Following is a list of the 184 science related titles that are in stock and on our shelves on March 9, 2008. These books cover a wide range of the sciences, so enjoy browsing through, or you may wish to use the "find function" of your browser to search for key words that hopefully we have used in cataloguing. Feel free to place your order at any time with Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire. Thank you, yours, RAY
This past month we purchased a small collection of books from the library of an astronomy professor. They are listed within the science list, but I have also listed them separately under the heading of Astronomy at the bottom of this page, so scroll down, or use this link.
1. MCGRAW-HILL BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1966), 738pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) EX-LIB w/usual markings, "Recent titles on more than 7,000 subjects compiled and annotated by the Editors of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.", (Order No: 11092 ), $5.00
2. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN - THE ADVOCATE OF INDUSTRY, AND JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC... 1847 THROUGH 1850 -- 132 ISSUES, Munn & Company, New York, 1847-48-49-50, B&W illustrations, good+, 3/4 leather (hardcover) some light foxing, "...JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC, MECHANICAL, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. Bound in one single volume are 132 issues as follows: Vol. 3, No. 1, September 23, 1847, through Vol. 3, No. 52, September 16, 1848; 416 pages (8 pages per issue) -- Vol. 4., No. 1, September 23, 1848, through Vol. 4, No. 28, March 31, 1849, 224 pages (8 pages per issue) (note this year is thus not complete) -- Vol. 5. No. 1, September 22, 1849, through Vol. 5, No. 52, September 14, 1850, 416 pages (8 pages per issue). An unbelieveable archive of 19th century science and inventions., (Order No: 53165 ), $1500.00
3. Aleksander, Igor, HOW TO BUILD A MIND: TOWARD MACHINES WITH IMAGINATION, Columbia University Press, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, 205pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231120125 Interweaving anecdotes from his own life and research with imagined dialogues between historical figures, Aleksander leads readers toward an understanding of consciousness., (Order No: 32068 ), $9.50
4. Allman, William F., APPRENTICES OF WONDER: INSIDE THE NEURAL NETWORK REVOLUTION, Bantam Books, New York, (1989), B&W illustrations, 211pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0553053892 This book takes you into the exciting new science of the twenty-first century: the study of a revolutionary kind of artificial intelligence, called nerual networks, that mimics the complex activity of the human brain., (Order No: 10938 ), $3.50
5. Baker, Paul T. and Weiner, J. S. (edited by), THE BIOLOGY OF HUMAN ADAPTABILITY, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1966, B&W tables, figures, maps, 541pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The Wenner Gren conference in Austria in 1964 brought together leading geneticists, physiologists and anthropologists from all parts of the world, to discuss the problems of man in his natural enviornments and his adaptive responses to them. This book is based on that conference., (Order No: 33751 ), $10.00
6. Ballantyne, Verne H., HOW TO PROSPECT WITH A MINI-ROCKER, Mountain Publications, Crestline, CA, (1990), B&W illustrations, 36pp, good, spiral bound wraps (softcover), ISBN 1877700118 Contents include: Gold Prospecting with a Mini-Rocker; Where to Search for Gold; How to use your Mini-Rocker; Desert Prospecting with the Mini-Rocker; and More uses for the Mini-Rocker., (Order No: 52631 ), $10.00
7. Barton, William H.; and, Joseph, Joseph Maron, STARCRAFT, Whittlesey House, New York, (1938), 228pp, good++, blue cloth (hardcover) owner's bookplate, This volume was prepared to meet the increasing interest in observational astronomy., (Order No: 53802 ), $8.00
8. Bastian, Hartmut, AND THEN CAME MAN, The Viking Press, New York, (1964), 32 B&W plates, 77 B&W ill., 354pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of evolution, geological and biological, from the origin of the earth to the dawn of civilization., (Order No: 12717 ), $3.50
9. Bateson, Mary Catherine, PERIPHERAL VISIONS: LEARNING ALONG THE WAY, HarperCollins, New York, (1994), 243pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060168595, (Order No: 8367 ), $4.00
