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Wrightia - A Botanical Journal 1945-1951 - Volume 1by: Lundell (editor), Cyrus Longworth

Wrightia - A Botanical Journal 1945-1951 - Volume 1
by: Lundell (editor), Cyrus Longworth

Hardcover. Dallas, Southern Methodist University, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 210 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606831

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Recombinant DNA: A Short Courseby: Watson, James D., Tooze, John and Kurtz, David T.

Recombinant DNA: A Short Course
by: Watson, James D., Tooze, John and Kurtz, David T.

Softcover. NY, Scientific American Books, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 260 pages. Color illustrations and diagrams. A clear explanation of the current state of DNA genetics. Clean copy.

Record # 379238

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Political Economy in the Soviet Union. Some Problems of Teaching the Subjectby: Kazakevich, Emily G. and Vladimir D. Kazakevich (trans)

Political Economy in the Soviet Union. Some Problems of Teaching the Subject
by: Kazakevich, Emily G. and Vladimir D. Kazakevich (trans)

Softcover. NY, International Publishers, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, light green printed stapled wraps. 48 pages. A full-length translation of an unattributed article entitled "Some Problems of the Teaching of Political Economy" and published in the Soviet journal Pod Znamenem Marksizma in July-August, 1943. Light sunning to wraps,

Record # 359809

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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin No 1381 by: Mulford, Furman Lloyd

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin No 1381
by: Mulford, Furman Lloyd

Softcover. Washington DC, United States Department of Agriculture, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover Original black and white stapled wrapper with black lettering and a black and white photograph on the front cover. 5 3/4 X 9 inches. 84 pages. Copy contains 65 black and white photographs. Contents in this issue, Hardy perennial plants, use of herbaceous perennials, arrangement, culture, propagation, kinds to use, regions with similar growing conditions, adaptability of different kinds of plants, index of common names.

Record # 363576

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Ships, Seas and Scientists: United States Naval Exploration and Discovery in the Nineteenth Centuryby: Vincent Ponko Jr:

Ships, Seas and Scientists: United States Naval Exploration and Discovery in the Nineteenth Century
by: Vincent Ponko Jr:

Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press , 1st, 1974, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 283 pages. Covers the research in the US Navy between the War of 1812 and the start of the Civil War. The book covers many of the exploring expeditions and the importance of the Navy to early biological and scientific advancement in conjunction with the Smithsonian. Light marking to 10 pages. Bookplate on front fly leaf.

Record # 382015

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Internationalisation of Research and Development by Multinational Enterprisesby: Pearce, Robert D.

Internationalisation of Research and Development by Multinational Enterprises
by: Pearce, Robert D.

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 209 pages, black cloth covers in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 403196

Price: $60.00 
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The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biologyby: Bernd Heinrich

The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology
by: Bernd Heinrich

Hardcover. NY, Ecco, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. From Bernd Heinrich, the bestselling author of Winter World, comes the remarkable story of his father's life, his family's past, and how the forces of history and nature have shaped his own life. Although Bernd Heinrich's father, Gerd, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities. In this remarkable memoir, the award-winning author shares the ways in which his relationship with his father, combined with his unique childhood, molded him into the scientist, and man, he is today. From Gerd's days as a soldier in Europe to the family's daring escape from the Red Army in 1945 to the rustic Maine farm they came to call home, Heinrich relates it all in his trademark style, making science accessible and awe-inspiring. Clean copy.

Record # 381962

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The Glass Giant of Palomarby: Woodbury, David O.

The Glass Giant of Palomar
by: Woodbury, David O.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Co., 4th pr., 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, half leather maroon binding over white boards, ribbed spine with gilt lettering. 368 pages, drawings, diagrams and b&w photographs. The 200-inch Hale Telescope at Mount Palomar was one of the great achievements of the 20th century. Long the largest reflector (eclipsed eventually with new technology and the Hubble). this book chronicle the difficulties of construction and the many discoveries made with the aid of the Hale. No dust jacket. Gift bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 383181

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Guidance Manual on Water Supply and Sanitation Programmesby: Centre, WELL Resource

Guidance Manual on Water Supply and Sanitation Programmes
by: Centre, WELL Resource

Softcover. DFID, 1st, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 338 pages, with illustrations and charts, spiral bound. Minor corner and edge wear and fade, previous owner's inscription on rear fly leaf, otherwise, unmarked and bright copy.

