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Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992.
The Tragedy of the Moon.
Publisher: Abelard-Schuman, London [1974].
xiv, 220 p.; 22 cm. Contents include About the Moon (The Tragedy of the Moon; The Triumph of the Moon; Moon over Babylon; The Week Excuse); About Other Small Worlds (The World Ceres; The Clock in the Sky); About Carbon (The One and Only; The Unlikely Twins); About Micro-organisms (Through the Microglass; Down from the Amoeba; The Cinderella Compound); About the Thyroid Gland (Doctor, Doctor, Cut My Throat); About Society (Lost in Non-Translation; The Ancient and the Ultimate; By the Numbers); And (You Guessed It!) About Me (The Cruise and I; Academe and I). Pictorial dj spotted, clipped; VG. stock#835.
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Item number: 835.
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Bunde, Armin; Jürgen Kropp; and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
The Science of Disasters : Climate Disruptions, Heart Attacks, and Market Crashes.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag, 2002.
xx, 453 pgs. A collection of essays studying crises or disasters (nonlinear events of everyday life) from a multidisciplinary scientific stance. Contains an introductory section on basic notions and methods - including multifractal formalism for analyzing nonlinear complex systems. Then there are major sections on the climate system, biodynamics, and the stock market. Small bump to top edge of front cover - otherwise in perfect condition. ISBN: 3540413243 No Jacket Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good
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AUD 35.75 | CAD 38.34 | EUR 28.68 | GBP 24.55 | JPY 3,363.64 | MXN 411.11 | ZAR 370.00 |
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Darrel Griffin Books.
Item number: 12443.
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Compton, Karl T. Trullinger, Robert W. Bush, Vannevar.
Scientists Face the World of 1942. Essays by Karl T. Compton, Robert W. Trullinger, Vannevar Bush.
Publisher: New Brunswick, Rutgers Univ. Press, 1942.
80 p., 23.5 cm. "Dr. Compton, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, integrates the fundamental sciences of physics, chemistry, and biology as they are applied to engineering at a time when the nation mobilizes its scientific resources for a great defense effort. Dr. Bush, the biological engineer, discusses the philosophy and the technique of this new field of applied science and demonstrates how fortunate it is that the problems of food, health, and clothing which are acute in times of war have now become the subjects of an entire field of scientific inquiry. Dr. Trullinger, the agricultural engineer, describes how the well-known principles of engineering may be applied to the complex phenomena of the farm provided intelligent deviation from orthodoxy prevails. Commentaries on the three essays are contributed by Harvey N. Davis, Detlev Bronk, and S. W. Fletcher." Dj edges worn, spine darkened; VG. stock#20722.
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Item number: 20722.
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Dyson, Freeman J., b. 1923
The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolutions
Publisher: NY, Oxford University Press, ©1999.
xvi, 124 p.; 22 cm. Based on a series of lectures at the NYPL. "In this visionary look into the future, Freeman Dyson argues that technological changes fundamentally alter our ethical and social arrangements and that three rapidly advancing new technologies-- solar energy, genetic engineering, and worldwide communication-- together have the potential to create a more equal distribution of the world's wealth." "Written with passionate conviction about the ethical uses of science, 'The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet' is both a brilliant reinterpretation of the scientific process and a challenge to use new technologies to close, rather than widen, the gap between rich and poor." Stock#4,256. VG, owner name on front fly/ Dj vg.
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Item number: 46256.
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Gould, Stephen Jay
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
Publisher: W.W. Norton New York, 1992.
Trade paperback in illustrated wraps, small 8vo. 285pp. Index, bibliography, illustrations throughout. Near Fine. Light rubbing with ssociated soil to rear wraps, small faint price stamp upper corner pre-title page. Else as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. ISBN: 0393308189. Soft Cover NF
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AUD 4.59 | CAD 4.92 | EUR 3.68 | GBP 3.15 | JPY 431.82 | MXN 52.78 | ZAR 47.50 |
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Item number: 003537.
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Gould, Stephen Jay
Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
Publisher: W.W. Norton New York, 1992.
Trade paperback in blue wraps with painting of Bronosauri to front, 8vo. 6th printing. 540pp. Index, bibliography. NF. Very mild wear to tips of corners and spine ends. Else as new: tight, square, bright and unmarked. ISBN: 039330857X. Soft Cover NF
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Item number: 003538.
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Gould, Stephen Jay
An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas
Publisher: W.W. Norton New York, 1987.
