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New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Out-of-Print Book in Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. The story of the tetrapod life of an ancient age, during the age of reptilian supremacy, of the interrelationships between amphibians and reptiles, between birds and mammals,and between all these animals and their environment. Forest green cloth binding w/ gilt titles on spine. Very clean and unmarked with a touch of wear to extremities. Sewn binding tight, solid, square. Twenty illustration plates, sixty-seven figures. Former owner name on front endpaper. Pages very clean and free from any markings. xii + 228 p. + 28 pls., 67 figs. Bibliography and Index. 9.75 x 6.75 inches. 1965, W. W. Norton & Co, New York, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA: The Viking Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Ivan T. Sanderson. Type: Hardback First Edition. First unique study of animals of the Forests in West Africa, by an author and scientist who obviously loved and was fascinated by this study and observation -- a study of animals in life, a record of their differences of appearance, behavior and habits, told in a refreshing, personal fashion. 32 illustrations of various animals drawn by the author. The book is in Good Condition. No jacket. Bound in tan pictorial cloth with a type of monkey in his environment on the front and rear boards. Boards are lightly soiled with the gutter browned, spine sunned but gilt lettering is visible. Corners are bumped; a wrinkle on the upper spine and brown spots on lower edge of spine. Endpapers have a name in ink and a drop-like greenish stain in the c enter. Text pages and illustrations clean, clear, unmarked, untorn--very nice condition.… Read More

USA: Time-Life Books, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Time Reading Program Paperback Book in Near Fine Condition. First published 1963, reprinted 1982. Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley. Colorfully illustrated thick card cover that is very clean, no edgewear or creases. Very durable and resilient binding, as usual for Time Reading Program books. Internals completely clean, no marks, no underlining. Professor Irvine has captured the personalities of two geniuses and also the spirit of their age--and how that age of Victorianism reacted to them and their revolutionary ideas. 494 pages. 8 x 5 inches. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1982.

New York, New York, USA: Pantheon Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Pantheon Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Handsome volume in black half-cloth binding with green titles to spine, black boards. Jacket unclipped. The story of a new science--the science of artificial life arising not out of the laboratory but out of the computer. 390 pages with index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 1992, Pantheon Books, New York, New York, USA

Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. First Edition Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. Lavishly illustrated in colour and black/white photos and sketchs. Pictorial paste-on on front cover, with paste-on illustration: A brilliant rainbow gracing a stormy sky over the Pocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada. Very clean, near fine book, unmarked with whisper of wear to lower edge. Tight and solid binding. Internals as new. Planet Earth Series books examines the workings of the planet Earth, from the geological wonders of its continents to the marvels of its atmosphere and its ocean depths. This book describes and explores the elusive elements of "air": the structure of the sky, wind, clouds, rain, snow, the jet stream, solar radiation, pollution, climate, ozone, measurement instruments used in atmospheric science studies, polar regions, temperasture, etc. 176 pages with Bibliography, Picture Credits, and… Read More

New York and Toronto, Canada: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Tenth Printing. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. A journey through ancient terrains, juxtaposed with travels in the modern world, with a history of vanished landscapes and the histories of the peoples who lived there. The locale is the physiographic province of the U.S. that extends from eastern Utah to eastern California. An account of the geology of the area and of the geologist, and an introduction to plate tectonics. An excellent history and snap-shot of our science of the 1980s. Brown cover with black and red titles is clean, shows wear, light wear to extremities, tight & solid binding. Former owner name on inside of front cover, first page with former owner name blacked out and numbers written on this page. Geological time scale on two pages; frontis by John Clerk, 1787. Three pages with highlighted text, otherwise clean and unmarked, lightly toned. 216 pages.… Read More

New York: Vintage, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently worn, clean and unmarked book. Pages clean, no underlining or highlighting. Binding solid, square. A scientific voyage of discovery; a dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research by scientists Peter and Rosemary Grant as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with new understanding of life itself. Among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow. They spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. 332 pages indexed. Bibliography. 5.25 x 8 inches. 1995, Vintage, New York.

New York: Dorset Press/Marlboro Books Corp, 1989. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Dorset Press Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Gerlad Hawkins takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the globe in search of ancient astronomy and a scientific understanding of calendars. Photographs, illustrations, diagrams, drawings throughout. Upper corners gently bumped, otherwise in Fine Condition. Black half cloth with gilt titles, black boards, clean and unmarked, tight, solid and square. Internals as new. Black and white jacket is clean. rear upper corner chipped, wear to upper edge and spine ends. Page 319 with bibliography and index. 7.4 x 9.5 inches. Dorset Press/Marlboro Books Co., New York, 1989.

London, England: Wiley-Interscience/John Wiley and Sons, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Ex-Library First Edition. Retried Library Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Clean, solid, tight volume, unmarked except for lib markings which, as a reference work, are minimal. Over 1,000 biographies of the life and work of eminent scientists and technologists. This is an historical work and includes no living scientist, ranging from early times to the present, though more highly selective in the early centuries, from Ptolemy and Pythagoras to Cockcroft and Hinshelwood. It covers principally the fields of agriculture, astronomy, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, geology, mathematics, medicine, physics, technology, and all branches of engineering. 592 pages. 9.8 x 6.5 inches. 1969, Wiley-Interscience/John Wiley and Sons, London, England

Bantam Books, 1994. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Black cover is clean and unmarked, with gold and white titles, light wear around edges. Soundly bound, square. Pages clean, unmarked, no creases, not toned. Hawking has written essays exploring the outer limits of our knowledge of astrophysics and the nature of time and the universe. This book has thirteen essays that shed light on the mysteries of the universe. 182 pages, indexed. 6 x 9 inches. Bantam Books, USA, 1994.

