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Life sciences: general issues

Paperback. A revised and thoroughly updated edition of this concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology. Series: Biology of Habitats Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; PSVS; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198732761
ISBN
9780198732761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.35

Hardback. Translator(s): Brady, Lydia. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSA; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780801441189
ISBN
9780801441189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.14

Paperback. Using simple language, illustrations, humour and everyday examples, the author demonstrates how the science of epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding of the link between mind and matter, and the profound effects it has on our personal lives and the collective life of our species. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Hay House UK Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781805473
ISBN
9781781805473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.15

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

€ 73.87
€ 56.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195093933
ISBN
9780195093933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 136.71

Hardcover. This insightful book aims to provide a better understanding of the social scenarios in which selection pressure led to religious practices becoming an evolved human trait. This aim is pursued by a team of expert authors from a range of disciplines. Editor(s): Schiefenhovel, Wulf; Voland, Eckart. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 315 pages, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; PSAJ; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642001277
ISBN
9783642001277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.93
€ 87.75

Paperback. Describes the evolution happening among the isolated bird populations of the Galapagos - the very finches observed by Darwin on his Beagle voyage. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSP; PD; PSAJ; PSVW6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099468714
ISBN
9780099468714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.66

Hardback. Highlighting the fascinating twists and turns of evolution across more than 540 million years, paleobiologist Matthew Bonnan uses everyday objects to explain the emergence and adaptation of the vertebrate skeleton. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 528 pages, 223 b&w illus., 26 color illus. BIC Classification: MFC; MFG; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 262 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018328
ISBN
9780253018328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.64

Hardback. The idea of a balance of nature has been a dominant part of Western philosophy since before Aristotle, and it persists in the public imagination and even among some ecologists today. This book demonstrates that nature in fact is not in balance, nor has it ever been at any stage in Earth's history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ; RNK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138985
ISBN
9780691138985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.95

Paperback. Offers author's own experience as an autistic person alongside remarkable new discoveries about the autistic brain, as well as genetic research. This book highlights long-ignored sensory problems as well as the need to treat autism symptom by symptom, rather than with an umbrella diagnosis. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; MJNA; PSAN; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781846044496
ISBN
9781846044496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 13.98

Paperback. How is a tiny fertilised egg able to turn itself into a human being? How can an acorn transform itself into an oak tree? This work gives an account of these findings, and of their significance for how we view ourselves. Through a synthesis of science and art, it describes the revolution in our understanding of how plants and animals develop. Num Pages: 396 pages, 24 halftones, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192862082
ISBN
9780192862082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.63

Paperback. A timely and stimulating collection of essays about the impact of Darwin's ideas on visual culture Editor(s): Larson, Barbara; Brauer, Fae. Num Pages: 348 pages, 84 illus. BIC Classification: ACB; AGN; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611689778
ISBN
9781611689778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. This richly detailed study explores the issue of how architects view the phenomenal world. Mallgrave sketches various moments of architectural thought as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory. He later repositions this question from the perspective of contemporary neuroscience. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405195850
ISBN
9781405195850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PSA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Souvenir Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780285643611
ISBN
9780285643611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" is important and yet least read scientific work in the history of science. This title includes a practical resource for anyone reading "The Origin" for the first time or for those who want to reread it with the insights and perspective. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 205 x 34. Weight in Grams: 936.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Facsimile
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060173
ISBN
9780674060173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. Only then will we have any hope of preventing the worst-case scenario of the sixth mass extinction. Num Pages: 208 pages, 83, 83 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RNKH1; WNCB; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 213 x 20. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417189
ISBN
9781421417189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.55

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

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. In this text the author explains and provides clinical examples of her psychogenealogical approach to psychotherapy. She shows how, as mere links in a chain of generations, we may have no choice in having the events and traumas experienced by our ancestors visited upon us in our own lifetime. Translator(s): Trager, Anne. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJT; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415191876
ISBN
9780415191876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.27

Hardback. The Amygdaloid Nuclear Complex Num Pages: 163 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 97 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; MMPH; MNN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 655.
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
163
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319232423
ISBN
9783319232423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.17

Hardback. In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This work traces the history of this debate from Darwin. It aims to bring to life the people, the issues, and the passions that have surrounded the altruism debate. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition (1st printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125909
ISBN
9780691125909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Hardcover. Editor(s): Schmidt, John G. Num Pages: 214 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: PSAF; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612093925
ISBN
9781612093925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 254.44
€ 171.87

Paperback. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807008775
ISBN
9780807008775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. The Aesthetic Brain takes readers on an exciting journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Using the latest advances in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Anjan Chatterjee investigates how aesthetic sensibilitiies are etched into our minds, explaining why artistic concerns feature centrally in our lives. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190262013
ISBN
9780190262013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science. The author takes aim at this misleading notion, arguing that it reflects a profound misunderstanding of how evolution works and, when applied to the evolution of our own species, supports mistaken ideas about our own place in the universe. Num Pages: 217 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226271200
ISBN
9780226271200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.22

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