Biology, life sciences
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Biology, life sciences
Hardback. The basic and applied toxicology of cyanides and cyanogens has widespread commercial, occupational, environmental, clinical, forensic, military, and public health implications. Editor(s): Hall, Alan H.; Isom, Gary E.; Rockwood, Gary A. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PNK; PSBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119978534
- ISBN
- 9781119978534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.66
€ 221.66
Hardback. The Dance of Nurture integrates ethnography, biology and the political economy of infant feeding to detail the efforts to improve infant feeding practices globally by UN agencies and advocacy groups concerned with solving global nutrition and health problems. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBNH3; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335624
- ISBN
- 9781785335624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.47
€ 166.47
Multiple Medical Realities: Patients and Healers in Biomedical, Altern...
. Ed(S): Johannessen, Helle; Lazar, Imre
hardcover. Nowadays a plethora of treatment technologies is available to the consumer, each employing a variety of concepts of the body, self, sickness and healing. This volume explores the options, strategies and consequences that are both relevant and necessary for patients and practitioners who are manoeuvring this medical plurality. Editor(s): Johannessen, Helle; Lazar, Imre. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Index. BIC Classification: JHMP; MMZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845450267
- ISBN
- 9781845450267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.86
€ 163.86
Hardback. Research on health involves evaluating the disparities that are systematically associated with the experience of risk, including genetic and physiological variation, environmental exposure to poor nutrition and disease, and social marginalization. This volume provides a unique perspective.. Editor(s): Panter-Brick, Catherine; Fuentes, Agustin. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454555
- ISBN
- 9781845454555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.54
€ 164.54
Hardback. Extensive social science research, particularly by anthropologists, has explored women's reproductive lives, their use of reproductive technologies, and their experiences as mothers and nurturers of children. Meanwhile, few if any volumes have explored men's reproductive concerns or contributions to women's reproductive health.. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Goldberg, Helene; Tjornhoj-Thomsen, Tine; Mosegaard, Maruska la Cour. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 ills. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454722
- ISBN
- 9781845454722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.24
€ 183.24
paperback. Oliver Sacks turns his attention away from the human mind to investigate a fascinating and exotic Mexican province. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; PST; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447208341
- ISBN
- 9781447208341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.86
€ 12.99
€ 9.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 858 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCR; PSTL; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 170 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 858
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231029377
- ISBN
- 9780231029377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 319.87
€ 319.87
Hardback. An anthropologist rebuts recent simplistics descriptions of human behavior which rest on anologies with lower animals. Num Pages: 185 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231032285
- ISBN
- 9780231032285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.75
€ 134.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1MTN; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1679.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058889
- ISBN
- 9780231058889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.41
€ 255.41
Hardback. This book presents critical studies that examine methods of alleviating cellular disorders by inducing activation of dormant genes. Num Pages: 424 pages, 107 iilus., 8 color. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSC; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069861
- ISBN
- 9780231069861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.22
€ 145.22
Paperback. This text describes the evidence for how life moved from sea to land, beginning more than 400 million years ago, employing the concept of "Hypersea" which is the idea that the barren land surfaces of the Earth could only have been colonized by multicellular organisms working in concert. Num Pages: 343 pages, 98 illus. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075312
- ISBN
- 9780231075312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.00€ 48.52
€ 50.00
€ 48.52
Hardback. This examination of a depopulated species, the North American bison, provides insights into the past and present behaviour and ecology of what was once the continent's largest terrestrial mammal. It discusses the consequences of mating failures, morphological anomalies and birth synchrony. Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation. Num Pages: 330 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231084567
- ISBN
- 9780231084567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.12
€ 106.12
Hardback. This photographically rich volume provides a synthetic overview of a wide sample of Lagerstatten from marine environments reaching back in time to the Precambrian, more than 500 million years ago. These occurrences of exceptional fossil preservation are providing scientists with a new source of evidence to understand how life has evolved in the Earth's oceans. Editor(s): Bottjer, David J.; Etter, Walter; Hagadorn, James W.; Tang, Carol M. Series: The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology. Num Pages: 424 pages, 78 photos, 22 maps, 30 illus. BIC Classification: PSPM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102544
- ISBN
- 9780231102544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.20
€ 208.20
Hardback. Elaborating on and updating Ward's previous work, The End of Evolution, Rivers in Time delves into his newest discoveries. The book presents the gripping tale of the author's investigations into the history of life and death on Earth through a series of expeditions that have brought him ever closer to the truth about mass extinctions, past and future. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118620
- ISBN
- 9780231118620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Hardback. Linking the evidence of the past with that of the present, this illustrated guide examines the evolution of the mammalian fauna of Africa over the course of more than 30 million years of primate presence. It also covers such topics as the physical evolution of the African continent and the biological evolution of its mammalian fauna. Num Pages: 304 pages, 54 color illus. BIC Classification: 1H; PSAJ; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119443
- ISBN
- 9780231119443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.41
€ 168.41
hardcover. Presents the story of how three men won the Nobel Prize for their research on the humble nematode worm C. elegans. This book shows how their extraordinary discovery led to the sequencing of the human genome; how a global multibillion-dollar industry was born; and how the mysteries of life were revealed in a tiny, brainless worm. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231131469
- ISBN
- 9780231131469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.49
€ 141.49
The Ecosystem Approach. Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sust...
Waltner-Toews, David; Kay, Professor James J....
Hardback. Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones, 43 line drawings, 33 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132503
- ISBN
- 9780231132503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.42
€ 193.42
Paperback. Tracks, records and interprets, the lives of grizzlies in one of their few remaining strongholds. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295962047
- ISBN
- 9780295962047
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.13
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. Seeks to understand the relationship between HIV, medical technologies, and ideas about the body. This book is suitable for those who are engaged in questions of the social and ethical dimensions of biomedicine, biotechnology, and genomics. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 148 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MBS; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989426
- ISBN
- 9780295989426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Seeks to understand the relationship between HIV, medical technologies, and ideas about the body. This book is suitable for those who are engaged in questions of the social and ethical dimensions of biomedicine, biotechnology, and genomics. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 148 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MBS; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989594
- ISBN
- 9780295989594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.90
€ 138.90
Paperback. Offers a window into the beauty and diversity of the rarest plants in Washington Editor(s): Camp, Pamela; Gamon, John; Arnett, Joseph. Num Pages: 404 pages, 600 color illus., 350 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 181 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990927
- ISBN
- 9780295990927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.29
€ 54.29
Hardback. Ings' work delves into both the evolution of sight and the evolution of the human understanding of sight. The book presents the natural science, while also addressing the history, philosophy, and mythology of how and why people see the way they do. Illustrations throughout. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages of color; 90 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393067194
- ISBN
- 9780393067194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.52
€ 30.99
€ 27.52
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
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. "Reads like a crime novel .. each chapter ends on a cliff-hanging note."-Seattle Times Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; PSVW7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326345
- ISBN
- 9780393326345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.89
€ 18.99
€ 17.89