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Earth sciences
paperback. An accessible exploration of Earth's evolution and the underlying physical and chemical principles, for students, professionals and general readers. Num Pages: 164 pages, 30 b/w illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 272. Its Birth and Growth. 164 pages, 30 b/w illus. 10 tables. An accessible exploration of Earth's evolution and the underlying physical and chemical principles, for students, professionals and general readers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: RB. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107600768
- ISBN
- 9781107600768
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.36
€ 45.99
€ 41.36
paperback. Invaluable assessment for anyone interested in climate extremes, environmental disasters and adaptation to climate change including policymakers, the private sector and academic researchers. Editor(s): Field, Christopher B.; Barros, Vincente; Stocker, Thomas F.; Dahe, Qin. Num Pages: 592 pages, 40 colour illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: RBP; RNT; RNU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 279 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1658. Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 592 pages, col. ill., tables. Editor(s): Field, Christopher B.; Barros, Vicente; Stocker, Thomas F.; Dahe, Qin. Invaluable assessment for anyone interested in climate extremes, environmental disasters and adaptation to climate change including policymakers, the private sector and academic researchers. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: RBP; RNT; RNU. Dimension: 217 x 279 x 27. Weight: 1658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107607804
- ISBN
- 9781107607804
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€ 67.68€ 66.46
€ 67.68
€ 66.46
paperback. A cutting-edge introduction to coastal wetlands and their applications, for students on related earth and life science courses and researchers. Num Pages: 364 pages, 194 b/w illus. 30 colour illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: RBKC; RGBF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 822.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107628250
- ISBN
- 9781107628250
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€ 54.84€ 54.45
€ 54.84
€ 54.45
Paperback. This advanced textbook, first published in 2006, examines developments in regional climatology and global climates. Num Pages: 358 pages, 63 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: RBP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 684.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107668379
- ISBN
- 9781107668379
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Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10
paperback. A textbook designed for students taking a course in natural hazards with an Australasian focus and context. Editor(s): Goff, James; Freitas, Chris de. Num Pages: 282 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 256 x 14. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107682597
- ISBN
- 9781107682597
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Condition: New
€ 73.32
€ 73.32
paperback. A unique, thought-provoking journey from early humans' evolutionary response to climate change to today's global crisis, for students and the general reader. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: RBP; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444. Climate Change and Human Evolution. 272 pages, 14 b/w illus. 3 tables. Unique, thought-provoking journey from early humans' evolutionary response to climate change to today's global crisis, for general reader and students. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: RBP; RNPG; RNT. Dimension: 207 x 153 x 15. Weight: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107694736
- ISBN
- 9781107694736
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.17
€ 43.99
€ 39.17
paperback. In 1830-33, Charles Lyell laid the foundations of evolutionary biology with Principles of Geology, a pioneering book that Charles Darwin took with him on the Beagle. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science. Num Pages: 1999 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 224 x 90. Weight in Grams: 2054.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108001342
- ISBN
- 9781108001342
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Condition: New
€ 135.24
€ 135.24
Paperback. Charles Lyell profoundly influenced Charles Darwin with this pioneering research on the Earth's changing surface, climate and species adaptation. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108001366
- ISBN
- 9781108001366
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Condition: New
€ 43.02
€ 43.02
Paperback. Explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Yellow River in China to Central Europe's Danube, this book shows us how pollution, such as in the Ganges and in the Ob of Siberia, has affected biodiversity in the water. Num Pages: 368 pages, 64 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: RBG; RBKF; WNCS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514. Environmental Change on Ten of the World's Great Rivers. 368 pages, 64 halftones, 1 line drawing. Explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Yellow River in China to Central Europe's Danube, this book shows us how pollution, such as in the Ganges and in the Ob of Siberia, has affected biodiversity in the water. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: RBG; RBKF; WNCS2. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007601
- ISBN
- 9780226007601
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.64
€ 35.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226019680
- ISBN
- 9780226019680
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Condition: New
€ 63.29€ 53.20
€ 63.29
€ 53.20
Paperback. A survey of the entire ecological history of life on land--from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the beginning of human agriculture. Num Pages: 588 pages, 31 line drawings, 9 maps, 7 haltones, 21 tables. BIC Classification: RBX; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 34. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041551
- ISBN
- 9780226041551
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Condition: New
€ 57.54€ 48.48
€ 57.54
€ 48.48
Paperback. Histories of the Darwinian revolution have often paid more attention to theoretical debates than to the researchers who struggled to comprehend the deeper evolutionary significance of fossils. This is an account of evolutionary morphology and its relationship with palaeontology and biogeography. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 530 pages, 35 halftones, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PSAJ; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069227
- ISBN
- 9780226069227
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Hardcover. Reconsidering the fossil speculation, the museum displays, and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness, this work takes us back to the birth of dinomania, the modern obsession with all things Jurassic. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; GM; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074726
- ISBN
- 9780226074726
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Condition: New
€ 92.06€ 75.68
€ 92.06
€ 75.68
Paperback. Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists. Num Pages: 280 pages, Fr. BIC Classification: RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080437
- ISBN
- 9780226080437
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.05
€ 51.99
€ 40.05
Hardcover. Questions of national identity have long dominated China's political, social, and cultural horizons. This title uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFN; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226090405
- ISBN
- 9780226090405
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.90
€ 53.99
€ 41.90
Hardcover. Every decade since 1950 has seen more floods and more wildfires on every continent. Deserts are expanding, coral reefs are dying, fisheries are declining, and hurricanes are strengthening. Global warming has made the Earth sick. This book delivers a diagnosis and a prescription. Num Pages: 352 pages, 118 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092041
- ISBN
- 9780226092041
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. Originally published anonymously in 1844, "Vestiges" was the first attempt to connect the natural sciences to a history of creation. This volume includes Chambers's earliest works on cosmology, an essay on Darwin and an autobiographical essay. It also features a new introduction by James Secord. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; PSAJ; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 848.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100739
- ISBN
- 9780226100739
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.70
€ 47.99
€ 36.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages, viii, 100 p. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 226.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226102207
- ISBN
- 9780226102207
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.20
€ 27.99
€ 22.20
Hardcover. Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This title explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226111810
- ISBN
- 9780226111810
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Condition: New
€ 92.06€ 75.47
€ 92.06
€ 75.47
Hardcover. From cave paintings to the latest Siberian finds, woolly mammoths have fascinated people across the world for centuries. In this volume the large mammal is reconstructed through its history in science, myth and popular culture. Translator(s): Rodarmor, William. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 halftones, 46 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112923
- ISBN
- 9780226112923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.79
€ 46.99
€ 35.79