Record # 457221

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Quality of Foods and Beverages, The (2 Vols.)by: Charalambous (Ed.), George and George Inglett

Quality of Foods and Beverages, The (2 Vols.)
by: Charalambous (Ed.), George and George Inglett

Hardcover. New York, Academic Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Volume 1: 443 pages, Volume 2: 390 pages. Some light marking to contents page in vol. 1, otherwise clean and tight set. Illustrated with b&w graphs and charts. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 403849

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The Anatomy of the Brain: The 1681 Edition Reset and Reprinted with the Original Illustrations by Sir Christopher Wren by: Willis, Thomas

The Anatomy of the Brain: The 1681 Edition Reset and Reprinted with the Original Illustrations by Sir Christopher Wren
by: Willis, Thomas

Hardcover. Tuckahoe NY, USV Pharmaceutical Corp., reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 119 pages. Gilt title on spine.B&w plates by Christopher Wren. Owner's name in ink on half title page, else unmarked. No dust jacket issued.

Record # 386353

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Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior by: Richards, Robert J.

Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior
by: Richards, Robert J.

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 700 pages, b&w illustrations. With insight and wit, Robert J. Richards focuses on the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from their first distinct appearance in the eighteenth century to their controversial state today. Particularly important in the nineteenth century were Charles Darwin's ideas about instinct, reason, and morality, which Richards considers against the background of Darwin's personality, training, scientific and cultural concerns, and intellectual community. Many critics have argued that the Darwinian revolution stripped nature of moral purpose and ethically neutered the human animal. Richards contends, however, that Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and their disciples attempted to reanimate moral life, believing that the evolutionary process gave heart to unselfish, altruistic behavior. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386940

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The Science of Life - 4 Volumes (SIGNED COPY)by: Wells, H. G., Julian Huxley, and G. F. Wells

The Science of Life - 4 Volumes (SIGNED COPY)
by: Wells, H. G., Julian Huxley, and G. F. Wells

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four hardcover volumes. Original blue cloth spines, title printed in black on paper label affixed to spines. Blue paper-covered boards with H.G. Wells's facsimile signature in gilt on covers. Top edges gilt. Solid text blocks, rubbed corners, sunning to spines, a very good set. Internally bright with numerous in-text illustrations and diagrams. The frontispiece of each volume contains a colorful illustration in a theme related to the subject matter of the work. A limited edition set, number 526 of 750 signed copies. Signed by H.G. Wells, Julian Huxley, and G.F. Wells on the limitation page. Many illustrations and diagrams. Iconic work from the thirties on all things biological from two of the greatest exponents of science in the 20th century, along with Well's' son and zoologist, George Wells. Clean set, minor shelf wear. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 398255

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Journal of the Association For Computing Machinery - Volume 1 - No. 2 - April, 1954by: Leiner, Alan L./Paul Brock/Sybil Rock/Jack Moshman

Journal of the Association For Computing Machinery - Volume 1 - No. 2 - April, 1954
by: Leiner, Alan L./Paul Brock/Sybil Rock/Jack Moshman

Softcover. New York, ACM, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 100 pages. Features articles: "System Specifications for the Dyseac" by Alan L. Leiner, "Problems in Acceptance Testing of Digital Computers" by Paul Brock and Sibyl Rock. "The Generation of Pseudo-Random Numbers on a Decimal Calculator" by Jack Moshman. Clean, tight copy. Scarce.

Record # 609644

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Handbook of Suggestive Therapeutics: Applied Hypnotism, Psychic Scienceby: Munro, Henry S.

Handbook of Suggestive Therapeutics: Applied Hypnotism, Psychic Science
by: Munro, Henry S.

Hardcover. St. Louis MO, C.V. Mosby, 3rd Ed., 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 409 pages, revised and enlarged edition. B&w frontispiece, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 403926

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The Walking Whales: From Land to Water in Eight Million Years by: Thewissen, J. G. M. Hans

The Walking Whales: From Land to Water in Eight Million Years
by: Thewissen, J. G. M. Hans

Hardcover. Oakland CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 245 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Hans Thewissen, a leading researcher in the field of whale paleontology and anatomy, gives a sweeping first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection, enriching it with local flavors from South Asian culture and society. The reader senses the excitement of the digs as well as the rigors faced by scientific researchers, for whom each new insight gives rise to even more questions, and for whom at times the logistics of just staying alive may trump all science.

