Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
Hardback. This book analyzes our theoretical and empirical understanding of the sense of agency for consciousness, self-consciousness and action. It examines the relationship between action and its conscious control in both normal and pathological cases such as autism. Editor(s): Balconi, Michela. Num Pages: 207 pages, 25 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; MMH; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag Italy
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788847015869
- ISBN
- 9788847015869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.65
€ 127.65
Paperback. Explaining how the principles of population dynamics and ecosystem functioning can be merged, this title addresses key issues in the study of biodiversity and ecosystems, such as functional complementarity, food webs, stability and complexity, material cycling, and metacommunities. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones. 54 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122700
- ISBN
- 9780691122700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 53.40
€ 68.92
€ 53.40
Hardback. How Darwin's theory of evolution drove generations of zoologists to search for the first evolved nervous systems in simple organisms. Num Pages: 388 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780773545717
- ISBN
- 9780773545717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.44
€ 52.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JHMC; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168748
- ISBN
- 9780231168748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.84
€ 54.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. A majority of evolutionary biologists believe that we now can envision our biological predecessors - not the first, but nearly the first, living beings on Earth. This title is about these vanished forebears, sketching them in the distant past just as their workings first began to resemble our own. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK1; PSB; PSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060715
- ISBN
- 9780674060715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.62
€ 27.99
€ 24.62
paperback. Series: The Receptors. Num Pages: 516 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Humana United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461288503
- ISBN
- 9781461288503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 242.72
€ 242.72
Paperback. If humans are to understand and discover ways of addressing complex social and ecological problems, we first need to find intimacy with our particular places and communities. This title argues for the need for ecology to engage with philosophical values and economic motivations in a political process of negotiation. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 b/w illustrations, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PD; PSAF; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285200
- ISBN
- 9780520285200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. What is it like 'on the inside' for nonhuman animals? Do they feel anything? Most people happily accept that dogs, for example, share many experiences and feelings with us. But what about simpler creatures? Fish? Honeybees? Crabs? Turning to the artificial realm, what about robots? This book presents answers to these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JM; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190278014
- ISBN
- 9780190278014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 40.72
€ 43.99
€ 40.72
Paperback. Our origins as a slave species and the Anunnaki legacy in our DNA. Num Pages: 576 pages, 104 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAX; JFH; PSAJ; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591431510
- ISBN
- 9781591431510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.58
€ 27.99
€ 24.58
Hardback. Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his peers as a man of formidable mind and outsized personality. In this biography, Michael Shermer aims to rescue him from the history's sidelines. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195148305
- ISBN
- 9780195148305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.06
€ 39.06
Paperback. The Handbook of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Volume III reviews the origins, onset, course, and outcome of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The text illustrates new developments in conceptual models and research methodology. Editor(s): Ritsner, Michael. Num Pages: 478 pages, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; MJN; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798724
- ISBN
- 9789400798724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 276.41
€ 276.41
Paperback. Why does the human brain insist on interpreting the world and constructing a narrative? This title shows how our mind and brain accomplish the amazing feat of constructing our past - a process clearly fraught with errors of perception, memory, and judgment. Num Pages: 263 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRM; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 263
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224865
- ISBN
- 9780520224865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.01
€ 31.99
€ 23.01
Hardcover. Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano lays out an audacious new theory to account for the deepest mystery of them all: what is consciousness? Linking consciousness with social intelligence, Graziano discusses the science, the philosophy, and the implications. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199928644
- ISBN
- 9780199928644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.23
€ 61.23
Hardcover. The most authoritative cognitive neuroscience text is also the most accessible. Editor(s): Gazzaniga, Michael S.; Mangun, George R. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 87 color illus., 183 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JMM; JMR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 221 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2804.
- Publisher
- A Bradford Book
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- fifth edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262027779
- ISBN
- 9780262027779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.79€ 215.49
€ 225.79
€ 215.49
Hardback. The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149129
- ISBN
- 9781405149129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.05
€ 108.05
Paperback. Originally published in 1979, "The Darwinian Revolution" was a comprehensive synthesis of the history of evolutionary thought. For this edition, Michael Ruse has written an afterword that takes into account the research published since his book's first appearance. Num Pages: 362 pages, 12 halftones, 28 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731698
- ISBN
- 9780226731698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. An anthology of essential writings that cover some of the most influential ideas about the philosophical implications of Darwinism, since the publication of "On the Origin of Species". Editor(s): Ruse, Michael. Num Pages: 592 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135540
- ISBN
- 9780691135540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.04€ 44.59
€ 57.04
€ 44.59
Paperback. Michael Ruse, a leading expert on Charles Darwin, presents a fictional dialogue among characters with sharply contrasting positions regarding the tensions between science and religious belief. Series: New Dialogues in Philosophy. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM3; PSAJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442262065
- ISBN
- 9781442262065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.98
€ 45.98
Paperback. With the sensitivity of a dedicated doctor and the curiosity of an accomplished scholar, Trimble offers an insightful analysis of how the study of people with paradigmatical neuropsychiatric conditions can be the cornerstone to unraveling some of the mysteries of the cerebral representations of our highest cultural experiences. Num Pages: 306 pages, 19, 12 black & white halftones, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JM; MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411897
- ISBN
- 9781421411897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.82
€ 38.99
€ 32.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; RBG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177801
- ISBN
- 9780231177801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15