Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
Hardcover. Presents a robust and stark challenge to our tendency to see ourselves as the acme of creation. Human exceptionalism, this book argues, is an error that can infect scientific thought. It aims to overturn popular thinking on human evolution - the key is not what's missing, but how we're linked. Editor(s): Gee, Henry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284880
- ISBN
- 9780226284880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.97
€ 31.99
€ 24.97
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€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
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
€ 30.99€ 29.03
€ 30.99
€ 29.03
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
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Hardback. Cytogenetics is the study of chromosome morphology, structure, pathology, function, and behavior. The field has evolved to embrace molecular cytogenetic changes, now termed cytogenomics. Num Pages: 1192 pages. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119061229
- ISBN
- 9781119061229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.10
€ 255.10
Paperback. Series: The Receptors. Num Pages: 544 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461289364
- ISBN
- 9781461289364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 243.04
€ 243.04
Paperback. Series: The Receptors. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461289425
- ISBN
- 9781461289425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.32
€ 124.32
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
€ 257.86€ 174.09
€ 257.86
€ 174.09
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
€ 43.70
€ 43.70
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
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
The Ancestor Syndrome: Transgenerational Psychotherapy and the Hidden ...
Anne Ancelin Schutzenberger
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
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
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
€ 23.99€ 14.95
€ 23.99
€ 14.95
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
€ 32.99€ 30.61
€ 32.99
€ 30.61
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
€ 15.99€ 11.61
€ 15.99
€ 11.61
Hardback. conducted by biological anthropologists can enrich our understanding of variation in human health outcomes, particularly the concept of evolutionary trade-offs and the ensuing biological processes that can affect health status over the life course. Editor(s): Sherry, Diana S.; Jasienska, Grazyna; Holmes, Donna J. Num Pages: 200 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 266 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493940363
- ISBN
- 9781493940363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.34
€ 113.34
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
€ 137.43
€ 137.43
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
€ 44.99€ 34.23
€ 44.99
€ 34.23
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
€ 42.99€ 42.84
€ 42.99
€ 42.84
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Neuroscience. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475767230
- ISBN
- 9781475767230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
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.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044496
- ISBN
- 9781846044496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
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
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
The Basal Ganglia: Novel Perspectives on Motor and Cognitive Functions
Jean-Jacques Soghomonian (Ed.)
Hardback. Editor(s): Soghomonian, Jean-Jacques. Series: Innovations in Cognitive Neuroscience. Num Pages: 606 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 49 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 356 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319427416
- ISBN
- 9783319427416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.60
€ 181.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205765621
- ISBN
- 9780205765621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.67
€ 87.67
Paperback. Addresses to one of the difficult questions in evolutionary biology, that of selection. This work covers both artificial and natural selection. It discusses how the nature of the process determines the nature of evolutionary change. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412055317
- ISBN
- 9780412055317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.80
€ 69.80