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
THE RED LIMIT: The Search For The Edge Of The Universe
by Ferris, Timothy
New York: Bantam Books, 1979. 1st Thus. Paperback. Shelf and handling wear. Very good. 12mo. 204pp., including Index, with a section of 16 pages of b/w photos. Introduction by Carl Sagan. The Red Limit is the tale of this discovery, its ramifications, and the passionately competitive astronomers who charted the past, present, and future of the cosmos. 11431x.
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$25.00
Minerals and Rocks in Colour
by J. F. Kirkaldy
Blandford Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1968. Second Edition. 183 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white and colour illustrations and pictures. Pages are mostly clean overall, with moderate tanning throughout Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Minor crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket. Panels have light edge...
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£10.00
The Flint Ridge Cave System.
by Brucker, Roger W. and Denver P. Burns
Washington, DC. : Cave Research Foundation. , 1966. Loose leaves in a paper folder. . Very good. . 37.5x29 cm. . Flint Ridge Cave is in the Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. 31 maps.
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$45.00
Men From Earth
by Aldrin, Buzz/McConnell, Malcolm
NY: Bantam Books, 1989. 1st printing. VG/VG dust jacket, price clipped dust jacket, gift inscription on front endpaper, dust jacket spine lightly sunned. xxii, 314 p., photos, biblio, notes, index, 8vo;
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$17.50
THE CRIME OF GALILEO
by de Santillana, Giorgio
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1955. Cloth spine and boards in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very good. 330 pp. Index.
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$25.00
Monsters in the Sky
by Maffei, Paolo
Cambridge: The MIT Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0262131536 . Translation of the second edition. Originally published in Italian. Translated into English by Mirella and Riccardo Giacconi. No previous owners' marks. Spine tilted. Side page edges soiled. Both ends of spine gently bumped. Dust jacket price clipped. One inch closed tear to bottom of back panel of DJ. Wear to both ends of spine panel. A book about the enigma of astronomy including comets, black holes,...
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$22.00
Copper Through The Ages
Copper Development Association, 1934. 1st. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1934, with no jacket. In overall good condition with only the usual signs of handling and storage - original green cloth boards tanned to spine and spine head frayed. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends and prelims with a few light age-spots, text and plates clean and clear throughout. Private copy, not an old library book.
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£9.95
Problems of Cosmogony and Stellar Dynamics
by Jeans, J.H
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 1919. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dark blue cloth. 293pp. illustrated with 4 plates. Ex- library, with usual markings including spine label, blind stamps to title and rear endpaper, plate to rear pastedown, and numbering in pencil. About good condition. Bubbling, tattering to cloth spine, foxing to boards. Despite cosmetic wear, contents remain clean and unmarked.
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$30.00
Pennsylvania Geology Volume 4/6 December, 1973 (The Pennsylvania Geological Survey)
Harrisburg PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1973. 16 pp. B&W illustrations. Stiff wraps, stapled. Published by the Topographic and Geological Survey, Dept. of Environmental Resources, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Light cover wear. Text clean, no tears.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Booklet.
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$1.50
NOTES ON ASSAYING
by Ricketts, Pierre Depeyster & Edmund H. Miller
New York: John Wiley & Sons. Good+. 1902. Third Edition. Hardcover. Slightly color faded brown cloth has bright gilt titles on spine & front cover. Text tight & intact. Illustrated with line drawings and a fold out Table of Qualitative Analysis. System of assaying practiced in Columbia University. Ink notes & prior owners name written on front endpaper. Front corners lightly bumped. Earth Science, Geology; Line drawings & Table; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages .
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$40.00
British Isles: Systematic and Regional Geography
by G H Dury
London: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1973. 5th. Hardcover. Good/Fair. London: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1973. 5th. Good/Fair. Jun 11, 1973 5th edition A look into the systematic & tegional geography of the British Isles<br /><br />Book in good condition & DJ in acceptable condition (many tears on corners & edges) NOT EX-LIBRARY There are signs of visible wear which may include markings, bookplate or authors name, bumping, small tears, non-major spine or binding...
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$18.10
JUPITER
by Asimov, Isaac
NY: Ace, 1975. 1st printing, 1975; #41660. Cover art is uncredited. Tanning; minor creasing and edge tears. Book was not cut quite square at bindery.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.
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$3.50
Recherches Sur Les Substances Radioactives; Thèse Présentée a la Faculté des Sciences de Paris Pour Obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Physiques, Deuxième Édition, Revue et Corrigée
by Curie, Mme Sklodowska
Paris: Gauthier-Villars. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1904. Second Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, light soiling. Some minor foxing throughout book. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked. Beige paper covered boards over green cloth spine and green cloth reinforced corners. Hinges intact. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 155 pages; This is a revised and corrected edition of the thesis that Mme Curie presented for her doctorate in Physics at the University of Paris. The...
