russian theoretical biology between heresy and orthodoxy: Georgii Shaposhinikov and his experiments on plant lice / Elena Aronova and Daniel Alexandrov -- The spectre of Darwinism: the popular image of Darwinism in early twentieth-century Britain / Peter J. …”
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Mice in the freezer, owls on the porch : the lives of naturalists Frederick & Frances Hamerstrom by Corneli, Helen McGavran

Table of Contents: “…15 Of Hawks, Humans, and Freedom -- 16 Free at Last -- 17 The Making of a Legend -- 18 Death of a Biologist -- 19 Fran -- 20 A Postscript -- Notes -- Index.…”
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In the stillness of sounds

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Pet or pest?

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The Mountain Lions Of La.

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G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology by Slack, Nancy G.

Table of Contents: “…-- First years at Yale -- Chief biologist : the Yale North India Expedition -- The first crop : W.T. …”
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Striper wars : an American fish story by Russell, Dick

Table of Contents: “…Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TOC -- Prologue -- Ch 1: A Tale of Two Fishes -- Ch 2: Storm over the Hudson -- Ch 3: The Consience of a Lure Maker -- Ch 4: A Man Named Mendonsa -- Ch 5: How the Striped Bass Stopped a Highway and Eluded the Mob -- Ch 6: How Rhode Island Changed the World -- Ch 7: Showdown at Friendship Airport -- Ch 8: Revolt of the Biologists -- Ch 9: Striper Magic -- Ch 10: The Double-Edged Sword of ""Full Recovery"" -- Ch 11: The Myco Mystery -- Ch 12: The Town that Menhaden Built -- Ch 13: Upriver -- Ch 14: California Stripers -- Ch 15: Keepers of the River.…”
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The coral battleground by Wright, Judith, 1915-2000

Table of Contents: “…Tragedy Abroad; 5. Geologists versus Biologists; 6. People Take a Hand; 7. The Unions Move In; 8. …”
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In Search of the True Gypsy : From Enlightenment to Final Solution. by Willems, Wim

Table of Contents: “…Robert Ritter (1901-51): eugenist and criminological biologist; 6. Conclusions; Annex 1: the publications of H.M.G. …”
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Southern surveyor : stories from onboard Australia's ocean research vessel by Michael Veitch

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The oceanographers -- Tom Trull -- Bernadette Sloyan -- Nathan Bindoff -- Anya Waite -- Martina Doblin -- Iain Suthers -- The crew -- Ian Taylor -- Fred Rostron -- Kel Lewis -- John Barr -- Seamus Elder -- John Boyes ('Boysey') -- The geoscientists -- Neville Exon -- Robin Beaman -- Tom Hubble -- Patrick De Deckker -- Colin Woodroffe -- Andrew Heap -- Steven Micklethwaite -- Richard Arculus -- The science support staff -- Alicia Navidad -- Steve Thomas -- Matt Sherlock -- Ian Hawkes -- Jeff Cordell -- Lindsay Pender -- Mark Lewis -- Tara Martin -- The biologists -- Chris Wilcox -- Brian Griffiths -- Rudy Kloser -- MNF ship's group -- Lisa Woodward -- Ron Plaschke -- Don McKenzie -- The future -- Toni Moate -- List of interviewees.…”
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Love hate affair

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