Nocturnal Animals
Clive Roots
Examines how nocturnal animals live
and explains their highly developed
senses that enable them to survive in
the dark, as well as their behaviour and
adaptations to avoid ....
264 pages,
hardcover | 2006 | £36.99 | approx.
$70/55
Bioluminescence
Chemical Principles and Methods
Osamu Shimomura
This book, written by a distinguished
scientist in the field, provides a
comprehensive overview of the
biochemical aspects of all luminous
organisms currently known. It is the ....
500 pages,
hardcover | NYP 11/2006 | £51 |
approx. $96/76
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Biology: Animal & General Biology
Aglow in the Dark
The Revolutionary Science of Biofluorescence
Vincent Pieribone and David Gruber
In the early 1960s, in a small shack on the Washington coast, a young, self-educated Japanese
scientist performed an experiment to determine what made a certain jellyfish ....
263 pages | 33 colour illus, 14 halftones
| Harvard UP
Hbk | 2006 | 0674019210 | #154597A |
£16.95
Amazing Numbers in Biology
Rainer Flindt
With hundreds of tables and over 10,000 entries anyone who works or studies in the life
sciences or those with a curious mind will find exact answers to many questions ....
296 pages | 12 illus | Springer
Pbk | 2006 | 3540301461 | #157829A |
£19.95
Biology
Neil A Campbell and Jane B Reece
New edition of Campbell and Reece's classic biological text. ....
1247 pages | Col photos, b\w photos,
col illus, b\w illus, figs, tabs | Benjamin-
Cummings
Pbk | 2005 | 0321269845 | #150644A |
£47.99
Developmental Biology
Scott F Gilbert
The Eighth Edition of Developmental Biology expands its coverage of the mechanisms of
development, the roles that environmental factors play in development, the medical ....
751 pages | 777 illus | Sinauer
Hbk | 2006 | 087893250X | #159022A |
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Doctor Dolittle's Delusion
Animals and the Uniqueness of Human Language
Stephen R Anderson
Dr Dolittle had it wrong, says the author of this fascinating book: animals cannot use language.
Stephen Anderson explains the difference between communication and language, ....
368 pages | 68 illus | Yale UP
Pbk | 2006 | 0300115253 | #158409A |
£12.99
Essential Forensic Biology
Animals, Plants and Microorganisms in Legal Investigations
A. Gunn
This book provides a concise, accessible introduction to the essentials of forensic biology for
undergraduate students. The book finally fills the gap for a resource, which ....
304 pages | - | Wiley
Hbk | 2006 | 0470012765 | #158852A |
£70.00
Pbk | 2006 | 0470012773 | #158851A |
£24.95
Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual
Natural Histories
Marty Crump and Alan Crump
Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories celebrates the
extraordinary world of animals with essays on curious creatures and their amazing ....
207 pages | 108 line drawings, 1 table |
Chicago UP
Hbk | 2006 | 0226121992 | #154531A |
£16.00
In the Beat of a Heart
Life, Energy, and the Unity of Nature
John Whitfield
For centuries, scientists have dreamt of discovering an underlying unity to nature. Science now
offers powerful explanations for both the dazzling diversity and striking ....
280 pages | - | Joseph Henry Press
Hbk | 2006 | 0309096812 | #161244A |
£16.99
Insect-Plant Biology
Louis M Schoonhoven, Joop JA Van Loon and Marcel Dicke
New edition of this key text, first published by Chapman & Hall in 1997. ....
421 pages | 213 line illus, 11 halftones,
2pp colour plates | OUP
Hbk | 2006 | 019852594X | #154613A |
£75.00
Pbk | 2006 | 0198525958 | #154614A |
£34.95
Introducing Biological Rhythms
Willard L Koukkari and Robert B Sothern
Subtitled `A Primer on the Temporal Organization of Life, with Implications for Health, Society,
Reproduction, and the Natural Environment.' ....
445 pages | 225 colour & b/w illus |
Springer
Pbk | 2006 | 1402036914 | #156787A |
£50.00
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Rhythms of Life
The Biological Clocks that Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing
Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman
The entire natural world exhibits rhythms, related to internal biological clocks. They impose a
structure that enable changes in behaviour in relation to the time of day, ....
