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Life sciences: general issues

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Life sciences: general issues

Paperback. In 1837 a young Charles Darwin took his notebook, wrote "I think" and then sketched a rudimentary, stick-like tree. Each branch of Darwin's tree of life told a story of survival and adaptation adaptation of animals and plants not just to the environment but also to life with other living things. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
7th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470674826
ISBN
9780470674826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.61

Paperback. A journey through the history, biology, and culture of the misunderstood cormorant Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: PSAF; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611686999
ISBN
9781611686999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; MMZR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925228779
ISBN
9781925228779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Contains everything you need to know about the development and survival of life on Earth. This book includes detailed comparative anatomy, evolutionary legacies, and the breakthrough theories of eminent scientists. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1000 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 253 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1808.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500291733
ISBN
9780500291733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. .
Publisher
Elsevier Health Sciences
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416062226
ISBN
9781416062226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634632546
ISBN
9781634632546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 238.58
€ 177.63

Hardback. Illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology - biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. This title addresses various aspects of this subject at a global level - including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria - in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Editor(s): Simberloff, Daniel; Rejmanek, Marcel. Series: Encyclopedias of the Natural World. Num Pages: 792 pages, 400 color illustrations, 58 tables. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 223 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2798. Series: Encyclopedias of the Natural World. 792 pages, Illustrations, maps. Editor(s): Simberloff, Daniel; Rejmanek, Marcel. Illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology - biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. This title addresses various aspects of this subject at a global level - including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria - in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF; RNC. Dimension: 279 x 223 x 49. Weight: 2798.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
792
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520264212
ISBN
9780520264212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.25
€ 78.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198739913
ISBN
9780198739913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.50

Paperback. The presenter of the BBC's The Incredible Human Journey takes us on a tour around our bodies and into the past to uncover the evolutionary secrets hidden in all of us. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Heron Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848664791
ISBN
9781848664791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 213. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608467273
ISBN
9781608467273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.38

Hardback. Trees were central to Henry David Thoreau's creativity as a writer, his work as a naturalist, his thought, and his inner life. This book explores Thoreau's deep connections to trees: his keen perception of them, the joy they gave him, the poetry he saw in them, his philosophical view of them, and how they fed his soul. Num Pages: 248 pages, 102 b/w images. BIC Classification: DQ; PSAF; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294042
ISBN
9780520294042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.03

Paperback. Zooplankton are critical to the vitality of estuaries and coastal waters. This edition takes on a tour of the miniature universe of zooplankton, including early developmental stages of familiar and diverse shrimps, crabs, and fishes. It details the behavior, morphology, and coloration of these tiny aquatic animals. Illustrator(s): Fylling, Marni. Num Pages: 472 pages, 140, 110 black & white plates, 30 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QSA; PSAF; PSVS; PSVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421406183
ISBN
9781421406183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.33

Paperback. Builds an argument for evolutionary adaptation as the force behind all life on earth. Regarding evolution's complex achievements as peaks on a metaphorical mountain, this book reveals the ways in which the theory of natural selection can precisely explain the beautiful, bizarre and seemingly 'designed' complexity of living things. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141026176
ISBN
9780141026176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardcover. A review of methods for analyzing fMRI data, with mathematical outlines of how each works. Num Pages: 198 pages, 29 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521868266
ISBN
9780521868266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.93

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
€ 39.50

Paperback. Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being. Illustrator(s): Van Loon, Borin. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KTG0012761
ISBN
9781840466362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being. Illustrator(s): Van Loon, Borin. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007758
ISBN
9781840466362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A new partnership of biologists and mathematicians is picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw fresh light on the behaviour of entire organisms, how they interact and how changes in biological diversity affect the planet's ecological balance. The author explores these and whole range of pertinent issues. Editor(s): Davey, John. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Serpents Tail
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682056
ISBN
9781846682056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Sean Carroll explores how evolution has shaped nature's wondrous complexity and diversity, from insects to octopuses, from mice to men. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849160483
ISBN
9781849160483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 37. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553214635
ISBN
9780553214635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.22

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