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Photoreception and vision in invertebrates
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ISBN: 0306416263 1461296994 1461327431 Year: 1984 Volume: vol 74 Publisher: New York London Plenum Press

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Vertebrate photoreceptor optics
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ISBN: 3540105158 0387105158 9780387105154 9783540105152 Year: 1981 Volume: 23 Publisher: Berlin Springer

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So simple a beginning : how four physical principles shape our living world
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ISBN: 9780691231617 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,

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A biophysicist reveals the hidden unity behind nature’s breathtaking complexityThe form and function of a sprinting cheetah are quite unlike those of a rooted tree. A human being is very different from a bacterium or a zebra. The living world is a realm of dazzling variety, yet a shared set of physical principles shapes the forms and behaviors of every creature in it. So Simple a Beginning shows how the emerging new science of biophysics is transforming our understanding of life on Earth and enabling potentially lifesaving but controversial technologies such as gene editing, artificial organ growth, and ecosystem engineering.Raghuveer Parthasarathy explains how four basic principles—self-assembly, regulatory circuits, predictable randomness, and scaling—shape the machinery of life on scales ranging from microscopic molecules to gigantic elephants. He describes how biophysics is helping to unlock the secrets of a host of natural phenomena, such as how your limbs know to form at the proper places, and why humans need lungs but ants do not. Parthasarathy explores how the cutting-edge biotechnologies of tomorrow could enable us to alter living things in ways both subtle and profound.Featuring dozens of original watercolors and drawings by the author, this sweeping tour of biophysics offers astonishing new perspectives on how the wonders of life can arise from so simple a beginning.

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Biophysics. --- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics. --- Biological physics --- Biology --- Medical sciences --- Physics --- Abiogenesis. --- Alfred Russel Wallace. --- Anatomy. --- Aquatic locomotion. --- Bacteria. --- Behavior. --- Biochemistry. --- Biology. --- Branching (polymer chemistry). --- Bursting. --- Calculation. --- Carl Linnaeus. --- Cartilage. --- Cellular component. --- Charles Darwin. --- Chemical bond. --- Chemical reaction. --- Combustion. --- Computation. --- Cystic fibrosis. --- Dengue fever. --- Density. --- Disease. --- Elaboration. --- Electric charge. --- Embryo. --- Emergence. --- Emerging technologies. --- Eradication of infectious diseases. --- Evolution. --- Gasoline. --- Gene. --- Genetic code. --- Genetics. --- Interstitial fluid. --- Joseph Plateau. --- Magnetic field. --- Malaria. --- Metabolism. --- Microorganism. --- Mixed nuts. --- Mixture. --- Moisture. --- Molecule. --- Multitude. --- Nucleic acid sequence. --- On the Origin of Species. --- Organism. --- Osteichthyes. --- Phenomenon. --- Photoreceptor cell. --- Physical change. --- Physical law. --- Physicist. --- Prediction. --- Prenatal development. --- Principle. --- Probability. --- Protein. --- Randomness. --- Raw material. --- Receptor (biochemistry). --- Regulation of gene expression. --- Retina. --- Self-assembly. --- Smallpox. --- Soap bubble. --- Soap film. --- Speciation. --- Statistic. --- Steel frame. --- Stiffness. --- Subatomic particle. --- Surface area. --- Swim bladder. --- Technology. --- Temperature. --- Thermodynamics. --- Thought. --- Towel. --- Trait theory. --- Uncertainty. --- Universe. --- Vertebra. --- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics --- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (see also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology)


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The mind of a bee
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ISBN: 0691236240 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,

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A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees Most of us are aware of the hive mind—the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities. He shows that they are profoundly smart, have distinct personalities, can recognize flowers and human faces, exhibit basic emotions, count, use simple tools, solve problems, and learn by observing others. They may even possess consciousness.Taking readers deep into the sensory world of bees, Chittka illustrates how bee brains are unparalleled in the animal kingdom in terms of how much sophisticated material is packed into their tiny nervous systems. He looks at their innate behaviors and the ways their evolution as foragers may have contributed to their keen spatial memory. Chittka also examines the psychological differences between bees and the ethical dilemmas that arise in conservation and laboratory settings because bees feel and think. Throughout, he touches on the fascinating history behind the study of bee behavior.Exploring an insect whose sensory experiences rival those of humans, The Mind of a Bee reveals the singular abilities of some of the world’s most incredible creatures.

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Bees --- Behavior. --- Psychology. --- Advertising. --- Alcoholic beverage. --- Analogy. --- Apis cerana. --- Bearing (navigation). --- Bee. --- Beehive. --- Beekeeper. --- Beekeeping. --- Beeswax. --- Biological neural network. --- Bombus terrestris. --- Brood (honey bee). --- Bumblebee. --- Carpenter bee. --- Charles Darwin. --- Chemical substance. --- Collective intelligence. --- Computation. --- Computer scientist. --- Consciousness. --- Counting. --- Darwinism. --- Decision-making. --- Desk. --- Detection. --- Earthworm. --- Entomology. --- Eventuality (phrenology). --- Foraging. --- Fungus. --- Gestapo. --- Honey bee. --- Identifier. --- Illustration. --- Information sharing. --- Inner ear. --- Insect. --- Insecticide. --- Instant. --- Invertebrate. --- Iridescence. --- Karl von Frisch. --- Larva. --- Learning. --- Lens (optics). --- Machine learning. --- Mammary gland. --- Mason bee. --- Mechanoreceptor. --- Microvillus. --- Motley crew. --- Motor learning. --- Nanostructure. --- Neuron. --- Nociception. --- Nosema (microsporidian). --- Observational learning. --- Odor. --- On Plants. --- Organism. --- Parasitoid wasp. --- Parasitoid. --- Pattern Recognition, Visual. --- Photoreceptor cell. --- Phototropism. --- Pollen source. --- Position of the Sun. --- Prospecting. --- Puzzle box. --- Qualia. --- Quantity. --- Queen bee. --- Reference Daily Intake. --- Referent. --- Residence. --- Reward system. --- Secretion. --- Sensory threshold. --- Social cognition. --- Social environment. --- Sophie Scholl. --- Spatial memory. --- Spider. --- Stingless bee. --- Subitizing. --- Sucrose. --- Supermarket. --- Surface finish. --- Swarm intelligence. --- Swarming (honey bee). --- T-maze. --- Thermoregulation. --- Trophallaxis. --- Vending machine. --- Virtual image. --- Visual cortex. --- Wernicke's area. --- Western honey bee. --- Worker bee.

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