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paperback. Comprehensive review of hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, for practitioners and scientists. Editor(s): Bonell, Michael; Bruijnzeel, L. A. (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam). Series: International Hydrology Series. Num Pages: 943 pages, 455 b/w illus. 12 colour illus. 120 tables. BIC Classification: RBKF; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 320 x 203 x 74. Weight in Grams: 2474.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 943
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521123983
- ISBN
- 9780521123983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.66
€ 101.66
paperback. From his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873-1963), spending most of it searching for fossils - and sometimes oil - in every corner of the globe. This book discloses the details about his life and travels. Num Pages: 384 pages, 44 b/w photographs, 9 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: BGT; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520272613
- ISBN
- 9780520272613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 25.22
€ 39.99
€ 25.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Carter, Wilfred. Num Pages: 69 pages. BIC Classification: PNT; PNV; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634637916
- ISBN
- 9781634637916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.48€ 99.25
€ 133.48
€ 99.25
Paperback. One of the greatest mysteries in reconstructing the history of life on Earth has been the apparent absence of fossils dating back more than 550 million years. This work tells the story of the origins and earliest evolution of life and how that story has been unearthed. It is aimed at those interested in the origins of life on Earth. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8 color plates 80 halftones 68 line illus. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088648
- ISBN
- 9780691088648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.30
€ 50.99
€ 36.30
hardcover. The first systematic overview of double-diffusive convection, providing both fundamental theory and real-world examples for researchers, professionals and graduate students. Num Pages: 344 pages, 151 b/w illus. 15 colour illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521880749
- ISBN
- 9780521880749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.06
€ 99.06
hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, full-colour photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: RBGB; WMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781603586580
- ISBN
- 9781603586580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.99€ 19.45
€ 99.99
€ 19.45
Hardcover. A textbook designed for use in university courses on the subject and as a reference book for practitioners and students. It describes the physical properties of soils and how these properties affect agriculture and the environment. It includes definitions of useful terms and concepts. It offers discussion of soil-plant water relationships. Num Pages: 421 pages, 0. BIC Classification: RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813820873
- ISBN
- 9780813820873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.40
€ 126.40
Covering a vast array of scientific fields and recent discoveries, this book tracks a remarkable substance in its liquid, solid, and gaseous states as it cycles through the seas, the atmosphere, land, icecaps and under the earth. Robert Kandel describes what we humans are doing to the water cycle and the climate and explains where we are heading. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; PDZ; PHVG; RBGL; RBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122443
- ISBN
- 9780231122443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.72
€ 129.72
hardcover. This state-of-the-art compendium, combining theory with practical examples, looks at the entire biochar supply chain. Editor(s): Bruckman, Viktor J.; Apaydin Varol, Esin; Uzun, Basak B.; Liu, Jay. Num Pages: 125 pages, 94 b/w illus. 22 colour illus. 37 tables. BIC Classification: RBGB; RNPG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107117099
- ISBN
- 9781107117099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.16
€ 141.16
Hardcover. Editor(s): Seidov, Dan; Haupt, Bernd J; Maslin, Mark A (University College London). BIC Classification: PHVG; RBKC; RNPG; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875909851
- ISBN
- 9780875909851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.46
€ 73.46
Paperback. A study of the stratigraphical occurrences of non-ammonoid cephalopods in the Late-Silurian-Middle Devonian. It collects more than 2000 cephalopod specimens from a section in the Tafilalt of south-east Morocco. It includes 16 plates and 23 text-figures. Series: Special Papers in Palaeontology. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187701
- ISBN
- 9781405187701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.59
€ 75.59
Paperback. For most of history, people trusted mythology or religion to provide an answer to the pressing question of the earth's age. This title tells the fascinating story of how scientists and philosophers examined those clues and from them built a chronological scale that has made it possible to reconstruct the history of nature itself. Translator(s): Venerella, John. Num Pages: 481 pages, 12 halftones, 27 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 481
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226712888
- ISBN
- 9780226712888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.55
