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Life sciences: general issues

Paperback. 50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers and students. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470673928
ISBN
9780470673928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

Hardcover. This book uses evolution as the unifying theme to trace the connections between levels of biological complexity from genes through nervous systems, animal societies, and human cultures. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: JMAL; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471182191
ISBN
9780471182191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.42

Paperback. Includes a preface and epilogue that brings Wilderness and the American Mind into dialogue with contemporary debates about wilderness. This is a study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSAF; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190380
ISBN
9780300190380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.53

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
536
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198736363
ISBN
9780198736363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.24

Hardcover. Chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. This book stresses advances in knowledge, including, for example, ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there. Num Pages: 976 pages, 272 line drawings, 49 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1926.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
976
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226439655
ISBN
9780226439655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.31
€ 79.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Floris Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863155512
ISBN
9780863155512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 21 black & white tables. BIC Classification: MBDC; MFN; PSAK; PSX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138668010
ISBN
9781138668010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226384429
ISBN
9780226384429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Rose, Deborah Bird; van Dooren, Thom; Chrulew, Matthew. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAF; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178815
ISBN
9780231178815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. This second edition includes new chapters covering such applications as capacitance measurements, single-cell PCR measurements, whole-cell recording from brain slices in combination with imaging techniques, and patch clamping. Editor(s): Sakmann, Bert; Neher, Erwin. Num Pages: 722 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVN; PSAN; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
730
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd ed. 1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441912305
ISBN
9781441912305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 421.05

Paperback. What is life? Fifty years after physicist Erwin Schrodinger posed this question in his celebrated and inspiring book, the answer remains elusive. In The Way of the Cell, one of the world's most respected microbiologists draws on his wide knowledge of contemporary science to provide fresh insight into this intriguing and all-important question. Num Pages: 320 pages, numerous line drawings and 1 table. BIC Classification: PSA; PSD; PSF; PSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195163384
ISBN
9780195163384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
A Bradford Book
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262526661
ISBN
9780262526661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 429 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNC; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 3rd ed. 2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441931863
ISBN
9781441931863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.83

Hardcover. The most authoritative cognitive neuroscience text is also the most accessible. Editor(s): Gazzaniga, Michael S.; Mangun, George R. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 87 color illus., 183 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JMM; JMR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 221 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2804.
Publisher
A Bradford Book
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
fifth edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262027779
ISBN
9780262027779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.79
€ 215.49

Paperback. Intends to dismantle objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer babies, and cloning and makes an ethical case for biotechnology that is both forthright and rigorous. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148168
ISBN
9780691148168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Vijver, Gertrudis van de; Salthe, Stanley N.; Delpos, Manuela. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HP; PHS; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048151035
ISBN
9789048151035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 222.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Jansen, Martin; Judas, Michael; Saborowski, Joachim. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RGW; TQ; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642628047
ISBN
9783642628047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Macedo, Stephen; Ober, Josiah. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169163
ISBN
9780691169163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. Looks inside this landscape of digital scientific work. This title chronicles the emergence of bioinformatics - the mode of working across and between biology, computing, mathematics, and statistics - from the 1960s to the present, seeking to understand how knowledge about life is made in and through virtual spaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: MBF; PDX; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226080208
ISBN
9780226080208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. This classic text continues to provide the basis for understanding genetic principles behind quantitative differences, and extends these concepts to the segregation of genes that cause genetic variation in quantitative traits. Num Pages: 480 pages, tables, references, glossary, index. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
Benjamin Cummings
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582243026
ISBN
9780582243026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.76

Paperback. Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread in search of hiccups, coughs, yawns, sneezes, and other lowly, undignified, human behaviors. Our earthiest instinctive acts bear the imprint of our evolutionary origins and can be valuable tools for understanding how the human brain works and what makes us different from other species. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JHMP; JMM; PSAN; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674284135
ISBN
9780674284135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.77

Hardback. This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory for policy-making. It includes several case studies of how these points of departure inform our knowledge of policy. Editor(s): Somit, Albert; Peterson, Steven A. Series: Research in Biopolitics. Num Pages: 253 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; PSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780528205
ISBN
9781780528205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chivian, Eric; Bernstein, Aaron. Num Pages: 568 pages, numerous colour illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; PSA; PSX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 288 x 226 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
566
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195175097
ISBN
9780195175097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.54

Paperback. This strategy, derived from Newtonian mechanism, is embodied in reductionism: break what is complicated into simpler pieces, understand the pieces themselves, and reconstruct organisms from this understanding. In Life Itself, Robert Rosen argues that such a view is neither necessary nor sufficient to answer the question. Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems. Num Pages: 285 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428. A Comprehensive Inquiry into the Nature, Origin, and Fabrication of Life. Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems. 285 pages, Illustrations. This strategy, derived from Newtonian mechanism, is embodied in reductionism: break what is complicated into simpler pieces, understand the pieces themselves, and reconstruct organisms from this understanding. In Life Itself, Robert Rosen argues that such a view is neither necessary nor sufficient to answer the question. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PSA. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight: 428.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
285
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075657
ISBN
9780231075657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

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