Record # 381697

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Handbook on Toxicity of Inorganic Compoundsby: Seiler, Hans G., others

Handbook on Toxicity of Inorganic Compounds
by: Seiler, Hans G., others

Hardcover. New York/Basel, Marcel Dekker, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated boards, 1069 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, otherwise clean and tight.

Record # 450707

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Advances in Insect Physiologyby: Berridge (Editor), M.J., J.E. Treherne, V.B. Wigglesworth (Editors)

Advances in Insect Physiology
by: Berridge (Editor), M.J., J.E. Treherne, V.B. Wigglesworth (Editors)

Hardcover. London, Academic Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 624 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name written on front flyleaf. Cover boards bound in green, gilt title on spine and front cover. A touch of foxing to edges, otherwise clean inside. Binding tight. In very good shape.

Record # 31152

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Avian Ecology And Conservation: A Pennsylvania Focus With National Implications by: Majumdar Shyamal K.; et al

Avian Ecology And Conservation: A Pennsylvania Focus With National Implications
by: Majumdar Shyamal K.; et al

Hardcover. The Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Brings together in one volume a comprehensive overview of Pennsylvania's avian communities, current and emerging conservation issues, and the specific contributions Pennsylvania biologists, avian ecologists, and conservationists have made to the science of ornithology. Clean.

Record # 372826

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Butterflies: Their Structure, Changes and Life-Histories, with Special Reference to American Forms- Being an Application of the Doctrine of Descent... With an Appendix of Practical Instructions by:

Butterflies: Their Structure, Changes and Life-Histories, with Special Reference to American Forms- Being an Application of the Doctrine of Descent... With an Appendix of Practical Instructions
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Hardcover. New York, Henry Holy, reprint, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth with gilt butterfly on cover, 322 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. A reprint of the original 1881 edition. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 371296

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Pascal: His Life and Worksby: Jean Mesnard

Pascal: His Life and Works
by: Jean Mesnard

Hardcover. NY, Philosophical Library, 1st US, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 208 pages, bibliography. Introduction by Ronald Knox, b&w frontispiece portrait of Pascal. Clean copy.

Record # 371529

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Thomas Sydenham's Observationes Medicae (London, 1676) and his Medical Observations (Manuscript 572 of the Royal College of Physicians of London) With new transcripts of related Locke MSS. in the Bodleian Library.

Thomas Sydenham's Observationes Medicae (London, 1676) and his Medical Observations (Manuscript 572 of the Royal College of Physicians of London) With new transcripts of related Locke MSS. in the Bodleian Library.

Hardcover. Folkstone Kent UK, Winterdown Books, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers stamped in gilt, 194 pages, 4 b&w plates. Limited to 200 copies. Name and date on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386808

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Nature and Life. Facts and Doctrines Relating to The Constitution of Matter, the New Dynamics, and the Philosophy of Nature by: Papillon, Fernand

Nature and Life. Facts and Doctrines Relating to The Constitution of Matter, the New Dynamics, and the Philosophy of Nature
by: Papillon, Fernand

Hardcover. NY, D. Appleton and Company, 1st US, 1875, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with black design and gilt lettering, 363 pages plus publisher's ads. A late nineteenth century reference on natural science and philosophy. Papillon's engrossing essays, written at various times and put together in this volume as - after the fashion of the time - an effort to dovetail science, metaphysics and philosophy into a higher understanding of life. Name on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 385436

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The Collected Papers of Charles Darwin (two volumes in one)by: Barrett, Paul H. (edited)

The Collected Papers of Charles Darwin (two volumes in one)
by: Barrett, Paul H. (edited)

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 326 pages, b&w illustrations. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386269

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The Darwinian Heritage by: Kohn, David (Editor)

The Darwinian Heritage
by: Kohn, David (Editor)

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st pbk, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 1138 pages. Representing the present rich state of historical work on Darwin and Darwinism, this volume of essays places the great theorist in the context of Victorian science. The book includes contributions by some of the most distinguished senior figures of Darwin scholarship and by leading younger scholars who have been transforming Darwinian studies. The result is the most comprehensive survey available of Darwin's impact on science and society. Sun-fading to spine and spine edge, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386525

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Trees by: Beaty, John Y.

Trees
by: Beaty, John Y.

Hardcover. Chicago, M.A. Donohue and Company, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large format hardcover, no dust jacket, green cloth spine and color-illustrated covers, beautiful copy of this vintage publication, measures 12 inches by 10 inches and features 66 photographic illustrations. Author was a former associate of Luther Burbank.

