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Life sciences: general issues

Paperback. The authors argue that it is impossible to comprehend the nature of life on earth unless evolution- the history of organisms- is restored to a central position in research. this work is a powerful new tool for understanding the world's biodiversity. Num Pages: 680 pages, 235 line drawings, 44 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075907
ISBN
9780226075907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.65
€ 43.08

Paperback. Designed for those interested in nature, this book explores the natural world through a series of observations based on general themes including - relationship of size and shape, adaptations, distribution patterns, behavior, and diversity of life forms. It teaches about plants, animals, and habitats. Editor(s): Williams, Ernest H. Num Pages: 288 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: PSAF; PST; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195171945
ISBN
9780195171945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 39.01

Hardcover. An essential reconsideration of one of the most far-reaching theories in modern neuroscience and psychology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393089615
ISBN
9780393089615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199228362
ISBN
9780199228362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.51

Paperback. What if there was a master control for human behaviour? The author and his team has discovered just such a master switch: a molecule in the human brain. Their experiments to measure a chemical in the bloodstream called oxytocin reveal the answers to those mysteries about why we make the decisions we do. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552164610
ISBN
9780552164610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. * A lucid and provocative study of the ground-breaking new science of evolutionary psychology. Num Pages: 480 pages, Section: 16, b&w. BIC Classification: PSAJ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349107042
ISBN
9780349107042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardcover. Throughout the Southern Hemisphere, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? More generally, why are species found where they are across the Earth? This narrative describes a new theory of how species dispersal occurred through ocean crossings. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465020515
ISBN
9780465020515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.93

Hardcover. A comprehensive and mechanistic perspective on fruit ripening, emphasizing commonalities and differences between fruit groups and ripening processes. Fruits are an essential part of the human diet and contain important phytochemicals that provide protection against heart disease and cancers. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK; PST; TCBG; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813820392
ISBN
9780813820392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 224.60

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

€ 31.99
€ 22.80

Paperback. Our decisions make us who we are. In this book, David Redish brings together what is known about how brains work, what is known about how we make decisions, and what is known about how that decision-making machinery can break down to explain irrationality, addiction, and the other ways our choices can go wrong. Num Pages: 394 pages, With illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190263171
ISBN
9780190263171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kontogiorgos, Dimitris. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: PSAN. Dimension: 262 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631171901
ISBN
9781631171901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.87
€ 168.77

Hardcover. This richly illustrated book offers a multidisciplinary exploration of the Mediterranean Sea, from its geological birth to its myths, its place in biology and in the origins of Western human culture and its future in the changing global climate and economy. Editor(s): Goffredo, Stefano; Dubinsky, Zvy. Num Pages: 693 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, 169 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; PSAF; PSTS; RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 216 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1920.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400767034
ISBN
9789400767034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 298.78

Paperback. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165806
ISBN
9780691165806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.80

Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations, line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226712031
ISBN
9780226712031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. "It is close to being a masterpiece. could well be the classic presentation of the area. " Warren J. Ewens, University of Pennsylvania, USA Population genetics is concerned with the study of the genetic, ecological, and evolutionary factors that influence and change the genetic composition of populations. Series: Wiley Series in Mathematical & Computational Biology. Num Pages: 422 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 29. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471986539
ISBN
9780471986539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 261.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814790687
ISBN
9780814790687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardcover. Situates contemporary genomics within a history of genetics research yet is attentive to the new ways in which knowledge claims about heredity, race, and gender emerge and are articulated Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814790670
ISBN
9780814790670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.71

hardcover. This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ago, most life on earth--including the dinosaurs--perished. Editor(s): Glen, William. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 697.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722858
ISBN
9780804722858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.75

Paperback. This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ago, most life on earth--including the dinosaurs--perished. Editor(s): Glen, William. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722865
ISBN
9780804722865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.12

Hardcover. Cyril Darlington was one of the most celebrated biologists of the 20th century, but fell from grace after theorising that chromosomes held the biological truths behind dark truths about man and his culture. This biography traces the life of a gifted and passionate scientist. Num Pages: 342 pages, 13 halftones, 13 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition (1st printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013339
ISBN
9780674013339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.17
€ 85.30

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