The perfect balance of state-of-the-art visuals, practical synoptic text, case examples, and evidence ratings

This beautiful new full-color resource delivers everything internists want and need in an atlas. The book features a strong visual approach, the use of introductory cases in all chapters, complete patient management guidance through efficient synoptic text, the inclusion of evidence grades for diagnosis and treatment recommendations, and patient education material. The easy-to-access, consistent presentation includes more than 1,500 high-quality, full-color clinical, morphologic, laboratory, and radiological images that show the outwardly appearing signs of diseases internists encounter every day.

• More than 1,500 high-quality, full-color clinical images
• Case examples open each chapter
• Covers everything an internist is likely to encounter in practice and on the certification/recertification exams
• Not just an atlas—a complete, modern, efficient resource for evidence-based patient management

This text provides a concise introduction to the field of animal biology. Readers discover general principles of evolution, ecology, classification, systematics, and animal body plans. After these introductory chapters, readers delve into the biology of all groups of animals. The basic features of each group are discussed, along with evolutionary relationships among group members. Chapter highlights include newly discovered features of animals as they relate to ecology, conservation biology, and value to human society. Regular updates to the phylogenies within the book keep it current.

This volume considers the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life. This is the only book dealing in depth with this subject. It is particularly relevant in light of recent investigations of Halley's comet, of new insights into organic synthesis in meteorites and comets, and of new results of numerical simulations of cometary orbits and impacts on Earth. The book is intended as a comprehensive review of current research.