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Paperback. Chronicles the diverse and often astonishing defensive strategies that have allowed insects, spiders, scorpions, and other many-legged creatures not just to survive, but to thrive. Num Pages: 384 pages, 350 color illustrations, 150 chemical formulas. BIC Classification: PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024038
- ISBN
- 9780674024038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Hardback. Presents the account of a major order of arachnids featuring more than 6,000 species worldwide, familiar in North America as daddy-longlegs, but known scientifically as the Opiliones, or harvestmen. This book also provides a synthesis of what is known about these relatives of spiders, focusing on issues in systematics and evolutionary ecology. Editor(s): Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo; Machado, Glauco; Giribet, Gonzalo. Num Pages: 608 pages, 64 halftones, 52 line illustrations, 20 tables. BIC Classification: PSVT6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 203 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023437
- ISBN
- 9780674023437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.33€ 160.48
€ 180.33
€ 160.48
Hardback. Traces the path of electricity through early American culture, exploring how the relationship between human, natural, and divine powers was understood in the 18th Century. This book offers a view of the origins of American science and the cultural meaning of the American Enlightenment. It talks about the revolutionary New World of wonder. Num Pages: 378 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022997
- ISBN
- 9780674022997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Among seals and piglets, storks and burying beetles, in bird nests and beehives, from apples to humans, family conflicts can be deadly serious, determining who will survive and who will perish. Parents sometimes play favourites or even kill their young. This book talks about this disturbing side of family dynamics in the natural world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022485
- ISBN
- 9780674022485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
CD-ROM. Barry Bolton's "New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World" was the first attempt to collect all taxonomic decisions for ants. Expanding on Bolton's work, this book incorporates the taxonomic papers on various ant species and includes a CD, which allows every species to be linked to the primary citation and to relevant taxonomic literature. Num Pages: col. BIC Classification: GBC; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 127 x 147 x 5. Weight in Grams: 48.
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021518
- ISBN
- 9780674021518
CD
Condition: New
€ 86.80€ 78.88
€ 86.80
€ 78.88
Paperback. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 tables, 6 charts. BIC Classification: KNDH; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018051
- ISBN
- 9780674018051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. Combining anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world, Waldbauer weaves a colorful picture of beneficial insect life on Earth. 30 halftones. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016323
- ISBN
- 9780674016323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.10
€ 37.99
€ 32.10
Hardcover. Based primarily on personal papers and correspondence that have remained in the possession of Smith's family, this is a biography of Theobald Smith, widely considered to be America's first significant medical scientist and a leading comparative pathologist. Num Pages: 704 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MMFM; PSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012202
- ISBN
- 9780674012202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.53
€ 52.99
€ 44.53
Paperback. Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and ourselves. Our reproductive biology unites us as a species, but it has also been an important engine of our evolution. This text tells the story of human reproduction and its evolution. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011120
- ISBN
- 9780674011120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
Hardcover. This title is a basic guide to the cosmic frontier - about black holes in the centres of galaxies, about the way some galaxies cannibalize each other, about the vast differences between galaxies and the remarkable new evidence regarding dark energy and the cosmic expansion. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 colour illustrations, 61 halftones, 56 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 258 x 30. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010796
- ISBN
- 9780674010796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Hardcover. How did the telegraph, a new and revolutionary form of communication, affect diplomats, who tended to resist change? This study, based on multinational research, examines the critical impact of the telegraph on the diplomacy of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: JPSD; PDR; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010352
- ISBN
- 9780674010352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.47€ 55.91
€ 60.47
€ 55.91
Paperback. In this study of the history of statistics, which begins with probability theory in the 17th century, Alain Desrosieres shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009691
- ISBN
- 9780674009691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.56
€ 53.99
€ 45.56
Paperback. This text provides a detailed account of a predator-prey relationship involving two primates. It explores how predation by wild chimpanzees has influenced the behaviour, ecology and demography of a population of red colobus monkeys. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 halftones, 58 line illustrations, 37 tables. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007222
- ISBN