Record # 397433

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Quantum Computing Since Democritus by: Scott Aaronson

Quantum Computing Since Democritus
by: Scott Aaronson

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, like new. 371 pages. Written by noted quantum computing theorist Scott Aaronson, this book takes readers on a tour through some of the deepest ideas of maths, computer science and physics. Full of insights, arguments and philosophical perspectives, the book covers an amazing array of topics. Beginning in antiquity with Democritus, it progresses through logic and set theory, computability and complexity theory, quantum computing, cryptography, the information content of quantum states and the interpretation of quantum mechanics. There are also extended discussions about time travel, Newcomb's Paradox, the anthropic principle and the views of Roger Penrose. Aaronson's informal style makes this fascinating book accessible to readers with scientific backgrounds, as well as students and researchers working in physics, computer science, mathematics and philosophy.

Record # 381820

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Marble Border of New England, The: Its Geology and Marble Development in the Present Centuryby: (Middlebury Historical Society)

Marble Border of New England, The: Its Geology and Marble Development in the Present Century
by: (Middlebury Historical Society)

Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Middlebury Historical Society, 1st, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 68 pages, plate with color maps. Terra-cotta cloth with gilt lettering. Small area of discoloration to front and rear covers, otherwise very good.

Record # 403948

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Flying Blind: One Man's Adventures Battling Buckthorn, Making Peace with Authority, and Creating a Home for Endangered Bats (SIGNED COPY)by: Mitchell, Don

Flying Blind: One Man's Adventures Battling Buckthorn, Making Peace with Authority, and Creating a Home for Endangered Bats (SIGNED COPY)
by: Mitchell, Don

Hardcover. White River Jct VT, Chelsea Green Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY MITCHELL on title page and INSCRIBED on the front fly leaf. Novelist and shepherd Mitchell presents this account of what happened after a biologist from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department asked for permission to track bats on his farm. The author having been an iconoclast since his youth, the book is as much a story about a back-to-the-land Vermont farmer coming to collaborate with government as the story of the bats for whose benefit the forested land was managed. This idealist muses on the process of balancing concerns of money, ecology, independence and co-dependence, wrapping up the book with insights learned in convoluted manner about nature, society, and himself.

Record # 378853

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Electrolyte & Water Transport Across Gastrointestinal Epitheliaby: Case (Ed.), R. Maynard Case and others

Electrolyte & Water Transport Across Gastrointestinal Epithelia
by: Case (Ed.), R. Maynard Case and others

Hardcover. New York, Raven Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 316 pages illustrated with b&w diagrams and charts. Tight and clean, review copy with publisher letter laid in.

Record # 403590

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Water-Works: The Architecture and Engineering of the New York City Water Supplyby: Pollara, Gina (Editor)

Water-Works: The Architecture and Engineering of the New York City Water Supply
by: Pollara, Gina (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, The Monacelli Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 268 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. The fresh, clean taste of New York's water is legendary. Less well known is the fascinating story of the massive program of exploration and construction that was required to achieve such purity. The story of that monumental undertaking is told in Water-Works and illustrated with an astonishing archive of drawings and photographs documenting the design and construction of dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, and tunnels. This complex system brings millions of gallons of water to the city every day from rivers many hundreds of miles away.

Record # 353122

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A. Corn. Celsi Medininaeby: Milligan, M.D., Eduardus

A. Corn. Celsi Medininae
by: Milligan, M.D., Eduardus

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Maclachlan & Stewart, 2nd, 1831, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 639 pages. Text in Latin. Previous owners stamp on front endpaper.

Record # 606830

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Halley's Cometby: Todd, David

Halley's Comet
by: Todd, David

Paperback. Cinncinatti, American Book Co., 1st wraps, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 page booklet. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to paper wrappers. A selection of three chapters on Edmund Halley and comets and meteors from "Todd's New Astronomy".

Record # 57466

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Radio Engineering Magazine September 1931 Vol.XI No. 9by: McNicol (Ed.), Donald

Radio Engineering Magazine September 1931 Vol.XI No. 9
by: McNicol (Ed.), Donald

Softcover. NY, Bryan Davis Publishing, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine format, 56 pages, b&w illustrations, vintage ads throughout. Articles include: Hyper-Sensitive Detection Systems, Television Turns to Projection, Synchronization of Westinghouse Radio Stations, others. Dust soiling to wraps, otherwise clean.