10. Bedini, Silvio A., THE SCENT OF TIME: A STUDY OF THE USE OF FIRE AND INCENSE FOR TIME MEASUREMENT IN ORIENTAL COUNTRIES, American Philosophical Soc., Philadelphia, PA, 1963, B&W illustrations, 51pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge - New Series - Volume 53, Part 5 1963. The history of time measurement is filled with many curiosites, none more mysterious and exotic than the examples of the use of fire and incense for timekeeping in Oriental countries., (Order No: 53818 ), $30.00
11. Benthien, Claudia (translated by Thomas Dunlap), SKIN: ON THE CULTURAL BORDER BETWEEN SELF AND THE WORLD, Columbia University Press, New York, (2002) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 290pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 023112502X This important cultural study examines the relations amoung self-conscious, subjectivity, and skin from the eighteenth century to the present. A look at the social aspects of the skin and human skin color., (Order No: 37044 ), $12.50
12. Bernstein, Jeremy, SCIENCE OBSERVED: ESSAYS OUT OF MY MIND, Basic Books, Inc., Pub., New York, (1982), 376pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0465073409 A rare look at the inner workings of the scientific mind in action., (Order No: 25775 ), $3.00
13. Boulton, David (edited by), VOICES FROM THE CROWD: AGAINST THE H-BOMB, Dufour Editions, Philadelphia, PA, (1964), 185pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The contributors include Albert Schweitzer, Bertrand Russell, Michael Foot, Sir Herbert Read, Marghanita Laski, Philip Toynbee, John Osborne, John Braine, Spike Milligan, C. Wright Mills, Donald Soper, Jacquetta Hawkes, J.B. Priestley, Christopher Logue, Alex Comfort, Sir Richard Acland, Michael Scott and Alan Sillitoe., (Order No: 15622 ), $10.00
14. Bova, Ben (editor), CLOSEUP: NEW WORLDS, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1977), B&W and color photographs, 222pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, "Modern views of the solar system by science-fiction writers who are scientists in their own right." These writers explore newly-opened worlds of planetary possibilities. Recent space probes such as Pioneer 10 and the Viking Mars landing demand creative new theories to explain their discoveries., (Order No: 6843 ), $4.50
15. Bradford, Gamaliel, DARWIN, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1926, B&W illustrations, 315pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) a few marginal pencil notes/marks, (Order No: 44648 ), $5.00
16. Bradley, John (edited by), LEARNING TO GLOW: A NUCLEAR READER, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, (2000) 1st ptg, 317pp, fine, wraps (softcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0816519560 Here are stories of and by ordinary people who have suffered the consequences of the decisions made by those in power., (Order No: 28154 ), $5.00
17. Brown, Sanborn C. and Rieser, Leonard M., NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AT DARTMOUTH: FROM SURVEYORS' CHAINS TO THE PRESSURE OF LIGHT, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1974, B&W illustrations, 127pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 087451102X This is a story of physics and people: how they interacted and how they resolved, each in his own way, the problem of conducting scientific research wihtout scanting the needs of students., (Order No: 50943 ), $30.00
18. Byrd, Mary E., A LABORATORY MANUAL IN ASTRONOMY, Ginn & Company, Publishers, Boston, MA, 1899, B&W illustrations, 273pp, good, light olive green cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Suggestions for Beginners; Reference Lines and Home-Made Apparatus; Almanacs and Maps; Celestial Globe and Heliotellus; The Sun; The Moon; Planets, Comets and Shooting Stars; Stars and Milky Way; Observations for an Inch-and- a-Half Telescope; and, Appendices., (Order No: 53815 ), $45.00
19. Byrd, Mary E., FIRST OBSERVATIONS IN ASTRONOMY - A HANDBOOK FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, The Rumford Press, Concord, NH, 1913, B&W illustrations, 126pp, good, flexible green boards (hardcover), This handbook has been written as a guide to first observations. Real knowledge in science depends upon direct study of objects and phenomena., (Order No: 53816 ), $15.00
