Might we be parts of a divine mind? Could anything like an afterlife make sense? Starting with a Platonic answer to why the world exists, Immortality Defended suggests ...more

Nuclear war, holes in the ozone layer, disease, genetic engineering, asteroids and supernovas - any of these may bring human history to an end. But are we in imminent danger ...more

Universes...more

This book considers recent claims that our universe is ''fine tuned for producing Life''. For instance, that if its early expansion speed had been smaller by one part in a ...more

Biophysics is an evolving, multidisciplinary subject which applies physics to biological systems and promotes an understanding of their physical properties and behaviour. ...more

"TodayÂ's traders want to know when volatility is a sign that the sky is falling (and they should stay out of the market), and when it is a sign of a possible trading ...more

"Say goodbye to dry presentations, grueling formulas, and abstract theory that would put einstein to sleep--now there's an easier way to master chemistry, biology, ...more

This book goes beyond the truism that 'correlation does not imply causation' and explores the logical and methodological relationships between correlation and causation. It ...more

Pick up any textbook or article on vision from the current literature and chances are you will see the statement: "Human color vision is based on the existence of three types ...more

Cytogenetics of Human Germ Cells...more

The first edition of this book was based upon the recommendations of the Quality Assurance in the Treatment of Drug Dependence Project, and provided a step-by-step-guide for ...more

Conservation biology is fast emerging as a major new discipline, which incorporates biological principles in the design of effective strategies for the sustainable management ...more