New York, New York, USA: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback Frist Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Handsome volume in black extended half-cloth, dark red boards, silver titles, spotless, tight and solid, square. Internals also as new. b/w in-text illustrations. The mysterious story of the history of blood transfusion--in 1667, a renegade physician named Jean-Baptiste Denis transferred calf's blood into one of Paris' most notorious madmen--the first animal to human transfusion. Powerful conservatives felt he was toying with forces that were not understood. A few days later the madman died and Denis was tried for murder. An intriguing book of science, medicine and 17th century Europe. 304 pages with Notes, Bibkiography and Index. 6 x 8.5 inches. 2011, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, New York, USA

Springhouse, PA, USA: Springhouse Pub Co, 1994. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Paperback Study Guide in Very Good Condition. Complete course review in outline format. Bright and clean green cover with trace wear to edges, solid and tight glued binding, square. Internals quite clean with yellow highlighting on some pages, doesn't affect clarity for easy reading. Each chapter covers a core topic that parallels information found in most undergraduate-level botany textbooks. 151 pages with Glossary and Index. 9 x 6 inches. 1994, Springhouse Pub Co, Springhouse, PA, USA

Pear Press, 2014. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6x0x9. Pear Press, 2014, 2nd Edition. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. There is a light ink line to lower edge of text block, else fine. Clean and unmarked white card cover, no creases, no edgewear. Clean and white page edges. Tight glued binding. Pages clean and free from any markings. John Medina describes what scientists know about how our brains work--and then offers ideas for our daily lives. He explains how exercise improves cognition, that every brain is wired differently, that we are designed never to stop learning and exploring, that memories are volatile and susceptible to corruption, that sleep is powerfully linked with our ability to learn, that vision is the most important of our senses, and that stress changes the way we learn. So read and learn how the brain really works. 304 pages with index. 6 x 9.25 inches. 2014, Pear Press, Seattle, WA 2009.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ Press, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Cambridge Univ Press, 1997. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. Clean and unmarked illustrated wrappers with slight edgewear. Tight and solid glued binding. Page edges clean and white. Title page has a wrinkle in the upper corner and near spine heel, otherwise internals are as new. This book is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated collection of articles by distinguished authors.The first two sections provide an overview of the US Space Program and the Russian Program, and of the current status of the search for extraterrestrial life. The next two sections deal with the importance of science education in the development of a technological society, and the shaping of science policy in helping to solve the problems facing the world today.There is a separate section by Carl Sagan himself discussing the place and role of our planet and mankind in… Read More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Orange cloth binding w/black titles, very clean and unmarked, tight & solid, no edgewear. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Interior clean and completely unmarked. The twentieth century is the scientific century, with more power and swiftness of pace, in its effect on civilization, than any previous like time period. This comes from the discoveries and applications of science and technology. This book provides a clear overview of these changes and effects, dealing with things such as the atomic revolution, changes in communications, transportation, electronics, medicine, health, to name a few. 313 pages with index. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New york, 1963.

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback Ex-Liobrary Book in Good Condition. Except for lib stamps on top edge and CR page, this book is in Near Fine Condition. Bright and clean, unmarked, tight & solid, square. An inspiring vision and a practical blueprint for trying to save our planet and natural resources from depredation. This guidebook can be a catalyst to community action to move communities to advocate for renewable energy development--wind, solar, water, biomass, biofuels and geothermal. A book for anyone ready to take - or wants to understand - meaningful steps towards a realistic, sustainable future. 347 pages with Endnotes, Glossary, Bibliography, and Index. 6 x 9 inches. 2007, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, Vermont, USA ISBN10: 1933392126, ISBN13: 9781933392127

USA: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Companion to the National Public Television Series. The blue spine cloth has some small faint whitish areas and is lightly rubbed, small amt of blue from cloth on inside of jacket. Otherwise clean and unmarked, tight & solid, internals as new. Twenty lively roundtable discussions among some of the world's most important thinkers - scientists, philosophers and visionaries - who share their insights into many timely intellectual issues: consciousness, cosmology, creativity, sexuality, soul. amd the evolution of our species and our machines. 401 pages. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. 2000, McGraw-Hill Companies, USA

New York: Walker and Company, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Walker and Company, 1977, 6th Printing. Hardcover Book as New with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Black cloth gilt titles on spine, clean and unmarked, solid volume. Clean dust jacket has slight edgewear, scuffing to spine head. A black hole is a dense concentration of matter so dense that its enormous gravitational forces suck in everything including light waves within its reach. Isaac Asimov explores the implications of black holes as scientific evidence for them mounted in 1970s. 204 pp. Appendix and Index. 8vo. 1977, Walker and Company.

New York: Viking, 1981. Paperback. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Written in anticipation of the return of the most famous of comets--exciting book on Halley's Comet and its history , legends, and on the science of comets. . Illustrated with maps, photos, diagrams, some in color , some b/w. Halley's Comet--1066, 1758, 1910, 1979, 1985--when? 160 pages with Bibliography and Index. 6 x 9 inches. Viking Press, New York, 1981.

New York: Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar Jacket Cover. Written in anticipation of the return of the most famous of comets--exciting book on Halley's Comet and its history , legends, and on the science of comets. Tan linen half-cloth with black titles, blue boards. Very clean and unmarked. Light wear of lower front corner. Tight, solid and square. Ffep has a small drawing and initials on corner. Otherwise interior is Fine. Illustrated with maps, photos, diagrams, some in color , some b/w. Jacket is very clean with slight edgewear. Halley's Comet--1066, 1758, 1910, 1979, 1985--when? 160 pages with Bibliography and Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Viking Press, New York, 1981.