genetics books

	Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (Library in a Book)
	By: Lisa Yount ISBN: 0816050597 Publisher: Facts on File Release Date: July, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 1214860	Biotechnology And Genetic Engineering joins others in the publisher's 'Library in a Book' reference and deserves ongoing mention as an excellent single-volume basic introduction to biotechnology for readers at the high school level on up. From cloning to DNA mapping and legal ramifications of research, this packs in important history, ethical and moral discussions, and plenty of bibliographic references for further study.
	The Genetics of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
	By: Avery A. Sandberg ISBN: 1588296784 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 01 August, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1309900
	Encyclopedia of Genetics
	By: Eric Reeve ISBN: 1884964346 Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 01 April, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 1283494
	Preventive Health Care for Children with Genetic Conditions: Providing a Primary Care Medical Home
	By: Golder N. Wilson, W. Carl Cooley ISBN: 0521617340 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 12 June, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1157776
	Genetics: Challenges and Opportunities for Healthcare Professionals
	By: Jennie Q. Lou ISBN: 0787291552 Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company Release Date: 01 March, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 1239999	This book is written in a way so that genetics is made practical and understandable. I like the way each disorder is discussed in context of the genetic anomaly. Even though it is dated and I would like to see an updated version, this book is still worth the purchase. This textbook is at a very appropriate level for people who are new to the field of genetics. It gives a broad view of how medical genetics is related to health care professionals. I enjoyed reading it very much. I enjoyed reading this book, very comprehensive and yet, very succint. This is a very useful resource for health professionals likc me. It helps me catch up with the new advances in the area of genetics. I highly recommend this book to health care professionals who need to learn or upgrade your knowlege in medical genetics.
	VATER association: An entry from Thomson Gale's <i>Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2nd ed.</i>
	By: Amie, MS Stanley ISBN: Publisher: Thomson Gale Release Date: Bioscience book rank: 1323566
	Fermat's Last Theorem: A Genetic Introduction to Algebraic Number Theory (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)
	By: Harold M. Edwards ISBN: 0387950028 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 14 January, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 511446	Algebraic number theory eventually metamorphosed into a sub-discipline of modern algebra, which makes a genetic approach both pointless and very interesting at the same time. Edwards makes the bold choice of dealing almost exclusively with Kummer and stopping before Dedekind. Kummer's theory is introduced by focusing on Fermat's Last Theorem. As Edwards confirms, this cross-section of history is on the whole artificial--Fermat's Last Theorem was never the main driving force; not for Kummer, nor for anyone else--but it fits its purpose quite well, and besides, Edwards only adheres to it for about half the book. Kummer-Edwards's style has a heavily computational emphasis. Edwards defends this aspect fiercely. Perhaps feeling that the authority of Kummer is not enough to convince us of the virtues of excessive computations, Edwards trumps us with a Gauss quotation (p. 81) and we must throw up our hands. <br /> <br />Chapter 1 surveys Fermat's number theory. Chapter 2 deals with Euler's proof of the n=3 case of Fermat's Last Theorem, which is (erroneously) based on unique factorisation in Z[sqrt(-3)] and thus contains the fundamental idea of algebraic number theory. Still, progress towards Fermat's Last Theorem during the next ninety years is quite pitiful (chapter 3). The stage is set for our hero: Kummer, who developed a theory of factorisation for cyclotomic integers. One may of course not trust unique factorisation to hold here, but Kummer has a marvellous idea: the concept of "ideal" prime factors--curious ghost entities that save unique factorisation in many cases (chapter 4); enough to prove Fermat's Last Theorem for "regular" prime exponents (chapter 5). Telling whether a given prime is regular involves computing the corresponding class number, which is done analytically by means of an appropriate analog of the zeta function (chapter 6). Now, for all of this there is an analogous theory with quadratic integers in place of cyclotomic integers (cf. Euler above). Since it was not important for Fermat's Last Theorem, Edwards skipped past it before, but now we plunge into this theory and the allied theory of quadratic forms (chapters 7-9) to see how Kummer's theory helps elucidate some aspects of it, especially Gauss's notoriously complicated theory of quadratic forms. This is a great book. If you want to learn algebraic number theory from a very example/computational oriented book, then this is the book you want. it really has a lot of stuff in it. all other graduate books are theory without examples or motivation. this book is the exact opposite. the only drawback is that it doesn't use any modern algebra, but you can figure out how to shorten the arguments with algebra if you wanted to. There was a great burst of excitement, and several popular books, when Andrew Wiles proved "Fermat's last theorem". The popular books are fine, but they don't address the deepest issue: among all the many long-standing unsolved problems in number theory that are easy to state but resistant to solution, why did "Fermat's last theorem" attract the efforts of so many top-flight mathematicians: Euler, Sophie Germain, Kummer, and many others? The problem itself has no useful application or extension, and as stated seems like just another piece of obstinate trivia. So why is it mathematically interesting?<p>The answer, of course, is that attacks on the problem revealed deep and important connections between elementary number theory and various other branches of mathematics, such as the theory of rings. Thus, as so often in mathematics, the importance of the problem lies in where it leads the mind, rather than in the problem itself. Harold M. Edwards' book<p>is a minor classic of exposition, showing how the instincts of top-flight research mathematicians lead them to fruitful work from a seemingly unimportant starting point. I'm only sorry that Professor Edwards seems never to have completed the second volume he had hoped to write.<p>Thus book deserves to be read by a much larger audience than it has gotten; in particular, I believe every graduate student in math who hopes to do good research, regardless of specialty, would benefit from reading it. Beyond that, any mathematically inclined reader with a modicum of training in math, is likely to find this a fascinating book.
	Concepts of Genetics (9th Edition)
	By: William S. Klug, Michael R. Cummings, Charlotte Spencer, Michael A. Palladino ISBN: 0321524047 Publisher: Benjamin Cummings Release Date: 16 February, 2008 Bioscience book rank: 76575
	Clinical Genetics: A Short Course
	By: Golder N. Wilson ISBN: 0471298069 Publisher: Wiley-Liss Release Date: 15 March, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 591578	I like the book tremendously. --John Carey, University of Utah Health Science Center
	Genetic And Production Innovations In Field Crop Technology: New Developments In Theory And Practice
	By: Manjit S. Kang ISBN: 1560221232 Publisher: CRC Press Release Date: 09 December, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 1307549