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Biology, life sciences
Hardcover. An intriguing work of history, philosophy, and popular science that explores the human desire to quest. Scientists continually look for the genetic factors that make humans so very different in appearance and behaviour from most animals -- the genes that are uniquely human. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470851449
- ISBN
- 9780470851449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.20
€ 23.99
€ 19.20
Hardcover. Interdisciplinary in approach, this definitive text on viral/nuclear interactions illustrates how viruses (positive and negative DNA and RNA) interact with the nucleus and its components to further viral replication, and the resulting consequences for the host cell. Editor(s): Hiscox, Julian Alexander. Num Pages: 294 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470851128
- ISBN
- 9780470851128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.08
€ 217.08
Paperback. Physiology and Behaviour of Plants looks at plants and how they sense and respond to their environment. It takes the traditional plant physiology book into a new dimension by demonstrating how the biochemical observations underlie the behaviour of the plant. Num Pages: 318 pages, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PSTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 202 x 19. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470850251
- ISBN
- 9780470850251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.10
€ 76.10
Hardcover. Physiology and Behaviour of Plants looks at plants and how they sense and respond to their environment. It takes the traditional plant physiology book into a new dimension by demonstrating how the biochemical observations underlie the behaviour of the plant. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PSTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 271 x 206 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470850244
- ISBN
- 9780470850244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.93
€ 196.93
Hardcover. Available in print and online, this unique reference brings together all four fields of genetics, genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics to meet your dynamic research requirements. It brings together the latest concepts in these vibrant areas and ensures a truly multidisciplinary approach. Editor(s): Dunn, Michael J.; Jorde, Lynn B.; Little, Peter F. R.; Subramaniam, Shankar. Num Pages: 4096 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 350 x 285 x 227. Weight in Grams: 12060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 4096
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470849743
- ISBN
- 9780470849743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 2,576.22
€ 2,576.22
Hardcover. Biological Diversity takes a fresh, innovative approach to the teaching of biodiversity. Rather than detailing and cataloguing the major taxa and their evolutionary relationships, the authors have selected 18 groups of organisms and used these as a framework in which to discuss the species and their interactions with man and each other. Num Pages: 436 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; PS; RB; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 205 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470778067
- ISBN
- 9780470778067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.06
€ 178.06
Hardcover. If you re working on or studying the effects of drug metabolisms, then this reference is for you! Handbook of Metabolic Pathways of Xenobiotics is an essential new reference which presents the metabolic fate of xenobiotics in animals and plants, and shows the metabolic pathways in the environment. Editor(s): Lee, Philip; Aizawa, Hiroyasu; Gan, Lawrence; Prakash, Chandra; Zhong, Dafang; Smith, David J. Num Pages: 2560 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PSAG; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 240 x 190. Weight in Grams: 7240.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 2840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470749104
- ISBN
- 9780470749104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,328.85
€ 1,328.85
Hardcover. This second edition provides an accessible introduction to the many diverse aspects of this subject. The book unites theory with examples from a wide range of taxa in a logical and progressive manner, and its straightforward writing style makes subjects such as population genetics and phylogenetics highly comprehensible to its readers. Editor(s): Kirk, Heather. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 250 x 29. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470748343
- ISBN
- 9780470748343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.55
€ 175.55
Paperback. The first book to focus exclusively on the subject, Geodiversity, Second Edition describes the interrelationships between geodiversity and biodiversity, the value of geodiversity to society, as well as current threats to its existence. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470742150
- ISBN
- 9780470742150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Hardcover. Practical Cell Analysis serves as a guide for researchers interested in adding cell analyses to their repertoire. This book covers the basics of setting up a cell culture-capable laboratory, as well as sources and types of cells. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470741559
- ISBN
- 9780470741559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.46
€ 92.46
Hardcover. In the last decade, DNA sequencing costs have decreased 50 fold, and further cost reductions are expected as a result of the development of new high-throughput techniques and the computational machinery needed to analyze data generated. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PN; PSAK; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470727232
- ISBN
- 9780470727232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.18
€ 159.18
Hardcover. The heat shock, or cell stress, response was first identified in the polytene chromosomes of Drosophila. This was later related to the appearance of novel proteins within stressed cells, and the key signal stimulating this appearance was identified as the presence of unfolded proteins within the cell. Editor(s): Novartis Foundation. Series: Novartis Foundation Symposia. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; PSBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470723333
