Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
paperback. In these engaging tales describing the growth of knowledgeabout the brain -- from the early Egyptians and Greeks to the Dark Agesand the Renaissance to the present time -- Gross attempts to answer thequestion of how the discipline of neuroscience evolved into its modernincarnation through the twists and turns of history. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 273 pages, 50. BIC Classification: MJN; PDX; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000504
- ISBN
- 9780262571357
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€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. In 1846, Charles Darwin has a secret: an essay, sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer, which will overturn human understanding of time and nature forever. Now he must publish and take the consequences. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000537
- ISBN
- 9780571216093
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€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This work gives an appraisal of the relevance of philosophy to the problems of environmental degradation. The aim of the author is to encourage readers to seek a system which supports deep ecological principles, or an ecosophy, by reassessing the relationship between man and nature. Translator(s): Rothenberg, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PSAD; PSAF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000564
- ISBN
- 9780521348737
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€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ago, most life on earth--including the dinosaurs--perished. Editor(s): Glen, William. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 521. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000784
- ISBN
- 9780804722865
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Intelligent Design Theory (IDT) was responsible for the 17th century's Scientific Revolution. Evolution, derives from ancient, even pagan, ideas about our rootedness in nature and the transience of various life forms. What happened to reverse these two movements' fortunes? This work provides an understanding of this debate. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035826
- ISBN
- 9781840468045
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Series: Interventions. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 44. Weight in Grams: 946. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035844
- ISBN
- 9780802848383
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and naturalists. Soon thereafter it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of biology. In this book, the authors offer a succinct cultural history of the scientific concept of heredity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035848
- ISBN
- 9780226545707
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. What is Life? To answer this question, Denis Noble argues that we must look beyond the gene's eye view. For modern 'systems biology' considers life on a variety of levels, as an intricate web of feedback between gene, cell, organ, body, and environment. He shows how it is both a biologically rigorous and richly rewarding way of understanding life. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HP; MFG; PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035916
- ISBN
- 9780199228362
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Offers a historical reconstruction of the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s. This book argues that the evolutionary synthesis was part of a larger process of unifying the biological sciences. It suggests that the drive to unify the sciences of evolution and biology was part of a global philosophical movement toward unifying knowledge. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036060
- ISBN
- 9780691033433
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. A fascinating record of one of the most famous journeys ever made. Editor(s): Keynes, Richard Darwin. Num Pages: 500 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 730. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035627
- ISBN
- 9780521003179
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. In this highly acclaimed book, Ospovat shows that Darwin's views changed radically from his first formulation of evolution to the publication of the full theory in 1859. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 61. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035673
- ISBN
- 9780521238182
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Professor Gerald Esch has already published two books in what is becoming an informal series of essays exploring the way that discoveries about the biology of parasites have influenced ecological and evolutionary theories over a career that has spanned nearly 50 years. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSGH; PSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 257 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118874677
- ISBN
- 9781118874677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.54
€ 89.54
paperback. This fresh collection of essays, drawn from a broad range of disciplines, brings neglected cognitive, anthropological, and historical dimensions to philosophical debates over species. Editor(s): Wilson, Robert A. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 349 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036384
- ISBN
- 9780262731232
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Darwinism Evolving: Systems Dynamics and the Genealogy of Natural Sele...
Depew, David J. J.; Weber, Bruce H.
paperback. Darwinism Evolving examines the Darwinian research tradition in evolutionary biology from its inception to its turbulent present, arguing that recent advances in modeling the nonlinear dynamics of complex systems may well catalyze the next major phase of Darwinian evolutionism. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 602 pages, 11. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1271. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036390
- ISBN
- 9780262540834
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. The history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 472 pages, 29 half-tones. BIC Classification: MBX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 572. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036644
- ISBN
- 9780804734172
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 718 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JMC; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1124. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036685
- ISBN
- 9780226712000
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
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. Editor(s): Secord, James. 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. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036700
- ISBN
- 9780140435283
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Bioinformatics: Sequence, Structure and Databanks: A Practical Approac...
. Ed(S): Higgins, Des; Taylor, Willie
paperback. Bioinformatics covers a range of important topics to users of modern bioinformatics techniques including analysis of structures as well as sequences. Editor(s): Higgins, Des; Taylor, Willie. Series: Practical Approach Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, numerous line figures. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 16. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199637904
- ISBN
- 9780199637904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.22
€ 110.22
hardcover. An examination of longstanding foundational controversies in the philosophy of ecology. Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 605. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037361
- ISBN
- 9780521804325
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Why does the human brain insist on interpreting the world and constructing a narrative? This title shows how our mind and brain accomplish the amazing feat of constructing our past - a process clearly fraught with errors of perception, memory, and judgment. Num Pages: 263 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRM; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036650
- ISBN
- 9780520224865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00