20. Calder, Nigel, TECHNOPOLIS: SOCIAL CONTROL OF THE USES OF SCIENCE, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1970) 1st US, 375pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671204963 "Technopolis - the society where applied science is the ruling force; where our lives, thoughts and happiness are regulated through technology. Will it be Utopia or Brave New World? Who will be its rulers, the scientists or the politicians?", (Order No: 7567 ), $4.00
21. Cardoza, Anne & Vlk, Suzee J., ROBOTICS, Tab Books Inc., Blue Ridge Summit, PA, (1985) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 149pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0830618589 From fantasy and science fiction to today's reality, this is a fascinating guide to the world of robots and robotics., (Order No: 12647 ), $4.00
22. Chapman, R. W., THE ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY FOR SURVEYORS, Charles Griffin and Company, London, 1919, B&W illustrations, 247pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) light dampstain to boards only, (Order No: 53965 ), $25.00
23. Chauvenet, William, A MANUAL OF SPHERICAL AND PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY, FIFTH EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1981), fold-out plates, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), "...Embracing the General Problems of Spherical Astronomy. The Special Applications to Nautical Astronomy, and the Theory and Use of Fixed and Portable Astronomical Instruments. With an Appendix on the Method of Least Squares." Volume I. SPHERICAL ASTRONOMY, 708pp; Volume II. THEORY AND USE OF ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS. METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES, 632pp, plates. A nice clean and tight set., (Order No: 53800 ), $100.00
24. Clark, Ronald W., THE SURVIVAL OF CHARLES DARWIN: A BIOGRAPHY OF A MAN AND AN IDEA, Random House, New York, (1984) 1st ed, B&W photos, 449pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 039452134X, (Order No: 6860 ), $4.00
25. Colbert, Edwin H., A FOSSIL-HUNTER'S NOTEBOOK: MY LIFE WITH DINOSAURS AND OTHER FRIENDS, E. P. Dutton, New York, (1980) 1st ed, 75 B&W ill., 3 B&W maps, 242pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 052510772X An absorbing journey with a young scientist from Missouri that eventually spans all the continents of the world, and extends backward four hundred million years or so, to a time before dinosaurs and mammoths roamed the earth and the continents were not yet adrift., (Order No: 27853 ), $7.50
26. Comins, Neil F., HEAVENLY ERRORS: MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE REAL NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, Columbia University Press, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 244pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231116446 The author has identified and classified, by origin and topic, over 1,700 commonly held misconceptions., (Order No: 32527 ), $8.00
27. Cone, Joseph, FIRE UNDER THE SEA: THE DISCOVERY OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY ENVIRONMENT ON EARTH - VOLCANIC HOT SPRINGS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, Quill/William Morrow, New York, (1991), color ill., 287pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0688119050 Totally unknown before 1977, seafloor hot springs occur in numerous places along the globe-encircling chain of underwater mountains known as the midocean ridge. Through a series of vivid portraits of the scientists who explore these springs in submersibles, this book not only recounts the drama of the discovery, but also examines the fascinating theories developed about the relationship between the inner heat of the earth and the ocean that swirls about it, the formation of gold, and even the origin of life itself., (Order No: 25560 ), $2.50
28. Cowan, Harrison J., TIME AND ITS MEASUREMENT: FROM THE STONE AGE TO THE NUCLEAR AGE, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, (1958) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, A book focused on recording and interrelating units of time., (Order No: 53970 ), $12.00
29. de Camp, L. Sprague, THE ANCIENT ENGINEERS, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1963, B&W illustrations, 408pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 41494 ), $3.00
30. Defant, Albert, EBB AND FLOW: THE TIDES OF EARTH, AIR, AND WATER, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, (1958), B&W illustrations, 121pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 047200106X The story of tides is the story of cosmic forces acting across the emptiness of space - forces that only now, at the opening of the space age, are beginning to be understood., (Order No: 53810 ), $7.50
