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Reviews the book "The Evolutionary Biology Papers of Elie Metchnikoff," edited by Helena Gourko, Donald Williamson and Alfred I. Tauber.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'The Evolutionary Biology Papers of Elie Metchnikoff,' edited by Helena Gourko, Donald I. Williamson and Alfred I. Tauber.

Stephen LeRoy of the University of California, Santa Barbara reviews 'Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics', by Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen, and Roberta L. Millstein. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: 'Eleven papers, resulting from conferences held by Taiwan's National Science Council in 2008 and 2011, explore mechanism and causality in biology and economics. Papers discuss mechanisms versus causes in biology and medicine (Lindley Darden); identity, structure, and causal representation in scientific models (Kevin D. Hoover); the regrettable loss of mathematical molding in econometrics (Marcel Boumans); models of mechanisms--the case of the replicator dynamics (Till Grüne-Yanoff); experimental discovery, data models, and mechanisms in biology--an example from Gregor Mendel's work (Ruey-Lin Chen); mechanisms and laws--clarifying the debate (Carl F. Craver and Marie I. Kaiser); natural selection and causal productivity (Roberta L. Millstein); is natural selection a population-level causal process? (Rong-Lin Wang); mechanisms and extrapolation in the abortion-crime controversy (Daniel Steel); causality, impartiality, and evidence-based policy (David Teira and Julian Reiss); and explaining the explanations of one hundred million missing women (Hsiang-Ke Chao and Szu-Ting Chen). Chao is with the Department of Economics at the National Tsing Hua University. Chen is with the Graduate Institute of Philosophy at the National Tsing Hua University. Millstein is with the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis.' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'Energy Flow in Biology: Biological Organization As a Problem in Thermal Physics,' by H.J. Morowitz.

Reviews the book "Faunal and Floral Migrations and Evolution in SE Asia-Australasia," edited by I. Metcalfe, J.M.B. Smith, M. Morwood and I. Davidson.

Reviews the book 'Schriftenrethe fur Vegetationskunde Heft 10 Veranderung der Flora und Fauna in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,' edited by H. Sukopp and W. Trautman.

Lists several books on ecology and biology. "Biology Today: An Issues Approach," 3rd ed., by Eli C. Minkoff and Pamela J. Baker; "Botanical Latin," 4th ed., by William T. Stearn; "Chemistry for Biologists," 2nd ed., by J. Fisher and J. R. P. Arnold; "A Clinician's Dictionary of Pathogenic Microorganisms," by James H. Jorgensen and Michael A. Pfaller.

Reviews the book 'Self-Organized Biological Dynamics & Non-Linear Control: Toward Understanding Complexity, Chaos and Emergent Function in Living Systems,' edited by Jan Walleczek.

Reviews the book on quantitative biology entitled, 'Illuminating Life: Selected Papers From Cold Spring Harbor (1903-1969) Volume I,' by Jan Witkowski.

Reviews the book 'Biology and Epistemology,' edited by Richard Creath and Jane Maienschein.

Reviews the book "Antarctic Biology in a Global Context," by S.M. Shuster and M.J. Wade.

Reviews the book 'Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers With Commentaries,' by T.C. Whitmore.

Reviews the book 'Mathematical Models in Biological Discovery,' edited by D.L. Solomon and C. Walter.

The article reviews the book "Studies in Human Biology," by Raymond Pearl.

Reviews the book "Biology, Management, and Protection of Catadromous Eels," edited by Douglas A. Dixon.

The article reviews the book "Biology in the Nineteenth Century: Problems of Form, Function and Transformation," by William Coleman.

Reviews the book "Cellular Interactions in Symbiosis and Parasitism," edited by C.B. Cook P.W. Pappas and E.D. Rudolph.

The article reviews the book "Richard Owen: Biology Without Darwin," Revised Edition, by Nicolaas A. Rupke.

Reviews the book 'Biological Control: Benefits and Risks,' edited by H.M.T. Hokkanen and J.M. Lynch.

Reviews the books 'Advances in Chrysomelidae Biology 1,' edited by M.L. Cox.

Reviews the book "A Review of the United Kingdom Contribution to the International Biological Programme," by A. R. Lucas.

The article reviews the book "Genes, Cells, and Behavior," edited by Norman H. Horowitz and Edward Hutchings.

Reviews the book "Biophysikalische Analyse Pflanzlicher Systeme," edited by K. Unger.

Reviews the book "Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry," by J.B. Harborne.

The article reviews the book "Environmental Influences," edited by D. C. Glass.

Reviews the book "Solanaceae IV. Advances in Biology and Utilization," edited by M. Nee and others.

Reviews the book `High-School Biology: Today and Tomorrow,' edited by Walter G. Rosen.

The article reviews the book "Principles of Dispersal in Higher Plants" by L. van der Pijl.

The article reviews the book "Biology," edited by Samuel Rapport and Helen Wright.

The article reviews the book "The Biology of Echinostomes: From the Molecule to the Community," edited by Bernard Fried and Rafael Toledo.

Reviews the book 'Brittonia: a journal of systematic botany,'.

This article reviews the book "Animal Osmoregulation," by Timothy J. Bradley.

Reviews the book "How Science Works: Evaluating Evidence in Biology and Medicine," by Stephen H. Jenkins.

Reviews the book "Taxonomy for the Twenty-First Century," edited by H.C.J. Godfray and S. Knapp.

Despite the large quantity and wide variety of popular science books available in biology, most undergraduate biology majors seldom read full-length books outside of class. To ensure that the students in my Writing in Biology class are exposed to such books, I assign a book review essay and provide an annotated list of a few dozen books in genetics, evolution, and other areas of biology. The assignment also includes a section on the book author's style, in which students use material discussed earlier in the class. Informal presentations of the books provide opportunities for various discussions. The assignment (including the list of books) is included in an Additional file 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews two biology books. 'Applied Population Biology: Principles and Computer Exercises using RAMAS EcoLab,' edited by H. Resit Akcakaya, Mark A. Burgman, and Lev R. Ginzburg; 'Conservation Biology with RAMAS EcoLab,' by Susanne M. Shultz, Amy E. Dunham, Karen V. Root, Sheryl L. Soucy, Steven D. Carroll, and Lev R. Ginzburg.

Reviews the scientific journal `Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry,' edited by Louis J. Ignarro.

Reviews the book "Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi," edited by A.D.M. Rayner, C.M. Brasier and D. Moore.

Reviews the book "The Biology of Botrytis," edited by J.R. Coley-Smith, K. Verhoff and W.R. Jarvis.

The article reviews the book "Biology," 5th edition, by Claude A. Villee.

The article reviews the book "Avian Biology," vol. 1, edited by Donald S. Farner, James R. King and Kenneth C. Parks.

The article reviews the book "The Search for Extraterrestrial Life," Vol. 22, edited by J. S. Hanrahan.

The article reviews the book "Biology Simplified," by Stewart Brooks.

The article reviews the book "Teaching Biology," by Jean Bremner.

This article reviews the book "Liberation Theology From Below: The Life and Thought of Manuel Quintín Lame," by Gonzalo Castillo-Cardenas.

Presents a review of several books, databases, periodicals and Internet web sites concerned with the principles and concepts in contemporary biology, for college and public librarians.