The role of parents in shaping the characters of their children, the causes of violence and crime, and the roots of personal unhappiness are central to humanity. Like so many fundamental questions about human existence, these issues all relate to behavioural development. In this lucid and accessible book, eminent biologist Professor Sir Patrick Bateson suggests that the nature/nurture dichotomy we often use to think about questions of development in both humans and animals is misleading. 

Includes a comprehensive overview of the pathologies observed in wild and aquarium-maintained cephalopods. Presents fundamental aspects of the anatomical and histological structures of cephalopods. Features the identification of different pathogens, histopathologies and diagnosis of diseases in cephalopods. Useful for marine pathologists, parasitologists, veterinarians and those involved in fishery sanitary assessment, aquarium maintenance and aquaculture practice.