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Life sciences: general issues
Paperback. Sean Carroll explores how evolution has shaped nature's wondrous complexity and diversity, from insects to octopuses, from mice to men. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849160483
- ISBN
- 9781849160483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393327793
- ISBN
- 9780393327793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
Hardback. Offering more than a collection of relevant knowledge in biology, mathematics, information and communication technology and related fields, the Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive modern perspective on how complex biological phenomena should be studied. Editor(s): Dubitzky, Werner; Wolkenhauer, Olaf; Yokota, Hiroki; Cho, Kwang-Hyun. Num Pages: 2414 pages, 300 black & white illustrations, 530 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSA; PSB; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 193 x 188. Weight in Grams: 6155.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013
- Number of pages
- 2414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441998620
- ISBN
- 9781441998620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 638.88
€ 638.88
Hardcover. Plant pathology looks at the nature and control of plant diseases, it is a highly diversified science with many specialities and divisions. Topics covered in this book include nematology, physiology, virology, phytobacteria, epidemiology and mycopathology. Editor(s): Maloy, O.C.; Murray, Timothy D. Num Pages: 1368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSTP; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 220 x 70. Weight in Grams: 3539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471298175
- ISBN
- 9780471298175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,447.33
€ 1,447.33
Hardback. This book synthesizes current knowledge of the structure, ongoing processes and genesis of the marine geosphere, covering basic as well as applied and technical sciences. Integrates marine geophysics, hydrography, marine biology, climatology and ecology. Editor(s): Harff, Jan; Meschede, Martin; Petersen, Sven; Thiede, Jorn. Series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Num Pages: 994 pages, 114 black & white illustrations, 344 colour illustrations, 331 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; PHVG; PSAF; RBG; RBKC; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400762374
- ISBN
- 9789400762374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 780.87
€ 780.87
Hardcover. The Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs reviews the physical, chemical and ecological characteristics of lakes and reservoirs, and their uses and environmental state trends in different parts of the world. Superbly illustrated, it includes 200 entries in a range of topics. Editor(s): Fairbridge, Rhodes W.; Herschy, Reginald W. Series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Num Pages: 984 pages, 224 black & white illustrations, 251 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBG; RBK; RG; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 289 x 47. Weight in Grams: 3060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402056161
- ISBN
- 9781402056161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 580.58
€ 580.58
Hardcover. This two-volume set provides a one-stop resource on invasive plants, animals, fungi, and even microorganisms in the United States, which are threatening native ecosystems, agriculture, economies, and human health. Num Pages: 764 pages, 165. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; PSAF; RNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 764
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313382208
- ISBN
- 9780313382208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.03€ 167.14
€ 181.03
€ 167.14
Hardback. This new third edition updates a best-selling encyclopedia. It includes about 56% more words than the 1,392-page second edition of 2003. The number of illustrations increased to almost 2,000 and their quality has improved by design and four colors. Num Pages: 2231 pages, 94 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 97. Weight in Grams: 4740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 3rd ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 2231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402067532
- ISBN
- 9781402067532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 634.69
€ 634.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Loback, Michael T.; Trevino, Jennifer N. Num Pages: 1011 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 181 x 267 x 72. Weight in Grams: 2418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613240939
- ISBN
- 9781613240939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 408.77€ 284.74
€ 408.77
€ 284.74
Hardcover. This encyclopedia covers all aspects of the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of estuaries. It supplies detailed information from world-class estuarine and marine scientists as well as experts from other fields of study. Editor(s): Kennish, Michael J. Series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Num Pages: 760 pages, 133 black & white illustrations, 197 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF; RBKC; RBKF; RGBP; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401788007
- ISBN
- 9789401788007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 669.02
€ 669.02
Hardback. Illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology - biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. This title addresses various aspects of this subject at a global level - including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria - in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Editor(s): Simberloff, Daniel; Rejmanek, Marcel. Series: Encyclopedias of the Natural World. Num Pages: 792 pages, 400 color illustrations, 58 tables. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 223 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2798. Series: Encyclopedias of the Natural World. 792 pages, Illustrations, maps. Editor(s): Simberloff, Daniel; Rejmanek, Marcel. Illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology - biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. This title addresses various aspects of this subject at a global level - including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria - in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF; RNC. Dimension: 279 x 223 x 49. Weight: 2798.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 792
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520264212
