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Paperback. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Num Pages: 284 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; PDX; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424. 284 pages, 20 halftones. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; PDX; RBP. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302034
- ISBN
- 9780226302034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302058
- ISBN
- 9780226302058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.65€ 78.49
€ 94.65
€ 78.49
Paperback. Series: TOPA Topics in Paleobiology. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PS; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118455005
- ISBN
- 9781118455005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.23
€ 110.23
Paperback. Examines the ideas and practices of earth scientists throughout the Western world to show how the story of what we call "deep time" was pieced together. This title explores who was responsible for the discovery of the earth's history, and details how the study of the history of the earth helped define a new branch of science called geology. Num Pages: 732 pages, 145 halftones, 34 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2182.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 732
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731131
- ISBN
- 9780226731131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.46
€ 41.99
€ 32.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780273709
- ISBN
- 9781780273709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.33
€ 10.33
Paperback. Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFC; RBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889769
- ISBN
- 9780801889769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph S. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Norway
- Edition
- Number 46
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788200376927
- ISBN
- 9788200376927
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Condition: New
€ 51.15
€ 51.15
Hardback. The Cambrian Period was a critical time in Earth's history during this immense span of time nearly every modern group of animals appeared. This book deals with the life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 432 pages, 28 color illus., 186 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253011824
- ISBN
- 9780253011824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.10€ 59.16
€ 60.10
€ 59.16
Paperback. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph S. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Norway
- Edition
- Number 35
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788200376514
- ISBN
- 9788200376514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.62
€ 64.62
Hardcover. Compiled since the 1960s by the geologist, former oil executive and oil analyst Colin Campbell, this book synthesizes a half-century of critical analysis and data on the status of oil and gas depletion by country, by region and for the world as a whole. Num Pages: 411 pages, 77 black & white illustrations, 379 colour illustrations, 128 black & white tables, 1 col. BIC Classification: GBC; PNV; RBGL; THFG; THFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461435754
- ISBN
- 9781461435754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 430.03
€ 430.03
Hardcover. Editor(s): Baird, Andrew J.; Belyea, Lisa R. Belyea; Comas, Xavier; Reeve, A. S.; Slater, Lee D. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875904498
- ISBN
- 9780875904498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.72
€ 164.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 53 colour illustrations, 56 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: RBGB; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319538433
- ISBN
- 9783319538433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 343.84
€ 343.84
Paperback. This work contains 21 review papers and case studies on carbonate cementation in clastic sequences written by invited specialists on the subject. These papers present wide coverage that enhance knowledge about carbonate cementation in various clastic depositional environments. Editor(s): Morad, Sadoon. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists Series. Num Pages: 528 pages, 283 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGG; RBGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632047772
- ISBN
- 9780632047772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 176.35
€ 176.35
Paperback. Mud-mounds are build-ups of biogenic carbonate sediment and are economically important as hosts of lead-zinc mineralization as well as oil and gas deposits. This book investigates the structure, origin and evolution of carbonate mud-mounds. It reviews the different mechanisms, principally microbial and detrital, of mud-mound formation. Editor(s): Monty, C. L. V.; Bosence, D. W. J.; Bridges, P. H.; Pratt, B. R. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, 339 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB; RBGD; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865429338
- ISBN
- 9780865429338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.45
€ 186.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: RBGG; THF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 262 x 24. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119083573
- ISBN
- 9781119083573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.93
€ 241.93
Paperback. Carbonate rocks (limestones and dolomites) constitute a major part of the geological column and contain not only 60% of the worlda s known hydrocarbons but also host extensive mineral deposits. This book represents the first major review of carbonate sedimentology since the mid 1970a s. Num Pages: 496 pages, 290. BIC Classification: RBGG; RBGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632014729
- ISBN
- 9780632014729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 155.01
€ 155.01
Hardback. The Oligocene and Miocene Epochs comprise the most important phases in the Cenozoic global cooling that led from a greenhouse to an icehouse Earth. Editor(s): Mutti, Marie; Piller, Werner E.; Betzler, Christian. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337914
- ISBN
- 9781444337914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.18
€ 132.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Hughes, Bailey A.; Wagner, Thompson C. Num Pages: 66 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 7. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 66
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629481784
- ISBN
- 9781629481784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.02€ 76.40
€ 110.02
€ 76.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; RBG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177801
- ISBN
- 9780231177801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Berggren, William A.; Couvering, John A. van. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612683
- ISBN
- 9780691612683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.82€ 64.02
€ 82.82
€ 64.02
Hardback. Editor(s): Knez, Martin; Slabe, Tadej. Series: Cave and Karst Systems of the World. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYV; RBGD; TNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 193 x 24. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319212029
- ISBN
- 9783319212029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.55
€ 186.55
Hardback. A comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. It includes taxonomic and systematic revisions of African mammal taxa, compilations of fossil site occurrences, and information regarding paleobiology, phylogeny, and biogeography. It covers primates, including hominins. Editor(s): Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph. Num Pages: 1008 pages, 241 b/w photographs, 102 line illustrations, 21 maps, 81 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 222 x 62. Weight in Grams: 3458.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1008
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257214
- ISBN
- 9780520257214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.38€ 80.37
€ 99.38
€ 80.37
Probably the best-studied stream on earth. The result of unmatched long-term data taken by the Max-Planck outstation in Schlitz from the nearby Breitenbach stream since 1949, the special focus in this handbook and ready reference is on animal and microorganism occurrence and variation, as well as chemical and physical parameters. Editor(s): Wagner, Rudiger; Marxsen, Jurgen; Zwick, Peter; Cox, Eileen J. Num Pages: 694 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; PSAF; RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1442.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 694
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527329526
- ISBN
- 9783527329526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.54€ 185.83
€ 210.54
€ 185.83
Paperback. Series: Topa Topics in Paleobiology. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PS; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118561539
- ISBN
- 9781118561539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43