€ 25.99
€ 21.55
Hardback. Earth is the only planet known to have fire. The reason is both simple and profound: fire exists because Earth is the only planet to possess life as we know it. Fire is an expression of life on Earth and an index of life s history. Few processes are as integral, unique, or ancient. Num Pages: 434 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 194 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119953579
- ISBN
- 9781119953579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.91
€ 219.91
Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive and methodologically rigorous analysis of earthquake occurrence. Models based on the theory of the stochastic multidimensional point processes are employed to approximate the earthquake occurrence pattern and evaluate its parameters. The Author shows that most of these parameters have universal values. Series: Wiley Works. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118637920
- ISBN
- 9781118637920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.64
€ 177.64
Hardback. Sweeping research on the frozen continent of Antarctica is yielding insights of global importance. Num Pages: 232 pages, 158 colour images + 5 black-&-white illustrations, with 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; RBGD; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 212 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187007
- ISBN
- 9780300187007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.98
€ 50.99
€ 36.98
Paperback. This book is the first to set out a coherent set of principles that underpin geobiology, and will act as a foundational text that will speed the intellectual dissemination of those principles. Editor(s): Knoll, Andrew H.; Canfield, Don E.; Konhauser, Kurt O. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PS; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187527
- ISBN
- 9781405187527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 598 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615752
- ISBN
- 9780691615752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.41
€ 147.41
Hardcover. * Covers the most up-to-date research and latest developments on computer vision * Wide range of topics discussed, including colorimetry, color vision, photometric invariance, all with clear applications to computer vision * FTP site with source code of algorithms, links to data sets from the text . Series: Wiley-IS&T Series in Imaging Science and Technology. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470890844
- ISBN
- 9780470890844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.46
€ 133.46
Hardcover. The importance of continuous research into Seismic Design for Engineering Plant can never be underestimated. Earthquake disaster prevention is an area requiring ingenious solutions to its unique problems. The benefits of sharing information from developments in this field are also of vital importance. This book discusses about this topic. Editor(s): Ealing, Chris; MacFarlane, John. Num Pages: 214 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: RBC; TH; TNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860583643
- ISBN
- 9781860583643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.88
€ 236.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Benn, Keith; Mareschal, Jean-Claude (Universit?? du Qu??bec, Montr??al Universite du Quebec, Montreal Universite du Quebec, Montreal Universite du Quebec, Montreal Universite du Quebec, Montreal Universite du Quebec, Montreal Universite du Quebec, Montreal Universite du Quebec, Montreal); Condie, Kent C. Series: Geophysical Monograph. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: PHVG; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875904290
- ISBN
- 9780875904290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.78
€ 112.78
Hardcover. An updated edition of the classic work on the inorganic chemistry of soils. With its companion volume, Humus Chemistry, forms a complete, advanced-level treatment of both organic and inorganic aspects of soil chemistry. Revised to keep pace with the latest developments in the field. Provides more in-depth treatment of all topics. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471320715
- ISBN
- 9780471320715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.97
€ 233.97
Paperback. Offers an inside look at how meteorologists and forecasters predict the weather. Through field observation and interviews, this work shows that weather forecasts are often shaped as much by social and cultural factors inside local offices as they are by approaching cumulus clouds. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249537
- ISBN
- 9780226249537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Hardcover. Editor(s): Montclaire, Korin L. Num Pages: 431 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: RBGL; THFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 186 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 431
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604560121
- ISBN
- 9781604560121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.14€ 153.78
€ 230.14
€ 153.78
Paperback. Covers properties of subsurface materials, types of foundations and methods of construction, selection of foundation type and basis for design, and design of foundations and earth-retaining structures. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: RBGB; TNCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471675853
- ISBN
- 9780471675853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 252.29€ 231.62
€ 252.29
€ 231.62