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Title: Chemical Communication: The Language of Pheromones (Scientific American Library, No 41) by William C. Agosta ISBN: 0-7167-5036-8 Publisher: Scientific American Library Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Chemical Ecology: the sense God gave an ant
Comment: Chemical Ecology is a relatively new science that blends chemistry, biology and behavioral science in order to understand chemical interactions of things in nature. Agosta provides readers with a broad overview of chemistry in nature in a fascinating format that requires only interest in science to appreciate and only basic knowledge of chemistry and biology to understand. Like Agosta's recent book, Thieves, Decievers and Killers, this book strives to give a broad look at the world of chemical interaction. Unlike it, however, Chemical Communication offers a more technical approach utilizing many interesting diagrams, photos and drawings of chemical structures, while maintaining narrative like readability.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pheromes - more than communication
Comment: Easy to read overview of pheromones, a variety of chemical molecules that help sperm cells find (ie, move in the direction of) egg cells, male animals find females and vice versa, as a signal for a male fish to deposit his sperm over recently released eggs, as an alarm signal for an entire group of animals, as a signal for a male hamster to mate with a female, as a territorial mark, etc, etc. This reference provides the general reader with some background in a variety of physiological and zoological areas. Although not fully explored, the existence of pheromone-guided actions, provides an effective mechanism for creatures, both ancient and modern, with limited nervous systems to exhibit a variety of complex behaviors.
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Title: Genes and the Biology of Cancer (Scientific American Library, No 42) by Harold Varmus, Robert A. Weinberg ISBN: 0716750376 Publisher: Scientific American Library Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Life at Small Scale: The Behavior of Microbes (Scientific American Library Series, No 61) by David B. Dusenbery ISBN: 0716750600 Publisher: Scientific American Library Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Molecules and Mental Illness (Scientific American Library Paperback) by Samuel H. Barondes ISBN: 0716760339 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Animal Mind ("Scientific American" Library) by James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould ISBN: 0716760355 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Investigating Disease Patterns: The Science of Epidemiology (Scientific American Library, No 57) by Paul D. Stolley, Tamar Lasky ISBN: 0716750589 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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