"The Inner Bird - Anatomy and Evolution" by G. W. Kaiser. 2007. [book review]

Book Review: Understanding Human Anatomy and Pathology

Review of the book “ Causal Inference for Statistics , Social , and Biomedical Sciences ” by G . W . Imbens and D . B . Rubin

Research questions that motivate most studies in statistics-based sciences are causal in nature. Economists and social scientists are typically interested in estimating causal effects rather than mere associations between variables (e.g., the effects of training programs on subsequent labor market histories); the same is true for epidemiologists and medical doctors (e.g., is smoking causing lun...

Book Review * Quantum Evolution

In “Quantum Evolution”, Johnjoe McFadden makes far-reaching claims for the importance of quantum physics in the solution of problems in biological science. In this review, I shall discuss the relevance of unitary wavefunction dynamics to biological systems, analyse the inverse quantum Zeno effect, and argue that McFadden’s use of quantum theory is deeply flawed. In the first half of his book, M...

Book Review: Understanding Evolution

Understanding evolutionary change has become more complicated in recent years. After a number of theoretical expansions from Darwin's theory of evolution to neo-Darwinism and the Modern Synthesis, evolutionary theory is currently influenced by a fundamental debate about how to expand its theoretical framework even more (Pigliucci and Müller, 2010). This debate is driven by research results on t...

Surgical Anatomy of the Infratemporal Fossa: Book Review

Even it was published in 2003, it would be advisable to revisit this book, since it is a 'must have' not only for dental students, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, general dentists and anatomists but also for the head and neck surgeons. This multi-author book is 230 pages long and is presented in 9 well-ordered chapters. One of the editors of the book (Langdon) is a maxillofacial surgeon and th...