Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
Paperback. In What Makes us Human? some of the world's most brilliant thinkers offer their answers to this perennial puzzle, shedding new light on how and why our ancestors produced such clever, talented, and unlikely progeny. Editor(s): Pasternak, Charles. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMR; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851685196
- ISBN
- 9781851685196
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. How has bioethics evolved into a legitimate specialty? When is such expertise necessary? How do bioethicists make their decisions? And whose interests do they serve? This book addresses these questions while reflecting on the ethical dilemmas that the author's ethnographic research among surgeons and genetic counselors has provoked. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066776
- ISBN
- 9780226066776
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.85
€ 32.99
€ 25.85
Hardback. Series: Species and Systematics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781498714549
- ISBN
- 9781498714549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.78€ 161.88
€ 183.78
€ 161.88
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Seachrist, Judith A. Num Pages: 240 pages, numeros line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195327069
- ISBN
- 9780195327069
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.36
€ 21.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. The greatest mass extinction in Earths history happened some 251 million years ago. In this cataclysm at least 90 per cent of life was killed, both on land and in the sea, almost bringing evolution to a halt. What caused destruction on such an unimaginable scale? Was it the impact of a huge meteorite, or prolonged volcanic eruption in Siberia? Num Pages: 352 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 33. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500291931
- ISBN
- 9780500291931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.34
€ 30.99
€ 22.34
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1985th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461293927
- ISBN
- 9781461293927
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Condition: New
€ 64.17
€ 64.17
Paperback. Researchers from diverse research communities in cognitive neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, MR-diffusion tensor imaging, and algorithm development have contributed articles that explore the potential for diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to measure and model white matter tracts in the human brain. Editor(s): Ulmer, John L.; Parsons, Lawrence; Moseley, Michael; Gabrieli, John. Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York Academy of Sciences United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573315463
- ISBN
- 9781573315463
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Condition: New
€ 141.57
€ 141.57
Paperback. An introduction to the life and accomplishments of the nineteenth-century British naturalist Charles Darwin. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780448437644
- ISBN
- 9780448437644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.71
€ 7.71
Paperback. This is a detailed history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 472 pages, 29 half-tones. BIC Classification: MBX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734172
- ISBN
- 9780804734172
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.32
€ 42.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. Editor(s): Damon, Joseph P. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: PSAK. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631171574
- ISBN
- 9781631171574
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Condition: New
€ 189.70€ 129.19
€ 189.70
€ 129.19
Paperback. A leading neuroscientist makes an incendiary argument defending free-will and responsibility, against the prevailing 'deterministic' view of how our brains control our behaviour. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GTR; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472137524
- ISBN
- 9781472137524
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 264 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226318158
- ISBN
- 9780226318158
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226318011
- ISBN
- 9780226318011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.25€ 52.77
€ 62.25
€ 52.77
Paperback. Hypocrisy is the natural state of the human mind. This title shows us that the key to understanding our behavioral inconsistencies lies in understanding the mind's design. It explains the roots and implications of our inconsistent minds, and why it is perfectly natural to believe that everyone else is a hypocrite. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JMAQ; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154398
- ISBN
- 9780691154398
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Why Evolution is True focuses on the hard evidence that proves evolution by natural selection to be a fact. Weaving together and explaining the latest discoveries and ideas from many disparate areas of modern science, this succinct and important book will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth-and the beauty-of evolution Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199230853
- ISBN
- 9780199230853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRJT; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853038580
- ISBN
- 9780853038580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.39
€ 111.39
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813545509
- ISBN
- 9780813545509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
paperback. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262533492
- ISBN
- 9780262533492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.60
€ 26.99
€ 18.60
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630151
- ISBN
- 9780691630151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.08
€ 150.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 halftones. 21 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163888
- ISBN
- 9780691163888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.78
€ 42.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on the role of size in biology. This title explores the universal impact of being the right size. By examining stories ranging from "Alice in Wonderland" to "Gulliver's Travels", it shows that humans have always been fascinated by things big and small. Num Pages: 176 pages, 35 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152332
- ISBN
- 9780691152332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.09
€ 19.99
€ 16.09
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 5/30/11
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310328520
- ISBN
- 9780310328520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.61
€ 29.99
€ 25.61
Hardback. Besides being cruel and inhumane, torture does not work the way torturers assume it does. As Shane O Mara s account of the neuroscience of suffering reveals, extreme stress creates profound problems for memory, mood, and thinking, and sufferers predictably produce information that is deeply unreliable, or even counterproductive and dangerous." Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; LNF; MMH; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 218 x 31. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674743908
- ISBN
- 9780674743908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.84
€ 41.99
€ 34.84
Paperback. With much new evidence, this book advances on the provocative first edition, concluding that visual perceptions are reflexive manifestations of past behavioral success rather than the result of a logical processing of present stimuli. Individuals with no background in neuroscience can follow the arguments in this clearly written and presented text. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sinauer Associates, Inc.
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878935963
- ISBN
- 9780878935963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 178.51
€ 178.51