Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
Paperback. Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrodinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' Scientists have puzzled over it ever since. Addy Pross uses insights from the new field of systems chemistry to show how chemistry can become biology, and that Darwinian evolution is the expression of a deeper physical principle. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PN; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784791
- ISBN
- 9780198784791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.35
€ 16.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Clarke, Adela E.; Fujimura, Joan H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603421
- ISBN
- 9780691603421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.48
€ 113.48
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199376025
- ISBN
- 9780199376025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.81
€ 85.81
Paperback. This biography of Charles Darwin attempts to capture the private unknown life of the real man - the gambling and gluttony at Cambridge, his gruelling trip round the globe, his intimate family life, worries about persecution and thoughts about God. Num Pages: 864 pages, 32pp b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 856
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140131925
- ISBN
- 9780140131925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.08
€ 25.99
€ 18.08
Paperback. Named by Sigmund Freud as 'one of the ten most significant books' ever written, Darwin's "Descent of Man" continues to shape the way we think about what it is that makes us uniquely human. In this book, the authors call for a radical re-assessment of the book, arguing that its core ideas on race were fired by Darwin's hatred of slavery. Num Pages: 864 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436310
- ISBN
- 9780140436310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: GTR; HPM; JMAF; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158312
- ISBN
- 9780231158312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Hardback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: GTR; HPM; JMAF; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158305
- ISBN
- 9780231158305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.20
€ 147.20
Paperback. Provides a non-technical overview of the research in the areas of genetics, hormones, brain imaging, neuropsychology, environmental influences, and more, focusing on explaining what we currently know about the biological foundations for this disorder and offering insights into prediction, intervention, and prevention. Series: Psychology and Crime. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JMM; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814745441
- ISBN
- 9780814745441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.55
€ 37.99
€ 30.55
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sofo, Adriano. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: PSAK1; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634821520
- ISBN
- 9781634821520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.43€ 141.60
€ 189.43
€ 141.60
Hardcover. Editor(s): Matsumoto, Akio; Nakano, Mai. Num Pages: 327 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: MFN; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 269 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607416951
- ISBN
- 9781607416951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.82€ 138.66
€ 204.82
€ 138.66
Hardcover. Considerable attention has been focused recently on the potential role of human drug metabolites in drug safety and on how to provide a risk assessment for these molecules using preclinical safety models. Editor(s): Nassar, Ala F. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470504789
- ISBN
- 9780470504789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.15
€ 186.15
Hardback. Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world. Translator(s): Weiss, Giselle. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: JMAQ; JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088955
- ISBN
- 9780674088955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.93
€ 47.99
€ 39.93
Hardcover. Throughout the Southern Hemisphere, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? More generally, why are species found where they are across the Earth? This narrative describes a new theory of how species dispersal occurred through ocean crossings. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465020515
- ISBN
- 9780465020515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.54
€ 29.99
€ 25.54
Hardcover. 'Music, Evolution, and the Harmony of Souls' demonstrates the evolutionary sociobiological importance of music as a driver of cooperative and interactive behaviour throughout human existence, and what this evolutionary imperative means to twenty-first century humanity and beyond, from social and medical/neurological perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; JMH; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 182 x 27. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198786856
- ISBN
- 9780198786856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.11
€ 71.11
Hardcover. How do we know that species change? Has there really been enough time for evolution to operate? This title details the evidence for evolution. It covers different levels of evolution, from within-species changes, which are much less challenging to see and believe, to much larger ones, say, from fish to amphibian, or from land mammal to whale. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 halftones, 27 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226723808
- ISBN
- 9780226723808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Paperback. How do we know that species change? Has there really been enough time for evolution to operate? This title details the evidence for evolution. It covers different levels of evolution, from within-species changes, which are much less challenging to see and believe, to much larger ones, say, from fish to amphibian, or from land mammal to whale. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 halftones, 27 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226723822
- ISBN
- 9780226723822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49
Paperback. Linking the evidence of the past with that of the present, this illustrated guide examines the evolution of the mammalian fauna of Africa over the course of more than 30 million years of primate presence. It also covers such topics as the physical evolution of the African continent and the biological evolution of its mammalian fauna. Num Pages: 304 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; PSAJ; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578. An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large Mammal Fauna. 304 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. Linking the evidence of the past with that of the present, this illustrated guide examines the evolution of the mammalian fauna of Africa over the course of more than 30 million years of primate presence. It also covers such topics as the physical evolution of the African continent and the biological evolution of its mammalian fauna. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; PSAJ; PSVW7. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 16. Weight: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119450
- ISBN
- 9780231119450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. Mechanisms in Transcriptional Regulation provides a concise discussion of the fundamental concepts in transcription and its regulation. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 179 x 13. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405103701
- ISBN
- 9781405103701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.99
€ 95.99
Paperback. Offers an original way to integrate spiritual and scientific views of human evolution. This work offers an alternative to the way we think about our origins: random mutation (mechanistic neo-Darwinism), Genesis (God did it all personally), and Intelligent Design (God personally does what we can't otherwise account for). Num Pages: 245 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HREZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192600
- ISBN
- 9781845192600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.48
€ 39.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Parkis, Albert G. Num Pages: 157 pages, tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594545368
- ISBN
- 9781594545368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.16€ 63.73
€ 91.16
€ 63.73
Paperback. This work is a broad history of the growing field of bioethics. Covering the period 1947-1987, it examines the origin and evolution of the debates over human experimentation, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, termination of life-sustaining treatment, and new reproductive technologies. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBX; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195171471
- ISBN
- 9780195171471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.08
€ 96.08
Paperback. This imaginative exploration into living with soul is based of Rudolf Steiner's research into the senses, and offers a lucid introduction to spiritual psychology. Translator(s): Cornelis, Jakob K. Series: Social Ecology & Change. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRQC; JMM; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Hawthorn Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869890759
- ISBN
- 9781869890759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.07
€ 19.99
€ 16.07
Hardback. This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory for policy-making. It includes several case studies of how these points of departure inform our knowledge of policy. Editor(s): Somit, Albert; Peterson, Steven A. Series: Research in Biopolitics. Num Pages: 253 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; PSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780528205
- ISBN
- 9781780528205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.23
€ 213.23
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780124079083
- ISBN
- 9780124079083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.32
€ 96.32