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Hardback. Provides a comprehensive listing of all currently accepted generic names of seed plants and all synonyms found in the modern literature, with approximately 16,000 genera and over 500 families treated separately. Editor(s): Takhtadzhian, A.L. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; PST; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078924
- ISBN
- 9780231078924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.88€ 111.93
€ 147.88
€ 111.93
Hardback. Which species can be saved, when all cannot? This book provides critical tools for finding answers to the systematic biology. Editor(s): Eldredge, Niles. Num Pages: 220 pages, 31 figures. BIC Classification: PSAB; RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075282
- ISBN
- 9780231075282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.81€ 64.07
€ 82.81
€ 64.07
Hardback. Comprising research papers in evolutionary and systematic biology, this text encompasses chapters concerning the recovery of information from living biota, and takes into account the limitations of sampling and the steady rate of contemporary extinction of taxa. Editor(s): Novacek, Michael J.; Wheeler, Quentin. Num Pages: 253 pages, 14 tables, 94 figures. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PST; PSV; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074384
- ISBN
- 9780231074384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.37€ 76.31
€ 99.37
€ 76.31
Paperback. Why, for many centuries, was the wheel abandoned in the Middle East in favor of the camel as a means of transport? This richly illustrated study explains this anomaly. Drawing on archaeology, art, technology, anthropology, linguistics, and camel husbandry, Bulliet explores the implications for the region's economic and social development during the Middle Ages and into modern times. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; TVH; WNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072359
- ISBN
- 9780231072359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardback. Expanded from a February 1989 lecture at Brookhaven National Laboratory, noted physicist Wilkinson romps through modern astrophysical cosmology, contending that we create a multitude of conceptual universes many incompatible in order to try to make sense of peculiar things that happen, like life. An Num Pages: 213 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071840
- ISBN
- 9780231071840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.73
€ 104.11
€ 79.73
Hardback. Studies the benefits and costs of group living as illustrated by colonies of the gull-like seabird on salt marshes and sandy beaches of the east coast of North America. Examines such behavior as predator detection and defense, and competition for mates, nesting sites, and food. The observation of 30 Num Pages: 355 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071062
- ISBN
- 9780231071062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 86.12
€ 112.39
€ 86.12
Paperback. This study examines the social context and current state of reproductive mediating technologies, such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, DNA probes and sterilization. It also explores the impact of this technology on the concepts of family and parenthood. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD; MFKC; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231070171
- ISBN
- 9780231070171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Examines 2 different and often opposing worlds of in vitro fertilization: the public's political, legal and ethical concerns surrounding the technique, and the personal, pragmatic world of the individual patients who come to the centers seeding a cure for infertility. This book provides a objective analysis which answers many perplexing questions. Num Pages: 194 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: MFKC1; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069052
- ISBN
- 9780231069052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. A basic practical manual for the process of describing new species, this desperately needed desk reference and guide to nomenclatural procedure and taxonomic writing serves as a Strunk & White of species description, covering both botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDC; PSAB; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231068253
- ISBN
- 9780231068253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.67
€ 59.15
€ 46.67
Hardback. In the interdisciplinary tradition of Buckminster Fuller's work, Gregory Bateson's Mind and Nature, and Fritjof Capra's Tao of Physics, Metapatterns embraces both nature and culture, seeking out the grand-scale patterns that help explain the functioning of our universe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231067508
- ISBN
- 9780231067508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Essays discuss migration, courtship, the care of young, camouflage, hunting techniques, and symbiotic relationships. Num Pages: 245 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231061599
- ISBN
- 9780231061599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 287 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; J; KC; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059640
- ISBN
- 9780231059640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 85.82
€ 112.39
€ 85.82
Hardback. This book is both an introduction and an original contribution to a study of the major evolutionary events, from the orgin of life to the emerence of the human mind. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059466
- ISBN
- 9780231059466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.68€ 101.49
€ 133.68
€ 101.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 175 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFCX; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231056328
- ISBN
- 9780231056328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.68€ 101.57
€ 133.68
€ 101.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 221 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; P. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231055000
- ISBN
- 9780231055000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 85.82
€ 112.39
€ 85.82
Hardback. Traces the history of scientific research on the planet Jupiter from the observations of Galileo to the explorations of the Pioneer and Voyager space probes. Num Pages: 155 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st, Date Same on Title & Copyright Page
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231051767
- ISBN
- 9780231051767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 85.89
€ 112.39
€ 85.89
Hardback. An account of the 1976 Viking expedition to Mars describes the spacecraft and its instruments, the journey itself, and the mission's results. Num Pages: 181 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231043922
- ISBN
- 9780231043922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 86.12
€ 112.39
€ 86.12
Paperback. Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing. Num Pages: 152 pages, 11 halftones, 57 line drawings. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226997018
- ISBN
- 9780226997018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.01
€ 31.99
€ 25.01
Hardback. Using economic models and empirical analysis, this title examines a range of agricultural and biofuel policy issues with regard to their effects on American agricultural and agrarian insurance markets. Editor(s): Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Perloff, Jeffrey M. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 312 pages, 47 line drawings, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN; TCB; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226988030
- ISBN
- 9780226988030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.12€ 97.14
€ 117.12
€ 97.14
Paperback. Series: Chicago Lectures in Mathematics. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226983387
- ISBN
- 9780226983387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.85
€ 32.99
€ 25.85