What was it like to be a soldier on a Napoleonic battlefield? What happened when cavalry regiments charged directly at one another? What did the generals do during battle? Drawing on memoirs, diaries, and letters of the time, this dramatic book explores what actually happened in…
In this study, Gehring describes his contributions to the discovery of the homeobox, a characteristic DNA segment found in the genes of all higher organisms, and explains how this has provided the key to our modern understanding of development and evolution.
In this book, one of the world's most eminent developmental biologists discusses some of the exciting new insights into how genes control development. Walter Gehring describes in vivid detail his essential contributions to the landmark discovery of the homeobox, a characteristic…
Since the 1800s, the Balkans has undergone a process of imaginative colonisation by the West, whereby products developed in the West became better known than their real counterparts. This book examines the effects of such imperialism.