w h freeman and company edition first edition (5 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. First Edition. Heavy wear. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark lime cloth covers, light green title and author lettering to the spine and illustrated front cover, dark lime end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 594 printed pages of text with monochrome charts, diagrams and photographs throughout. Light foxing to the top edge, minimal dust marking to the closed page edges, sun fading to the edges of the end papers and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0716708248 AGRICULTURE & FARMING.

Octavo, black cloth & boards (hardcover), gilt letters, x, 384 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Biology is everywhere: DNA, genetic engineering, deadly viruses, and fertility treatments are just some of the many topics we constantly read and hear about. But how much do most of us really know about the natural world and our place in it? Never before have we heard so much about something we know so little about -- the complexity of life itself. The Mammal in the Mirror is an ideal way to learn about this world and how it makes us who we are. It begins with the small stuff, what biologists call "skin-in": a close-up view of DNA, genes, viruses, and cells; then it moves back a bit to explore the larger systems of human biology: sex and reproduction, the brain and behavior, and energy. Finally, The Mammal in the Mirror takes a look at Homo sapiens from the revealing distance of ecology, evolution, and evolutionary psychology. The result is an accurate, accessible view of ourselves that will enable every reader, regardless of background, to become bioliterate and able to understand the discoveries that make the headlines of today -- and tomorrow. After all, there's no getting around the fact that, ultimately, we are animals -- composed of meat, bones, chemicals, and electric currents -- so we may as well learn what we can. The Mammal in the Mirror is the perfect place to start this fascinating voyage of self-discovery. Science, Natural History, Biology. bslic.

Octavo, gold boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xx, 540 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: In the tradition of such cornerstone works as E. O. Wilson's Sociobiology, The Tanled Wing encompasses all we know about the forces that drive human behavior. Why do we act, and feel, the way that we do? It is genes? Childhood experience? The world around us? In this gracefully written, forcefully argued revision of his now-classic text, Melvin Konner offers the most multidimensional and accessible explication to date of the unseen underpinnings of human nature. Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy. bslic.

Etat : A near fine copy. Pp. xvi, 359, numerous text-figures. Publisher's brown cloth, lettered in red-orange and gilt on front cover and spine, lg 8vo. This book provides a classic introduction on the science of taxonomy and modern methods of classification. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the page edges, front endpapers, and rear endpapers.