Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
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
€ 60.41
€ 60.41
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
€ 30.99€ 22.80
€ 30.99
€ 22.80
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
€ 38.86
€ 38.86
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€ 18.81
€ 27.99
€ 18.81
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
€ 41.99€ 40.19
€ 41.99
€ 40.19
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€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
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€ 24.50
€ 27.99
€ 24.50
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€ 38.85
€ 54.99
€ 38.85
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
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
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
€ 125.90
€ 125.90
Paperback. Ecologists are increasingly tackling difficult issues like global change, loss of biodiversity and sustainability of ecosystem services. These and related questions are enormously challenging, requiring unprecedented multidisciplinary collaboration and rapid synthesis of large amounts of diverse data into information and ultimately knowledge. Editor(s): Michener, W. K.; Brunt, James W. Series: Ecological Methods & Concepts S. Num Pages: 192 pages, 48. BIC Classification: GPS; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632052318
- ISBN
- 9780632052318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.08
€ 133.08
Paperback. Recording memories, mind reading, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis - no longer are these feats of the mind solely the province of overheated science fiction. The author takes us on a tour of the top laboratories around the world to meet the scientists who are already revolutionising the way we think about the brain. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GTR; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141975870
- ISBN
- 9780141975870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Wheeler, Miguel N.; Johnston, Bradley R. Num Pages: 95 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSBT; TDCH; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 95
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629480435
- ISBN
- 9781629480435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.72€ 78.94
€ 114.72
€ 78.94
Paperback. Students often find it difficult to grasp fundamental ecological and evolutionary concepts because of their inherently mathematical nature. Likewise, the application of ecological and evolutionary theory often requires a high degree of mathematical competence. Series: Ecological Methods & Concepts S. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405175159
- ISBN
- 9781405175159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.66
€ 93.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 584 pages, 183 b&w illus. BIC Classification: PSAN; UFM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262035828
- ISBN
- 9780262035828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.58€ 60.93
€ 72.58
€ 60.93
Hardback. An essential resource for paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and teachers, The Rise of Animals is the best single reference on one of earth's most significant events. Num Pages: 344 pages, 677, 677 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 292 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886799
- ISBN
- 9780801886799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.70€ 74.99
€ 83.70
€ 74.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818137
- ISBN
- 9780761818137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.88
€ 136.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Li, Ming D. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: MBGR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 258 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634822206
- ISBN
- 9781634822206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.30€ 140.00
€ 187.30
€ 140.00
Hardback. Editor(s): Li, Ming D. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629482187
- ISBN
- 9781629482187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.27€ 153.94
€ 228.27
€ 153.94
hardcover. This updated and revised new edition of the authoritative text on the genomics of fungi highlights the rising profile of genetic science in fungal research, addressing key questions such as the impact of genomics on our understanding of fungal fruiting bodies. Editor(s): Nowrousian, Minou. Num Pages: 404 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642452178
- ISBN
- 9783642452178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 247.35
€ 247.35