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1 Serotonin : How to Naturally Harness the Power Behind Prozac and Phen/Fen (Keats Good Health Guide Series)
Syd Baumel

Current:
9.6
This booklet in the Keats Good Health Guide series describes how numeroous psychiatric, behavioral, and neurologic conditions are linked to abnormalities -- typically deficiencies -- of the neurotransmitter serotonin. While Prozac and other ... [more] [Submit]
2 The Superhormone Promise : Nature's Antidote to Aging
William, Md Regelson, Carol Colman

Current:
9.5
The Superhormone Promise is the definitive book on DHEA, Pregnenolone, Testosterone, Estrogen and Progesterone, Thyroid Hormone and Growth Hormone, and Melatonin. Readers will discover the remarkable things superhormones can do, such as boo ... [more] [Submit]
3 Molecules at an Exhibition: Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life
John Emsley

Current:
9.5
Reading Molecules at an Exhibition is like listening to a charmingly eccentric British chemistry professor lecture over lunch. In fact, that's just what John Emsley is, and he's expanded his "Molecule of the Month" column series in t ... [more] [Submit]
4 The Dhea Breakthrough
Stephen A. Cherniske

Current:
9.5
Touted as the fountain of youth in pill form, DHEA, or dehydroepiandrosterone, is a hormone naturally produced by the body. The young body, that is; by age 85, you produce 95 percent less DHEA than at age 25. Stephen Cherniske, a biochemist ... [more] [Submit]
5 Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Biochemistry (Schaums Outline Series)
Philip W. Kuchel

Current:
9.3
Expands on whole-body metabolism; focuses on new technologies; Updates biochemsitry, molecular biology, signal transduction, and protein structure. Features refocused coverage of enzymology and enzyme kinetics. Supplements course in biochem ... [more] [Submit]
6 Unraveling DNA : The Most Important Molecule of Life
Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii(Preface), Lev Liapin

Current:
9.3
Written for both professionals and curious lay readers, Unraveling DNA is the definitive guide to understanding DNA: its history, how it works, as well as the latest findings, including recent advances in cancer and AIDS cures. more] [Submit]
7 Dhea : A Practical Guide
Ray Sahelian

Current:
9.3
Fountain of youth or just another hopeful fad preying on aging baby boomers? You decide. Dr. Sahelian has collected testimonials from doctors, researchers and patients. He's interviewed researchers on both sides of the fence. He's combed th ... [more] [Submit]
8 Cosmic Serpent : DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
Jeremy Narby, Jeremy Nanby

Current:
9.3
A personal adventure, a fascinating study of anthropology and ethnopharmacology, and, most important, a revolutionary look at how intelligence and consciousness come into being. This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medic ... [more] [Submit]
9 Proteome Research : New Frontiers in Functional Genomics (Principles and Practice)
M. R. Wilkins

Current:
9.1
Written for both professionals and curious lay readers, Unraveling DNA is the definitive guide to understanding DNA: its history, how it works, as well as the latest findings, including recent advances in cancer and AIDS cures. more] [Submit]
10 The Testosterone Solution : Increase Your Energy and Vigor With Male Hormone Therapy
Aubrey M. Hill

Current:
9.1
Nearly two million men turn 50 every year. The natural hormone testosterone promises to be a fountain of youth for them, as well as every other aging man. It can revitalize virility, slow the aging process, and even help counter impotence. ... [more] [Submit]
11 Instant Notes in Biochemistry (Instant Notes Series)
N. M. Hooper

Current:
9.0
Univ. of Leeds, U.K. Provides a structured approach to learning biochemistry. Each topic begins with a summary, followed by explanations and diagrams. For students. Available in paper format only. more] [Submit]
12 Ion Channels and Disease : Channelopathies
Frances M. Ashcroft

Current:
8.9
Ion Channels & Diseases provides an informative and up-to-date account of our present understanding of ion channels and the molecular basis of ion channel diseases. It includes a basic introduction to the relevant aspects of molecula ... [more] [Submit]
13 Bioenergetics at a Glance : An Illustrated Introduction (At a Glance Series)
David A. Harris

Current:
8.7
A new addition to the popular At a Glance series, this is a clear and concise introduction to the study of energy use and conversion in living organisms, with an emphasis on the biochemical aspects of plant science and physiology, and cell ... [more] [Submit]
14 Bioinformatics : A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins
Andreas Baxevanis, B.F.Francis Ouellette

Current:
8.7
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15 Darwin's Black Box : The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
Michael J. Behe

Current:
8.7
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16 Introduction to Protein Structure
Carl-Ivar Branden, John Tooze

