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Processes of Life

Essays in the Philosophy of Biology
John Dupre
$55.00
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Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199691982ISBN10: 0199691983 Investigates fascinating issues arising from the scientific study of life
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Writings on Medicine

Georges Canguilhem, Stefanos Geroulanos, Todd Meyers
$65.00
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Hardback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780823234318ISBN10: 0823234312
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Writings on Medicine

Georges Canguilhem, Stefanos Geroulanos, Todd Meyers
$18.00
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Paperback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780823234325ISBN10: 0823234320
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Breeding

The Human History of Heredity, Race, and Sex
John Waller
$34.95
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Hardback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199239214ISBN10: 0199239215 Tracing the development of our understanding of inheritance from the ancient Greeks to modern genetics
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The Planet in a Pebble

A journey into Earth's deep history
Jan Zalasiewicz
$16.95
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Paperback,  Apr 2012 ISBN13: 9780199645695ISBN10: 0199645698 Explores how geologists reach deep into the past by forensic analysis of even the tiniest amounts of mineral matter, demonstrating and revealing Earth's extraordinary story.
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The End of Discovery

Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable?
Russell Stannard
$16.95
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Paperback,  May 2012 ISBN13: 9780199645718ISBN10: 019964571X This fascinating book highlights the outer limits of scientific understanding, taking readers on an engaging tour of some of the most perplexing issues facing science today
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Evolution Before Darwin

Pietro Corsi
$29.95
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Paperback,  Nov 2012 ISBN13: 9780199565580ISBN10: 0199565589 Pietro Corsi describes the intellectual shifts and political contingencies in England and Continental Europe that led up to Darwin's Origin, and its rapid acceptance.
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