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Life sciences: general issues
Paperback. The fourth edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of ecology available. Written in a clear, accessible style, it contains over 6,000 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines, and is fully weblinked. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 432 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199567669
- ISBN
- 9780199567669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.82
€ 19.99
€ 15.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HR; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised 2000 and Thumb Indexed and Updated to Incl
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818120
- ISBN
- 9780761818120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.76
€ 119.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HR; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818113
- ISBN
- 9780761818113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.19
€ 143.19
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470909133
- ISBN
- 9780470909133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 181.14
€ 181.14
Paperback. An in-depth survey of the evolving science of bio-enhancement: where we are now and how to deal with it. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781773
- ISBN
- 9781785781773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.41
€ 13.99
€ 10.41
Paperback. A journey through our mental landscape Num Pages: 112 pages, 5. BIC Classification: JMR; PDZ; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715647479
- ISBN
- 9780715647479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.65
€ 10.99
€ 9.65
Hardback. Challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. This book argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts. It shows how the recursive mind was critical to survival in the harsh conditions of the Pleistocene epoch. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. 9 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFD; HPM; JMAQ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145471
- ISBN
- 9780691145471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.23
€ 45.99
€ 33.23
Paperback. Challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. This book argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 halftones. 9 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFD; HPM; JMAQ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Foreword
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160948
- ISBN
- 9780691160948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.19
€ 26.99
€ 20.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226418919
- ISBN
- 9780226418919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.00
€ 20.99
€ 18.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone. 81 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: PS; PSA; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160573
- ISBN
- 9780691160573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.51€ 55.92
€ 72.51
€ 55.92
Paperback. Ecology of Aquatic Systems brings together coverage of freshwater and marine systems to illustrate the principles and properties that unify aquatic systems. Using examples drawn from a wide geographical range, the book presents a broad survey of the field that acts as the ideal foundation for further study. Num Pages: 336 pages, numerous halftones and figures. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSPF; PSPM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 187 x 15. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199297542
- ISBN
- 9780199297542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.58
€ 69.58
Paperback. Investigates adaptive diversification using the mathematical framework of adaptive dynamics. Showing that frequency-dependent interactions are an important driver of biological diversity, this book provides a comprehensive theoretical treatment of adaptive diversification. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 halftones. 52 line illus. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128948
- ISBN
- 9780691128948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.84€ 53.04
€ 67.84
€ 53.04
Paperback. This book covers the way that all known types of eyes work, from their optics to the behaviour they guide. The ways that eyes sample the world in space and time are considered, and the evolutionary origins of eyes are discussed. This new edition incorporates discoveries made since the first edition published in 2001. Series: Oxford Animal Biology Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, Numerous illustrations, plus a 4 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: PSAN; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199581146
- ISBN
- 9780199581146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.63
€ 84.63
A graceful writer and an expert biometrician, Bulmer details the eventual triumph of biometrical methods in the history of quantitative genetics based on Mendelian principles, which underpins our understanding of evolution today. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 3 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; MBX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874031
- ISBN
- 9780801874031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. * The first definitive collection of readings in cognitive neuroscience* Edited by one of the leading researchers in the field* Introductions and contextualisations provide a context for each section's papers. . Editor(s): Gazzaniga, Michael S. Num Pages: 536 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JMM; JMR; MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 182 x 30. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216605
- ISBN
- 9780631216605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.62
€ 73.62
Hardback. Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. This title discusses possible causes for the endemism of high-level taxa in tropical America and Madagascar, and overlapping clades in South America, Africa, and Asia. Series: Species and Systematics. Num Pages: 576 pages, 106 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QMT; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271968
- ISBN
- 9780520271968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.04€ 63.55
€ 83.04
€ 63.55
Paperback. This volume summarizes the research on the brain mechanisms of attention, especially those from human imaging studies. Michael I. Posner places this research in the context of human development, educational applications, and brain pathology. Series: Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH; JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199361021
- ISBN
- 9780199361021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Paperback. Launched the Intelligent Design movement: the argument that nature exhibits evidence of design, beyond Darwinian randomness. This book includes an afterword on the state of the debate. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes; index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743290319
- ISBN
- 9780743290319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.85
€ 20.99
€ 17.85
Paperback. The greatest mass extinction in Earths history happened some 251 million years ago. In this cataclysm at least 90 per cent of life was killed, both on land and in the sea, almost bringing evolution to a halt. What caused destruction on such an unimaginable scale? Was it the impact of a huge meteorite, or prolonged volcanic eruption in Siberia? Num Pages: 352 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 33. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500291931
- ISBN
- 9780500291931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405182287
- ISBN
- 9781405182287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.37
€ 84.37