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Biology, life sciences
Paperback. How heavy is that cloud? Why can you see farther in rain than in fog? Why are the droplets on that spider web spaced apart so evenly? This book presents ninety-six questions about many common natural phenomena - and a few uncommon ones - and then shows how to answer them using mostly basic mathematics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 color illus. 22 halftones. 97 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZM; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152653
- ISBN
- 9780691152653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.52
€ 26.99
€ 20.52
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive overview of the basic principles that govern the study of wildlife diseases. This title helps you integrate theoretical foundations with a thorough examination of the factors that can affect the health and fitness of animals. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: PSVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276093
- ISBN
- 9780520276093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.66
€ 83.99
€ 64.66
Paperback. Sean Carroll explores how evolution has shaped nature's wondrous complexity and diversity, from insects to octopuses, from mice to men. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849160483
- ISBN
- 9781849160483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Gives us an account of the fundamental unit of heredity - and a vision of both humanity's past and future. In this book, the story begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where a monk stumbles on the idea of a "Unit of heredity". It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; PDX; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584575
- ISBN
- 9780099584575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. A new partnership of biologists and mathematicians is picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw fresh light on the behaviour of entire organisms, how they interact and how changes in biological diversity affect the planet's ecological balance. The author explores these and whole range of pertinent issues. Editor(s): Davey, John. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Serpents Tail
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846682056
- ISBN
- 9781846682056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 15.99
€ 11.70
Hardcover. Using bioinformatics methods to generate a systems-level view of the immune system; description of the main biological concepts and the new data-driven algorithms. Series: Computational Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24-page color insert, 93 b&w illus. BIC Classification: MBF; PSBM; PSD; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262122801
- ISBN
- 9780262122801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.33€ 58.02
€ 60.33
€ 58.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Jalali, Morteza; Saldanha, Francesca Yvonne Louise; Jalali, Mehdi. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MBGL; MBGR; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780128030776
- ISBN
- 9780128030776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.38
€ 89.38
Paperback. Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being. Illustrator(s): Van Loon, Borin. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KTG0012761
- ISBN
- 9781840466362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world. Translator(s): Weiss, Giselle. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: JMAQ; JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088955
- ISBN
- 9780674088955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Hardcover. A review of methods for analyzing fMRI data, with mathematical outlines of how each works. Num Pages: 198 pages, 29 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521868266
- ISBN
- 9780521868266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.06
€ 117.06
Paperback. Series: Series in Structural Biology. Num Pages: 612 pages. BIC Classification: PSBC; PSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 193 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789813142473
- ISBN
- 9789813142473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.88
€ 96.88
Paperback. Effective fruit production requires general knowledge of fruit husbandry such as nutrition, propagation, pruning and training, effects of climate and crop protection as well as specific cultivation techniques for each fruit. This book provides an introduction to the cultivation of fruit found in the temperate and subtropical regions of the world. Editor(s): Jackson, D.I.; Looney, N.E.; Morley-Bunker, M.; Thiele, G. Num Pages: 336 pages, 146 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSTD; PSTL; TVQ; TVS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 936. 336 pages, 146 illustrations. Editor(s): Jackson, D.I.; Looney, N.E.; Morley-Bunker, M.; Thiele, G. Effective fruit production requires general knowledge of fruit husbandry such as nutrition, propagation, pruning and training, effects of climate and crop protection as well as specific cultivation techniques for each fruit. This book provides an introduction to the cultivation of fruit found in the temperate and subtropical regions of the world. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PSTD; PSTL; TVQ; TVS. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 19. Weight: 936.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845935016
- ISBN
- 9781845935016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.22
€ 58.22
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 color illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVW5; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171786
- ISBN
- 9780231171786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. A beautifully written introduction to the fundamentals of animal behaviour, this revised and updated edition is now in full colour. Num Pages: 467 pages, 71 b/w illus. 135 colour illus. BIC Classification: PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1002. 468 pages, 71 b/w illus. 135 colour illus. A beautifully written introduction to the fundamentals of animal behaviour, this revised and updated edition is now in full colour. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PSVP. Dimension: 190 x 245 x 18. Weight: 772.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 468
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521165143
- ISBN
- 9780521165143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.84
€ 59.84
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Scion Publishing Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907904288
- ISBN
- 9781907904288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.24
€ 54.24
Paperback. Medical Biochemistry at a Glance is a concise, illustrated summary of biochemistry and its relevance to clinical medicine. It is intended for students of medicine and the biomedical sciences such as nutrition, biochemistry, sports science, medical laboratory sciences, physiotherapy, pharmacy, physiology, pharmacology and veterinary science. Series: At a Glance. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 221 x 9. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470654514
- ISBN
- 9780470654514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.45
€ 43.99
€ 43.45
Hardback. Trees were central to Henry David Thoreau's creativity as a writer, his work as a naturalist, his thought, and his inner life. This book explores Thoreau's deep connections to trees: his keen perception of them, the joy they gave him, the poetry he saw in them, his philosophical view of them, and how they fed his soul. Num Pages: 248 pages, 102 b/w images. BIC Classification: DQ; PSAF; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294042
- ISBN
- 9780520294042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.43
€ 27.99
€ 21.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 213. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608467273
- ISBN
- 9781608467273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.77
€ 30.99
€ 25.77
Paperback. The presenter of the BBC's The Incredible Human Journey takes us on a tour around our bodies and into the past to uncover the evolutionary secrets hidden in all of us. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Heron Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848664791
- ISBN
- 9781848664791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. The second edition of Virology is an accessible introduction designed to enable students to understand the principles of virus structure, replication and genetics. The aim of this book is to help the reader appreciate the relevance of virology in the modern world, including the fields of vaccines, anti-viral drugs and cancer. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119991434
- ISBN
- 9781119991434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.05
€ 122.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642724
- ISBN
- 9780199642724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.42
€ 85.42
Paperback. Get your best grades with this exam-focused text that will guide you through the content and skills you need to prepare for the exam. Series: My Revision Notes. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; PS. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 213 x 298 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471842191
- ISBN
- 9781471842191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described mathematically. Examining such readily observable phenomena, this book introduces readers to the beauty of nature as revealed by mathematics and the beauty of mathematics as revealed in nature. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 color illus. 84 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: PB; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127965
- ISBN
- 9780691127965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.31
€ 53.24
€ 42.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739913
- ISBN
- 9780198739913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.29
€ 85.29