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Life sciences: general issues
Hardback. Editor(s): Engels, Bettina; Dietz, Kristina. Series: Development, Justice and Citizenship. Num Pages: 273 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; KNAT; PSAF; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137588104
- ISBN
- 9781137588104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.18
€ 161.18
hardcover. Rapid advances in cognitive neuroscience and converging technologies have led to a vigorous ethical and scientific debate over cognitive enhancement for healthy individuals. This book explores these less studied policy and political aspects of cognitive enhancement to focus on the possible forms of government involvement and future research. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137572479
- ISBN
- 9781137572479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.71
€ 71.71
Hardback. Editor(s): Alex, Rayson K.; Deborah, S. Susan. Num Pages: 213 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: APFR; PSAF; RNC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137562234
- ISBN
- 9781137562234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCF; KCP; KJWB; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137558794
- ISBN
- 9781137558794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.19
€ 94.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 182 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; JHB; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137533852
- ISBN
- 9781137533852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.35
€ 116.35
Inquiring into Human Enhancement: Interdisciplinary and International ...
Allouche, Sylvie, Gayon, Jean, Marzano, Miche...
Hardcover. Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clarifying the underlying ambiguities of these debates, and to proposing novel ways of exploring what human enhancement means and understanding what practices, goals and justifications it entails. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; PSAD; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137530066
- ISBN
- 9781137530066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. We have known for over a thousand years that the brain underlies behavioral expression, but effective scientific study of the brain is only very recent. Two things converge in this book: a great respect for neuroscience and its many variations, and a sense of investigation and inquiry demythologized. Think of it as foraging for coherence. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137526724
- ISBN
- 9781137526724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardcover. Does evolution inform the ancient debate regarding the roles that reason and instinct play in how we decide what to do? Evolution and Ethics offers an insightful analysis of four epistemological types of sociobiology which appear in the extant literature, and includes a preliminary analysis of Darwinism itself. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523815
- ISBN
- 9781137523815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. How Creativity Happens In The Brain is about the brain mechanisms of creativity, how a grapefruit-sized heap of meat crackling with electricity manages to be so outrageously creative. It has a sharp focus: to stick exclusively to sound, mechanistic explanations and convey what we can, and cannot, say about how brains give rise to creative ideas. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 figures, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMM; JMR; PSAN; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 251 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501790
- ISBN
- 9781137501790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.81
€ 182.81
Hardcover. This book proposes a new angle on the controversy over evolution as a biological theory, creation as a theological/worldview doctrine and evolutionism, creationism and Intelligent Design theory as social ideologies. Rather than presenting a polemic that will enrage or delight one camp or another, this book proposes that a cease-fire is possible. Num Pages: 117 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; HRAM3; JHBA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137464880
- ISBN
- 9781137464880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Hardcover. Drawing together interview material, medical publications, and first-hand accounts, this book shows that what is being remade in the burgeoning medical field of face transplantation is not only the lives of patients, but also the very ways that state institutions, surgeons, and families make sense of rights, claims for inclusion, and life itself. Num Pages: 82 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; MBS; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452719
- ISBN
- 9781137452719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
Hardback. From Aristotle to Darwin, from ancient teleology to contemporary genealogies, this book offers an overview of the birth and then persistence of Aristotle's framework into modernity, until its radical overthrow by the evolutionary revolution. Translator(s): Sholto-Douglas, Anthony. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137445766
- ISBN
- 9781137445766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardback. Can genetics contribute to improving education for all learners? This book considers how education can benefit from the recent progress in genetically informative research, providing new insights into the origins of individual differences in educational traits. These can range from cognitive abilities to motivation and personality. Editor(s): Kovas, Yulia; Malykh, Sergey; Gaysina, Darya. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; JNC; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137437310
- ISBN
- 9781137437310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Hardcover. Financing Life Science Innovation reviews the literature on venture capital, corporate governance, and life science venturing and presents a study of the Swedish life science industry and the venture capital investors being active in financially and managerially supporting life science start-up firms. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; KJH; KJMV1; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392466
- ISBN
- 9781137392466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Hardcover. During the last century, advances in the life sciences were used in the development of biological and chemical weapons in large-scale state offensive programmes, many of which targeted the nervous system. This study questions whether the development of novel biological and chemical neuroweapons can be prevented as neuroscience progresses. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JWMC; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381811
- ISBN
- 9781137381811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. Shaw addresses the 'ethical turn' in contemporary sociological thinking, by exploring the contribution of sociology and the social sciences to bioethical debates about morality and tissue exchange practices. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137312587
- ISBN
- 9781137312587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardback. The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JHBA; PDA; PDX; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302977
- ISBN
- 9781137302977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.25
€ 138.25
Model Systems of Development and Ageing of the Nervous System
. Ed(S): Vernadakis, Antonia; Privat, Alain M...
Hardback. Editor(s): Vernadakis, Antonia; Privat, Alain M. (Institut de Biologie, Montpellier, France); Lauder, Jean M.; Timiras, Paola S. Num Pages: 516 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2040.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780898388381
- ISBN
- 9780898388381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 268.88
€ 268.88
Hardback. Editor(s): Giuditta, Antonio; Zomzely-Neurath, Claire; Kaplan, Barry B. (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA). Series: Topics in the Neurosciences. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780898388145
- ISBN
- 9780898388145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.94
€ 255.94
Neuroregulation of Autonomic, Endocrine and Immune Systems
. Ed(S): Frederickson, Robert C.A.; Hendrie, ...
Hardback. Editor(s): Frederickson, Robert C.A.; Hendrie, Hugh C.; Hingtgen, Joseph N.; Aprison, Morris H. Series: Topics in the Neurosciences. Num Pages: 601 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1227.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 601
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780898388008
- ISBN
- 9780898388008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 376.23
€ 376.23
Hardback. Proceedings of Symposium on Calcium, Neuronal Function and Transmitter Release, held at International Union of Physiological Sciences, August 28-31, 1984 Editor(s): Rahamimoff, R.; Katz, Bernard S. Series: Topics in the Neurosciences. Num Pages: 612 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780898387919
- ISBN
- 9780898387919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.51
€ 253.51
hardcover. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN; UYQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1986th Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780898382136
- ISBN
- 9780898382136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.66
€ 200.66
Paperback. An introduction to proteomics, which is currently the hottest thing in the biological sciences as it enables scientists to study the protein complement of the genome. Num Pages: 198 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MFN; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 235.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896039926
- ISBN
- 9780896039926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.70
€ 192.70
Hardback. Describes not only the classic methods, but also the various novel techniques for the transfer of large DNAs into the cells of both microbes and animals via large-insert recombinant DNAs. This book provides a variety of methods and applications for functional analysis of DNA-transformed organisms. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896039896
- ISBN
- 9780896039896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.23
€ 129.23