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Life sciences: general issues
Hardcover. The landscape of southwestern Wyoming around the ghost town of Fossil is beautiful but harsh. But during the early Eocene, more than fifty million years ago, it was a subtropical lake, surrounded by volcanoes and forests and teeming with life. Lavishly produced in full color, this title opens a window onto our planet's long-lost past. Num Pages: 400 pages, 243 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; PSAF; RBGF; RBKF; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922966
- ISBN
- 9780226922966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.36
€ 52.99
€ 44.36
Hardback. This book navigates the extreme complexity of modern ecology by analyzing small niches then zooming out for a global perspective. In its search for unified ecological theories, it gleans from our globe's past to glimpse the troubled future. Num Pages: 168 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540680512
- ISBN
- 9783540680512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.14
€ 194.14
The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem. Ecology, Silviculture and Restoration.
. Ed(S): Jose, Shibu; Jokela, Eric J. (Univer...
Hardback. Includes information on the ecology, silviculture and restoration of longleaf pine ecosystems. This book also includes a discussion of the historical, social and political aspects of ecosystem management. It is useful for students, land managers, ecologists, private landowners, government agencies, consultants and the forest products industry. Editor(s): Jose, Shibu; Jokela, Eric J. (University of Florida); Miller, Deborah L. (University of Florida). Series: Springer Series on Environmental Management. Num Pages: 450 pages, 30 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 2160.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006. Corr. 2nd printing 2007
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387296555
- ISBN
- 9780387296555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 360.33
€ 360.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 295 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 100 colour illustrations, 100 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: J; PSAF; PSVS; RNCB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319553955
- ISBN
- 9783319553955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.04
€ 184.04
Hardback. This book asks, What makes human intelligence unique? Is it absolute or relative brain size or the size of the brain's "intelligence centers", the number of nerve cells in the brain or in such "intelligence centers"? Covers the mind-brain relationship and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 23 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: JMRN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400762589
- ISBN
- 9789400762589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.17
€ 163.17
Everything that lives will die. That's the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age. A giant fungus found in Michigan has been alive since the Ice Age, while a dragonfly lives but four months. What accounts for these variations? This book takes you on a tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757896
- ISBN
- 9780226757896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.18
€ 30.99
€ 24.18
Hardback. Designed as a teaching tool to be used in conjunction with a computer program of the same name which is offered on the accompanying disk. The book describes how the Tutor works, provides a listing of the source code, and offers the scripts and exercises with the LPT at Oxford University. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PSAN; UYQM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792314486
- ISBN
- 9780792314486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.04
€ 205.04
Paperback. This book offers a complete information-theoretic framework to quantify distributed computation in complex systems operations on information, particularly their dynamics in space and time. structure. Includes applications to random Boolean networks and more. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; GPJ; PSA; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642438196
- ISBN
- 9783642438196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.47
€ 193.47
The Llobregat. The Story of a Polluted Mediterranean River.
. Ed(S): Sabater, Sergi; Ginebreda, Antoni; B...
Paperback. Editor(s): Sabater, Sergi; Ginebreda, Antoni; Barcelo, Damia. Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBGK; RBKF; RNP; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 593.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642436550
- ISBN
- 9783642436550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.24
€ 250.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Hyman, Bradley T.; Demonet, Jean-Francois. Series: Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease. Num Pages: 180 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 33 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 2 colour. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642639272
- ISBN
- 9783642639272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.80
€ 126.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Dyer, Lee; Forister, Matthew. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 98 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSA; PSVT7; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319204567
- ISBN
- 9783319204567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.61
€ 48.99
€ 40.61
Paperback. Fun, informative poetry about the brain. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 104 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393708325
- ISBN
- 9780393708325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. Series: Little Book Series. Num Pages: 175 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAF; RB; YQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475788150
- ISBN
- 9781475788150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.41
€ 21.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 341 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475767575
- ISBN
- 9781475767575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461345077
- ISBN
- 9781461345077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; MMH; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475787627
- ISBN
- 9781475787627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.87
€ 192.87
Hardback. A textbook on neuroanatomy which features the limbic brain, and a history of medicine. It weaves together the historical and scientific strands of research on the limbic brain, which houses consciousness and emotion in mammals, especially man. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFC; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306460869
- ISBN
- 9780306460869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.08
€ 197.08
Paperback. Series: Monographiae Biologicae. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401069113
- ISBN
- 9789401069113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
paperback. This book provides an overview of the key concepts and issues surrounding the development, evolution, neurobiology, and function of the lateral line, a fascinating yet somewhat enigmatic flow-sensing system. Editor(s): Coombs, Sheryl; Bleckmann, Horst; Fay, Richard R.; Popper, Arthur N. Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Num Pages: 361 pages, 69 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Nature United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493951659
- ISBN
- 9781493951659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.41
€ 194.41
Hardcover. This book provides an overview of the key concepts and issues surrounding the development, evolution, neurobiology, and function of the lateral line, a fascinating yet somewhat enigmatic flow-sensing system. Editor(s): Coombs, Sheryl; Bleckmann, Horst; Fay, Richard R.; Popper, Arthur N. Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Num Pages: 347 pages, 69 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461488507
- ISBN
- 9781461488507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.45
€ 196.45
Hardcover. Written by experts in a range of disciplines, this book explores the topic at many scales, from the function of neurons in learning, forming and transmitting language to the long-term evolution of language itself and the birth and death of ancient tongues. Editor(s): Binder, P.-M.; Smith, K. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; JMR; PBW; PHS; PSAJ; UMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642360855
- ISBN
- 9783642360855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Paperback. Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph Num Pages: 352 pages, With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006552437
- ISBN
- 9780006552437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. Wildfires are likely to become more extensive and more severe with global warming. This book explores the effects of altered fire regimes on landscape, dominant species, plants, animals and human communities. The discussion includes fire management policies. Editor(s): McKenzie, Donald; Miller, Carol S.; Falk, Donald A. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; RNPG; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400703001
- ISBN
- 9789400703001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.85
€ 195.85
Paperback. This work is a vision of wilderness in the Klamath Mountains of northwest California and southwest Oregon, seen through the lens of "evolutionary mythology". Using his explorations of the diverse ecosystems in this region, the author ponders the role of evolution and myth in American culture. Num Pages: 174 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBBWR; JFHF; PSAJ; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 20 Anv
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236592
- ISBN
- 9780520236592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06