Record # 371162

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The Method of Descartes: A Study of the 'Regulae' by: L. J. Beck

The Method of Descartes: A Study of the 'Regulae'
by: L. J. Beck

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 316 pages including index. First published in 1952. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383431

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The Very Idea of Modern Science: Francis Bacon and Robert Boyleby: Joseph Agassi

The Very Idea of Modern Science: Francis Bacon and Robert Boyle
by: Joseph Agassi

Hardcover. London/NY, Springer , 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy boards, 315 pages. This book is a study of the scientific revolution as a movement of amateur science. It describes the ideology of the amateur scientific societies as the philosophy of the Enlightenment Movement and their social structure and the way they made modern science such a magnificent institution. It also shows what was missing in the scientific organization of science and why it gave way to professional science in stages. In particular the book studies the contributions of Sir Francis Bacon and of the Hon. Robert Boyle to the rise of modern science. The philosophy of induction is notoriously problematic, yet its great asset is that it expressed the view of the Enlightenment Movement about science. This explains the ambivalence that we still exhibit towards Sir Francis Bacon whose radicalism and vision of pure and applied science still a major aspect of the fabric of society. Finally, the book discusses Boyle's philosophy, his agreement with and dissent from Bacon and the way he single-handedly trained a crowd of poorly educated English aristocrats and rendered them into an army of able amateur researchers. Clean, bright.

Record # 384044

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On the HIlls: A Series of Geological Talksby: Starr, Frederick

On the HIlls: A Series of Geological Talks
by: Starr, Frederick

Hardcover. Boston, D. Lothrop Company, 1st, 1890, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 249 pages. B&w illustrations. Rubbing, wear to green cloth cover. Fraying to top and bottom of spine. Pages slightly warped. Damp stain on edge of title page. Front hinge cracking.

Record # 851705

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Marcello Malpighi And The Evolution Of Embryology - Five Volumesby: Adelmann, Howard B.

Marcello Malpighi And The Evolution Of Embryology - Five Volumes
by: Adelmann, Howard B.

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Five large folio volumes, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. 2475 pages, b/w and colored illus. (including foldouts. Vol.1 is a biography of Malpighi; the remaining 4 volumes provide an extensive account of the development of embryology. In publisher's slipcase. All clean, excellent condition. NOTE: These are five large and heavy volumes. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 386461

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The Preservation of Species; The Value of Biological Diversityby: Norton, Bryan G. (Editor).

The Preservation of Species; The Value of Biological Diversity
by: Norton, Bryan G. (Editor).

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 305 pages. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 387834

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Beasts And Men Being Carl Hagenbeck's Experiences For Half A Century Among Wild Animals by: Hagenbeck, Carl

Beasts And Men Being Carl Hagenbeck's Experiences For Half A Century Among Wild Animals
by: Hagenbeck, Carl

Hardcover. New York, Longmans, Green and Co., Reprint, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 299 pages, illustrated throughout with photos in b&w. This is an abridged translation by Hugh S.R. Elliot and A.G. Thacker.Introduction by P. Chalmers Mitchell. Red cloth, gilt decorations to front and spine. Slight wear along edges and spine, light soiling to covers, faint foxing to top edge, front hinge cracked, else a very neat copy.

Record # 606883

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Annual Archaeological Report 1903 - 1912: Being Part of Appendix to the Report of The Minister of Education Ontarioby: David Boyle (Intro.)

Annual Archaeological Report 1903 - 1912: Being Part of Appendix to the Report of The Minister of Education Ontario
by: David Boyle (Intro.)

Hardcover. Toronto, L. K. Cameron, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth, white cloth spine, gilt. Spotting to covers. Six annual reports for 1903. 05, 06, 07, 11 and 12 - all bound into one volume. Illustrated with black & white and some color photographs, b&w drawings of archaeological finds. Two fold-out maps. Some pages tanned by age otherwise clean.

Record # 804043

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Biochemistry of Zincby: Prasad, Ananda

Biochemistry of Zinc
by: Prasad, Ananda

Hardcover. New York NY, Plenum Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 303 pages, tables and diagrams throughout, with b&w photographs. Title printed in gilt on the spine, cloth bound. Minor foxing on upper edge near spine. Dust jacket has minimal edgewear and rubbing. Very clean, tight copy.

Record # 401532

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The Young Generation /Little Lenin Library/Volume 26by: Lenin, V.I.