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8.7
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17 The Biology of Violence (How Understanding the Brain, Behavior, and Environment Can Break the Vicious Circle of Aggression)
Debra Niehoff

Current:
8.7
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18 Biology of Spiders
Rainer F. Foelix

Current:
8.6
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19 Textbook of Biochemistry : With Clinical Correlations
Thomas M. Devlin

Current:
8.5
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20 Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A. D. Smith

Current:
8.5
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21 Darwin's Black Box : The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
Michael J. Behe

Current:
8.4
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22 The Healing Nutrients Within : Facts, Findings and New Research on Amino Acids
Eric R. Braverman

Current:
8.4
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23 Biochemistry
Donald Voet, Judith Voet

Current:
8.4
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24 Life's Devices : The Physical World of Animals and Plants
Steven Vogel, Rosemary Anne Calvert (Illustrator)

Current:
8.3
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25 An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics
Gaylon S. Campbell, John M. Norman

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8.3
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26 Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology (3rd Ed) (Biological Physics Series)
Russell K. Hobbie

Current:
8.1
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27 The Physiology of Excitable Cells
David J. Aidley

Current:
8.1
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28 Contemporary Health Physics : Problems and Solutions
Joseph John Bevelacqua

Current:
8.1
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29 The Physical Basis of Biochemistry
Peter R. Bergethon

Current:
8.0
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30 Practical Protein Crystallography
Duncan E. McRee

Current:
7.9
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31 Fundamentals of Biomechanics : Equilibrium, Motion, and Deformation
Nihat Ozkaya, Margareta Nordin

Current:
7.9
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32 Radiation Biophysics
Edward L. Alpen

Current:
7.9
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33 Biomechanics of the Musculo-Skeletal System, 2nd Edition
Benno M. Nigg, Walter Herzog

Current:
7.8
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34 Handbook of Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields
Charles Polk, Elliot Postow

Current:
7.8
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35 The Physics of Medical Imaging (Medical Science Ser)
Steve Webb

Current:
7.8
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36 Plant Energetics
Alexander G. Volkov, Octavian S. Ksenzhek

Current:
7.7
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37 Gre : Practicing to Take the Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology Test
Educational Testing Service

Current:
7.6
An accessible and authoritative guide provides actual past exams and answer explanations as provided by the test developers themselves, enabling readers to prepare for the Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology exam. more] [Submit]
38 Structure and Mechanism in Protein Science : A Guide to Enzyme Catalysis and Protein Folding
Alan Fersht

Current:
7.5
Reading Molecules at an Exhibition is like listening to a charmingly eccentric British chemistry professor lecture over lunch. In fact, that's just what John Emsley is, and he's expanded his "Molecule of the Month" column series in t ... [more] [Submit]
39 Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Joseph R. Lakowicz

Current:
7.4
`In the second edition of Principles I have attempted to maintain the emphasis on basics, while updating the examples to include more recent results from the literature. There is a new chapter providing an overview of extrinisic fluorophore ... [more] [Submit]
40 Essays on Life Itself (Complexity in Ecological Systems Series)
Robert Rosen

Current:
7.4
Compiling twenty articles on the nature of life and on the objective of the natural sciences, this remarkable book complements Robert Rosens groundbreaking Life Itselfa work that influenced a wide range of philosophers, biologists, li ... [more] [Submit]
41 The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging
Jerrold T. Bushberg

Current:
7.4
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California. Physics text for radiology residents. Covers basic concepts, diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine, radiation protection, dosimetry, and biology. Illustrated. more] [Submit]
42 Air and Water : The Biology and Physics of Life's Media
Mark W. Denny

Current:
7.3
Addressing general readers and biologists, Mark Denny shows how the physics of fluids (in this case, air and water) influences the often fantastic ways in which life forms adapt themselves to their terrestrial or aquatic "media." Addressing ... [more] [Submit]
43 Biochemistry (4th edition)
Lubert Stryer

Current:
7.3
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44 All You Really Need to Know About Mri Physics
NessAiver

Current:
7.3
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45 Christensen's Physics of Diagnostic Radiology
Thomas S. Iii Curry

Current:
7.3
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46 Field Methods in Archaeology
Thomas R. Hester

Current:
7.1
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47 Molecular Biophysics : Structures in Motion
Michel Daune

Current:
7.1
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48 The Rainbow and the Worm : The Physics of Organisms
Mae-Wan Ho

Current:
7.0
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49 Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (Medical Science Series)
B. H. Brown

Current:
7.0
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50 Biomechanics in Ergonomics
Shrawan Kumar

Current:
7.0
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