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Hardcover. Focusing on insects, this volume introduces the hearing research community and entomologists on the ways that insects detect and process sounds. It provides reviews of the behavior, physiology, mechanics and biophysics of insect hearing. It gives the reader insight into insect hearing as well as applications to other animal models. Editor(s): Hoy, Ronald; Popper, Arthur N.; Fay, Richard R. Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN; PSVD; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387946825
- ISBN
- 9780387946825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.08
€ 201.08
Paperback. What can a brain scan, or our reaction to a Caravaggio painting, reveal about the deep seat of guilt? How can reading Heidegger, or conducting experiments on rats, help us to cope with anxiety in the face of the world's economic crisis? This title takes us on a journey through our everyday lives and most common emotions. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778817
- ISBN
- 9780552778817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Hardback. Series: Fascinating Life Sciences. Num Pages: 297 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 43 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTD; RNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 2. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319392363
- ISBN
- 9783319392363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
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€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Ecosystem ecology sees living organisms, including people and the elements of their environment, as part of a single integrated system. The comprehensive coverage in this textbook examines the central processes at work, including their freshwater components. Illustrator(s): Chapin, M. C. Num Pages: 529 pages, 202 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations, 36 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1211.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 529
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441995032
- ISBN
- 9781441995032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.15
€ 210.15
Paperback. "Includes link to 'Brain Rules' film"--Cover. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Pear Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780983263371
- ISBN
- 9780983263371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. An essential textbook for any biologist needing to design experiments, sample programs or analyse the resulting data. Num Pages: 553 pages, 125 b/w illus. 85 tables. BIC Classification: PBW; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1188. 556 pages, 125 b/w illus. 85 tables. An essential textbook for any biologist needing to design experiments, sample programs or analyse the resulting data. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PBW; PSA. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 26. Weight: 1060.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 556
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521009768
- ISBN
- 9780521009768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.99
€ 80.99
Paperback. Goodbye, genetic blueprint.. The first book for general readers on the game-changing field of epigenetics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: MFN; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393342284
- ISBN
- 9780393342284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
€ 17.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. There is no such thing as an average person, we are all genetically and biologically unique. But when sperm meets egg, our characteristics are not locked in stone. This work argues that bad genes do not necessarily cause disease by themselves, and nutrition and environment can alter the outcome. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK; VFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879838935
- ISBN
- 9780879838935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.94
€ 31.99
€ 22.94
Hardback. Editor(s): McCleery, Robert A.; Moorman, Christopher; Peterson, M. Nils. Num Pages: 406 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 29 colour illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNF; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 27. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489974990
- ISBN
- 9781489974990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.95
€ 151.95
Paperback. Weaves the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs Series: In Vivo S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 177 x 22. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990958
- ISBN
- 9780295990958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.59
€ 37.99
€ 36.59
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€ 22.51
€ 30.99
€ 22.51
Paperback. Argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human development but, rather, developmental products and the developmental processes that produce them. This title shows that what developmental information" does depends on what is already in place and what alternatives are available. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; JMA; JMC; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324669
- ISBN
- 9780822324669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 4 halftones. 10 line illus. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157016
- ISBN
- 9780691157016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. The first book to discuss milk from a comparative and evolutionary perspective, Power and Schulkin's masterpiece reveals the rich biological story of the common thread that connects all mammals. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21, 7 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBNH3; PSAJ; PSVH; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 262 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420424
- ISBN
- 9781421420424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.36
€ 90.36
Hardcover. Offers a comprehensive presentation of the discipline of neuroscience, from molecules to cognition. This book builds from an introductory section that includes fundamental neuroanatomy and covers cellular and molecular neuroscience, development, sensory systems, motor systems, regulatory systems, and behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. Editor(s): Squire, Larry R.; Berg, Darwin; Bloom, Floyd E., MD; du Lac, Sascha; Ghosh, Anirvan; Spitzer, Nicholas C. Num Pages: 1152 pages, Approx. 650 illustrations (350 in full color). BIC Classification: MJN; PSAN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 225 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2510. 1152 pages, Approx. 650 illustrations (350 in full color). Editor(s): Squire, Larry R.; Berg, Darwin; Bloom, Floyd E.; du Lac, Sascha; Ghosh, Anirvan; Spitzer, Nicholas C. Offers a comprehensive presentation of the discipline of neuroscience, from molecules to cognition. This book builds from an introductory section that includes fundamental neuroanatomy and covers cellular and molecular neuroscience, development, sensory systems, motor systems, regulatory systems, and behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: MJN; PSAN. Dimension: 284 x 225 x 41. Weight: 2528.
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Number of pages
- 1152
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780123858702
- ISBN
- 9780123858702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.00
€ 114.00
Paperback. Student-focused, robust teaching package, with a strong illustration programme, now including references to software and databases and two new chapters. Num Pages: 644 pages, 6 b/w illus. 45 tables. BIC Classification: PSAK; RNK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1372. 642 pages, 6 b/w illus. 45 tables. Student-focused, robust teaching package, with a strong illustration programme, now including references to software and databases and two new chapters. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PSAK; RNK. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 30. Weight: 1340.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 644
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521702713
- ISBN
- 9780521702713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.33
€ 78.33
Paperback. What are the biomedical boundaries of acceptable treatment for those not able to give informed consent? Who gets to decide when a patient cannot communicate their desires and needs? This book answers these questions. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRAM3; HRCM; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626162433
- ISBN
- 9781626162433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.76
€ 48.76
Paperback. "Tangled Trees" presents various methodological and theoretical approaches, ranging from the parsimony approach to 'jungles' and Bayesian statistical models. This volume will be of interest to researchers in a wide variety of fields from parasitology to evolutionary biology. Editor(s): Page, Roderic D.M. Num Pages: 378 pages, 24 tables, 4halftones, 101line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226644677
- ISBN
- 9780226644677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Where did our search to understand life come from? And where will it take us? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KRA0008550
- ISBN
- 9780349139906
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99