276 pages | Figs | Profile Books
Hbk | 2004 | 1861972350 | #146327A |
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Pbk | 2005 | 1861975716 | #152340A |
£9.99
Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain
Separating fact from fiction
Edited by Sergio Della Sala
Does listening to Mozart make us more intelligent?; Is there such a thing as a gay gene?; Does
the size of the brain matter?; Does the moon influence our behaviour?; Can ....
396 pages | 43 figures; 16 black & white
photos | OUP
Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0198568762 |
#160204A |
£85.00
Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0198568770 |
#160203A |
£29.95
Why Pandas Do Handstands
and Other Curious Truths About Animals
Augustus Brown
South American rats settle arguments by boxing. Tuna fish sunbathe and herring communicate
with each other by breaking wind. Llamas hum to each other, elephants ....
320 pages | Bantam Press
Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0593056930 |
#160810A |
£9.99
Why Size Matters
From Bacteria to Blue Whales
John Tyler Bonner
John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a
completely new perspective on the role of size in biology. In his hallmark friendly ....
176 pages | 35 line illus, 1 table |
Princeton UP
Hbk | 2006 | 0691128502 | #160387A |
£9.95
Biology: Animals: General
Behavioral Endocrinology
Edited by JB Becker, SM Breedlove, D Crews and MM McCarthy
Good introduction to the study of hormones, their effect on cells and their impact on behaviour.
The second edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent developments ....
775 pages | B/w illus, figs, tabs | MIT
Press
Hbk | 2002 | 0262025116 | #131509A |
£35.95___Comparative_Cognition_Experimental_Explorations_of_Animal_Intelligence'>£87.95
Pbk | 2002 | 0262523213 | #131508A |
£35.95
Comparative Cognition
Experimental Explorations of Animal Intelligence
Edited by Edward A Wasserman and Thomas R Zentall
In 1978, Hulse, Fowler and Honig published Cognitive Processes in Animal Behavior, an edited
volume that was a landmark in the scientific study of animal intelligence. It ....
720 pages | 52 halftones, 261 line illus |
OUP
Hbk | 2006 | 0195167651 | #160537A |
£73.00
Hibernation
Clive Roots
Examines those animals that cannot migrate and are forced to remain in a habitat that is
inhospitable, and consequently sleep deeply for weeks or months. This unique trait, ....
264 pages | Greenwood Press
Hbk | 2006 | 0313335443 | #161498A |
£36.99___The_Illustrated_Encyclopedia_of_Animals_of_Africa,_Britain_and_Europe'>£36.99
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals of Africa, Britain
and Europe
Tom Jackson
The divide between Europe and Africa is only a few short miles and the two continents support
an extraordinary array of animal life across huge distances. Narwhals live in ....
256 pages | 120 col photos, 756
illustrations | Lorenz Books
Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0754817156 |
#163028A |
£14.99
Integrated Principles of Zoology
Cleveland Hickman, Larry S Roberts, Allan Larson and Helen L'Anson
Provides a comprehensive, revised treatment of animal form, function, diversity and evolution.
It is considered the standard by which other texts are measured and features ....
882 pages | Col photos, 1161 col illus |
Wm C Brown
Pbk | 2006 | 0071115943 | #152653A |
£42.99
Nocturnal Animals
Clive Roots
Examines how nocturnal animals live and explains their highly developed senses that enable
them to survive in the dark, as well as their behaviour and adaptations to avoid ....
264 pages | Greenwood Press
Hbk | 2006 | 031333546X | #161499A |
£36.99
Principles of Animal Locomotion
R McNeill Alexander
Provides an up-to-date overview of how animals run, walk, jump, crawl, swim, soar, hover, and
fly. Excluding only the tiny creatures that use cilia, it covers all animals ....
371 pages | Figs, tabs | Princeton UP
Hbk | 2003 | 0691086788 | #133783A |
£35.95
Pbk | 2006 | 0691126348 | #157961A |
£26.95
Biology: Animals: Veterinary Science
Animal and Human Health and Welfare
A Comparative Philosophical Analysis
L Nordenfelt
For many years scientists within human and animal science have extensively discussed the
philosophy of medicine, but never have both sides communicated on their concepts of ....
190 pages | - | CABI (Consignment)
Pbk | 2006 | 1845930592 | #158362A |
£27.50
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