Earth sciences
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Earth sciences
Paperback. Considering the history and theory of geoarchaeology, this book discusses soils and environmental interpretations; initial context and site formation; methods of discovery and spatial analyses; estimating time; and others. It is for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology. Num Pages: 339 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300109665
- ISBN
- 9780300109665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.23€ 39.69
€ 50.23
€ 39.69
Hardback. The first comprehensive volume on crinoids for palaeontologists, geologists, evolutionary and marine biologists, ecologists and amateur fossil collectors. Num Pages: 299 pages, 237 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1285.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521450249
- ISBN
- 9780521450249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.03
€ 230.03
Hardcover. Over millions of years, Australia's biodiversity has produced a large cabinet of curiosities. Among the weirder members of this group were the Mihirungs, members of the extinct family Dromornithidae. This book is the study of this diverse group. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 259 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 261 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253342829
- ISBN
- 9780253342829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
Paperback. The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH; PS; RBGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753810927
- ISBN
- 9780753810927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.27
€ 13.99
€ 11.27
Paperback. The second part of an all-inclusive two volume reference on biological markers in petroleum geochemistry, environmental science and archaeology. Num Pages: 704 pages, 463 b/w illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: RBGH; RBGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 187 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521039987
- ISBN
- 9780521039987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.27
€ 137.27
paperback. The editors of this 1991 volume brought together contributions from experts in the field of teleconnections. Editor(s): Glantz, Michael H.; Katz, Richard W.; Nicholls, Neville. Num Pages: 548 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521106849
- ISBN
- 9780521106849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Paperback. This book provides a background to the fundamental principles of parameterization physics for accurate numerical predictions of cloud and precipitation. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521297592
- ISBN
- 9780521297592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Provides a comprehensive yet accessible treatment of computer-based weather and climate prediction, for graduate students, researchers and professionals. Num Pages: 550 pages, 194 b/w illus. 20 tables 160 exercises. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1216. 548 pages, 194 b/w illus. 20 tables 160 exercises. Provides a comprehensive yet accessible treatment of computer-based weather and climate prediction, for graduate students, researchers and professionals. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: RBP. Dimension: 254 x 197 x 33. Weight: 1322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521513890
- ISBN
- 9780521513890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.13
€ 91.13
Paperback. Birds is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Series: Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 171 b/w illus. 1 map 61 tables. BIC Classification: HDW; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521758581
- ISBN
- 9780521758581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.89
€ 46.99
€ 46.89
hardcover. Covers two important aspects of large-scale ocean circulation - wind-driven circulation, and thermohaline-driven circulation caused by changes in water density. Num Pages: 806 pages, 32 colour illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: RBKC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 182 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 806
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521852289
- ISBN
- 9780521852289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.20
€ 117.20
Paperback. Charles Lyell profoundly influenced Charles Darwin with this pioneering research on the Earth's changing surface, climate and species adaptation. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108001366
- ISBN
- 9781108001366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.43
€ 44.43
Paperback. Murchison's authoritative study of 1849 which transformed contemporary understanding of European geology. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 41 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFHA; 1DS; 3JH; RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108072564
- ISBN
- 9781108072564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Paperback. Explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Yellow River in China to Central Europe's Danube, this book shows us how pollution, such as in the Ganges and in the Ob of Siberia, has affected biodiversity in the water. Num Pages: 368 pages, 64 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: RBG; RBKF; WNCS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514. Environmental Change on Ten of the World's Great Rivers. 368 pages, 64 halftones, 1 line drawing. Explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Yellow River in China to Central Europe's Danube, this book shows us how pollution, such as in the Ganges and in the Ob of Siberia, has affected biodiversity in the water. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: RBG; RBKF; WNCS2. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007601
- ISBN
- 9780226007601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226019680
- ISBN
- 9780226019680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.00€ 54.16
€ 65.00
€ 54.16
Paperback. A survey of the entire ecological history of life on land--from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the beginning of human agriculture. Num Pages: 588 pages, 31 line drawings, 9 maps, 7 haltones, 21 tables. BIC Classification: RBX; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 34. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041551
- ISBN
- 9780226041551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 49.58
€ 59.09
€ 49.58
Paperback. Histories of the Darwinian revolution have often paid more attention to theoretical debates than to the researchers who struggled to comprehend the deeper evolutionary significance of fossils. This is an account of evolutionary morphology and its relationship with palaeontology and biogeography. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 530 pages, 35 halftones, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PSAJ; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069227
- ISBN
- 9780226069227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Hardcover. Reconsidering the fossil speculation, the museum displays, and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness, this work takes us back to the birth of dinomania, the modern obsession with all things Jurassic. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; GM; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074726
- ISBN
- 9780226074726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.55€ 77.70
€ 94.55
€ 77.70
Hardcover. Questions of national identity have long dominated China's political, social, and cultural horizons. This title uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFN; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226090405
- ISBN
- 9780226090405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.10
€ 54.99
€ 42.10
Hardcover. Every decade since 1950 has seen more floods and more wildfires on every continent. Deserts are expanding, coral reefs are dying, fisheries are declining, and hurricanes are strengthening. Global warming has made the Earth sick. This book delivers a diagnosis and a prescription. Num Pages: 352 pages, 118 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092041
- ISBN
- 9780226092041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.90
€ 41.99
€ 31.90
Paperback. Originally published anonymously in 1844, "Vestiges" was the first attempt to connect the natural sciences to a history of creation. This volume includes Chambers's earliest works on cosmology, an essay on Darwin and an autobiographical essay. It also features a new introduction by James Secord. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; PSAJ; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100739
- ISBN
- 9780226100739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.51
€ 48.99
€ 37.51