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Life sciences: general issues

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction explains how organisms can 'know' the time and reveals what we now understand of the nature and operation of chronobiological processes. Covering variables such as light, the metabolism, human health, and the seasons, Foster and Kreitzman illustrate how jet lag and shift work can impact on human well-being. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198717683
ISBN
9780198717683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. In What Makes us Human? some of the world's most brilliant thinkers offer their answers to this perennial puzzle, shedding new light on how and why our ancestors produced such clever, talented, and unlikely progeny. Editor(s): Pasternak, Charles. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMR; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 265.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851685196
ISBN
9781851685196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. "Weird indeed, and not a little wonderful."-Nature Num Pages: 330 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 206 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393348262
ISBN
9780393348262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. A thoroughly updated edition of Peter Morin's highly successful Community Ecology, this text incorporates new materials that reflect the recent advances in the dynamic field of community ecology. Num Pages: 424 pages, 210 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405124119
ISBN
9781405124119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.03

Paperback. The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; PDA; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137433091
ISBN
9781137433091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Hardback. Editor(s): He, Hua; Wu, Pan; Chen, Ding-Geng (Din). Series: ICSA Book Series in Statistics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; PBT; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 255 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319412573
ISBN
9783319412573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198743811
ISBN
9780198743811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Drawing on strange and thought-provoking case studies, an eminent neurologist offers unprecedented insight into the evolution of the uniquely human brain. Num Pages: 384 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
357
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340624
ISBN
9780393340624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMP; JMR; PSAJ; PSAK; PSX; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160766
ISBN
9780231160766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Paperback. In accessible, informative language, this book describes stunning discoveries in astronomy and solar system science showing that complex organic compounds, formed in and ejected from old stars, could have played a central role in the origin of life on Earth. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 267 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PNN; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642328015
ISBN
9783642328015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 97 black and white illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KEX0212322
ISBN
9780801483400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 728 pages, 243 color illus., 127 b&w illus., 7 tables. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 206 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1706.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262026734
ISBN
9780262026734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 88.87

Hardback. The Fourth Edition of The Neuron features newly updated chapters and scores of full-color figures, making it an ideal first course in the cell and molecular biology of nerve cells. Num Pages: 600 pages, Yes. BIC Classification: PSAN; PSD; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 246 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1426.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199773893
ISBN
9780199773893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 209.47

Paperback. Editor(s): Chester-Jones, I.; Ingleton, P. M.; Phillips, J. G. Num Pages: 666 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJGD; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1038.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489936196
ISBN
9781489936196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 246.16

hardcover. Covers theory, practice and programming in Bayesian phylogenetics with BEAST. The why, how and what of BEAST 2. Num Pages: 260 pages, 21 b/w illus. 70 colour illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK1; UFM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107019652
ISBN
9781107019652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.40

Paperback. This book is aimed at students taking courses on evolution in universities and colleges. Its approach and its structure are very different from previously-published evolution texts. The core theme in this book is how evolution works by changing the course of embryonic and post-embryonic development. Num Pages: 416 pages, colour illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 191 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405186582
ISBN
9781405186582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.91

Paperback. First book specifically aimed at biologists/ecologists thatexplains how the new freeware statistical package R can be applied to their problems.

This software package is becoming increasingly popular as it ispowerful and free. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1002.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190084
ISBN
9781405190084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.14

Paperback. Presents the author's landmark theory of evolution of species by a process of natural selection, the Origin of Species which is the basis of modern biology and the concept of biodiversity. Num Pages: 992 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099519171
ISBN
9780099519171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The fourth edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of ecology available. Written in a clear, accessible style, it contains over 6,000 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines, and is fully weblinked. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 432 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199567669
ISBN
9780199567669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. This text focuses on alterations of the normal development of a child. It presents a working theory based on what is known of the neurological and cognitive development in the context of evolution of the human species and its brain. Num Pages: 447 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; MJW; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
460
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441912329
ISBN
9781441912329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 282.98

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