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Biology, life sciences

Hardback. How did Europeans three centuries apart respond to two mysterious beasts a living rhinoceros previously known only from ancient texts and a nameless monster's massive bones? Juan Pimentel shows that their reactions reflect deep cultural changes but also the enduring power of image and imagination to shape our understanding of the natural world. Translator(s): Mason, Peter. Num Pages: 324 pages, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PSVW7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737129
ISBN
9780674737129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Hardback. Documenting one of the rare success stories in the history of wildlife conservation, The Return of the Unicorns distills two decades of intensive fieldwork and research on one of the world's most endangered animals: Rhinoceros unicornis, commonly known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Series: Biology and Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 93 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKN; PSVW7; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231084505
ISBN
9780231084505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.67

Paperback. In this collection of essays, historians discuss the applications of evolutionary theory to cultural, social, economic and political phenomena. Contributors include anthropologist Donald Brown, archaeologist Albert Naccache and demographer Noel Bonneuil. Editor(s): Pomper, Philip; Shaw, David Gary. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521612
ISBN
9780742521612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.78

Hardback. In this collection of essays, historians discuss the applications of evolutionary theory to cultural, social, economic and political phenomena. Contributors include anthropologist Donald Brown, archaeologist Albert Naccache and demographer Noel Bonneuil. Editor(s): Pomper, Philip; Shaw, David Gary. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521605
ISBN
9780742521605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.08

Hardback. The Retinoids: Biology, Biochemistry, and Disease provides an overview and synthesis of the retinoid molecules, from basic biology to mechanisms of diseases and therapy. Divided into five sections, the book covers retinoic acid signaling from biochemical, genetic, developmental, and clinical perspectives. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; MJ; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 251 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118627983
ISBN
9781118627983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.01

Hardback. The story of the global response to the HIV epidemic, told from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa between 1994 and 2000. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFH2; MBNH; MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780822348627
ISBN
9780822348627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.87

Paperback. The story of the global response to the HIV epidemic, told from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa between 1994 and 2000. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFH2; MBNH; MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348740
ISBN
9780822348740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Thatcher, Sean E. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493970285
ISBN
9781493970285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.79

Paperback. This Annals volume includes invited short reviews on topics presented at the 7th International Cancer Vaccine Symposium Renaissance of Cancer Immunotherapy , held September 9-11, 2012 in Florence, Italy. Editor(s): Finn, Olivera J.; Schuler, Gerold. Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MJ; MM; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573318952
ISBN
9781573318952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.58

Paperback. Here is a unified view of how the time domain can be effectively employed in neural network models. Covers synchronization, phase-locking behavior, image processing, temporal pattern analysis, fMRI analyis, network topology and synchronizability and more. Editor(s): Rao, A. Ravishankar (Yorktown Heights, NY, USA); Cecchi, Guillermo A. Series: Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN; UYQ; UYZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461429920
ISBN
9781461429920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.22

hardcover. Deals with problems and approaches to cellular systems and covers a range of cell types and cell systems, including nerve cells. This book is intended for cell biologists interested in modeling, and to those students interested in the field. It will also appeal to the theoretical and mathematical biology community. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Edition
1996th Edition
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780412032615
ISBN
9780412032615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1100 photographs & line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFM; PSVT; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781775840183
ISBN
9781775840183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.62

Hardback. Addresses the redox balance in cells and organisms, which is of paramount importance in biology. This book underlines a generally overseen circadian modulation. The balance involves, on the one hand, free radicals and reactive oxygen species and, on the other hand, scavengers capable of neutralizing their effects. Editor(s): Vanden Driessche, Therese; Guisset, Jean-Luc; Petiau-de-Vries, Ghislaine M. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792364535
ISBN
9780792364535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.90

hardcover. Editor(s): Pauly, Daniel; Tesfamichael, Dawit. Series: Coral Reefs of the World. Num Pages: 216 pages, 42 black & white illustrations, 73 colour illustrations, 52 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSL; PSAF; PSPM; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 809.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401774338
ISBN
9789401774338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.31

Paperback. A unique insight into one of Australia's most iconic land mammals. Num Pages: 176 pages, 21 colour and black & white photographs, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; PDX; PSVW71; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing Australia
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781486301553
ISBN
9781486301553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Biomedicine. Num Pages: 476 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896031586
ISBN
9780896031586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.78

Paperback. Challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. This book argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 halftones. 9 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFD; HPM; JMAQ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Foreword
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160948
ISBN
9780691160948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.52

Hardback. Challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. This book argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts. It shows how the recursive mind was critical to survival in the harsh conditions of the Pleistocene epoch. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. 9 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFD; HPM; JMAQ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145471
ISBN
9780691145471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Hardcover. The advent of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s was a key moment in the history of both biotechnology and the commercialization of academic research. This book brings to life the hybrid origin story of biotechnology and ways the academic culture of science has changed in tandem with the early commercialization of recombinant DNA technology. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSB; TBX; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 257 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143835
ISBN
9780226143835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.20

Hardback. Offers a perspective on Darwin's impact in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds. Editor(s): Glick, Thomas F.; Puig-Samper, Miguel Angel; Ruiz, Rosaura. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 1KL; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402000829
ISBN
9781402000829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.75

Hardcover. Presents the author's solution to biology's hardest problem - what consciousness is, and why we have it, and what it means for our self perception and our mental health. This title argues that human knowledge evolved to gather knowledge, specifically to extract meaningful patterns from raw information (as we do while playing word games). Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 594. How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning. 352 pages, illustrations. Presents the author's solution to biology's hardest problem - what consciousness is, and why we have it, and what it means for our self perception and our mental health. This title argues that human knowledge evolved to gather knowledge, specifically to extract meaningful patterns from raw information (as we do while playing word games). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PS. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465020478
ISBN
9780465020478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.18

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Apple Academic Press Inc.
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781482221916
ISBN
9781482221916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.41

Hardback. After more than 50 years of blockbuster drug development, skeptics fear we may be reaching the end of drug discovery to combat major diseases. A leading researcher in the exciting new science of chemical biology describes this dilemma and the powerful techniques that may bring drug research into the 21st century. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 color illus., 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: MMG; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152129
ISBN
9780231152129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Examines the objective and subjective qualities of Korean life from comparative and dynamic perspectives. This volume presents non-Western policy alternatives to enhancing the quality of citizens' lives, distinguishing Korea as an Asian model of economic prosperity and democracy. It is intended for those interested in developments in Korea. Editor(s): Shin, Doh Chull; Rutkowki, Conrad P.; Park, Chong-Min. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 537 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JHMC; JHMP; M; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
537
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402009471
ISBN
9781402009471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.44

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