Physical Sciences
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Biochemistry
by Jeremy M ; Tymoczko, John L ; Stryer, Lubert Berg
In the new edition of Biochemistry, instructors will see the all the hallmark features that made this a consistent bestseller for the undergraduate biochemistry course: exceptional clarity and concision, a more biological focus, cutting-edge content, and an elegant, uncluttered design. Accomplished in both the classroom and the laboratory, coauthors Jeremy Berg and John Tymoczko draw on the field’s dynamic research to illustrate its fundamental ideas.
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; and the cofounder and President of the Planetary Society, the largest space-interest group in the world. For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he was an adviser on the Mariner, Voyager, and Viking unmanned space missions, and he briefed...
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Classical Electrodynamics
by John David Jackson
The third edition of the defining text for the graduate-level course in Electricity and Magnetism has finally arrived! It has been 37 years since the first edition and 24 since the second. The new edition addresses the changes in emphasis and applications that have occurred in the field, without any significant increase in length.
The Elegant Universe
by Brian Greene
The Elegant Universe is a book by Brian Greene published in 1999 which introduces string theory and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings.
Physics
by Douglas C Giancoli
For algebra-based introductory physics courses taken primarily by pre-med, agricultural, technology, and architectural students.
This best-selling algebra-based physics text is known for its elegant writing, engaging biological applications, and exactness. Physics: Principles with Applications, 6e retains the careful exposition and precision of previous editions with many interesting new applications and carefully crafted new pedagogy. It was written to give students the basic concepts of physics... Read more
This best-selling algebra-based physics text is known for its elegant writing, engaging biological applications, and exactness. Physics: Principles with Applications, 6e retains the careful exposition and precision of previous editions with many interesting new applications and carefully crafted new pedagogy. It was written to give students the basic concepts of physics... Read more
A Short History Of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
In A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bryson follows his greatest challenge yet: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. From the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. The result is a profound, funny, and wonderfully clear and entertaining adventure into the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it.
Optics
by Eugene Hecht
Optics, Fifth Edition is distinguished by three core imperatives for the reader: up-to-date content in line with the ever-evolving technological advances in the Optics field; a modern approach to discourse including studies on photons, phasors, and theory; and improvements and revisions to the previous edition’s pedagogy including over one hundred new worked examples.
Physical Chemistry
by Donald a McQuarrie and John D Simon
As the first modern physical chemistry textbook to cover quantum mechanics before thermodynamics and kinetics, this book provides a contemporary approach to the study of physical chemistry. By beginning with quantum chemistry, students will learn the fundamental principles upon which all modern physical chemistry is built. The text includes a special set of "MathChapters" to review and summarize the mathematical tools required to master the material Thermodynamics is simultaneously taught from a...
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Physical Sciences Books & Ephemera
Quantum Mechanics and Experience
by Albert, David Z
Harvard University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0674741129 . 9.10 X 6.20 X 1.10 inches; 222 pages .
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$12.50
The Handy Physics Answer Book
by Gundersen, P. Erik
Barnes & Noble. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1999. Hardcover. 0760746508 . 9.30 X 7.40 X 1.30 inches .
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$12.50
Ueber die Ablenkung eines Lichtstrals von seiner geradlinigen Bewegung, durch die Attraktion eines Weltkörpers . .
by Soldner, Johann
Berlin: bey dem Verfasser, 1801. Soldner, Johann Georg von (1776-1833). Ueber die Ablenkung eines Lichtstrals von seiner geradlinigen Bewegung, durch die Attraktion eines Weltkörpers . . . In Astronomisches Jahrbuch für das Jahr 1804 (1801): 161-172. Whole volume, 8vo. [4], 268pp. 2 folding plates. Berlin: bey dem Verfasser, und in Commission bey G. A. Lange, 1801. 200 x 115 mm. Half sheep, marbled boards ca. 1801, minor worming in front cover, lightly rubbed but sound. Fine copy. Small ownership...
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$3,750.00
Space Shuttle Support System (1982, includes loose press glossies)
by Abitanto, Peter S
Cherry Hill, NJ: RCA American Communications, 1982. Paperback. Fine. Published 1982, 4to, color glossy stapled wraps, 8 pp, illustrated, including color photos. Loosely inserted are 9 glossy press photographs of the Space Shuttle and its components each with RCA news release info enfolding the photo, plus a tenth sheet describing the outer elbow camera RCA helped develop. We can find no similar publications in OCLC.
