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Biology, life sciences

Paperback. Research suggests chimpanzees may understand some of the epitemological aspects of visual perception, such as how the perceptual act of seeing can have internal several interpretations. These 15 studies were conducted with chimpanzees and young children on their understanding of visual perception. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Num Pages: 191 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAQ; PSVP; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631224525
ISBN
9780631224525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

Paperback. How has bioethics evolved into a legitimate specialty? When is such expertise necessary? How do bioethicists make their decisions? And whose interests do they serve? This book addresses these questions while reflecting on the ethical dilemmas that the author's ethnographic research among surgeons and genetic counselors has provoked. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066776
ISBN
9780226066776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Hardback. Series: Space and Society. Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PHVB; PSAJ; VXQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319444550
ISBN
9783319444550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.30

Hardback. This book brings together three decades worth of collaborative research to address the question "What sustains life?" In part a scientific response to Schrodinger's work "What is Life?" this text contains elements of memoir, history, and a solid, informative scientific core that will interest the general reader, student, and professional researcher. Num Pages: 650 pages, 224 black & white illustrations, 55 colour illustrations, 23 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: PSBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1547.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643461
ISBN
9780817643461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.41

Paperback. In What Makes us Human? some of the world's most brilliant thinkers offer their answers to this perennial puzzle, shedding new light on how and why our ancestors produced such clever, talented, and unlikely progeny. Editor(s): Pasternak, Charles. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMR; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 265.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851685196
ISBN
9781851685196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. This book contains essays by Ernst Mayr, the most eminent evolutionary biologist of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521700344
ISBN
9780521700344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Paperback. Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrodinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' Scientists have puzzled over it ever since. Addy Pross uses insights from the new field of systems chemistry to show how chemistry can become biology, and that Darwinian evolution is the expression of a deeper physical principle. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PN; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198784791
ISBN
9780198784791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Provides a non-technical introduction to cognitive science, and the key issues that animate the field. This work explores subject areas such as Mind, Vision, Language, and Neuroscience, and contains selections on the foundations of cognitive science, cognition development, reasoning, object recognition, eye movements, and visual recognition. Editor(s): LePore, Ernest; Pylyshyn, Zenon. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204947
ISBN
9780631204947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.69

Hardback. Provides a non-technical introduction to cognitive science, and the key issues that animate the field. This work explores subject areas such as Mind, Vision, Language, and Neuroscience, and contains selections on the foundations of cognitive science, cognition development, reasoning, object recognition, eye movements, and visual recognition. Editor(s): LePore, Ernest; Pylyshyn, Zenon. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204930
ISBN
9780631204930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.52

Paperback. Arguing that we can not make rational decisions about what it is to be protected without knowing what biodiversity is, this title offers a theoretical and conceptual exploration of the biological world and how diversity is valued. It explains the different types of biodiversity important in evolutionary theory, developmental biology, and ecology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 halftones, 19 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PS; RNCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226500812
ISBN
9780226500812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Draws together important selections from classical and contemporary theories and debates about emotion from a variety of subject areas. Editor(s): Calhoun, Cheshire; Solomon, Professor Robert C. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMA; PSX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 479.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195159646
ISBN
9780195159646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 115.27

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461284123
ISBN
9781461284123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Paperback. Combining anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world, Waldbauer weaves a colorful picture of beneficial insect life on Earth. 30 halftones. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016323
ISBN
9780674016323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.10

Paperback. What we do and do not know about evolution, by one of the field's pioneering thinkers. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps, port. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; YQSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753813683
ISBN
9780753813683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Schuppert, David. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 285 x 223 x 10. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northword Press Singapore
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559718967
ISBN
9781559718967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. The quotations trace a broad conversation about Darwin across great distances of time and space, revealing his profound influence on the great thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 552 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: GBCQ; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894626
ISBN
9780801894626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 678 color images. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW73. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764327919
ISBN
9780764327919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.63

Paperback. Series: American Traveler. Num Pages: 48 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; PSV; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 106 x 2. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
American Traveler Press United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781558381230
ISBN
9781558381230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JH; PSAJ; TBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816640096
ISBN
9780816640096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements without the benefit of a nervous system? This book offers a startling and original answer. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSA; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300167849
ISBN
9780300167849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.54

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