Biology

En el libro que sometemos al juicio del lector, su autor, el Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas B. F. Serguiéev, da a conocer en una forma amena los principales aspectos y problemas con que se enfrenta actualmente la ciencia del cerebro, así como los métodos de investigación que la misma utiliza para el estudio... (More)

The book presents a general view of a large number of issues that touch upon the problems of behavior, perception and thinking modeling. Along with general questions, it considers the models of goal directed behavior, perception “with understanding” and active neural brain mechanisms. These models are... (More)

This is the third volume of the series entitled "Physics at the Turn of the Millennium." This book contains two chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the theoretical and experimental fundamentals of a new scientific direction that has formed at the boundary of several disciplines --- the field of... (More)

This is the first volume of the series entitled "Physics at the Turn of the Millennium." This book contains three chapters. The first chapter deals with the fundamentals of a new interdisciplinary scientific direction, physics of open systems, whose origin was associated with the work of outstanding... (More)

The book by Dr. Nikolai Vekshin (Head researcher in the Institute of Cell Biophysics of Russian Acad. Sci.) is the English translation (with additions and corrections) of his book "Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Biopolymers", published recently in Russian. It is a brief course in fluorescence spectroscopy... (More)

For the first time, a comprehensive book on the land molluscs of Cuba has been published. This challenging and engrossing volume, filled with beautiful color images of Cuban molluscs in their native habitat, examines a wealth of biological and ecological topics while it encourages environmental literacy... (More)

The ambitious goal of this book is to make known the spectacular orchids living in our country. The compilation of photographs of more than 150 species of Cuba’s orchids will allow those who are not regular visitors to regions where these wonders live, or those who do not notice many of these species... (More)

Fishes of the World, Fourth Edition is the updated edition of a true classic in the field. A unique presentation of a modern, cladistically based classification of all major living and fossil fish groups, this indispensable reference helps scientists and others identify and classify specimens, make... (More)

В учебное пособие включены 800 тестовых заданий, составленных на основе материалов, подготовленных ведущими учеными и преподавателями 24 стран-участниц Международной биологической олимпиады (МБиО) и прошедших селективный отбор на заседаниях международного жюри. Содержание заданий охватывает все основные... (More)

The theory of nonlinear, complex systems has become by now a proven problem-solving approach in the natural sciences. And it is now also recognized that many if not most of our social, ecological, economical and political problems are essentially of a global, complex and nonlinear nature. And it is now... (More)