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Hypochondriacs beware- would you believe the nastiest creatures in the known universe live inside our bodies? Not content to just find a home and produce offspring in our internal space, parasites will drink our blood, eat our cells, and infest our muscles. There is very little that can be said in their favor, with perhaps one exception- they are truly fascinating!
Fearsome Fauna is a wickedly amusing and startlingly informative look into the secret...
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On this blue planet, long before dinosaurs reigned, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. Fossil and phylogenetic evidence suggests that chlorophyll, the green pigment responsible for coloring these organisms, has been in existence for some 85% of Earth's long history-that is, for roughly 3.5 billion years. In How the Earth Turned Green, Joseph E. Armstrong traces the history of these verdant organisms, which many would call plants, from...
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Are you about to go into a biology class and want to be prepared for all the material inside? Or maybe your in a bio 101 class and you need help understanding some of concepts.
Inside this book you will be given a thorough breakdown of all the fundamentals of biology from the simple one to the complex ones. Every single chapter has practice questions and answers to make sure you've really understood everything.
Inside, you will discover...
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This comprehensive history of cell evolution "deftly discusses the definition of life" as well as cellular organization, classification and more (San Francisco Book Review).
The origin of cells remains one of the most fundamental mysteries in biology, one that has spawned a large body of research and debate over the past two decades. With In Search of Cell History, Franklin M. Harold offers a comprehensive, impartial take on that research and the...
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Explorers of the Black Box is a scientific adventure story. The "Black Box" is the brain. The "Explorers" are neuroscientists in search of how nerve cells record memories, and they are as ruthless and dauntless as any soldiers of fortune. The book centers around the early, often-controversial research Nobel Prize–winner Eric Kandel. It takes readers behind the scenes of laboratories at Woods Hole, Columbia, Yale, and Princeton to create an absorbing...
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What Dr. Béchamp is describing is a foundational concept.
According to his experiments and observations, the tiny particles he named 'microzymas' have an active role in sustaining, and also, in terminating life. Using the syllable '-zyme' (now also used in the word 'enzyme') to indicate this principle of causing 'fermentation' (activity) Béchamp searched for and found the same particles and activity even in limestone, apparently from the ancient...
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Making Peace with Microbes
Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment. As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times. Good Germs, Bad Germs addresses not only...
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The marvelous microbes that made life on Earth possible and support our very existence
For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these marvelous creatures made life on Earth possible-and how human life...
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"Microbiome Matters" is a groundbreaking book that delves deep into the fascinating world of the human microbiome. This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the tiny yet mighty world of microorganisms that live within us and play a pivotal role in our health and well-being. The book begins by introducing the concept of the microbiome, explaining its composition, development, and dynamic interactions with the human body.As you progress,...
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Anleitung zum entspannten Leben
Prof. PhDr. Sven-David Müller, M.Sc. und Diplom-Pädagogin
Almut Müller, B.A. zeigen, welchen Einfluss Stress und
Anspannung auf unsere Gesundheit haben und welche Rolle
dabei der Darm spielt.
Eine gesunde Ernährung und Entspannung sind der Weg zu mehr
Lebensfreude und Wohlbefinden. Stress und ein aus der Balance
geratener Darm wirken sich auf den gesamten Stoffwechsel aus.
Aktuelle Studien zeigen, dass sogar die...
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Reset your gut and boost digestive health in 7-days with a clear meal plan, guidance, and recipes from the Gut Health Diet for Beginners.
Gut health is essential to whole body health. Offering the quickest plan to cleanse your microbiome, Gut Health Diet for Beginners kick-starts your gut healthy diet to promote digestive health and healing in 7-days.
From day one, this general gut health diet eliminates the guesswork of starting a new eating...
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