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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 272 pages. 9.61x5.91x0.79 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2023. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. both book and jacket are damp marks and stained. jacket is stuck to boards. several other markings. mainly a reference copy.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. boards are shelf rubbed. light marks. clean. well bound. very good copy.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. the jacket is bit edge worn and shelf rubbed. sunned. a little marked. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. the jacket is edge worn and shelf rubbed. a bit marked. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed.Gift inscription.well bound.Very good copy.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780198506195.

Octavo, dustwrapper,272 pp.,black and white illustrations. This book is about evolution, but not its greatest hits. Consider that an elephant will not grow a seventh set of teeth, even though wearing down the sixth will condemn it to starvation; that male mandarin ducks sport bright-orange feathers that attract not just females but also predators; and as for whales Whales are fully aquatic mammals who, millions of years after first abandoning the land, still cannot breathe underwater. Packed with anecdotes and curious facts, Why Cant Whales Breathe Underwater? explores everything in the animal kingdom that is self-defeating, ill-made, uneconomical or downright weird and explains how natural selection has favoured it. In the grand struggle for survival, some surprising patterns emerge: animals are always slightly out-of-date; inefficiency tends to increase over time; predators usually lose and parasites usually win. With equal parts humour and scientific insight, Andy Dobson is here to explain the how and why of evolutions greatest mistakes. AUTHOR: After a first-class degree in Ecology from Durham, Andy Dobson completed a PhD at Nottingham, before joining the University of Oxford's Zoology Department. Most recently, he took up a research post at Edinburgh University to apply data-science techniques to anti-poaching efforts. He is currently a freelance scientific copy-editor, and remains a Visiting Academic at Edinburgh. 12 b/w illustrations.

Zustand: NEW.

Zustand: new. Pages: 330 Language: Russian. *Kniga o tom, kak nesovershenstvo dvizhet zhiznju na Zemle.* Vy uznaete, pochemu evoljutsija sozdala khischnikov, kotorye vechno golodajut, zhertv, kotorye vsegda pobezhdajut, i parazitov, kotorye pravjat mirom. *Avtor dostupno i uvlekatelno opisyvaet slozhnye nauchnye idei, pomogaja chitatelju ponjat ikh i pri etom ne uproschaja ponjatija. V khode evoljutsii vidy idealno prisposablivajutsja k uslovijam okruzhajuschej sredy, ne pravda li? Chto zh, inogda byvaet i ne tak. No podumajte vot o chem: u slona ne vyrastaet sedmoj nabor zubov, khotja posle togo, kak sotretsja shestoj nabor, on budet obrechen na golodnuju smert; ptitsy, v chi gnezda podbrasyvaet jajtsa kukushka, ne sposobny otlichit monstra-pererostka v gnezde ot sobstvennogo ptentsa; a kity khotja i stali polnostju vodnymi mlekopitajuschimi milliony let nazad, do sikh por ne nauchilis dyshat pod vodoj. Eta kniga ob evoljutsii, no ne o ee velichajshikh dostizhenijakh. Naprotiv, v nej rassmatrivajutsja vsevozmozhnye evoljutsionnye reshenija, kotorye mozhno nazvat samoubijstvennymi, neudachnymi, neekonomnymi ili otkrovenno strannymi, - i objasnjaetsja, pochemu vsemu etomu blagoprijatstvuet estestvennyj otbor. V grandioznoj borbe za vyzhivanie projavljajutsja nekotorye udivitelnye zakonomernosti: zhivotnye vsegda nemnogo otstajut ot izmenenij okruzhajuschej sredy; neeffektivnost imeet tendentsiju so vremenem vozrastat; khischniki obychno proigryvajut, a parazity vyigryvajut. Umelo sochetaja jumor i nauchnuju pronitsatelnost, Endi Dobson v svoej knige raskryvaet predely vozmozhnostej evoljutsii i tsenu, kotoruju prikhoditsja za eto platit. Tsitaty: "V samom shirokom smysle evoljutsija - eto izmenenie biologicheskikh organizmov vo vremeni, osuschestvljaemoe putem estestvennogo otbora, protsessa, v khode kotorogo poleznye mutatsii v kazhdom pokolenii nakaplivajutsja i dajut preimuschestva v konkurentsii za vyzhivanie i razmnozhenie. Takim obrazom, u ptits, strekoz i letuchikh myshej pojavilas sposobnost k poletu, zmei utratili konechnosti, elektricheskie ugri priobreli elektroshokery, u paukov voznikla pautina, bobry stali obustraivat vodnye ugodja, a muravi - razvodit griby i tlej. Porazhajuschee voobrazhenie raznoobrazie i izobretatelnost zhizni nevozmozhno nedootsenit, i v osnove vsego etogo lezhit estestvennyj otbor." 9785002235513.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Signed by Author(s)256 pages (complete). Boards shelf rubbed and a bit marked. Gift inscriptions. Still in a very good condition, excellent binding and internally clean. Signed plate by both authors. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. signed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed.Internally clean and tightly bound.Ek. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is slightly shelf rubbed.Internally clean.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed and lightly crissed.one gift inscription.soundly bound. very good copy.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: New. KlappentextA smart and accessible look at the myriad ways in which evolution doesn?t get things nearly as right as we imagine.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Species evolve over time to become perfectly adapted to their environments, right {::} Well, sometimes. Consider that an elephant will not grow a seventh set of teeth, even though wearing down the sixth will condemn it to starvation; that hosts of the European cuckoo seem unable to tell that the overgrown monster in their nest is not their own chick; and that whales are fully aquatic mammals who, millions of years after first abandoning the land, still cannot breathe underwater.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Flaws of Nature | The Limits and Liabilities of Natural Selection | Andy Dobson | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2023 | The History Press Ltd | EAN 9781803990170 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 197 pages. 9.75x7.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Very Good. Liverpool Scene in London, C.C.B. Theatre (University College), May 3rd 1968. Ticket printed black on blue card. 75 x 111mm. An admission ticket to a London performance by the Liverpool Scene poets, including Adrian Henri, Andy Roberts, Mike Evans, Mike Hart, Brian Dobson, Percy Jones, Brian Patten, Spike Hawkins, Pete Brown, Graham Layden, and the Exploding Galaxy (David Medalla et al). Rare ephemera of the Liverpool Scene on what must have been a fascinating evening considering the line up, perhaps a little surprising to see the Exploding Galaxy in the line up. Condition: some general wear to edges and corners, mild ageing and handling marks, handwritten price on ticket, no tears, Very Good.