- 9780674007222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Insects that are the least bit social may gather in modest groups, like the dozen or so sawfly larvae feeding on a pine needle. Why these insects get together and what they get out of their associations are questions considered in this look at group behaviour and social lives of an array of bugs. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVT7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006867
- ISBN
- 9780674006867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Hardcover. Found in southern India, Ropalidia marginata is a primitively eusocial wasp - a species in which queens and workers do not differ morphologically. This book argues that understanding such species is crucial to tracing the evolution of the greater degrees of sociality of other species. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone, 74 line illustrations, 28 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006119
- ISBN
- 9780674006119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.63€ 90.07
€ 99.63
€ 90.07
Hardcover. Species of the genus Pheidole are the most abundant and diverse ants of the New World and range from the northern US to Argentina. In this text, Edward O. Wilson untangles its classification, time, characterising all 625 known species, and ordering them into 19 species groups. Num Pages: 818 pages, 1 color illustration insert, 650 fine line illustrations, 5 tables, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 310 x 241 x 53. Weight in Grams: 3006.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 818
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002937
- ISBN
- 9780674002937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.32€ 166.85
€ 199.32
€ 166.85
Hardcover. This volume, subtitled Fisheries, focuses on a wide range of topics, including the history of fisheries science, methods of capture, marketing, economics, major models used in stock assessments and forecasting, ecosystem impacts, marine protected areas and conservation. Editor(s): Hart, Paul J. B.; Reynolds, John D. Num Pages: 424 pages, 103. BIC Classification: KNAF; PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064823
- ISBN
- 9780632064823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.82
€ 238.82
Paperback. The construction process has come under intense scrutiny in recent times and this is set to continue as building owners and users demand better value for money from a more sustainable built environment. The construction sectora s actors are responding to the challenges implicit in this drive for greater competitiveness and social responsibility. Editor(s): Atkin, Brian; Borgbrant, Jan; Josephson, Per-Erik. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40. BIC Classification: TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064625
- ISBN
- 9780632064625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.06
€ 133.06
Hardcover. In the second book to feature in the SDT series Fermented Milks reviews the properties and manufacturing methods associated with products such as yoghurt, buttermilk, kefir, koumiss milk-based fermented beverages and many other examples from around the globe, offering the reader a practically-oriented and user-friendly guide. Editor(s): Tamime, A. Y. Series: Society of Dairy Technology Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 90 illustrations. BIC Classification: TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064588
- ISBN
- 9780632064588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.83
€ 252.83
Hardcover. A significant addition to the literature on gas turbine technology, the second edition of Gas Turbine Performance is a lengthy text covering product advances and technological developments. Num Pages: 664 pages, 10. BIC Classification: TGBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 189 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064342
- ISBN
- 9780632064342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.52
€ 144.52
Paperback. aeo written by authors with key involvement in Eco--labelling registration aeo an exciting new development for international fisheries management aeo core information for all fisheries professionals aeo of wide interest to conservationists, ecologists and environmental scientists. Editor(s): Phillips, Bruce; Ward, Trevor; Chaffee, Chet. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3. BIC Classification: KNAF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064229
- ISBN
- 9780632064229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.96
€ 121.96
Hardcover. The impact of pollution on fisheries and the potential health implications of eating contaminated fish are areas of considerable concern for the fishing and aquaculture communities, government bodies and the general public. Pollution, as well as over fishing, may well be contributory to recent serious declines in global fish stocks. Editor(s): Lawrence, A. J.; Hemingway, Krystal. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064069
- ISBN
- 9780632064069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.62
€ 228.62
Paperback. aeo first update since 1983 -- major developments in construction management since then aeo other textbooks concentrate on the management of projects -- this deals with managing a contractora s business aeo well established text with well known authors aeo first edition published by Longman Pearson 0--852--30522--5. Num Pages: 392 pages, 228. BIC Classification: KJM; KNJ; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064021
- ISBN
- 9780632064021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.72
€ 75.72
Paperback. aeo provides tools to identify the factors relevant to development of an initial project organisation structure aeo shows how to assess the significance of an individual factor in the operation of a structure aeo looks at criteria for designing structures within an organisation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17. BIC Classification: KJMP; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 182 x 16. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632063932
- ISBN
- 9780632063932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.85
€ 108.85