A more comprehensive version of evolutionary theory that focuses as much on the origin of biological form as on its diversification.
The field of evolutionary biology arose from the desire to understand the origin and diversity of biological forms. In recent years, however, evolutionary genetics, with its focus on the modification and inheritance of presumed genetic programs, has all but overwhelmed other aspects of evolutionary biology. This has led to the neglect of the study of the generative origins of biological form.
Drawing on work from developmental biology, paleontology, developmental and population genetics, cancer research, physics, and theoretical biology, this book explores the multiple factors responsible for the origination of biological form. It examines the essential problems of morphological evolution―why, for example, the basic body plans of nearly all metazoans arose within a relatively short time span, why similar morphological design motifs appear in phylogenetically independent lineages, and how new structural elements are added to the body plan of a given phylogenetic lineage. It also examines discordances between genetic and phenotypic change, the physical determinants of morphogenesis, and the role of epigenetic processes in evolution. The book discusses these and other topics within the framework of evolutionary developmental biology, a new research agenda that concerns the interaction of development and evolution in the generation of biological form. By placing epigenetic processes, rather than gene sequence and gene expression changes, at the center of morphological origination, this book points the way to a more comprehensive theory of evolution.

Origination of Organismal Form: Beyond the Gene in Developmental and Evolutionary Biology (Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology)

Science & Math

Newman, Stuart

Müller, Gerd

Biological Sciences

Bradford Books

Advertisements are a reflection into our culture, our society, our views and values. Or, do they reflect an alternate reality of ideals that no reality lives up to? As readers flip through the images included in this full-color, pocket-sized reference, they can study the art of advertising over the last centuries in the United States and across the globe. The Poster Handbook's flexibound cover makes it portable and sturdy. Print advertisements are iconic works of art, with a beautiful balance of color, photography, typography, and design. The Poster Handbook is broken into sections like Food and Drink, Household Items, Entertainment, and Fashion, and shows the epic, historic advertising images from various eras. The illustrator or art director is identified, along with the agency and year of printing. This book is a necessary addition to any artist’s library, and an essential reference for modern advertisers. Print advertisements inform and shape advertisements on the web, television, and interactive design, and the ads in this book are the building blocks to modern promotions.

The Poster Handbook: A Guide to the World's Greatest Posters

Arts & Photography

Souter, Nick

Graphic Design

Chartwell Books

Book by Souter, Nick, Newman, Stuart

Creative Director's Sourcebook

North Light Books

Gigantic fleets prowl the starlanes, mysteriousaliens devise inexplicable fates for humankind, devilish scientists operate enormous engines of destruction and swashbuckling princes defend their world from ancient empires... This is the rock and roll space-pulp universe of Starblazer Adventures! Using the Ennie Award winning FATE System, revised for intense space opera RPG action, Starblazers adds big picture gaming rules for starship creation and combat, fleet battles, facing epic space monsters or giant star relics, setting up and running galactic empires or Star Patrol outposts and how to deal with intergalactic diplomacy, conspiracies, social intrigue and ancient powers. Starblazer Adventures is your gateway to rock and roll sci-fi adventure, bringing friends together to save the galaxy in new and dangerous ways in this exciting gaming experience from Cubicle 7!

Starblazer Adventures: The Rock and Roll Space Opera Adventure Game

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Birch, Chris

Gaming

Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd.

Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience

Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience relates the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genetic engineering technologies to the human species and to extend the commercial reach of synthetic biology or "extreme genetic engineering." In 1980, legal developments concerning patenting laws transformed scientific researchers into bioentrepreneurs. Often motivated to create profit-driven biotech start-up companies or to serve on their advisory boards, university researchers now commonly operate under serious conflicts of interest. These conflicts stand in the way of giving full consideration to the social and ethical consequences of the technologies they seek to develop. Too often, bioentrepreneurs have worked to obscure how these technologies could alter human evolution and to hide the social costs of keeping on this path. Tracing the rise and cultural politics of biotechnology from a critical perspective, Biotech Juggernaut aims to correct the informational imbalance between producers of biotechnologies on the one hand, and the intended consumers of these technologies and general society, on the other. It explains how the converging vectors of economic, political, social, and cultural elements driving biotechnology’s swift advance constitutes a juggernaut. It concludes with a reflection on whether it is possible for an informed public to halt what appears to be a runaway force.

Politics & Social Sciences

Stevens, Tina

Sociology

Routledge

Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience relates the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genetic engineering technologies to the human species and to extend the commercial reach of synthetic biology or "extreme genetic engineering." In 1980, legal developments concerning patenting laws transformed scientific researchers into bioentrepreneurs. Often motivated to create profit-driven biotech start-up companies or to serve on their advisory boards, university researchers now commonly operate under serious conflicts of interest. These conflicts stand in the way of giving full consideration to the social and ethical consequences of the technologies they seek to develop. Too often, bioentrepreneurs have worked to obscure how these technologies could alter human evolution and to hide the social costs of keeping on this path. Tracing the rise and cultural politics of biotechnology from a critical perspective, Biotech Juggernaut aims to correct the informational imbalance between producers of biotechnologies on the one hand, and the intended consumers of these technologies and general society, on the other. It explains how the converging vectors of economic, political, social, and cultural elements driving biotechnology’s swift advance constitutes a juggernaut. It concludes with a reflection on whether it is possible for an informed public to halt what appears to be a runaway force.

How much more do Brits drink than they should? Why do immigrants go there? How have house prices changed in the past decade? What do they spend their money on? Britain by Numbers answers all these questions and more, vividly bringing the nation to life in new and unexpected ways by showing who lives here, where they work, who they marry, what crimes they commit, and much else besides. Beautifully designed and illustrated throughout, it takes the reader on a fascinating journey up and down the land, enriching their understanding of a complex—and contradictory—country.

Britain by Numbers: A Visual Exploration of People and Place

Biographies & Memoirs

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The ORIGIN OF MAN’S ETHICAL BEHAVIOR (1941) by ERNEST EVERETT JUST & HEDWIG SCHNETZLER JUST: A Moorland-Spingarn archival transcription created by ... Byrnes, in consultation with Stuart Newman

Manning, Kenneth R.

Long, Charles H.

Walker Jr, Theodore

Jenkins, Lillie R.

Byrnes, W. Malcolm

ElBashir, Joellen

Philosophy

Independently published

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