- ISBN
- 9780520264212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.11€ 78.95
€ 98.11
€ 78.95
Paperback. This book provides an introduction to the "problem of scale", and presents information that will allow for improved design and interpretation of enclosed experimental aquatic ecosystems. The results of a 10-year research project are integrated into the book. Editor(s): Petersen, John E.; Kennedy, Victor S.; Dennison, William C.; Kemp, W. Michael. Num Pages: 232 pages, 248 black & white illustrations, 152 colour illustrations, 21 black & white tables, 9 col. BIC Classification: PSAF; RGBP; RNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 256 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387767680
- ISBN
- 9780387767680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Hardback. The effect that bioethics can have on policy decisions and health care delivery demand an enhanced approach to our understanding of such complex issues. This book shows how empirical social research can be used to illuminate and answer such quandaries. Editor(s): Jacoby, Liva; Siminoff, Laura A.; Baker, Robert; Shelton, Wayne N. Series: Advances in Bioethics. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312665
- ISBN
- 9780762312665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.20
€ 120.20
Paperback. A major biography of Emma Darwin of whom the author writes: 'Darwin's debt to Emma can never be fully estimated. Without her he might have been a clever man who yet achieved nothing' Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001644
- ISBN
- 9780747262480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Emerging Epidemics provides a global perspective on the management and prevention of emerging and re-emerging diseases. In addition to covering the diagnosis, therapy, prevention of a variety of individual diseases, the book also examines the social and behavioral issues which can contribute to epidemics. Num Pages: 760 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCJ; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118393239
- ISBN
- 9781118393239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.39
€ 198.39
Paperback. In this text, feminists discuss bioethics topics in a feminist light. Among the subjects explored are the care/justice debates, transforming bioethics, and reproduction. The text also covers issues such as culturally appropriate responses to reproductive health problems in developing countries. Editor(s): Donchin, Anne; Purdy, Laura M. Series: New Feminist Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFFK; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 253 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689255
- ISBN
- 9780847689255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.42
€ 62.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 75 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GPFC; JMM; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529617
- ISBN
- 9780262529617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.22€ 48.98
€ 50.22
€ 48.98
Elephants and Savanna Woodland Ecosystems: A Study from Chobe National...
. Ed(S): Skarpe, Christina; Du Toit, Johan; M...
hardcover. Focuses on the ecological effects of the increasing elephant population in northern Botswana, presenting the importance of the elephants for the heterogeneity of the system, and showing that elephant ecology involves much wider spatiotemporal scales than was previously thought. Editor(s): Skarpe, Christina; Du Toit, Johan; Moe, Stein R. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780470671764
- ISBN
- 9780470671764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 600 pages, 125 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1700.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Learning United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780981519425
- ISBN
- 9780981519425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.07€ 68.36
€ 70.07
€ 68.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1410.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 9th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292077406
- ISBN
- 9781292077406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.48
€ 102.48
Hardcover. Authoritative coverage of a revolutionary technique for overcoming problems in electromagnetic design Genetic algorithms are stochastic search procedures modeled on the Darwinian concepts of natural selection and evolution. Editor(s): Rahmat-Samii, Yahya; Michielssen, Eric. Series: Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBW; PSAK; TJF; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471295457
- ISBN
- 9780471295457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.62
€ 255.62
Hardcover. Widely acclaimed when it first published in 1981, this book has been brought up-to-date with this second edition. Topics covered include synaptic sources, electrode placement, choice of reference, volume conduction, power and coherence, projection of scalp potentials to dura surface, dynamic signatures of conscious experience, and neural networks immersed in global fields of synaptic action. Num Pages: 640 pages, Numerous line illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 179 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 611
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195050387
- ISBN
- 9780195050387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.00
€ 219.00
Paperback. The structure of DNA varies along its sequence, which can lead to sequence-dependent variations in the fidelity of DNA copying and repair. And because the probability of distinct classes of mutations varies along a DNA sequence, variation that affects fitness will have evolutionary implications, as selection acts on heritable variation. Editor(s): Caporale, Lynn Helena. Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 6. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573318877
- ISBN
- 9781573318877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.37
€ 138.37
Hardcover. aeo analyses a critical issue for fisheries management and conservation aeo examines the impacts of fisheries across the marine ecosystem from benthos to seabirds aeo written by experts from six different countries and a wide range of disciplines aeo provides the most up--to--date opinions on conservation priorities and research needs. Editor(s): Kaiser, Michael J.; DeGroot, Dr Sebastiaan J (The Netherlands). Series: Fishing News Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: KNAF; PSAF; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632053551
- ISBN
- 9780632053551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.74
€ 262.74