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Price: $75.00
Publisher: Munn & Company, Office of the 'Scientific American', New York: 1876
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294782
Condition: Very Good
First edition. 5 in OCLC. No jacket. Spine lightly toned, general light wear. 1876 Hard Cover. 597 pp. The last of five annual issues chronicling scientific progress. With introduction of gallium as a new element, improvements in metallurgy, photography, trade tools, etc. View more info
Price: $250.00
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1966
Edition: First American Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2263983
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by both authors without attribution on half-title page ('Sincerely, George Beadle, Muriel Beadle'). Faint abrasion on front board. 1966 Full-Leather. x, [4], 242, [4] pp. 8vo. Finely rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full beige morocco with gilt titles, rules, and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The collector who had these rebound included his/her monogram on the corner of the front board: O.C.S. A description of the science of genetics by George Beadle and his wife Muriel. George Beadle won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Edw... View more info
By: Brillouin, Leon
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.: 1953
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 2266485
Condition: Good
Second edition. Large closed tear on rear wrapper, wrappers lightly toned, ink name and details of previous owner on half-title page (he was a member of the physics department at the University of Illinois). 1953 Trade Paperback. xii, 255, [21] pp. Classic treatment of wave propagation covers a broad variety of problems with a common mathematical background, from solid state physics to propagation along electric lines, X-rays, rest rays, certain optical reflections, electrical engineering, and wave mechanics of the spinning electron. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Random House: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2280081
ISBN: 0679445218
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. An exceptional copy. 1998 Hard Cover. It was all part of man's greatest adventure--landing men on the Moon and sending a rover to Mars, finally seeing the edge of the universe and the birth of stars, and launching planetary explorers across the solar system to Neptune and beyond. View more info
By: Comstock, J.L.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Reed and Barber: 1839
Seller ID: 2260338
Condition: Fair
Spine repaired, loss from head and foot, edges rubbed, lightly foxed throughout. 1839 Full-Leather. 258 pp. A look at how the world saw the science of physics in the early 1800s. View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, D. Van Nostrand Company: 1920
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1539081
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Spine faded, cover edges slightly faded. 1920 Hard Cover. xvi, 161 pp. 7 1/4 x 5. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt emblem in center of front cover mirrored in blind stamp on corners and center of back cover, gilt titles. An early study of the atom as it relates to electromagnetic and gravitational theory, and the structure of matter. Crehore published a number of scientific works relating to atomic physics, the force of gravitation, matter, and energy. Crehore explains in his preface that the exposition of the theory in this book led to new theoretical values for Rydberg's constan... View more info
By: Darwin, Charles
Price: $500.00
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company: 1889
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2297531
Condition: Near Fine
Includes fold-out chart related to natural selection opposite p. 140 of first volume. Spines slightly darkened, boards faintly soiled, minor cosmetic wear to corners, two owner bookplates on front endpaper of each volume (William Henry Rossington, Walter W. Colpitts). 1889 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxvi, 365, [7]; v, [1], 339, [5] pp. Red-orange cloth, gilt titles and rules, black stamped borders on front boards mirrored in blind on rear boards, yellow endpapers. The first two-volume American edition adapted from the sixth (and last) English edition, preceded by... View more info
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By: Darwin, Charles
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1978
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2298964
Condition: Near Fine
Spine slightly faded, edges of endpapers faded. 1978 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 610 pp. 8vo. Green full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Darwin's landmark work on evolution and natural selection, with illustrations by Walter Rane. Darwin consolidated a lifetime of work in On the Origin of Species, compiling his discoveries from the voyage of the Beagle, his experiments, research and correspondence. He argues for the transmutation of species over time by the process of natural selection. His work... View more info
By: Davis, Audrey B.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Greenwood Press: 1981
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2008830
ISBN: 0313228078
Condition: Fine
First edition. 1981 Large Hardcover. xiv, 285 pp. Garrison-Morton 2682.55 A rare and useful book of wide interest in a field too often dominated by esoterica. It combines the techniques of traditional, perceptive social, and intellectual history with an analytic approach to the material culture of the medical field... An extensive bibliographic essay on the literary sources pertaining to medical instruments and an equally perceptive essay on collections of medical instruments enhance the value of this work. - Choice View more info
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By: Erdtman, G. [Gunnar]; Wodehouse, Roger P.; Verdoorn, Frans
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Chronica Botanica Company: 1943
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2266467
Condition: Near Fine
