Biology, life sciences
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Biology, life sciences
Paperback. Extinction: not the end of the world? is a highly readable introduction to the causes of extinction, the different types of extinction and how relevant it is to the world today. Ideal for those who are new to the subject, it is fully illustrated with colour diagrams and photographs. Num Pages: 96 pages, Colour photographs and diagrams throughout. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RNKH1; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 280 x 9. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- The Natural History Museum United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780565093211
- ISBN
- 9780565093211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.20
€ 13.99
€ 11.20
Paperback. Contains everything you need to know about the development and survival of life on Earth. This book includes detailed comparative anatomy, evolutionary legacies, and the breakthrough theories of eminent scientists. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1000 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 253 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1808.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500291733
- ISBN
- 9780500291733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. This new field guide covers the 1070 bird species, including North American migrants, known to inhabit Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and western Nicaragua. Illustrations accompany the descriptions of behaviour, habitat and distribution. Num Pages: 868 pages, numerous colour plates, line drawings, and maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 868
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198540120
- ISBN
- 9780198540120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.39
€ 95.39
Paperback. A thorough explanation of the tenets of biomechanics At once a basic and applied science, biomechanics focuses on the mechanical cause-effect relationships that determine the motions of living organisms. Biomechanics for Dummies examines the relationship between biological and mechanical worlds. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PHVN; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 187 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118674697
- ISBN
- 9781118674697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.44
€ 23.99
€ 18.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 3. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888395900
- ISBN
- 9780888395900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
paperback. Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field. Illustrator(s): Van Loon, Borin. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 122 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848312951
- ISBN
- 9781848312951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.28
€ 10.99
€ 6.28
Paperback. Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being. Illustrator(s): Van Loon, Borin. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KTG0012761
- ISBN
- 9781840466362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From AIDS to dinosaurs, from conservation to cloned sheep, bursting with anecdotes, jokes and irresistible facts, Almost Like a Whale is a popular account of the science that makes biology make sense. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552999588
- ISBN
- 9780552999588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
Hardcover. Series: The Ladybird Expert Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 120 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718186289
- ISBN
- 9780718186289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
€ 10.99
€ 9.43
Paperback. Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph Num Pages: 352 pages, With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006552437
- ISBN
- 9780006552437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.40
€ 15.99
€ 13.40
Hardback. Come along-let's take a voyage through the boneyard. Num Pages: 360 pages, 192, 192 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MFC; PSVW; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421483
- ISBN
- 9781421421483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
hardcover. Intelligent Design Theory (IDT) was responsible for the 17th century's Scientific Revolution. Evolution, derives from ancient, even pagan, ideas about our rootedness in nature and the transience of various life forms. What happened to reverse these two movements' fortunes? This work provides an understanding of this debate. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035826
- ISBN
- 9781840468045
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Explores how animal imagery has been used in modern and contemporary art and performance, and in postmodern philosophy and literature, to suggest and shape ideas about identity and creativity. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 58 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ8; JFC; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890603
- ISBN
- 9781861890603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.72
€ 34.72
Hardback. * Ecosystem goods and services provide mankind with most necessities of life and survival * Addresses the hitherto under-estimation of Ecosystem Services in farmland, forestry and cities * Explores developing concepts, policies and methods of evaluating ecosystem services in engineered systems . Editor(s): Wratten, Stephen D.; Sandhu, Harpinder; Cullen, Ross; Wilson, Matthew; Costanza, Robert. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCN; PSAF; RNF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405170086
- ISBN
- 9781405170086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.00
€ 115.00
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Wolfram Media Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1197
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579550080
- ISBN
- 9781579550080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.16
€ 51.99
€ 51.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; PS; UFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118027554
- ISBN
- 9781118027554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.61
€ 142.61
Hardback. Linking Processes to Practice. Series: CABI Invasives Series. 216 pages, 27 illustrations. Bringing together ecology and management of invasive plants within natural and agricultural ecosystems, this book bridges the knowledge gap between the processes operating within ecosystems and the practices used to prevent, contain, control and eradicate invasive plant species. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PST. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 18. Weight: 670.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845938116
- ISBN
- 9781845938116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.39
€ 118.39
Hardback. Designed for use in courses related to aquatic and fish ecology, fish biology, ichthyology, and related advanced ecology and conservation courses, this book provides readers with an understanding of why specific species and assemblages occur in places. It explores how individuals and species interact with each other and with their environments. Num Pages: 480 pages, 17 color illustrations, 10 b/w photographs, 83 line illustrations, 11 maps, 21 t. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVS; PSVW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249455
- ISBN
- 9780520249455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.44
€ 102.44
Hardback. Feral and stray domestic cats occupy many different habitats. They can resist dehydration for months by relying exclusively on the tissue water of their prey allowing them to colonize remote deserts and other inhospitable places. This book provides a comprehensive review on the behavior, ecology and management of free-ranging domestic cats. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118884010
- ISBN
- 9781118884010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.45
€ 92.45
hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119185499
- ISBN
- 9781119185499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.34
€ 153.34
Hardcover. Using an integrative approach, "Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology" considers the human capacity to exercise in and tolerate different environments and explores how multiple systems interact during exposure and exercise in various environments. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MFG; PSX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 184 x 23. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736074681
- ISBN
- 9780736074681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.70€ 92.25
€ 93.70
€ 92.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633880726
- ISBN
- 9781633880726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.29
€ 17.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. "Palumbi has hit upon..one of the most important but widely neglected issues of our time."-Edward O. Wilson Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393323382
- ISBN
- 9780393323382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.49
€ 18.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. Despite its importance and the threat of its global crash, biodiversity is poorly understood both empirically and theoretically. This work presents a neutral, general theory to explain the origin, maintenance and loss of biodiversity in a biogeographical context. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 123 line illus. BIC Classification: PS; RGM; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691021287
- ISBN
- 9780691021287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.39
€ 132.39