Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
Hardcover. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, this title examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 halftones, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDX; PSAK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226084688
- ISBN
- 9780226084688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.80€ 78.29
€ 94.80
€ 78.29
Paperback. Two leading researchers make the controversial argument that our species is still measurably evolving in important ways--in fact, faster than ever before. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396. How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution. 256 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. Reveals the ongoing interplay between culture and biology in the making of the human race. Ranging across subjects as diverse as human domestication, Neanderthal hybridization, and IQ tests, this title demonstrates that human genetics have changed and can continue to change much more rapidly than scientists have previously believed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight: 396.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465020423
- ISBN
- 9780465020423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.95
€ 26.95
Paperback. This book is intended as an introductory text for students studying a wide range of courses concerned with animal management, zoo biology and wildlife conservation, and should also be useful to zookeepers and other zoo professionals. It is divided into three parts. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405193504
- ISBN
- 9781405193504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.55
€ 68.55
Paperback. "A project of the Council for Responsible Genetics." Editor(s): Krimsky, Sheldon; Sloan, Kathleen. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 illus; 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430. Science, Myth and Culture. 304 pages. Editor(s): Krimsky, Sheldon; Sloan, Kathleen. "A project of the Council for Responsible Genetics.". Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP; PSAK. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight: 432.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156974
- ISBN
- 9780231156974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.70
€ 42.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. Influencing Darwin, Tennyson and Dickens among others, Lyell's "Principles" was an ambitious attempt to forge links between observable causes - volcanoes, earthquakes, rivers, tides and storms - and the current state of the earth. This edition has an introduction by Jim Secord. Num Pages: 528 pages, b&w maps and diagrams. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DNF; DSBF; PSAJ; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435283
- ISBN
- 9780140435283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. 'Behavioral Methods in Consciousness Research' is the first book of its kind, providing an overview of methods and approaches for studying consciousness. The chapters are written by leading researchers and experts who describe the methods they actually use in their own studies, along with their pitfalls, problems, and difficulties. Editor(s): Overgaard, Morten. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JMB; JMR; JMT; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688890
- ISBN
- 9780199688890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardcover. This book critically explores and analyses the scientific and ethical debates surrounding cognitive enhancers. Including contributions from neuroscientists, neuropsychopharmacologists, ethicists, philosophers, public health professionals, and policy researchers, the book offers a multidisciplinary, critical consideration of this topic. Editor(s): Hall, Wayne; Mohammed, Ahmed. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMM; MBDC; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198727392
- ISBN
- 9780198727392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.13
€ 142.13
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
€ 94.80€ 73.05
€ 94.80
€ 73.05
Paperback. Offers the possibility to become permanently less stress-prone, to break bad habits, to improve our collaboration. Relaying the story of his own transformational experience as well as including the stories of others who try to describe an event that is truly indescribable, the author brings a paradigm for deep and lasting change. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Hay House UK Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781807071
- ISBN
- 9781781807071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.67
€ 19.67
Hardback. Growing from the seafloor and extending along the ocean surface in lush canopies, giant kelp provides an extensive vertical habitat in a largely two-dimensional seascape. This book provides a discussion of kelp species and forest ecology worldwide, with considerations of human uses and abuses, management and conservation, and more. Num Pages: 416 pages, 95 b/w illus., 5 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSPM; RNC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278868
- ISBN
- 9780520278868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.65€ 57.67
€ 74.65
€ 57.67
Paperback. A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written Num Pages: 800 pages, integrated B&W diagrams and images; 4x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 50. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474606455
- ISBN
- 9781474606455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Rev. ed. of: Genetics / G.I. Hickey, H.L. Fletcher, and P. Winter. 3rd ed. 2007. Series: Instant Notes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 black & white tables, 150 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415693141
- ISBN
- 9780415693141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.57
€ 44.99
€ 44.57
Paperback. Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691174679
- ISBN
- 9780691174679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.31
€ 30.99
€ 22.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, figures. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 276 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1660.
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879698911
- ISBN
- 9780879698911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 203.28
€ 203.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198804369
- ISBN
- 9780198804369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.70
€ 13.99
€ 11.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 line illus. BIC Classification: MBNH; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160634
- ISBN
- 9780691160634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. * The acclaimed book on Darwin's life and work, from one of our best-known and loved scientists Num Pages: 352 pages, Integrated: 10, chapter heads. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Abacus London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121413
- ISBN
- 9780349121413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Previously published: Durham [England]: Acumen Pub., 2012. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138640320
- ISBN
- 9781138640320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Hardcover. Series: The Ladybird Expert Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 120 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718186289
- ISBN
- 9780718186289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.41
€ 10.99
€ 9.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL; MMG; PDX; PSAK; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 183 x 26. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- The Experiment LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615191970
- ISBN
- 9781615191970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.25
€ 18.25
Paperback. Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altruism? This book explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for social exchange, offering a lucid and persuasive argument about the paradox of human benevolence. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: JF; JMA; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd England
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140244045
- ISBN
- 9780140244045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. This text on the fundamental brain sources of human and animal feelings summarizes information about the sub cortical operating systems that organize the fundamental emotional tendencies of all mammals. Throughout, the psychiatric implications of this type of knowledge are also addressed. Series: Series in Affective Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, numerous halftones & line drawings. BIC Classification: JM; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195178050
- ISBN
- 9780195178050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.14
€ 96.14
Hardback. Diving beetles are fast becoming important models for aquatic ecology, world biogeography, population ecology, and animal sexual evolution and, with this book, the diversity of the group is finally accessible. Num Pages: 336 pages, 861, 556 black & white line drawings, 5 colour illustrations, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420547
- ISBN
- 9781421420547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.31€ 133.34
€ 149.31
€ 133.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; PSAK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465054954
- ISBN
- 9780465054954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.82
€ 20.99
€ 15.82