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Life sciences: general issues

Hardcover. In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Norton Dublin, Ireland
Edition
1st
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393073775
ISBN
9780393073775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.66

Paperback. A collection that is based on the notion that the future of bioethics is inseparable from its past. It features a number of the pioneers in bioethics who reflect on their early work and how they fit into the past and future of bioethics. It provides a broad overview of the history and the state of the field. Editor(s): Walter, Jennifer K.; Klein, Eran P. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878401383
ISBN
9780878401383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 149.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cowley Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781561012985
ISBN
9781561012985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RBG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171908
ISBN
9780231171908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies. This book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. It asks how our bodies got to be the way they are, and considers how that evolutionary history - both ancient and recent - can help us evaluate how we use our bodies. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: MFG; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141399959
ISBN
9780141399959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Traditionally a scientific theory is viewed as based on universal laws of nature that serve as axioms for logical deduction. In analyzing the logical structure of evolutionary biology, this title argues that the semantic account is an appropriate. It is of interest to biologists and philosophers alike. Num Pages: 250 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000466
ISBN
9780691000466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.81

Hardcover. This volume describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core commitments of Darwinism, examines the three critiques that challenge this Darwinian edifice and proposes a system for integrating these commitments and critiques into a structure of evolutionary thought. Num Pages: 1464 pages, 57 halftones, 88 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 267 x 71. Weight in Grams: 2262.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006133
ISBN
9780674006133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.88
€ 82.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 97 black and white illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KEX0212322
ISBN
9780801483400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 97 black and white illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
264
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0212323
ISBN
9780801483400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. This timely and comprehensive volume guides institutional leaders past the myths and misconceptions to the sustainable university. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7, 5 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNM; PSAF; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412511
ISBN
9781421412511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.05

Hardback. This comprehensive review deals with all aspects of Tachykinin receptors in particular, and with neuropeptide/peptide and G-protein linked receptors in general. This book should be of interest to pharmacologists, neuroscientists, biochemists, toxicologists, and molecular and cellular biologists. Series: The Receptors. Num Pages: 630 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMG; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1127.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
630
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896032668
ISBN
9780896032668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.66

Paperback. For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - and see how the victims changed afterwards. This book explores the brain's secret passageways and recounts the forgotten tales of the ordinary individuals whose struggles, resilience and deep humanity made neuroscience possible. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 54. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784161033
ISBN
9781784161033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. This book examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language; investigates the first links between signs, sounds, and meanings; explores the beginnings and prehistories of vocabulary and grammar; and more. Series: Studies in the Evolution of Language. Num Pages: 304 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: CFF; PSAJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199214037
ISBN
9780199214037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, 285. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 960.
Publisher
Roberts and Company Publishers
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936221448
ISBN
9781936221448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.29
€ 69.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Roberts and Company Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936221455
ISBN
9781936221455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.44

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662540312
ISBN
9783662540312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.40

Paperback. Drawing on strange and thought-provoking case studies, an eminent neurologist offers unprecedented insight into the evolution of the uniquely human brain. Num Pages: 384 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
357
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340624
ISBN
9780393340624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Hardback. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 halftones. 56 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Mpb Series: 57 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164847
ISBN
9780691164847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Paperback. Intends to advance a comprehensive articulation of ecological theories, covering a wide range of topics, from ecological niche theory to population dynamic theory to island biogeography theory. This book demonstrates how theory in ecology accounts for observations about the natural world and how models provide predictive understandings. Editor(s): Scheiner, Samuel M.; Willig, Michael R. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones, 26 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226736860
ISBN
9780226736860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 45.53

Hardback. Intends to advance a comprehensive articulation of ecological theories, covering a wide range of topics, from ecological niche theory to population dynamic theory to island biogeography theory. This book demonstrates how theory in ecology accounts for observations about the natural world and how models provide predictive understandings. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones, 26 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226736853
ISBN
9780226736853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.11
€ 123.68

Paperback. Develops a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography which builds on the first principles of population ecology and genetics to explain how distance and area combine to regulate the balance between immigration and extinction in island populations. Series: Princeton Landmarks in Biology. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691088365
ISBN
9780691088365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.79

Paperback. Presents a broad picture of the fundamental ways in which the science of island biogeography has been shaped by the author's work. Editor(s): Losos, Jonathan B.; Ricklefs, Robert E. Num Pages: 496 pages, 11 halftones. 100 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136530
ISBN
9780691136530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 59.46

Paperback. Offers an overview of why creationism fails with respect to the fundamentals of scientific inquiry. This title explains the basics of logic and rhetoric at the heart of scientific thinking, shows what a logical syllogism is, and tells how one can detect that an argument is logically fallacious, and therefore invalid, or even duplicitous. Num Pages: 194 pages, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270534
ISBN
9780520270534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Editor(s): Mangano, M. Gabriela; Buatois, Luis A. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 480 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. .
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401795999
ISBN
9789401795999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.29

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