31. DeHarpporte, Dean, SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WIND ATLAS, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, (1984), B&W maps & graphs, 118pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0442218222 A unique collection of maps which gives the best available estimate of wind speed and wind power throughout Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida., (Order No: 14731 ), $14.50
32. Denoyer, L. P., A TEACHER'S MANUAL ACCOMPANYING CARTOCRAFT GLOBES, Denoyer-Geppert Company, Chicago, IL, 1943 5th ed, B&W illustrations, 178pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover), Part I includes; When Globes Should be Use; How Globes are Made; Historical Scketch; an The Globe and the Map; Part II are exercises; and, Part III discusses different types of globes., (Order No: 53823 ), $17.50
33. Dibner, Bern, THE NEW RAYS OF PROFESSOR RONTGEN, Burndy Library, Norwalk, CT, 1963, B&W illustrations, 56pp, good, wraps (softcover), This discovery of and use of X-Rays., (Order No: 29424 ), $8.50
34. Dibner, Bern, THE VICTORIA AND THE TRITON, Burndy Library, Norwalk, CT, 1962, B&W illustrations, 58pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "Two global expeditions reveal the advance in marine technology with the passage of four and a third centuries." The advances between the time of the Victoria in the 15th century to the nuclear submarine TRITON in 1960., (Order No: 29425 ), $3.00
35. Dickinson, Terence, HALLEY'S COMET: A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR FROM OUTER SPACE, Edmund Scientific, Barrington, NJ, (1985), B&W illustrations, 125pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 13518 ), $4.00
36. Dizard, Wilson P., TELEVISION: A WORLD VIEW, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, (1966) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 349pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), In this study, the author reviews the history, present status, and current trends of television communications around the world., (Order No: 23831 ), $7.50
37. Dwivedi, B. N. (edited by) (foreword by E. N. Parker), DYNAMIC SUN, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (2003), B&W figures, 443pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover) faint bump top corner, ISBN 0521810574 A modern, comprehensive, and authoritative overview of the Sun, from its deep core to the outer corona, and the solar wind. Each chapter is written by eminent scientists in the field of solar physics., (Order No: 49496 ), $50.00
38. Editors of Life, PROJECT MERCURY, Life Magazine, New York, (1964), B&W and color illustrations, unpaginated, very good++, wraps (softcover) in good slipcase, This special volume highlights LIFE's coverage of the Project Mercury space mission from September, 1959, through May, 1963, with the completion of Gordon Cooper's 22-orbit mission., (Order No: 48337 ), $12.50
39. Eiseley, Loren, THE INVISIBLE PYRAMID: A NATURALIST ANALYSES THE ROCKET CENTURY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1970), B&W illustrations, 173pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Woodcuts by Walter Ferro. A distinguished naturalist and conservationist views the Space Age., (Order No: 12019 ), $2.50
40. Esau, Katherine, VIRUSES IN PLANT HOSTS: FORM, DISTRIBUTION, AND PATHOLOGIC EFFECTS, University of Wisconsin Pr., Madison, WI, 1968, 137 B&W figures, 225pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Internationally renowned plant anatomist Katherine Esau brings together the results of her recent and largely unpublished studies on the form and movement of tobacco mosaic virus and beet yellows virus in plant tissue and the effect of these viruses on plant cells, and discusses these results in the light of current knowledge., (Order No: 16199 ), $7.50
41. Fenton, Carroll Lane, OUR AMAZING EARTH, Garden City Publishing Co., New York, (1943), B&W illustrations, 346pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), First published in 1938., (Order No: 44650 ), $4.00
42. Fisher, Phyllis (foreword by Alan Cranston), LOS ALAMOS EXPERIENCE, Japan Publications Inc., Tokyo, (1985) 1st ed, 266pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 087040623X An account of Phyllis Fisher's life at Los Alamos during the secret development of the atom bomb. Her husband, Leon Fisher, was one of the young physicists who helped develop the bomb., (Order No: 28052 ), $5.00
