Biology, life sciences
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Biology, life sciences
Paperback. What can a brain scan, or our reaction to a Caravaggio painting, reveal about the deep seat of guilt? How can reading Heidegger, or conducting experiments on rats, help us to cope with anxiety in the face of the world's economic crisis? This title takes us on a journey through our everyday lives and most common emotions. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778817
- ISBN
- 9780552778817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. An explanation of what happens to us when we die. The author, a surgeon with more than 30 years' experience, describes in detail the processes which take place in the body and sets out to strip away many illusions about death. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; PD; PSX; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099476412
- ISBN
- 9780099476412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Paul Kunkel's foolproof, tried-and-true 21 day program teaches any litter-trained cat to use a toilet instead of a litter box. The program begins with you placing the litter box next to the toilet, and ends with your beloved cat using the toilet-just like any other member of the family. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761189527
- ISBN
- 9780761189527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.43
€ 9.99
€ 9.43
Paperback. The author has worked closely with NASA in its mission to detect habitable worlds outside our solar system. In this book, he introduces readers to the advanced methodologies being used in this extraordinary quest. It is a suitable for those who have ever dreamed of finding other planets like ours - and perhaps even life like ours - in the cosmos. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 color illus. 57 halftones. 15 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PG; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156279
- ISBN
- 9780691156279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Provides nuts-and-bolts advice on organizing and conducting a successful research program. This book explains how to choose a research question and answer it through manipulative experiments and systematic observations. It includes ideas to help you identify your goals, organize a season of fieldwork, and deal with negative results. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 line illus. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161761
- ISBN
- 9780691161761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.51
€ 37.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 color illus. 2 halftones. 9 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157054
- ISBN
- 9780691157054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.49
€ 26.99
€ 20.49
Paperback. How to Build a Brain provides a guided exploration of a new cognitive architecture that takes biological detail seriously while addressing cognitive phenomena. The Semantic Pointer Architecture (SPA) introduced in this book provides a set of tools for constructing a wide range of biologically constrained perceptual, cognitive, and motor models. Series: Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures. Num Pages: 480 pages, With illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190262129
- ISBN
- 9780190262129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.70
€ 79.70
Hardcover. How to Be a Quantitative Ecologist is comprised of two equal parts on mathematics and statistics with emphasis on quantitative skills. A major component of this guide is computer implementation techniques, accompanied by computer practicals using the language R. Num Pages: 490 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW; PSAF; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 179 x 35. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470699782
- ISBN
- 9780470699782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.50
€ 152.50
Paperback. How to Be a Quantitative Ecologist is comprised of two equal parts on mathematics and statistics with emphasis on quantitative skills. A major component of this guide is computer implementation techniques, accompanied by computer practicals using the language R. Num Pages: 490 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW; PSAF; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 490
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470699799
- ISBN
- 9780470699799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.27
€ 57.27
Hardcover. Throughout his career, Donald Pfaff has demonstrated that by choosing problems and methods with care, biologists can study the molecular mechanisms of brains more complex than those of fruit flies, snails, and roundworms. He offers a close-up, conversational perspective on a 50-year quest to understand how behavior is regulated in vertebrates. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660311
- ISBN
- 9780674660311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.11
€ 47.99
€ 40.11
Paperback. How is it that we can think highly abstract thoughts, seemingly fully detached from the actual, physical reality? This book offers an interdisciplinary introduction to embodied cognitive science, addressing the question of how the mind comes into being while actively interacting with and learning from the environment by means of the body Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: GTR; HPM; JMR; PSAN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739692
- ISBN
- 9780198739692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.23
€ 94.23
Paperback. Presents important ecological concepts through animal parables. This book tells the stories of particular birds and mammals - the packrat, ivory-billed woodpecker, penguin, dingo, European rabbit, and others - and what their fates reveal about the interactions between environmental change and the extinctions or explosions of species populations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PSVS; RNC; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300122701
- ISBN
- 9780300122701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Paperback. On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. The author traces the history of these verdant organisms, which many would call plants, from their ancient beginnings to the diversity of green life that inhabits the Earth today. Num Pages: 576 pages, 121 halftones, 31 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PST; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069777
- ISBN
- 9780226069777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.03
€ 51.99
€ 40.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 537 colour illustrations, 37 colour illustrations, 500 colour line drawings. BIC Classification: PSBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 275 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815344469
- ISBN
- 9780815344469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.16
€ 100.16
Paperback. Offers research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. This book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. The knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our education system. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: JNC; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- National Academies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309070362
- ISBN
- 9780309070362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.97
€ 53.99
€ 44.97
Paperback. Cheney and Seyfarth enter the minds of vervet monkeys and other primates to explore the nature of primate intelligence and the evolution of cognition. Num Pages: 388 pages, 42 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620. Inside the Mind of Another Species. 388 pages, 42 halftones, 4 tables. Cheney and Seyfarth enter the minds of vervet monkeys and other primates to explore the nature of primate intelligence and the evolution of cognition. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW79. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 24. Weight: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226102467
- ISBN
- 9780226102467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 line illus. BIC Classification: MBNH; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160634
- ISBN
- 9780691160634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSC; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811736220
- ISBN
- 9780811736220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.15
€ 17.99
€ 15.15
Paperback. Examines the parallels between certain features of literary experience and functions of the brain. For the neuroscientific community, this book suggests that different areas of research - the neurobiology of vision and reading, the brain-body interactions underlying emotions - may be connected to a variety of aesthetic and literary phenomena. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; GTR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415765
- ISBN
- 9781421415765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.37
€ 35.99
€ 30.37
Paperback. Stories from noteworthy evangelical Christians who honour the authority of the Bible, but who also agree with what science says about the cosmos, our planet and the life that so abundantly fills it. Editor(s): Stump, J. B.; Applegate, Kathryn. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857217875
- ISBN
- 9780857217875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39