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Paperback. This book illuminates a dark educational corner in today's America-students' classroom experiences as they consider, or are illegally prevented from considering, evolutionary theory. It attests to the existential anxieties the theory's cogency can engender. Series: Cultural Studies of Science Education. Num Pages: 204 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNU; YQR; YQSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400738096
- ISBN
- 9789400738096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.48
€ 119.48
Hardback. This book illuminates a dark educational corner in today's America-students' classroom experiences as they consider, or are illegally prevented from considering, evolutionary theory. It attests to the existential anxieties the theory's cogency can engender. Series: Cultural Studies of Science Education. Num Pages: 204 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNLR; JNU; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400718074
- ISBN
- 9789400718074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.61
€ 119.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Gotschl, Johann. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 394 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; J; KCA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048158423
- ISBN
- 9789048158423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 264.19
€ 264.19
Hardback. Examines the possibilities of a naturalistic ethics, the implications of behavioural morality for reform of the criminal law, the prospects for a bio-political science, and the relationship between nature, culture and social engineering Editor(s): Fleming, James E.; Levinson, Sanford V. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 409 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771228
- ISBN
- 9780814771228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.70
€ 77.70
Paperback. Series: Studien Zur Regierungslehre Und Internationalen Politik. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JP; KC; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 219.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401183802
- ISBN
- 9789401183802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.39
€ 117.39
Paperback. A comprehensive survey of the evolutionary science of human sexual behavior, Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior invites us to imagine human sex from the vantage point of our primate cousins, in order to underscore the role of evolution in shaping all that happens, biologically and behaviorally, when romantic passions are aroused. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMU; PSVP; PSX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660007
- ISBN
- 9780674660007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.57
€ 32.99
€ 27.57
Paperback. This comprehensive book offers a compelling synthesis of key ideas and concepts, and addresses in fundamental evolutionary terms the way humans think, feel and behave. This revised, updated and expanded edition includes new material on epigenetics, life history and error management theories, homosexuality, disease and gene-culture co-evolution. Num Pages: 520 pages, 71 black & white tables, 14 black & white halftones, 135 black & white line drawings, 3 m. BIC Classification: JMC; PSAJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 298 x 28. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348005
- ISBN
- 9781137348005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.00€ 53.61
€ 59.00
€ 53.61
Hardcover. Does evolution inform the ancient debate regarding the roles that reason and instinct play in how we decide what to do? Evolution and Ethics offers an insightful analysis of four epistemological types of sociobiology which appear in the extant literature, and includes a preliminary analysis of Darwinism itself. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523815
- ISBN
- 9781137523815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. This collection of essays by leading scientists and philosophers aims to showcase and explore challenging and open problems at the forefront of modern Darwinism, including philosophical aspects. The book demonstrates that Darwinism is an evolving paradigm. Editor(s): Brinkworth, Martin; Weinert, Friedel. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; JMM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642270369
- ISBN
- 9783642270369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1972
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401168922
- ISBN
- 9789401168922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92
Paperback. Editor(s): Begleiter, Henri. Series: The Downstate Series of Research in Psychiatry and Psychology. Num Pages: 568 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMM; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468434644
- ISBN
- 9781468434644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.90
€ 122.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629582153
- ISBN
- 9781629582153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. Offers an account of Evo Morales' first six years in office, offering analysis of major issues as well as interviews with a wide variety of people, resulting in a valuable primer on Bolivia and Morales' "process of change". Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292758681
- ISBN
- 9780292758681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, "Evil Men" confronts atrocity head-on how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. James Dawes s unflinchingly honest account, drawing on firsthand interviews, is not just about the things Japanese war criminals did, but about what it means to befriend them." Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HBWQ; HPQ; JPVH; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416796
- ISBN
- 9780674416796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.50
€ 24.99
€ 21.50
Hardback. Explores the actual and possible roles of evil in contemporary political theory Editor(s): Haddock, Bruce; Roberts, Peri; Sutch, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641963
- ISBN
- 9780748641963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.92€ 118.01
€ 123.92
€ 118.01
Paperback. Politicians and the press exploit the rhetorical strength of the word 'evil' in phrases such as 'evil regimes' or 'Axis of Evil'. But does it have any role in political theory? This title explores the actual and possible roles of evil in current-day international politics. Editor(s): Haddock, Bruce; Roberts, Peri; Sutch, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; LAM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748668595
- ISBN
- 9780748668595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.86
€ 38.99
€ 34.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; JFD; JFSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137603210
- ISBN
- 9781137603210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.56
€ 108.56
Hardcover. This text explores the genesis, development, and religious significance of a literary and iconographic motif, involving a gang of urchins, usually male, who mock or assault a holy or eccentric person, typically an adult. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGH; DSB; DSK; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918951
- ISBN
- 9780333918951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Paperback. Documents the search for the origins of the iconic "femme fatale" who was depicted as a dangerous, depraved, and deadly woman. This book argues that the evolution of the femme fatale, with both literary and visual links to the biblical Eve figure, came as a response to increasing feminism and the desire by men to halt its spread. Num Pages: 360 pages, 126 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AC; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073236
- ISBN
- 9780252073236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.54
€ 34.99
€ 31.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403977342
- ISBN
- 9781403977342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43