The Young Generation /Little Lenin Library/Volume 26
by: Lenin, V.I.

Softcover. NY, International Publishers, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages, staple-bound green wrappers. Some tanning to covers, otherwise clean, very good condition.

Record # 359810

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Heredityby: J. Arthur Thomson

Heredity
by: J. Arthur Thomson

Hardcover. London, John Murray, 1st, 1908, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 605 pages, b&w and color diagrams and illustrations. Embossed red cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. A study on heredity and genetics. Sir John Arthur Thomson (1861-1933), Professor of Natural History at the University of Aberdeen, was a follower of August Weismann.Edge wear, light soiling to covers; spine faded. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf. Front hinge cracked. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 387628

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Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biographyby: Stillman Drake

Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography
by: Stillman Drake

Softcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in blue wrappers, 536 pages including index. Looks at Galileo's life and accomplishments to establish his position as a man of science, describes his scientific work, and illuminates the relationship between his scientific studies and the philosophical and religious milieu of the period. Clean copy.

Record # 381619

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Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing - Fourth Edition (Princeton Science Library)by: Richard Langton Gregory

Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing - Fourth Edition (Princeton Science Library)
by: Richard Langton Gregory

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated in b&w and color, 264 pages. Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. In this book, Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement, color, and objects, and he explores the phenomena of visual illusions to establish principles about how perception normally works and why it sometimes fails. Although successive editions have incorporated new discoveries and ideas, this is the first time that Richard Gregory has completely revised and updated the text, adding more than thirty new illustrations. The phenomena of illusion continue to be a major theme in the book, in which the author makes a new attempt to provide a comprehensive classification system. There are also new sections on what babies see and how they learn to see, on motion perception, and tantalizing glimpses of the relationship between vision and consciousness and of the impact of new brain imaging techniques. In addition, the presentation of the text and illustrations has been improved by the larger format and new page design. The thousands of readers of the previous editions of Eye and Brain will find this new revised edition even more attractive and enthralling. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 374336

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Welch Laboratory Apparatus 1968 by: N/A

Welch Laboratory Apparatus 1968
by: N/A

Hardcover. Chicago, W.M. Welch Scientific Company, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 989 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. Former ownership signature on front fly, else near fine. Massive trade catalog of school and industrial scientific equipment in the 1960's. indexed, illustrated with many thousands of drawings and photos of scientific instruments from microscopes to corks, everything for a laboratory, basic and advanced. Large, heavy volume, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 381973

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Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences by: Galilei, Galileo

Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
by: Galilei, Galileo

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, reprint, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth-backed boards with paper spine label. Translated from the Italian and Latin by Henry Crew and Alfonso De Salvio. Introduction by Antonio Favaro. Frontispiece portrait and other illustrations/diagrams throughout. 300 pages. Originally published in 1914. Clean copy.

Record # 383203

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England's Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution by: Chapman, Allan

England's Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution
by: Chapman, Allan

Hardcover. Bristol/Philadelphia, Institute of Physics Publishing, 1st , 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 330 pages, b&w illustrations. All physicists are familiar with Hooke's law of springs, but few will know of his theory of combustion, that his Micrographia was the first book on microscopy, that his astronomical observations were some of the best seen at the time, that he contributed to the knowledge of respiration, insect flight and the properties of gases, that his work on gravitation preceded that of Newton's, that he invented the universal joint, and that he was an architect of distinction and a surveyor for the City of London after the Great Fire. England's Leonardo is a biography of Hooke covering all aspects of his work, from his early life on the Isle of Wight through his time at Oxford University, where he became part of a group who would form the original Fellowship of the Royal Society. The author adopts a novel approach at this stage, dividing the book by chapter according to the fields of research-Physiology, Engineering, Microscopy, Astronomy, Geology, and Optics-in which Hooke applied himself. The book concludes with a chapter considering the legacy of Hooke and his impact on science.

Record # 383958

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Water Quantity/Quality Management and Conflict Resolution: Institutions, Processes, and Economic Analysesby: Dinar, Ariel (Editor)

Water Quantity/Quality Management and Conflict Resolution: Institutions, Processes, and Economic Analyses
by: Dinar, Ariel (Editor)

Hardcover. Westport, Conn., Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 515 pages, minor corner and edge wear, ex-library stamp on half-title page, otherwise, unmarked, bright and tight copy.

Record # 457217

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