Studies in Biology

These archive materials were produced by the Institute of Biology during the late 1960's until the early 1980's. Over 100 booklets look in detail at different aspects of biology. They describe the trends and developments taking place at the time of writing. Whilst some of the ideas have been superceded, much of the content remains relevant and interesting to teachers and post-16 students.

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This comprehensive study explores all aspects of the English business community as it developed between 1590 and 1720. Drawing on largely untapped records of private firms as well as on institutional archives, Richard Grassby describes and explains the economic and technical structure of business in a pre-...

This book discusses the association that exists between plants and their most important dietary component, nitrogen. The author combines ecological, physiological and biochemical approaches to provide the reader with an overall view of nitrogen in the biosphere and a specific view of nitrogen processing in plants....

This booklet is an introduction to Ecological Energetics(production biology) and to indicate the general principles on which the subject is based.

Biotechnology concerns the practical application of organisms or their components. Historically, biotechnology was an art, involved in the production of wines, beers and cheeses. Nowadays it involves a series of advanced technologies spanning biology, chemistry, and process engineering. In recent years innovations...

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