Science & Technology

Extinction and Phylogeny

Michael Novacek (Ed.)

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.

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Publication date: 1992
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: 0th Edition
Number of pages: 253
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SKU: V9780231074384
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The Camel and the Wheel

Richard Bulliet

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.

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Publication date: 1990
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: Reprint
Number of pages: 327
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SKU: V9780231072359
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Our Universes

Sir Denys Wilkinson

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.

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Publication date: 1991
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: First Edition
Number of pages: 213
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SKU: V9780231071840
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The Black Skimmer: Social Dynamics of a Colonial Species

Joanna Burger

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.

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Publication date: 1990
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: 1st Edition.
Number of pages: 355
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SKU: V9780231071062
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Regulating Reproduction

Robert H. Blank

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.

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Publication date: 1992
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: 0th Edition
Number of pages: 272
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SKU: V9780231070171
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In Vitro Fertilization: Building Policy from Laboratories to Legislatu...

Andrea L. Bonnicksen

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.

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Publication date: 1991
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages: 194
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SKU: V9780231069052
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Describing Species: Practical Taxonomic Procedure for Biologists

Judith Winston

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.

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Publication date: 2000
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: 1st Edition
Number of pages: 512
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SKU: V9780231068253
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Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind

Tyler Volk

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.

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Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: First Edition
Number of pages: 296
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SKU: V9780231067508
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The Natural History Reader in Animal Behavior

Howard Topoff (Ed.)

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.

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Publication date: 1987
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages: 245
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SKU: V9780231061599
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Technology, the Economy, and Society: The American Experience

Joel Colton (Ed.)

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.

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Publication date: 1987
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages: 287
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SKU: V9780231059640
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Human Evolution: A Philosophical Anthropology

Mary Maxwell

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.

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Publication date: 1984
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: 1St Edition
Number of pages: 374
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SKU: V9780231059466
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Human Culture: A Moment in Evolution

Theodosius Dobzhansky

Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.

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Publication date: 1992
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages: 175
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Human Culture: A Moment in Evolution

Theodosius Dobzhansky

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.

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Publication date: 1983
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: 1ST
Number of pages: 175
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SKU: V9780231056328
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The Compromised Scientist: William James in the Development of America...

Daniel W. Bjork

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.

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Publication date: 1983
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: First Edition
Number of pages: 221
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SKU: V9780231055000
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By Jupiter: Odysseys to a Giant

Eric Burgess

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.

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Publication date: 1982
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: 1st, Date Same on Title & Copyright Page
Number of pages: 155
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SKU: V9780231051767
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To the Red Planet

Eric Burgess

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.

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Publication date: 1978
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Edition: First edition.
Number of pages: 181
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SKU: V9780231043922
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A Handbook of Biological Illustration

Frances W. Zweifel

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.

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Publication date: 1988
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition: 1st Edition
Number of pages: 152
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The Intended and Unintended Effects of U.S. Agricultural and Biotechno...

Joshua S. Graff Zivin

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.

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Publication date: 2012
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages: 312
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SKU: V9780226988030
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Essential Results of Functional Analysis

Robert J. Zimmer

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.

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Publication date: 1990
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition: 1st Edition
Number of pages: 168
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SKU: V9780226983387
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The Seven Day Circle

Eviatar Zerubavel

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 16figs. BIC Classification: PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.

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Publication date: 1989
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages: 220
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SKU: V9780226981659
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