Cream paper over boards with burgundy half-cloth, in gray and burgundy illustrated jacket, small 8vo. 255pp. Index. Reviews of books on evolution, geology (including John McPhee), biology and pseudoscientific quackery. Fine/NF. Book has a single library stamp to front pastedown but no other institutional indications tyo book or jacket. One passage underlined in ink, p. 63. Else as new: bright, tightm sharp and unmarked. Jacket has light curl upper edges and spine ends (suppressed in Brodart). Otherwise bright and fine. First Edition NF. Hard Cover Fine
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Item number: 003539.
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Huxley, Thomas H(enry)
Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays
Publisher: D. Appleton New York, 1898.
Blue-green cloth w. gilt titles and upper edges, 12mo. Authorized edition. xv+334pp. Contains author's preface with the essays: Evolution and Ethics: Prolegomena (1894), Evolution and Ethics (1893), Science and Morals (1886), Capital:The Mother of Labour (1890) and Social Diseases and Worse Remedies (1891). Ex-academic-lib, with white ink call lower spine, pocket rear free endpaper and institutional stamp flyleaf. Prev. owner's name in fine hand to pre-title and front pastedown. Wear and bumping to spine ends and corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Hard Cover VG
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AUD 13.77 | CAD 14.77 | EUR 11.05 | GBP 9.46 | JPY 1,295.45 | MXN 158.33 | ZAR 142.50 |
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Item number: 001300.
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Huxley, Thomas H(enry)
Method and Results: Essays
Publisher: D. Appleton New York, 1898.
Blue-green cloth w. gilt titles and upper edges, 12mo. Authorized edition. viii+430pp. Contains autobiographical preface with the essays: On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge (1866), The Progress of Science (1887), On the Physical Basis of Life (1868), On Descartes' "Discourse [on Method]" (166), "On the Hypothesis Animals are Automata .. (1874), Administrative Nihilism (1871), On the Natural Inequality of Men (1890), Natural Rights and Political Rights (1890), and Government: Anarchy or Regimentation (1890). Ex-academic-lib, with white pastedown call lower spine, pocket rear pastedown and institutional stamp flyleaf. Prev. owner's name in fine hand to front pastedown. Small hole (tape removal?) front hinge near call. Wear and bumping to spine ends and corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Hard Cover VG-
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AUD 9.18 | CAD 9.84 | EUR 7.36 | GBP 6.30 | JPY 863.64 | MXN 105.56 | ZAR 95.00 |
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Item number: 001301.
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Huxley, Thomas H. (Henry), 1825-1895. [Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804]
Science and Education. Essays by Thomas H. Huxley
Publisher: NY, D. Appleton, 1897.
ix, 451 p.; 19 cm. "Authorized Edition." Contents: "Joseph Priestley <1874>--On the educational value of the natural history sciences <1854>--Emancipation, black and white <1865>--A liberal education; and where to find it <1868>--Scientific education: notes of an after-dinner speech <1869>--nScience and culture <1880>--On science and art in relation to education <1882>--Universities: actual and ideal <1874>--Addresses on university education <1876>--On the study of biology <1876>--On elementary instruction in physiology <1877>--On medical education <1870>--The state and the medical profession <1884>--The connection of the biological sciences with medicine <1881>--The school boards: what they can do, and what they may do <1870>--Technical education <1877>--Address on behalf of the National association for the promotion of technical education " From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Stock#102546. Good+ / no dj.
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Item number: 102546.
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Lanza, Joseph
GRAVITY Tilted Perspectives on Rocket Ships, Roller Coasters, Earthquakes,and Angel Food
Publisher: Picador USA New York 1997.
First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; An excursion into the effects of gravity--both positive and negative--discusses such topics as the horror of sagging body parts, the push-up bra, and the rise of skyscrapers based partly on science, history, and speculation. ; B&W Illustrations; 224 pages
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Item number: 45095.
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Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Science and Immortality / by William Osler M.D., F.R.S. The Ingersoll Lectures, 1904
Publisher: Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904.
[xii], 54 p., 18 cm. First printing of the first edition. Inscribed on t.p. "Frank Taylor Fulton Oct 8 1904" Introduction--The Laodiceans--The Gallionians--The Teresians. Golden and Roland 964. See Cushing, Life of Osler, Vol 1, pp. 597-98 and 638-40. Bound in black or dark blue cloth / OB 599. vg / no dj.
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Item number: OB599.
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Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Science and Immortality / by William Osler M.D., F.R.S. The Ingersoll Lectures, 1904
Publisher: Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904.
[xii], 54 p., 18 cm. First printing of the first edition. Introduction--The Laodiceans--The Gallionians--The Teresians. Golden and Roland 964. See Cushing, Life of Osler, Vol 1, pp. 597-98 and 638-40. Bound in brown cloth. OB 600. vg / no dj.
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Item number: OB600.
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