Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
paperback. According to the idea of intelligent design, nature's complexity is the result of deliberate planning by a supernatural creative force. This book reveals that the flaws of intelligent design are not limited to the biological sciences. Editor(s): Schneiderman, Jill S.; Allmon, Warren D. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031639
- ISBN
- 9780520257597
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
paperback. Expands on Louis Bolk's evolutionary theory and proposes that humans have not descended from apes, but rather that apes have evolved by diverging from a humanlike prototype. Num Pages: 432 pages, 177 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586. Expands on Louis Bolk's evolutionary theory and proposes that humans have not descended from apes, but rather that apes have evolved by diverging from a humanlike prototype. Num Pages: 432 pages, 177 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Adonis Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780932776297
- ISBN
- 9780932776297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
hardcover. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species", this title combines photographs of plants and animals with a concept-based text to express Darwin's greatest discovery to a general audience. Num Pages: 128 pages, 95 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 248 x 19. Weight in Grams: 980. From the library of Ivor Browne. Gift inscription to ffep. Very good copy showing light age and wear. Clean text and images throughout. Dust jacket present and shows light shelfwear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Abrams New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0026127
- ISBN
- 9780810949249
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
The Scars of Evolution. What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins.
What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins
paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear. Dust jacket intact
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Souvenir London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0026041
- ISBN
- 9780285629967
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. New York Times Bestseller From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career. Num Pages: 352 pages, 90 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025963
- ISBN
- 9780871403636
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. An analysis of the achievements of genetics and molecular biology in the 20th century. This study traces the developments made in the "century of the gene", arguing that the advances made from gene to genome require both a new vocabulary and a new beginning in 21st-century genetics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 halftones, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy showing light age and wear. Highlighting throughout text
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press England
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025566
- ISBN
- 9780674008250
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Who are the Jews? Where did they come from? What is the connection between an ancient Jewish priest in Jerusalem and today's Israeli sunbather on the beaches of Tel Aviv? This book answers these questions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151282
- ISBN
- 9780300151282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.89
€ 20.99
€ 16.89
Paperback. The diversity of living forms and the unity of evolutionary processes are the focus of these essays. The collection helps form much of the basis of contempoary undertanding of evolutionary biology. Num Pages: 736 pages, 15 line illustrations, 21 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674271050
- ISBN
- 9780674271050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.33€ 47.79
€ 51.33
€ 47.79
Probably the best-studied stream on earth. The result of unmatched long-term data taken by the Max-Planck outstation in Schlitz from the nearby Breitenbach stream since 1949, the special focus in this handbook and ready reference is on animal and microorganism occurrence and variation, as well as chemical and physical parameters. Editor(s): Wagner, Rudiger; Marxsen, Jurgen; Zwick, Peter; Cox, Eileen J. Num Pages: 694 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; PSAF; RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1442.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 694
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527329526
- ISBN
- 9783527329526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 207.84€ 184.07
€ 207.84
€ 184.07
paperback. The Darwinian theory of evolution is a well-known, well-explored area. But there is one aspect of human life which this theory fails to account for: chance. The author argues that chance was in fact one of the decisive factors in the evolution of life on this planet, and that, with a flip of coin, everything could have been very different indeed. Num Pages: 352 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PSAJ; RBX; WN; WNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099273455
- ISBN
- 9780099273455
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
paperback. Taking us through every stage in our lives, from the womb to falling in love to old age, the author shows that we don't just have brains: we are our brains. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141978239
- ISBN
- 9780141978239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
hardcover. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 47. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857152586
- ISBN
- 9781857152586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 17.36
€ 22.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. Before the "Origin of Species", accepted thinking held that life was the static and perfect creation of God. By a single, systematic argument Darwin called this view into question. This edition includes brief biographies of some of the most important scientific thinkers leading up to and surrounding the "Origin of Species". Illustrator(s): Hirst, Damien. Editor(s): Bynum, William F. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HP; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392. 516pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140439120
- ISBN
- 9780140439120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Hardcover. Series: A Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820347677
- ISBN
- 9780820347677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.61
€ 35.99
€ 31.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820347653
- ISBN
- 9780820347653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.31
€ 35.99
€ 31.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Gianquitto, Tina; Fisher, Lydia. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; GTC; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Univ of Georgia Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820346755
- ISBN
- 9780820346755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.87
€ 46.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBKF; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923984
- ISBN
- 9780939923984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.14
€ 47.99
€ 31.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages, 42 b/w & 31 color illus. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923915
- ISBN
- 9780939923915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.14
€ 47.99
€ 31.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- W. H. Freeman
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716769590
- ISBN
- 9780716769590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.58€ 78.61
€ 80.58
€ 78.61
Hardcover. Widely acclaimed when it first published in 1981, this book has been brought up-to-date with this second edition. Topics covered include synaptic sources, electrode placement, choice of reference, volume conduction, power and coherence, projection of scalp potentials to dura surface, dynamic signatures of conscious experience, and neural networks immersed in global fields of synaptic action. Num Pages: 640 pages, Numerous line illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 179 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 611
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195050387
- ISBN
- 9780195050387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.00
€ 219.00
Texture of the Nervous System of Man and the Vertebrates
Ramon Y Cajal, Santiago. Ed(S): Pasik, Pedro;...
Hardback. An annotated and edited translation of the original Spanish text with the additions of the French version by Pedro Pasik and Tauba Pasik Editor(s): Pasik, Pedro; Pasik, Tauba. Num Pages: 663 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFC; MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 663
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783211832028
- ISBN
- 9783211832028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 327.01€ 319.00
€ 327.01
€ 319.00
Paperback. Addresses many of the issues and concepts associated with the evolution of complex systems. Offering approaches to thermodynamics, information theory, and economic analysis, the author suggests how all of these domains can be brought firmly within what he characterizes as a postneo-Darwinian evolutionary synthesis. Num Pages: 504 pages, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226116167
- ISBN
- 9780226116167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.91
€ 47.99
€ 36.91
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
€ 42.63
€ 42.63
Hardback. Challenges the rigid principalism of contemporary bioethics. This title argues for the fundamental distinction between active and passive euthanasia, for a need to reconceptualize approaches to brain death, and for the right of providers to unilaterally discontinue life support. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403981
- ISBN
- 9780878403981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.42
€ 202.42