Human biology
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Human biology
Hardback. The Hidden Mechanics of Exercise reveals the microworld of the body in motion, from motor proteins that produce force to enzymes that extract energy from food, and tackles questions athletes ask: What should we ingest before and during a race? How does a hard workout trigger changes in our muscles? Why does exercise make us feel good? Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; PSD; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724945
- ISBN
- 9780674724945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.88
€ 46.99
€ 39.88
Paperback. Offers the reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of genes for over 110 traits in over 1800 primarily aboriginal populations, this title offers charted migrations and devised a clock by which to date evolutionary history. Num Pages: 432 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Abridged paperback edition with a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029054
- ISBN
- 9780691029054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 8
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780500133
- ISBN
- 9781780500133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.01
€ 5.01
Hardcover. Chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. This book stresses advances in knowledge, including, for example, ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there. Num Pages: 976 pages, 272 line drawings, 49 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1926.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 976
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226439655
- ISBN
- 9780226439655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.54
€ 128.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: VS; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Energy Psychology Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition,First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604150629
- ISBN
- 9781604150629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.98
€ 17.99
€ 17.98
Hardback. Series: Foundation of Human Biology. Num Pages: 626 pages. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 626
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119086703
- ISBN
- 9781119086703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.39
€ 136.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 378 pages, numerous line figures. BIC Classification: PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195167351
- ISBN
- 9780195167351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.01
€ 209.01
Paperback. Neanderthals - no less than another kind of human - almost made it, finally dying out just 28,000 years ago. What caused us to survive while they went extinct? Ecology holds the clues, argues Clive Finlayson. It comes down to climate change and chance. There was little in it, and things could have turned out quite differently. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black and white illustrations and 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239191
- ISBN
- 9780199239191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
€ 17.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. What makes humans unique? This work presents an alternative to this puzzling question. Based on insights into the behavior of chimps and other great apes, our now extinct human ancestors, and existing hunting and gathering societies, it shows the remarkable role that meat has played in these societies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 tables 3 line illus. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 188 x 118 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088884
- ISBN
- 9780691088884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
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€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 490 pages, 20 halftones 5 line illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JMAF; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608372
- ISBN
- 9780691608372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.48
€ 113.48
Paperback. Challenging a purely mechanistic view of human existence, Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; PDA; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631491146
- ISBN
- 9781631491146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.02
€ 15.99
€ 15.02
Hardcover. Exhaustive in its scope, this book provides a comprehensive study of the natural and modified history of congenital heart disease. Focusing particularly on the discussion of fetal and post--natal outcomes, the contributors seek to place developments in historical perspective. Editor(s): Freedom, Robert M.; Yoo, Shi-Joon; Mikailian, Haverj; Williams, William G., M.D. Num Pages: 904 pages, 962 illustrations. BIC Classification: MJD; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 223 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 904
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405103602
- ISBN
- 9781405103602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 319.92
€ 319.92
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612133
- ISBN
- 9780691612133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.59
€ 53.59
The Neolithic Transition and the Genetics of Populations in Europe
Ammerman, Albert J.; Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Lu...
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640068
- ISBN
- 9780691640068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Paperback. Argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human development but, rather, developmental products and the developmental processes that produce them. This title shows that what developmental information" does depends on what is already in place and what alternatives are available. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; JMA; JMC; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324669
- ISBN
- 9780822324669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.77
€ 35.99
€ 32.77
Paperback. Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from Neanderthals, or do some of us actually have their genes? Has human evolution stopped, or are we still evolving? This title tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141037202
- ISBN
- 9780141037202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 39. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375751462
- ISBN
- 9780375751462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.72
€ 14.72
Paperback. This book is a history of the diseases of humankind and their causes from earliest times to the present day. It is a tour de force drawing upon the authora s extensive work on the history of infection, as well upon evidence drawn from archaeology, history and demography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: MBNS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179382
- ISBN
- 9780631179382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Paperback. Hailed by the Greeks as "the mystery of mysteries", the perplexing question of where babies come from, has puzzled men and women throughout history. This book examines the theory of preformation, which proposed that miniature creatures existed inside potential parents, waiting to be born. Num Pages: 414 pages, 34 halftones, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PSC; PSVH; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669540
- ISBN
- 9780226669540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.14
€ 44.14
Paperback. Offers a social history of Chinese paleoanthropology and a cultural - and at times comparative - history of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. Focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, this book offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; PDX; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738604
- ISBN
- 9780226738604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.40
€ 47.40
Paperback. Award-winning science writer Steven Mithen explores how an understanding of our ancestors and their development can illuminate our brains and behaviour today. Num Pages: 480 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: HDDA; HPM; JMAL; JMR; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753802045
- ISBN
- 9780753802045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Analyzes the sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. Drawing upon ethnographic research both within and beyond the medical setting, this title shows how ultrasound has entered into public consumer culture in the United States. Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813543642
- ISBN
- 9780813543642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.20
€ 52.20
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
€ 36.99€ 33.97
€ 36.99
€ 33.97