Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
Paperback. Builds an argument for evolutionary adaptation as the force behind all life on earth. Regarding evolution's complex achievements as peaks on a metaphorical mountain, this book reveals the ways in which the theory of natural selection can precisely explain the beautiful, bizarre and seemingly 'designed' complexity of living things. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026176
- ISBN
- 9780141026176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Focuses on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa. This book presents a synthesis of research conducted over a span of fifty years, mainly on the wildebeest in the Ngorongoro and Serengeti ecosystems, where eighty percent of the world's wildebeest population lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFM; PSAF; PSVS; PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273191
- ISBN
- 9780520273191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. Without our domesticated plants and animals, human civilization as we know it would not exist. How domestication happens is as fascinating as it is important. Num Pages: 496 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 245 x 45. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393064605
- ISBN
- 9780393064605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.86
€ 29.99
€ 25.86
Paperback. Goodbye, genetic blueprint.. The first book for general readers on the game-changing field of epigenetics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: MFN; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393342284
- ISBN
- 9780393342284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
€ 17.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Rayne, Richard C. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617370236
- ISBN
- 9781617370236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Paperback. Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2010, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, in November/December 2010. Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Num Pages: 766 pages, 419 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSA; UGN; UYQP; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 766
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642172885
- ISBN
- 9783642172885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.90
€ 137.90
Paperback. Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2010, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, in November/December 2010. Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics. Num Pages: 650 pages, 334 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSA; UGN; UMZ; UYQP; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642172762
- ISBN
- 9783642172762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.03
€ 137.03
Paperback. Examines the global issue of biomedical research increasingly failing to deliver patient benefits and health system improvement. The book highlights the problem and its consequences, and analyses the underlying causative factors and provides powerful prescriptions for change to close the 'innovation gap'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBN; MBP; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198737780
- ISBN
- 9780198737780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.61
€ 78.61
paperback. This book is a comprehensive introduction to the philosophical foundations and development of modern biological classification. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology. Num Pages: 310 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PSA; PSAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 247 x 19. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107687844
- ISBN
- 9781107687844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.75
€ 47.75
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412754203
- ISBN
- 9780412754203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 266.48
€ 266.48
Hardback. Handbook of Neurotoxicity Editor(s): Kostrzewa, Richard. Num Pages: 2409 pages, 97 black & white illustrations, 147 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MMGT; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 284. Weight in Grams: 4346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 2409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461458357
- ISBN
- 9781461458357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 665.26
€ 665.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Kostrzewa, Richard. Series: Contemporary Neuroscience. Num Pages: 404 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617370472
- ISBN
- 9781617370472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.59
€ 250.59
Paperback. This book covers key aspects related to the use of viral vectors in neurobiology, with a major emphasis on basic mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory, as well as molecular neuropharmacology and experimental animal models of brain diseases. Editor(s): Brambilla, Riccardo. Series: Neuromethods. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 34 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493959433
- ISBN
- 9781493959433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 164.70
€ 164.70
Paperback. Deals with the usefulness of tools from statistical physics in ecology. This book provides an introduction to complex systems theory, and asks whether universal laws shape the structure of ecosystems. Tackling classic ecological questions, its presentation of theories and data focuses on the power of statistical physics and complexity in ecology. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 112 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070407
- ISBN
- 9780691070407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.15€ 68.64
€ 88.15
€ 68.64
Hardcover. Shaw addresses the 'ethical turn' in contemporary sociological thinking, by exploring the contribution of sociology and the social sciences to bioethical debates about morality and tissue exchange practices. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137312587
- ISBN
- 9781137312587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Editor(s): Villanueva, Reyna O. Num Pages: 131 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626182875
- ISBN
- 9781626182875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.05€ 130.56
€ 188.05
€ 130.56
Paperback. Examines how the environment shapes the way an animal processes information and makes decisions, and how constraints imposed on nervous systems affect an animal's activities. To help answer these questions, this text integrates evolutionary ecology and cognitive science. Num Pages: 428 pages, 97 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAJ; PSVP; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169330
- ISBN
- 9780226169330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 46.16
€ 52.89
€ 46.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 335 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: MFN; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 187 x 28. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604562460
- ISBN
- 9781604562460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.06€ 162.43
€ 235.06
€ 162.43
Meteorite Impact!: The Danger from Space and South Africa's Mega-Impac...
Reimold, Wolf Uwe, Gibson, Roger Lawrence
Paperback. Examining the astrology, historical context and life science of the Vredefort crater, this volume presents a rare view into the early stages of planet Earth. The geological, archaeological and cultural heritage of the region is also discussed in this overview. Series: Geoparks of the World. Num Pages: 342 pages, 300 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 270 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 3rd ed. 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642104633
- ISBN
- 9783642104633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.69
€ 135.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Dawson, Rebecca K. Num Pages: 77 pages. BIC Classification: MJN; MMF; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634833899
- ISBN
- 9781634833899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.33€ 104.77
€ 136.33
€ 104.77
Hardcover. Editor(s): Waterman, Rebecca. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634820196
- ISBN
- 9781634820196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.05€ 143.31
€ 188.05
€ 143.31
Paperback. An electrifying account of the extraordinary untold history behind Darwin's theory of evolution Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831014
- ISBN
- 9781408831014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150705
- ISBN
- 9780231150705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.86
€ 55.86
Hardcover. Treatment is comprehensive and more advanced than other forestry textbooks, featuring chapters on range management, watershed management, and remote sensing, along with revised chapters on measurement of the forest, structure and function of forest trees, and structure and properties of wood. Editor(s): Young, Raymond A.; Giese, Ronald L. Num Pages: 576 pages, tables, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 200 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471331452
- ISBN
- 9780471331452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 331.83
€ 331.83