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Biology, life sciences
Hardback. Easy to use and filled with addictive-and highly useful-information about the people whose names will be carried into the future on the backs of the world's reptiles, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; PSVW5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401355
- ISBN
- 9781421401355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.31€ 99.81
€ 110.31
€ 99.81
Paperback. Like nearly various area of scholarly inquiry, the biological sciences are broken into increasingly narrow fields and subfields, their practitioners divided into ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and more. This title offers a ranging, eclectic collection of writings from more than eight centuries of observations of the natural world. Editor(s): Graham, Michael H.; Parker, Joan; Dayton, Paul K. Num Pages: 560 pages, 4 halftones, 18 line drawings, 39 tables. BIC Classification: PS; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305707
- ISBN
- 9780226305707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.92
€ 51.99
€ 40.92
Paperback. Instead of conceiving ethical commands as divine revelations or as the discoveries of brilliant thinkers, we should see our ethical practices as evolving over tens of thousands of years, as members of our species have worked out how to live together and prosper. Here, Kitcher elaborates his radical vision of this millennia-long ethical project. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JHM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284289
- ISBN
- 9780674284289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.02
€ 36.99
€ 32.02
The Ethics of Animal Re-Creation and Modification. Reviving, Rewilding...
. Ed(S): Oksanen, Markku; Siipi, Helena
Paperback. Would it be cool to see woolly mammoth alive one day? Disappeared species have always fascinated the human mind. A new discussion of using genomic technologies to reverse extinction and to help in conservation has been sparked. This volume studies the question philosophically. Editor(s): Oksanen, Markku; Siipi, Helena. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349463831
- ISBN
- 9781349463831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Hardcover. Would it be cool to see woolly mammoth alive one day? Disappeared species have always fascinated the human mind. A new discussion of using genomic technologies to reverse extinction and to help in conservation has been sparked. This volume studies the question philosophically. Editor(s): Oksanen, Markku; Siipi, Helena. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG; PSAD; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137337634
- ISBN
- 9781137337634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
paperback. Considers the implications of autism for the nature of consciousness, our understanding of the consciousness of others, meaning theories in philosophy of language, and the modality of mind. This book explores questions about genetic decision making, research into the nature of autism, and the controversial quest for a cure. Series: Bioethics and the Humanities. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: MBDC; MJNA; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220134
- ISBN
- 9780253220134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.04
€ 22.04
Paperback. Through twenty-five lively essays examining the field's history and trends, shortcomings and strengths, and the political and policy interplay within the bioethical realm, this comprehensive book begins a much-needed critical and constructive discussion of the moral landscape of bioethics. Editor(s): Eckenwiler, Lisa A.; Cohn, Felicia. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886126
- ISBN
- 9780801886126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.24
€ 33.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780045750337
- ISBN
- 9780045750337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.24
€ 130.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 235 colour illustrations, 27 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; PSAF; RBK; RNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 261 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498742900
- ISBN
- 9781498742900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.84
€ 96.84
Hardcover. How do we know that species change? Has there really been enough time for evolution to operate? This title details the evidence for evolution. It covers different levels of evolution, from within-species changes, which are much less challenging to see and believe, to much larger ones, say, from fish to amphibian, or from land mammal to whale. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 halftones, 27 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226723808
- ISBN
- 9780226723808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.38€ 79.61
€ 93.38
€ 79.61
Paperback. How do we know that species change? Has there really been enough time for evolution to operate? This title details the evidence for evolution. It covers different levels of evolution, from within-species changes, which are much less challenging to see and believe, to much larger ones, say, from fish to amphibian, or from land mammal to whale. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 halftones, 27 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226723822
- ISBN
- 9780226723822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.88
€ 30.99
€ 24.88
Hardback. Theodor, University of Calgary; Mark D. Uhen, Cranbrook Institute of Science; Inessa Vislobokova, Russian Academy of Sciences Editor(s): Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. Num Pages: 408 pages, 121, 54 black & white halftones, 67 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PSVW7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887352
- ISBN
- 9780801887352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.49€ 120.66
€ 132.49
€ 120.66
The Evolution of Begging. Competition, Cooperation and Communication.
. Ed(S): Wright, Jonathan; Leonard, Marty L.
Hardback. Begging by nestling birds is a model system for investigating evolutionary conflicts of interest within families and their theoretical resolution provided by honest signals of offspring need. Organised into six sections, this book reviews theoretical and empirical literature on begging. Editor(s): Wright, Jonathan; Leonard, Marty L. Num Pages: 508 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 923.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402005718
- ISBN
- 9781402005718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.18
€ 262.18
Paperback. What does this extended period of dependency have to do with human brain growth and social interactions? And why is play a sign of cognitive complexity, and a spur for cultural evolution? This title explores these questions, and topics ranging from bipedal walking to incest taboos. Num Pages: 960 pages, 18 tables. BIC Classification: JMC; PSAJ; PSC; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1162.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 960
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062016
- ISBN
- 9780674062016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.28
€ 46.99
€ 40.28
Paperback. More than fifty illustrations highlight a provocative study tracing the origins of culture as man now knows it back to the early biological evolution of animals. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations; 1 map. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691023731
- ISBN
- 9780691023731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Handedness, or manual laterality of function, is thought to be both universal and unique to humans, making it a highly derived trait, based on an equally specialized neural substrate. By contrast, in various non-human species, both living and extinct, extent of lateralization varies. Editor(s): Editorial Staff of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; MBGR; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 7. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573319027
- ISBN
- 9781573319027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 142.95
€ 142.95
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632858
- ISBN
- 9780691632858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.60
€ 147.60
Paperback. How could something as seemingly transcendental as the human mind have arisen from far simpler material beginnings? This book provides a comprehensiveoverview of evolution from pre-life andearly life forms through increasing complexity to advanced cognitive systems using a new framework based ondynamic systems theory." Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMBT; JMM; JMR; MBS; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322114
- ISBN
- 9781349322114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. The Evolution of Life focuses on key principles to offer a truly accessible, unintimidating treatment of evolutionary biology. With adaptation through natural selection as its central theme, the book adopts a lucid, crystal-clear narrative to explain the mechanism of evolution and its main outcomes. Num Pages: 496 pages, 210 full colour. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 264 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198712572
- ISBN
- 9780198712572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.07
€ 160.07
Hardback. There are various different types of organisms in the world: they differ in size, physiology, appearance, and life history. The challenge for evolutionary biology is to explain how such diversity arises. This book describes in particular the ways in which variation can be analyzed and predicted. Editor(s): Roff, Derek A. Num Pages: 548 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412023811
- ISBN
- 9780412023811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.45
€ 262.45