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$100.00
THE ARTIST'S GUIDE AND MECHANIC'S OWN BOOK,; embracing the portion of chemistry applicable to the mechanic arts, with abstracts on elctricity, galvanism, magnetism, [neumatics, optics, astronomy, and mechanical philosophy and mechanical exercises in iron, steel, lead, zinc, copper, and tin soldering and a variety of useful receipts, extending to every prosion and occupation of life: particularly dyeing, silk, woolen, cotton, and leather
by PILKINGTON, James
Portland: Sanborn & Carter, 1847. 8vo, pp. viii, 490. Engraved frontispiece, Some water stain and little foxing, rebound in modern cloth, stamped in gilt. Good copy.
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$149.00
The Minerals of Boron, California
by Pemberton, Earl (Editor)
Mineral Research Society, 1960-01-01. Paperback. Good-. . GOOD-. Gray staple-bound wraps, approx. 8.5'' x 5.5'', 40pp., bagged for protection with a stiff backing board, light rub wear and a some small creases along spine, light discoloration/fading from spine hinges extending onto covers, few small chips and some small and tiny scattered light brown stains to covers, 3 or 4 pages annotations..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders...
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$7.30
Reports upon THE MINERAL RESOURCES of the United States
by Browne, J. Ross and James W. Taylor (Special Commissioners)
Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Text focues on gold and silver West of the Rocky Mountains, Original brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, illustrated with tables, index at rear.; 6" x 9"; 360 pp; Boards rubbed with loss of gilt spine lettering, sound binding, some pages toned, many pages with small spots, one page with misfolded corner (a binding error), no ownership marks or writing within. .
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$60.00
Theoretisch-practische Belehrung über die Anstellung und Führung der Waidindigküpe, sowie über die Krankheiten derselben, nebst genauer Angabe ihrer Kennzeichen und Heilmittel und einer erläuternden Sammlung von Stahlproben
by SCHERF, Carl Friedrich
One folding hand-colored engraved plate. 2 p.l., [ix]-xx, 290 pp. Small 8vo, cont. half-sheep & marbled boards, flat spine gilt, orange & green leather labels on spine. Weimar: B.F. Voigt, 1842. First edition. Scherf was a dyer at Freiburg and wrote several other books on the subject. The present work is devoted to woad (Isatis tinctoria), its cultivation, and uses in making indigo dyes. The plate is a color scale depicting 36 different shades of blue. Fine copy and rare. Lacking two...
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$1,950.00
The Road to the Stars
by Iain Nicolson
Devon: Westbridge Books, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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£8.00
Black Holes: The End of the Universe
by John Taylor
London: BCA ( Book Club Associates ), 1980. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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£5.00
Atlas des gestirnten Himmels
by Littrow, J. J. von
Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1839. First edition. [4], xxxvi pp., xxxvi plates. 235 x 187 mm. 19th cent. half calf, marbled boards, repaired. Some foxing and toning. 19th cent. owner's name on title. Embossed library stamp.
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$200.00
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Introduction to Electrodynamics (3rd Edition) [Paperback](Chinese Edition)
by David J.Griffiths
World Publishing Company; 1 edition (January 1. 2006). paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback Pages Number: 576 Publisher.: World Publishing Company; 1st edition (January 1. 2006). Introduction to Electrodynamics (3rd edition) introduced a pillar of the Department of Physics. undergraduate course electrodynamics . And theoretical mechanics. thermodynamics and statistical physics and quantum mechanics together are...
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$139.05
THE WEATHER MAKERS : The History And Future Impact of Climate Change
by Flannery, Tim
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005. xv, + 357pp., two page b/white map, plus 1 x 4 page, colour-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Green boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased at head of spine only. " . . . both an urgent warning and a call to arms, outlining the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future . . . " Book weight approx....
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AU$20.00
![The Forty-Foot Telescope at Slough. Photographed by Sir John F.W. Herschel [photographed 9 September 1839; this print made in] August 1890](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/473/866/1150866473.0.b.jpg)
The Forty-Foot Telescope at Slough. Photographed by Sir John F.W. Herschel [photographed 9 September 1839; this print made in] August 1890
by HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William
Circular silver photographic print, 92 mm. in diameter, mounted on paper incorporating a printed title and descriptive letterpress dated August 1890 with the signatures of two of Herschel's sons, mounted on card. Some small areas of abrasions to the paper surface. In the original frame, by Ryman & Co. of Oxford, made from the rungs of the ladder to the telescope. With a fragment of an original (?) printed descriptive notice on the back. This is the earliest photograph of a scientific...
