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Life sciences: general issues
Paperback. Series: Humanity and the Sea. Num Pages: 210 pages, 35 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSPM; RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319376608
- ISBN
- 9783319376608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Num Pages: 162 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 16 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: LNKJ; PSAF; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319109565
- ISBN
- 9783319109565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74
The Contingent Nature of Life: Bioethics and the Limits of Human Exist...
. Ed(S): Duwell, Marcus; Rehmann-Sutter, Chri...
paperback. Editor(s): Duwell, Marcus; Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (University of Basel); Mieth, Dietmar. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048177172
- ISBN
- 9789048177172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 249.29
€ 249.29
The Contingent Nature of Life. Bioethics and the Limits of Human Exist...
. Ed(S): Duwell, Marcus; Rehmann-Sutter, Chri...
Hardback. Explores the different dimensions of how the contingency of life, and especially human life, is relevant for ethical discussions and the normative frameworks in bioethics. This title explores the relevance of the notion contingency, needs and desires for moral argumentation and bioethics. Editor(s): Duwell, Marcus; Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (University of Basel); Mieth, Dietmar. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402067624
- ISBN
- 9781402067624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.96
€ 256.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Portugali, Juval. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; MJN; PSAN; RGC; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048146772
- ISBN
- 9789048146772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.98
€ 194.98
Hardback. Aimed at researchers and students of cognitive mapping and environmental cognition, this work focuses on the cognitive processes by which one form of information is being transformed into another, and by which multiple forms of information participate in constructing cognitive maps. Editor(s): Portugali, Juval. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN; UYQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 713.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792339496
- ISBN
- 9780792339496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.58
€ 201.58
Hardback. Considering neuroscience as the bridge between the natural and social sciences, this book examines the applicability for sociology, economics, and political science of concepts in cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience. It applies the research in evolutionary neuroscience to the foundation of economics and politics. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306478802
- ISBN
- 9780306478802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.25
€ 201.25
Paperback. The author of this text offers a theory of consciousness. He proposes that conscious experience must be understood as an irreducible entity similar to such physical properties as time, mass, and space that exists at a fundamental level and cannot be understood as the sum of its parts. Series: Philosophy of Mind Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 9 line illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; PD; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195117899
- ISBN
- 9780195117899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.35
€ 27.99
€ 20.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 258 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPQ; HPS; LAB; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137557339
- ISBN
- 9781137557339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.52
€ 116.52
Hardback. Focusing on the concept of consensus, this text reflects on the difficulties and complexity of moral decision-making, offers views on the problem of why decision-making does not take place more harmoniously and asks if there can be any hope of a solution. Editor(s): Bayertz, Kurt. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326151
- ISBN
- 9780792326151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.86
€ 132.86
Hardcover. This book offers an overview of the diversity of mechanisms that dendrites can employ to shape neural computations. It brings together a wide range of studies, with topics ranging from general to system-specific phenomena. Editor(s): Torben-Nielsen, Benjamin; Remme, Michiel W. H.; Cuntz, H. Series: Springer Series in Computational Neuroscience. Num Pages: 528 pages, 35 black & white illustrations, 66 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461480938
- ISBN
- 9781461480938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.83
€ 197.83
Hardback. The role of competition within communities, in shaping the structure and composition of the community matrix itself and in influencing day to day functioning of the system is particularly controversial. This book offers a synthesis of these arguments and suggests avenues for further research. Series: Population and Community Biology Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JMAL; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412313509
- ISBN
- 9780412313509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.18
€ 71.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226299778
- ISBN
- 9780226299778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 50.94
€ 59.41
€ 50.94
Paperback. Comparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. This book provides an investigation of the comparative foundations of evolutionary anthropology in research, including studies of animal behavior, biodiversity, linguistic evolution, allometry, and cross-cultural variation. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 111 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226608990
- ISBN
- 9780226608990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Editor(s): VanBlaricom, Glenn R.; Estes, James A. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 263 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642728471
- ISBN
- 9783642728471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Paperback. In 1972, Alfred Crosby published a small work that illuminated a simple point, that the most important changes brought on by the voyages of Columbus were not social or political, but biological in nature. In this edition the author reflects on the book and its creation. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, biographies, indexes. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- 30th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275980924
- ISBN
- 9780275980924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.09
€ 58.09
Hardback. Serving the needs of pigment cell biologists, cellular physiologists, developmental geneticists, researchers interested in melanoma, and more, this new book offers a blend of new technologies and new insights in the fields of both pigmentation and mouse genetics. It includes some comparative information on other organisms as well. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405179546
- ISBN
- 9781405179546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.21
€ 180.21
Hardback. This book examines the Lysenko controversy. It covers the interwar eugenics movement, the Scopes Trial, the popularity of Lamarckism as a theory of heredity prior to the synthesis of genetics and Natural Selection, and the Cold War. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728394
- ISBN
- 9789400728394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
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
€ 225.76€ 217.37
€ 225.76
€ 217.37
Paperback. An introduction to the cognitive neuroscience of vision. The book introduces the reader to the anatomy of the eye and visual cortex and then proceeds to discuss image and representation, face recognition, printed word recognition, visual sematic memory and visual attention and perception. Series: Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JMR; MJN; MJQ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214038
- ISBN
- 9780631214038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.71
€ 61.71
Paperback. This volume explores the cognitive neuroscience of second language acquisition from the perspectives of critical/sensitive periods, maturational effects, individual differences, neural regions involved, and processing characteristics. Editor(s): Schumann, John H.; Gullberg, Marianne; Indefrey, Peter. Series: Language Learning Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Cognitive Neuroscience S. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFDC; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405155427
- ISBN
- 9781405155427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Fleming, Stephen M.; Frith, Christopher D. Num Pages: 407 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN; PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 407
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662511718
- ISBN
- 9783662511718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 283.30
€ 283.30
Hardcover. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition Editor(s): Fleming, Stephen M.; Frith, Chris. Num Pages: 407 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN; PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 407
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642451898
- ISBN
- 9783642451898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 284.83
€ 284.83
Paperback. Adopting a cognitive neuroscience approach to this question generates a new perspective and some challenging hypotheses. The book explores in detail the contribution of the brain structures, particularly the cerebral cortex, to the various aspects of movement preparation and execution. Series: Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JMM; JMR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631196044
- ISBN
- 9780631196044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.96
€ 48.96