First American edition. A couple minor smudges on rear board, pages lightly toned, ink name on half-title page and title page. 1943 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 239, [1] pp. The first English translation of the work that took what was previously a subject of research in just a few countires and made it an internationally recognized field, and revolutionized Quaternary vegetation and climate change research. Illustrations, diagrams, and charts throughout. Oddly, the verso of the final leaf bears an illustration of a tree playing a flute. View more info
By: Foster, M.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Cambridge at the University Press: 1901
Seller ID: 2035173
Condition: Good
Former copy of Rochester Academy of Medicine, usual marks, including bookplate on front endpaper stating 'Acquired by the Library through the Bequest of Clarence V. Costello, M.D.' First gathering loose (easily repaired), a few small spots on boards, some pages unopened. 1901 Hard Cover. 310 pp. 8vo. A three-century history of physiology, with the following chapters: Vesalius: His Forerunners and Followers; Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood. The Lacteals and Lymphatics; Borelli and the Influence of the New Physics; Malpighi and the Physiology of Glands and Tissues; Van Helmont and the Ri... View more info
By: Gorn, Michael; Aldrin, Buzz
Price: $500.00
Publisher: Merrell / The Easton Press: 2005
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2274856
ISBN: 1858942543
Condition: Fine
Signed by Buzz Aldrin on front flyleaf, with certificate of authenticity and blank publisher's bookplate laid in. A couple tiny imperfections to page ridges, otherwise an excellent copy. 2005 Full-Leather. 304 pp. Original full black leather, gilt titles and decorations, photographic plate mounted on front board, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. View more info
By: Gould, G.B.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Fuel Engineering Company of New York / The Marchbanks Press: 1930
Seller ID: 2289753
Condition: Very Good
Boards lightly soiled, a few pencil marks on front endpaper and margin of a few pages. 1930 Hard Cover. 102 pp. CONTENTS: Advancing Standards in Steam Generation; RELATION OF PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION TO THE COAL MARKET: Predicting Clinker Trouble; Equipment and Operation Limit Coal Buying; Necessity of Knowing One's Exact Requirements; Elastic Methods and Standards; IMPORTANCE OF SEPARATELY APPRAISING PLANT PERFORMANCE AND COAL VALUES: Conflicting Methods of Coal Valuation; Plant Performance -- the Concealed Influence; Heat Balance Reveals the Truth; COAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH MAY MODIFY PLA... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: 1967
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2299928
Condition: Good
2nd printing. Lacks jacket. Ink name and owner blind stamp on front endpaper, spine faded. 1967 Hard Cover. xii, 372 pp. 8vo. An examination of the American military project that led to the development of the atomic bomb. Includes section of black-and-white photographs, maps on endpapers. View more info
By: Herter, Christian Archibald
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company / The Gilliss Press: 1904
Seller ID: 2072415
Condition: Very Good
Author's calling card and ink name & address of previous owner on front endpaper. Edges lightly rubbed. 1904 Hard Cover. 77 pp. A brief history of Louis Pasteur's contributions to medical science, the most obvious of which is of course pasteurization, but which also related to vaccination and microbial fermentation, and the prevention and curing of various diseases. Pasteur is now considered among the founders of the science of bacteriology. View more info
By: Isaacson, Walter
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2007
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 2271011
ISBN: 0743264738
Condition: Near Fine
Book club edition. 2007 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxii, 675, [7] pp. 8vo. By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent ... View more info
By: Isaacson, Walter
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2279790
ISBN: 0743264738
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. 2007 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxii, 675, [7] pp. 8vo. By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent cler... View more info
By: Jenner, Edward
Price: $175.00
Publisher: R. Lier & C., Milan: 1923
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 1999545
Condition: Near Fine
Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Includes original onion skin jacket and publisher's box. Minimal wear to board corners, a few 1/2 inch chips from fragile jacket's edges, box edges rubbed with one small tear to box closure. Bookplate of Jerome Glaser M.D. on front paste-down, tipped in on front free endpaper is a card with a lengthy gift note to Dr. Glaser from a patient, dated March 28, 1938, in which they express thanks for his help, and mention that this book may be of interest because it is 'the first book in which the phenomenon of hypersensitivity was described.' Very Good. 1923 Hard ... View more info
By: Johnson, Steven
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Riverhead: 2014
Edition: 6th Printing
Seller ID: 2281897
ISBN: 1594632960
Condition: Very Good
6th printing. Lightly rubbed. 2014 Hard Cover. In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences. Filled with surprising stories of accidental genius and brilliant mistakes—from the French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to include playback, to the Hollywood movie star who helped invent the technology behind Wi-Fi and Blueto... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1959
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2272177
Condition: Good
First edition. Edges and jacket lightly foxed, boards lightly soiled, closed tear and minor loss to spine head and foot. 1959 Hard Cover. xii, [2], 511, [3] pp. Includes an index. Numerous B&W photographs. The most comprehensive and readable biography on Edison ever published. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize for history. View more info
