Intersections
Intersections

Author: Brij V. Lal

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 192214438X

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“A wonderfully rich, insightful and personally touching collection of essays by the Pacific region’s most prolific and engaging historian. Brij Lal writes eloquently and poetically about his professional and political journeys, and the many different people and worlds he has encountered on the way. Readers will be inspired by this collective account of a courageous life committed to the achievement of democratic freedom and social justice. What shines through these pages is Lal’s love of and commitment to Fiji, from which he has been painfully exiled.” - David Hanlon, Professor of History & Former Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The Evolutionary Biology of Flies
The Evolutionary Biology of Flies

Author: David K. Yeates

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2005-06-22

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 0231501706

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Flies (Dipteria) have had an important role in deepening scientists'understanding of modern biology and evolution. The study of flies has figured prominently in major advances in the fields of molecular evolution, physiology, genetics, phylogenetics, and ecology over the last century. This volume, with contributions from top scientists and scholars in the field, brings together diverse aspects of research and will be essential reading for entomologists and fly researchers.