Forthcoming Bioscience Textbooks

Forthcoming Textbooks

1. Diversifying Food and Diets

   Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health

   Edited by Jessica Fanzo, Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Federico Mattei

   Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity

   Currently 925 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted. At the same time, over 1 billion people are overweight and obese in both the developed and developing world. Diseases previously associated with affluence, such as cancer, diabetes and...

   To Be Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Human Environmental Physiology

   By Mike Tipton, Igor Mekjavic

   Most of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, desert, ice or mountains. Thus for humans (a sub-tropical, low altitude, air-breathing animal) most of the planet represents a hostile environment. This important new book presents an in-depth introduction to human physiological and psychological...

   To Be Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. Exercise Immunology

   By Michael Gleeson, Nicolette Bishop, Neil Walsh

   Exercise immunology is an important, emerging sub-discipline within exercise physiology, concerned with the relationship between exercise, immune function and infection risk. This book offers a comprehensive, up-to-date and evidence-based introduction to exercise immunology, including the...

   To Be Published March 30th 2013 by Routledge
4. Forensic Criminology

   By Andy Williams

   Forensic detection methods have become increasingly important within the contemporary criminal justice system. Today, a large number of individuals and organisations make use of forensic techniques to solve a broad range of criminal justice problems. Whilst there are a plethora of text books on...

   To Be Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge