Books written by John Tyler Bonner

Cellular Slime Molds

Russell and Bonner ( 1960 ) were unable to show any difference in per cent germination in D. mucoroides with and without phosphate buffer . As far as nutrients are concerned , Russell and Bonner ( 1960 ) compared non - nutrient Bacto ...
Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales

In fact, after reading Why Size Matters, you may conclude that this book is the one and only place where size does not matter.
The Evolution of Culture in Animals

More than fifty illustrations highlight a provocative study tracing the origins of culture as man now knows it back to the early biological evolution of animals "The great virtue of the book is the re-creation of culture and culture ...
Lives of a Biologist: Adventures in a Century of Extraordinary Science

--Kirkus Reviews Reviews of this book: Bonner has devoted much of his imaginative and creative biological research of the intervening years to cellular slime molds, which lead fascinating and, before Bonner's work, previously largely ...
Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales

In the nineteenth century, Barnum had great success in his circus exhibiting the midget Tom Thumb along with the giant Angus MacAskill, who were so extraordinarily small and large compared to everyday human beings.
First Signals: The Evolution of Multicellular Development

To cut through this thicket, John Tyler Bonner ponders a moment in evolution when development was at its most basic--the moment when signaling between cells began.
The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection

The book shows how an understanding of the grand course of evolution can come from combining our knowledge of genetics, development, ecology, and even behavior. *Lightning Print On Demand Title John Tyler Bonner argues that we can ...
The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds

Noted biologist and author John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a ...
Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales

In fact, after reading Why Size Matters, you may conclude that this book is the one and only place where size does not matter.
The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection

Matters of size at both these levels are closely related to complexity. The book shows how an understanding of the grand course of evolution can come from combining our knowledge of genetics, development, ecology, and even behavior.
Life Cycles: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist

This volume reviews what the life cycle is, how genes are integral to its operation, what the role of multicellularity and size are in development, and how the mysterious process of evolution contributes to the cycle.
Sixty Years of Biology: Essays on Evolution and Development

This volume of essays presents new material that extends the concepts from Life Cycles and his other writings.
The Evolution of Culture in Animals

More than fifty illustrations highlight a provocative study tracing the origins of culture as man now knows it back to the early biological evolution of animals "The great virtue of the book is the re-creation of culture and culture ...
Randomness in Evolution

Certain to provoke lively discussion, Randomness in Evolution is a book that may fundamentally change our understanding of evolution and the history of life.
The Ideas of Biology

"The great achievement of this book," observed the distinguished science writer Gerald Wendt, "is that it presents the basic concepts of biology in concise, lucid, orderly form and thus gradually and understandably transforms the miracle of ...
Life Cycles: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
Sixty Years of Biology: Essays on Evolution and Development

This volume of essays presents new material that extends the concepts from Life Cycles and his other writings.
Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales

As this elegantly written book shows, size affects life in its every aspect. It is a universal frame from which nothing escapes.
Cellular Slime Molds

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The Evolution of Culture in Animals

John Bonner traces the origins of culture back to the early biological evolution of animals and provides examples of five categories of behavior leading to nonhuman culture: physical dexterity, relations with other species, auditory ...