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$550.00
Discover the Moon
by Jean Lacroux
Paperback / softback. New. This guide to discovering lunar sites covers fourteen guided observing sessions from New Moon to Full Moon. For each evening, the book shows which craters, mountains and other features can be seen, and how to find them. Images are shown as they appear through both refracting and reflecting telescopes.
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£25.64
The Eternal "Now"
by Johnson, Oliver A
New York: Vantage Press, 1998. Very good paperback. Minor wear to upper corners of front cover and first few pages. Text is clear on sound, clean pages. TS. Paperback. Very Good. Used.
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£14.50
And There Was Light
by Rudolf Thiel
Readers Union, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1959. 396 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear...
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£10.99
Spectroscopy at Radio and Microwave Frequencies
by D.J.E. Ingram
Butterworth, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. 332. 332 pages. Unclipped illustrated jacket over green cloth with white lettering to spine. Contains illustrations. The pages remain clear with some light tanning and foxing throughout and some occasional marking which is heavier towards the endpapers. The binding is good and all pages are secure. The boards are heavily marked with liquid damage especially to the spine - the inside of the book is unaffected. Moderate edge wear, bumping to corners,...
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£20.00
The River, the Lake and the Creek ; a History of the Catfish Creek Conservation Authority 1950-2000
by Wellwood, Ric
Aylmer, ON: Catfish Creek Conservation Authority. Very Good+. 2000. Paperback. 0968782000 . Light edge wear to red card covers, some scuffing. ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; Color Photographs; 0.25 x 9 x 6 Inches; 105 pages .
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$18.50
Stars And Atoms
by A. S. Eddington
Cambridge At The University Press, 1927. 1st. Hardback. Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1927, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket darkened and rubbed to edges with several chips to spine (now protected); blue cloth boards generally clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation - Christmas gift inscription to front endpaper dated 1927; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations...
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£19.95
Advances in Radiation Biology: Volume 1
by Leroy G. Augenstein (Editor); Ronald Mason (Editor); Harry Quastler (Editor)
Academic Press, Inc., 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. Seller's image, know what you are getting! Pre-packing weight is 1 lb. 5.5 oz . ORIGINAL, NOT A REPRINT OR PHOTOCOPY!! Has NO Dust Jacket. Has very good hinges, Front End Page NOT removed. Has some standard Library markings, pocket, spine label, Rear cover label, 2 stamps, faint stamp on top page edges, survey stamp on bottom page edges. Has Owner markings as noted. Volume has CLEAN TEXT! See Picture! The Copyright date is 1964 for this...
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$24.00
Journal Of Mass Spectrometry: Volume 32, Number 4, April 1997
by Caprioli Richard M. ( editor-In -Chief)
Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons. Fine+. 1997. Paperback. Paperback Magazine Format in Fine+ condition. A bright, unmarked text with a solid binding. Special Article: An Introduction to Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry (pages 351–369). Research article: Conserved Motifs as the Basis for Recognition of Homologous Proteins Across Species Boundaries Using Peptide-mass Fingerprinting (pages 370–378). ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 351-460 pages .
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CA$25.00
Modern House Building Volumes 1-3
by Edgar Lucas
The Caxton Publishing Company, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. These volumes are in good to very good condition. Some bumping to covers and spines as per the photos, and an inscription on the cover page. Otherwise, good clean copies with pages in excellent condition for their age with no markings or damage. Please see the photos for further details.
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£30.00
Self Contamination and Environment of an Orbiting Spacecraft
by Scialdone, John J
Washington D. C.: NASA, 1972. Paperback in good condition. With note signed by author. A few minor marks on covers. Paperclip dent and mark on upper edge of front cover, lightly affecting early pages. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM. Paperback. Good. Used.
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£10.84
The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide To The Laws Of The Universe
by Roger Penrose
Jonathan Cape, 2004. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. First edition sixth impression hardback, 2004, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine condition in a near-fine, slightly rubbed, dust jacket (now protected). Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unopened; no annotation or inscriptions; a hint of toning to page-ends but text, diagrams and equations bright and clear throughout. This book is both large (160mm, x 245mm, 1094pp) and heavy (1.8kg), additional postage will be required if shipped...
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£195.00
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Torrance County, New Mexico
by Smith, R. E
Socorro, N. Mex.: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1957. Ground-Water Report 5; 8vo, white paper covers; three fold-out plates in rear pocket; vg- (cocked; covers soiled and rubbed; residue and remnant from removed price sticker on rear cover; rear corners creased; corners worn; spine creased; spine ends bumped and worn; personal library sticker on inside front cover; crease to side edge of pages in Index); 186pp incl. index + three fold-out plates in rear pocket.. Soft Cover.
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$6.00
