Biology, life sciences
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Biology, life sciences
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: BM; JM; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Current Trade
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617230158
- ISBN
- 9781617230158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.94
€ 21.99
€ 16.94
Paperback. On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. The author traces the history of these verdant organisms, which many would call plants, from their ancient beginnings to the diversity of green life that inhabits the Earth today. Num Pages: 576 pages, 121 halftones, 31 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PST; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069777
- ISBN
- 9780226069777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.02
€ 50.02
Paperback. Translator(s): Barfield, Owen. Num Pages: 184 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: HRQC5; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855844070
- ISBN
- 9781855844070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. How did the human brain evolve? Why did it evolve as it did? What is man's place in evolution? This book explores the big ideas about the brain, the nervous system and man's place in history. It reveals how science actually works - the passions, the irrational flashes, the moments of insight; the big ideas that work and turn out to be wrong. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099565734
- ISBN
- 9780099565734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.16
€ 15.99
€ 12.16
Hardcover. The book that every environmentally-responsible gardener needs to understand the science behind plant nutrition and the best ways to make it work sustainably for both their plants and the wider environment. Num Pages: 250 pages, 67 photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: PSTD; WMQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Timber Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 5.5.2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604693140
- ISBN
- 9781604693140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.75
€ 23.99
€ 17.75
Paperback. This work gives an appraisal of the relevance of philosophy to the problems of environmental degradation. The aim of the author is to encourage readers to seek a system which supports deep ecological principles, or an ecosophy, by reassessing the relationship between man and nature. Translator(s): Rothenberg, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PSAD; PSAF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370. Outline of an Ecosophy. 240 pages, line drawings, bibliography, index. This work gives an appraisal of the relevance of philosophy to the problems of environmental degradation. The aim of the author is to encourage readers to seek a system which supports deep ecological principles, or an ecosophy, by reassessing the relationship between man and nature. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PSAD; PSAF; RNT. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight: 380. Translator(s): Rothenberg, David.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521348737
- ISBN
- 9780521348737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.41
€ 52.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; PS. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 299 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Biozone International Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927309254
- ISBN
- 9781927309254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.30
€ 22.30
Hardcover. Like Donald Johanson's Lucy, this first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3B; HDDA; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426218118
- ISBN
- 9781426218118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.14
€ 23.99
€ 16.14
Principles of Animal Physiology: Pearson New International Edition
Moyes, Christopher D., Schulte, Patricia M.
Paperback. Num Pages: 764 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: PSVD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 275 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1728.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 762
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 02nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292026381
- ISBN
- 9781292026381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.08
€ 88.08
Paperback. Provides an overview of how animals run, walk, jump, crawl, swim, soar, hover, and fly. This book introduces energetics and optimality as basic principles. It tackles each of the major modes by which animals move on land, in water, and through air. It explains the mechanisms involved and the physical and biological forces shaping those mechanisms. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 tables. 105 line illus. BIC Classification: PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126340
- ISBN
- 9780691126340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.70€ 74.65
€ 78.70
€ 74.65
Paperback. The extraordinary role of viruses in evolution and how this is revolutionising biology and medicine. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 b/w illus, 32 b/w plates, With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007315123
- ISBN
- 9780007315123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.32
€ 18.99
€ 15.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: MMFM; PSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 245. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 5th edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292160764
- ISBN
- 9781292160764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.70
€ 90.70
Cetacean Paleobiology (TOPA Topics in Paleobiology)
Marx, Felix G., Lambert, Olivier, Uhen, Mark ...
Paperback. Series: Topa Topics in Paleobiology. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PS; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118561539
- ISBN
- 9781118561539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.46
€ 57.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, 270 colour illustrations, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 276 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Publisher
- Garland Science
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815344803
- ISBN
- 9780815344803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.63
€ 71.63
Paperback. Individual plants and animals both draw upon and contribute to the collective memory of their species. This title reinterprets the regularities of nature as being more like habits than immutable laws. Num Pages: 304 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 48029th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848310421
- ISBN
- 9781848310421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.52
€ 16.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226342146
- ISBN
- 9780226342146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.02
€ 50.02
Paperback. Blackmore explores the big questions on the nature of brains, minds, and consciousness, through twenty lively and engaging interviews with some of the best-known personalities from the worlds of science and philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: HPM; JMM; JMR; JMT; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192806239
- ISBN
- 9780192806239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.08
€ 14.99
€ 12.08
Hardcover. Knowledge of the evolutionary history of birds has much improved in recent decades. Fossils from critical time periods are being described at unprecedented rates and modern phylogenetic analyses have provided a framework for the interrelationships of the extant groups. Series: TOPA Topics in Paleobiology. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVW6; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 253 x 20. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119020769
- ISBN
- 9781119020769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.21
€ 85.21
Paperback. Offers author's own experience as an autistic person alongside remarkable new discoveries about the autistic brain, as well as genetic research. This book highlights long-ignored sensory problems as well as the need to treat autism symptom by symptom, rather than with an umbrella diagnosis. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; MJNA; PSAN; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Rider
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044496
- ISBN
- 9781846044496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.42
€ 18.99
€ 14.42
Hardcover. Honeybees make decisions collectively - and democratically. This book reveals that these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. It presents an account of scientific discovery. It investigates how evolution has honed the decision-making methods of honeybees over millions of years. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 color illus. 30 halftones. 26 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSVP; PSVT7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147215
- ISBN
- 9780691147215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.70
€ 32.99
€ 28.70