A comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the biochemistry essential for an understanding of molecular and cellular biological processes. This third edition offers new units covering the chemistry of life, bioenergetics, energy transfer molecules, regulation of enzymes and reaction sequences, lab techniques for purification of proteins and nucleic acids, and lab techniques of molecular genetics. Also, each unit contains more applications to biological systems. The text provides a well-organized and rigorous approach suitable for classroom use or self-instruction. Each unit begins with a 1- to...

This book provides accounts of the technology used for managing water resources to reduce risks. The reader will learn to plan and maintain hydraulic structures, and to appreciate the diverse demands on water, including those of the environment.

Interlaced with humor, this fast-paced, layman-approved book exposes the flip side of evolution. Organization is chronological with major evolutionary events, which are rebutted more from a rudimentary chemistry (rather than biology) perspective. It's what every student and young adult should know BEFORE they go to college.