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By: Kelly, Emerson Crosby; Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Williams & Wilkins Company: 1936
Seller ID: 2159814
Condition: Good
Boards rubbed with minimal loss from spine base, minor notations on six pages only, related pages of typed notes on puerperal fever included - one sheet tipped in on verso of front free endpaper, the other laid in. 1936 Hard Cover. 195-268 pp. 8vo. Four glossy plate pages - one a portrait of Holmes, the other three facsimiles of title pages. A medical journal featuring two essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes on puerperal fever. Includes: Biography and Bibliography (with Index) of Oliver Wendell Holmes; The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever; Puerperal Fever as a Private Pestilence. View more info
By: Kumar, Manjit
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Norton: 2011
Seller ID: 2291672
ISBN: 0393339882
Condition: Good
Wrappers rubbed. 2011 Trade Paperback. Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you weren’t shocked by quantum theory, you didn’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientific revolution, focusing on the central conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science. This revelatory boo... View more info
By: Levy, Joel
Price: $6.00
Publisher: New Holland: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2301040
ISBN: 1847735142
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Lightly rubbed. 2010 Hard Cover. Most science chronicles present a triumphant march through time, with revolutionary thinkers and their discoveries following in orderly progression. The truth, however, is somewhat different. Scientific Feuds is a collection of the most vicious battles among the greatest minds of our time. It features such contests as Huxley and Wilberforce's debate on Darwin's theory of evolution, Franklin and Wilkins' fight over the discovery of DNA, and the “War of Currents” between Tesla and Edison (which ended with Edison electrocuting dogs and horses in... View more info
By: Machamer, Peter
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1998
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2297812
ISBN: 0521588413
Condition: Very Good
1st printing. Lightly rubbed, faint sticker remnant. 1998 Trade Paperback. This collection of essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the Church. It will be of particular interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those in religious studies. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Galileo available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpr... View more info
By: Miller, Genevieve; McDaniel, W.B.
Price: $5.00
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins Press: 1964
Seller ID: 2077050
Condition: Very Good
Former copy of Library of Congress, stamped 'duplicate', usual library marks. 1964 Hard Cover. xvi, 428 pp. 8vo. A bibliography of over twenty years of medical history publications, arranged by topic, with a list of journals cited and an extensive index. View more info
By: Mitchell, S. [Silas] Weir; Fisher, Charles Perry
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Dornan: 1912
Seller ID: 2072809
Condition: Very Good
Edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, split along front joint professionally repaired though with some loss of titles. 1912 Trade Paperback. 149 pp. 8vo. Stiff cardstock wrappers, paper label mounted on front cover, printed titles on spine. Includes frontispiece and single plate in text. A selection of Harvey's correspondence, together with a bibliography of his works prepared by Charles Perry Fisher. William Harvey was an important contributor to medical science, credited with some of the earliest descriptions of the functioning of the circulatory system. S. Weir Mitchell was a prolific ... View more info
By: Parton, James
Price: $50.00
Publisher: A.S. Hale & Co.: 1871
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2293315
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Frontispiece and tissue guard foxed, front matter lightly soiled, spine faded. 1871 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. vi, [13]-677, [7] pp. 8vo. A collection of brief histories of various inventions, scientific advancements, and other notable firsts, including: The Cooper Institute and Its Founder; The Wonderful Growth of Chicago; Charles Dickens as a Citizen; The Founder of the Vassar College; The Beginnings of Science in the United States; Origin of the Electric Telegraph; From the Carpenter's Bench to Presidency of a College. A Sketch of the Career of ... View more info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Viking: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2202361
ISBN: 067003231X
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Spine ends lightly pushed. 2003 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxv, 452 pp. 8vo. After chronicling the sinking of the whaleship Essex in In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick attempts to rescue from obscurity the U.S. Exploring Expedition's 1838-1842 circumnavigation of the world and its cartographic and scientific accomplishments. View more info
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Viking: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2302119
ISBN: 067003231X
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. A very nice copy. 2003 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxv, 452 pp. 8vo. Traces the 1838 discovery voyage that resulted in the western world's survey of 87,000 ocean miles, 280 Pacific islands, numerous zoological discoveries, and the finding of Antarctica; a journey that was marked by tragic deaths, the losses of two ships, and controversial court martials. View more info
By: Redondi, Pietro
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Princeton University Press: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297813
ISBN: 0691084513
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Faintly rubbed. 1987 Hard Cover. The author's main thesis is that Galileo famous trial did not take place because he promoted a heliocentric view of the universe, but because he promoted a non-Aristotelian theory of physics at variance with the Church's doctrine of transubstantiation. View more info
