Palaeontology
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Palaeontology
Paperback. Informed by fossil discoveries, scientists and artists collaborated during the years before Darwin's "Origin of Species" was published to produce images of a prehistoric world based on sources other than the Bible. This book explores the implications of reconstructing a past humans have never seen. Num Pages: 294 pages, 107 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: AC; AKL; PDX; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731056
- ISBN
- 9780226731056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. The 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province in South Africa, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal fossils found there. This work aims to provide an overview of the history of the COH, and of the important discoveries that have been made there, for a non-specialist audience. Editor(s): Bonner, Phillip; Esterhuysen, Amanda; Jenkins, Trefor. Num Pages: 420 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144181
- ISBN
- 9781868144181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. The first book to clearly explain the science used by paleontologists and the new, cutting-edge techniques that led to the discovery of Seismosaurus, the longest dinosaur yet known----and possibly the largest land animal to have ever lived. The book also illustrates the exciting collaboration between Gillette, the chemists and physicists who helped to reconstruct Seismosaurus. Illustrator(s): Hallett, Mark. Num Pages: 205 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HDDA; RBC; RBX; WNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078740
- ISBN
- 9780231078740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.65
€ 114.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 35. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226332734
- ISBN
- 9780226332734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.82€ 45.21
€ 51.82
€ 45.21
Paperback. Series: Special Papers in Palaeontology S. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 211 x 8. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palaeontological Association United Kingdom
- Edition
- Number 75
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780901702999
- ISBN
- 9780901702999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 152.18
€ 152.18
Paperback. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph S. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Norway
- Edition
- Number 33
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788200376484
- ISBN
- 9788200376484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Paperback. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Norway
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788200374244
- ISBN
- 9788200374244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Paperback. The highly fossiliferous succession of Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from northwestern Guangxi (South China) provides a key equatorial record, at the boundary between Tethys and Panthalassa. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 211 x 8. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 55
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405186667
- ISBN
- 9781405186667
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Condition: New
€ 75.95
€ 75.95
Paperback. Series: Special Papers in Palaeontology. Num Pages: 164 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 206 x 9. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118730638
- ISBN
- 9781118730638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.24
€ 96.24
Paperback. Includes patterns and processes in early vertebrate evolution. Series: Special Papers in Palaeontology. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, charts. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 278 x 210 x 39. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Number 81
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199209
- ISBN
- 9781405199209
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Condition: New
€ 79.88
€ 79.88
Paperback. This volume comprises 2 substantial papers that describe the Early Triassic (Smithian) ammonoids from the Salt Range (Pakistan) and the Spiti region of India. Series: Special Papers in Palaeontology. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Number 88
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444367133
- ISBN
- 9781444367133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.74
€ 89.74
Paperback. The Holy Cross Mountains of Poland yield an abundance of marine Devonian fossils that have been studied and described since the mid-nineteenth century. Reef-formers are a major part of the overall fauna, and the stromatoporoids and the rugose corals have already received full attention. Series: Special Papers in Palaeontology. Num Pages: 100 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 212 x 6. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Number 87
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444367126
- ISBN
- 9781444367126
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Condition: New
€ 78.27
€ 78.27
Paperback. Varied and well preserved trilobite fossils are described from Silurian reefs in North Greenland. The faunas comprise 23 new species, and four new genera. The large number of new taxa reflects a previous lack of sampling of Silurian reef trilobite biotas. Series: Special Papers in Palaeontology. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 199 x 7. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 93
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Number 92
- SKU
- V9781119060048
- ISBN
- 9781119060048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.88
€ 79.88
Paperback. This text's main aim is to broadly summarize and synthesize current knowledge of the determinants of species diversity and provide an overview and synthesis of the major scientific questions in species coexistence. Num Pages: 464 pages, 110. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ; PSTS; PSVS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865427440
- ISBN
- 9780865427440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 167.98
€ 167.98
Hardback. Offers a comparative review of spin electronics ("spintronics") research and development activities in the US, Japan, and Western Europe. This book covers materials, fabrication and characterization of magnetic nanostructures, magnetism and spin control in magnetic nanostructures, magneto-optical properties of semiconductors, and magneto devices. Editor(s): Awschalom, David D.; Buhrman, Robert A. (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA); Daughton, James M. (NVE Corporation, Eden prairie, MN, USA); Molnar, Stephan von (Center for Materials Research and Technology, Florida State University); Roukes, Michael Lee (Condensed Matter Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA). Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBP; RBX; TJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018022
- ISBN
- 9781402018022
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Condition: New
€ 132.05
€ 132.05
Paperback. Editor(s): McCarthy, Terence; Rubidge, Bruce. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: RBX; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770071483
- ISBN
- 9781770071483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. This book presents a critical framework for assessing the fossil record, one based on a modern understanding of the principles of sediment accumulation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 colour plates, 31 halftones, 19 line drawings. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226649382
- ISBN
- 9780226649382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Hardback. Quaternary Paleoenvironments examines the drowned landscapes exposed as extensive and attractive territory for prehistoric human settlement during the Ice Ages of the Pleistocene, when sea levels dropped to 120m-135m below their current levels. Editor(s): Bailey, Geoff; Harff, Jan; Moura, Delminda; Flemming, Nicholas Coit. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; RBGB; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118922132
- ISBN
- 9781118922132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.23
€ 115.23
Paperback. This text sets out to establish the role played by systematics in deciphering patterns of evolution from the fossil record. It begins by considering the nature of species in the fossil record and then outlines recent advances in the methodology used to establish phylogenetics relationships. Num Pages: 232 pages, 72. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632036424
- ISBN
- 9780632036424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.50
€ 116.50
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 color plates. 15 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169668
- ISBN
- 9780691169668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.85
€ 23.99
€ 17.85