- ISBN
- 9780470723333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.97
€ 201.97
Hardcover. Editor(s): Akasaka, Takeshi; Wudl, Fred; Nagase, Shigeru. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470721957
- ISBN
- 9780470721957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.11
€ 149.11
Hardcover. This resource provides an essential overview of the biological chemistry of the related elements arsenic, antimony, and bismuth. Its interdisciplinary approach brings together analytical chemistry, coordination chemistry, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, biology, and clinical science. Editor(s): Sun, Hongzhe. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470713907
- ISBN
- 9780470713907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.35
€ 189.35
Paperback. Written by the world's leading experts, this book focuses major topics like the physics required to develop novel plasma discharges for medical applications, the medicine to apply the technology, and the biology to understand complicated bio-chemical processes involved in plasma interaction with living tissues. Num Pages: 526 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs, colour plates. BIC Classification: MJF; PHFP; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 193 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 526
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470689691
- ISBN
- 9780470689691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.74
€ 102.74
Hardcover. * First book to cover the full range of new oxygen therapeutics * Fills a void in the literature by addressing the biochemistry and physiology of oxygen transport, showing how use of this basic knowledge can help in the chemical design of blood substitutes for use in specific disease states. Editor(s): Mozzarelli, Andrea; Bettati, Stefano. Num Pages: 466 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMZ; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470686683
- ISBN
- 9780470686683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.68
€ 189.68
Hardcover. New advances in proteomics, driven largely by developments in massspectrometry, continue to reveal the complexity and diversity ofpathogenic mechanisms among microbes that underpin infectiousdiseases. Editor(s): Shah, Haroun N.; Gharbia, Saheer E.; Encheva, Vesela. Num Pages: 534 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PN; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 534
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470681992
- ISBN
- 9780470681992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.81
€ 121.81
Hardcover. Marine Bivalve Molluscs is a comprehensive and thoroughly updated second edition of Bivalve Molluscs, covering all major aspects of this important class of invertebrates. As well as being an important class biologically and ecologically, many of the bivalves are fished and cultured commercially (e.g. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: PSVT3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 251 x 29. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470674949
- ISBN
- 9780470674949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 293.82€ 243.49
€ 293.82
€ 243.49
Hardcover. Algae are some of the fastest growing organisms in the world, with up to 90% of their weight made up from carbohydrate, protein and oil. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSG; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 196 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673898
- ISBN
- 9780470673898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 324.06
€ 324.06
Hardcover. Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves. However, only 9% of protected areas are larger than 14,000 hectares, likely making them too small to conserve ecosystem services and prevent loss of wide-ranging keystone species such as elephant and leopard. Editor(s): Clark, Dr. Connie J.; Poulsen, Dr. John R. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QMT; PSAF; RNK; RNPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673737
- ISBN
- 9780470673737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.27
€ 135.27
Paperback. Systematics: A Course of Lectures is designed for use in an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate level course in systematics and is meant to present core systematic concepts and literature. Num Pages: 446 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470671696
- ISBN
- 9780470671696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.54
€ 102.54
Paperback. One of the first textbooks in this emerging important field of ecology. Most of ecology is about metabolism: the ways that organisms use energy and materials. The energy requirements of individuals their metabolic rates vary predictably with their body size and temperature. Editor(s): Sibly, Richard M.; Brown, James H.; Kodric-Brown, Astrid. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 236 x 10. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470671528
- ISBN
- 9780470671528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.20€ 92.46
€ 106.20
€ 92.46
Hardcover. Although planktonic protists play an important role in ocean ecology, they are genetically very diverse, making it difficult to draw conclusions on the group as a whole. However, tintinnid ciliates are a single, species-rich, sub-order with unique characteristics, and for whom ample information exists on their ecology and biogeography. Editor(s): Dolan, John R.; Montagnes, David J. S.; Agatha, Sabine; Coats, D. Wayne; Stoecker, Diane K. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470671511
- ISBN
- 9780470671511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.49
€ 131.49
Hardcover. Due to its sensitivity to ecological change, the benthic environment a term commonly used to describe the plants and animals living at the bottom of the sea is becoming a crucial topic in these days of rapid climate change. Editor(s): Eleftheriou, Anastasios. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470670866
- ISBN
- 9780470670866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.83
€ 238.83