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$25,000.00
Soviet Aircraft and Rockets
by Zhemchuzhin, N.A., et al
New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., 1977. Decent quality Indian publication, translated and published for NASA from the 1971 Soviet original, titled "Znakom'tes', Samolet I Raketa". Apparently intended for technically minded teenagers. Covers the history and technology of aircraft, principles of flight, engines, equipment, instrumentation and navigation, 'cybernetics', final chapter on space flight. All written in a somewhat florid and hyperbolic style, redolant of...
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$35.00
Chemical and Biological Laboratory Apparatus Catalog C-227
by Central Scientific Co
Chicago: Central Scientific Co, 1927. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1927 Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Edgeworn. Bumped corners. Cover stained along with endpapers & index. 779p.
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$25.95
The Messier Album : An Observer's Handbook
by Mallas, John H.; Kreimer, Evered
Sky Publishing, 1978. Fourth Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 216pp plus color photos in rear. B/w photos. Star charts. Other illustrations. DJ is lightly rubbed.. Selling online since 1999. Quick shipping; Secure packing; Free tracking!
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$34.95
![HISTOIRE DU CIEL,; ou l'on Recherche L'origine de l'idolatrie, et les meprises de al philosophie sur la formation, & sur les influences des Corps Celestes. [in two volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/869/262/216262869.0.b.jpg)
HISTOIRE DU CIEL,; ou l'on Recherche L'origine de l'idolatrie, et les meprises de al philosophie sur la formation, & sur les influences des Corps Celestes. [in two volumes]
by [PLUCHE, Noel Antoine, 1688-1761]
Haye: Jean Neaulme, 1744. Fourth edition, revised and corrected. 12mo, pp. [iv], xxxv, 516; [ii], 495. With an engraved frontispiece and 23 full page engraved plates of solar symbols and figures. Bound in contemporary full French calf, spines gilt in compartments, little rubbed but a very good tight set. A little light marginal water marks. See (for the first edition). Cioranescu 50658; Sander 1579; Dorbon 3689; Houzeau-Lancaster I, 645; DSB XI, 44; Caillet 8755. Rare, the OCLC locates just two copies,...
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$605.00
THE EARTH Its Life and Death
by Berget, Alphonse
G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Some wear to the spine tips and corners. Rear hinge cracked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages .
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$18.00
Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope with an Atlas
by George F. Becker
Washington Government Printing Office, 1888-01-01. Hardcover. Good-. . *ATLAS NOT INCLUDED!* GOOD-. Dark brown cloth covered boards, approx. 11.5'' x 9.25'', 486pp., slight sun fading and moderate rub wear to spine, bumps to spine edges and corners of covers, moderate rub wear and several scratch marks to spine hinges, covers and edges of covers, few light brown stains to side page edges, gray smudges to bottom page edges near corner, light binding glue stain transference to spine hinge...
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$47.25
The Last Three Minutes Conjecture About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe
by Davies, Paul
Basic Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First. Hardcover. 0465048927 . Science Masters Series; 9.50 X 6.10 X 0.80 inches .
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$13.35
Scene Painting, 1920-1950: Collection of the Shota Rustaveli Theatre
by Maya Tsitsishvili; Nino Vacheishvili
Georgian Ministry of Culture, 2008-01-01. Paperback. Good+. . GOOD+. Text in English and Georgian, orange illustrated wraps, approx. 9.5'' x 11.5'', very light shelf wear, small chips to spine ends..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.
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$19.90
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
by Ferris, Timothy
William Morrow & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0688058892 . 8.70 X 5.50 X 1.10 inches; 495 pages .
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$12.50
The Quark and the Jaguar
by Gell-Mann, Murray
New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1994. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Laminated pictorial boards, beige spine with black titles, xviii, 392 pp, index. One corner bumped, else fine. Particle physicist Gell-Mann shares his thoughts on how the simple, such as fundamental particles, is related to the complex, such as galaxies and biological systems. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.
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$20.99
Gemmology; second edition
by Read. Peter G
Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1999. Second Edition. Paperback. Very good. 8vo, 326 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minimal wear. Lightly tanned pages; a couple of dog-eared pages.
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$24.00
