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Life sciences: general issues
Paperback. The Eden Project's Biomes, the world's largest conservatories, are the symbol of a living theatre of plants and people and their interdependence, of regeneration and of a forum for the exploration of possible futures. This book tells the story of the Eden Project, of its conception, design and construction, and personalities who made it happen. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; PSAF; RNKH; WMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Eden Project Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Updated, Anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909513075
- ISBN
- 9781909513075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. What do we think about when we think about human evolution? This book explores our scientific narrative of human origins - the study of evolution - and examines its cultural elements and theoretical foundations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 b/w. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285828
- ISBN
- 9780520285828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, this title examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 halftones, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDX; PSAK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226084688
- ISBN
- 9780226084688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
Paperback. This book is intended as an introductory text for students studying a wide range of courses concerned with animal management, zoo biology and wildlife conservation, and should also be useful to zookeepers and other zoo professionals. It is divided into three parts. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405193504
- ISBN
- 9781405193504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Hardback. From rice to lotus leaves to dragonfly wings, this book explores a variety of natural surfaces, their scientific characteristics, and their unique engineering potential, demonstrating that engineering applications can be found in unexpected places. Editor(s): Lee, Michelle. Num Pages: 163 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 58 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAF; TBN; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319031248
- ISBN
- 9783319031248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. "A project of the Council for Responsible Genetics." Editor(s): Krimsky, Sheldon; Sloan, Kathleen. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 illus; 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430. Science, Myth and Culture. 304 pages. Editor(s): Krimsky, Sheldon; Sloan, Kathleen. "A project of the Council for Responsible Genetics.". Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP; PSAK. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight: 432.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156974
- ISBN
- 9780231156974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Influencing Darwin, Tennyson and Dickens among others, Lyell's "Principles" was an ambitious attempt to forge links between observable causes - volcanoes, earthquakes, rivers, tides and storms - and the current state of the earth. This edition has an introduction by Jim Secord. Num Pages: 528 pages, b&w maps and diagrams. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DNF; DSBF; PSAJ; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435283
- ISBN
- 9780140435283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Hardback. Challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. This book argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts. It shows how the recursive mind was critical to survival in the harsh conditions of the Pleistocene epoch. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. 9 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFD; HPM; JMAQ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145471
- ISBN
- 9780691145471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, Peter G.; Timmerman, Peter. Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 recorded music items, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCN; PSAF; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173438
- ISBN
- 9780231173438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
Paperback. Offers the possibility to become permanently less stress-prone, to break bad habits, to improve our collaboration. Relaying the story of his own transformational experience as well as including the stories of others who try to describe an event that is truly indescribable, the author brings a paradigm for deep and lasting change. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Hay House UK Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781807071
- ISBN
- 9781781807071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.71
€ 19.71
Hardback. Growing from the seafloor and extending along the ocean surface in lush canopies, giant kelp provides an extensive vertical habitat in a largely two-dimensional seascape. This book provides a discussion of kelp species and forest ecology worldwide, with considerations of human uses and abuses, management and conservation, and more. Num Pages: 416 pages, 95 b/w illus., 5 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSPM; RNC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278868
- ISBN
- 9780520278868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.86€ 58.34
€ 74.86
€ 58.34
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 39. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375751462
- ISBN
- 9780375751462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.36
€ 15.36
Paperback. A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written Num Pages: 800 pages, integrated B&W diagrams and images; 4x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 50. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474606455
- ISBN
- 9781474606455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Applies molecular diagnostics to the advances in polymerase chain reaction(PCR)-based technologies. This book highlights real-time PCR, which allows the technique to be performed in a quantitative manner with sensitivity, robustness, and resilience to carry over contamination, mass spectrometric analysis of nucleic acids, and others. Editor(s): Lo, Y.M. Dennis. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588293480
- ISBN
- 9781588293480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Paperback. Rev. ed. of: Genetics / G.I. Hickey, H.L. Fletcher, and P. Winter. 3rd ed. 2007. Series: Instant Notes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 black & white tables, 150 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415693141
- ISBN
- 9780415693141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Paperback. Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691174679
- ISBN
- 9780691174679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.99
€ 30.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198804369
- ISBN
- 9780198804369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 line illus. BIC Classification: MBNH; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160634
- ISBN
- 9780691160634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. * The acclaimed book on Darwin's life and work, from one of our best-known and loved scientists Num Pages: 352 pages, Integrated: 10, chapter heads. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Abacus London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121413
- ISBN
- 9780349121413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. Series: The Ladybird Expert Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 120 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718186289
- ISBN
- 9780718186289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.76
€ 11.76
Paperback. Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altruism? This book explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for social exchange, offering a lucid and persuasive argument about the paradox of human benevolence. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: JF; JMA; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd England
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140244045
- ISBN
- 9780140244045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Hardback. Diving beetles are fast becoming important models for aquatic ecology, world biogeography, population ecology, and animal sexual evolution and, with this book, the diversity of the group is finally accessible. Num Pages: 336 pages, 861, 556 black & white line drawings, 5 colour illustrations, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420547
- ISBN
- 9781421420547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.71€ 133.60
€ 149.71
€ 133.60
Hardback. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489975805
- ISBN
- 9781489975805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.87
€ 117.87
Hardback. Editor(s): Van Rysewyk, Simon. Num Pages: 401 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; MMBP; MMJ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319490212
- ISBN
- 9783319490212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.18
€ 229.18