43. Fox, Ronald F., ENERGY AND THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, (1988), B&W illustrations, 182pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0716718499 The author's thesis is that the flow of energy through matter was the impetus for the origin of life and for the complexity of its continuing evolution. His compelling argument is necessarily interdisciplinary, drawing on ideas from chemistry, biology, physics, and mathematics., (Order No: 14137 ), $7.00
44. Frazier, Kendrick; Karr, Barry; and, Nickell, Joe (edited by), THE UFO INVASION - THE ROSWELL INCIDENT, ALIEN ABDUCTIONS, AND GOVERNMENT COVERUPS, Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, (1997) 2nd ptg, 315pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1573921319, (Order No: 53519 ), $10.00
45. Gardner, Martin, WHEELS, LIFE AND OTHER MATHEMATICAL AMUSEMENTS, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, (1983), B&W illustrations, 261pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0716715880 Another of Gardner's collections of problems and paradoxes and teasers and tricks., (Order No: 37095 ), $6.50
46. Gayrard-Valy, Yvette, FOSSILS: EVIDENCE OF VANISHED WORLDS, Discoveries Harry N. Abrams, New York, (1994), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0810928248, (Order No: 40674 ), $4.50
47. Goldsmith, Oliver, A HISTORY OF THE EARTH, AND ANIMATED NATURE - A NEW EDITION, WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS IN SIX VOLUMES (6 VOLS. COMPLETE), Printed for Richardson, etal, London, 1822, copperplate engravings, good++, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover), First published in 1774 with the intent to assemble in one place all that was known about planet earth and the plants and animals on it with a biological perspective. An exceptionally clean and tight set, some occasional light foxing. Volume I, 445pp; Volume II, 444pp; Volume III, 418pp; Volume IV, 438pp; Volume V, 442pp; and Volume VI, 396pp., (Order No: 52405 ), $385.00
48. Goswami, Amit & Goswami, Maggie, THE COSMIC DANCERS: EXPLORING THE PHYSICS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1983) 1st ed, 52 B&W figures, 292pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060150831 This book will take you through the most challenging concepts of modern physics with the aid of examples from such masters of science fiction as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, and Ursula K. Le Guin, not to mention their predecessors H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Cyrano de Bergerac., (Order No: 10778 ), $4.50
49. Greene, Dascom, AN INTRODUCTION TO SPHERICAL AND PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY, Ginn & Company, Publishers, Boston, MA, 1892, B&W illustrations, 150pp, tables, very good, green cloth (hardcover) lacks front free endpaper, "The present volume is the result of an attempt to supply the want of a text-book adapted to the needs of students who wish to begin the study of spherical and practical astronomy, and who are prepared to do so by a sufficient acquaintance with the several branches of mathematics, and with the general principles of astronomy.", (Order No: 53803 ), $30.00
50. Greene, J. Arthur (editor) (foreword by Sir Boverton Redwood; contributors E. H. Cunningham-Craig; W. R. Ormandy; et al), A TREATISE ON BRITISH MINERAL OIL, Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., London, 1919, B&W illustrations, 233pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover), This book has been written with the object of making the nature of the problem better known, and indicating the scope which exists for the development of a new industry., (Order No: 40195 ), $35.00
51. Greene, Mott T., NATURAL KNOWLEDGE IN PRECLASSICAL ANTIQUITY, Johns Hopkins University Pr., Baltimore, MD, (1992), B&W frontis, 184pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, ISBN 0801842921 The author reexamines the remnants of ancient life using conceptual tools seldom brought to bear on such material., (Order No: 33905 ), $14.50
52. Hall, A. Wilford, THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE: EMBRACING THE "EVOLUTION OF SOUND" AND "EVOLUTION EVOLVED", Hall and Company, New York, 1880 rev ed, B&W frontis, 528pp, good+, decorated brown cloth (hardcover), WITH A REVIEW OF THE SIX GREAT MODERN SCIENTISTS, DARWIN, HUXLEY, TYNDALL, HAECKEL, HELMHOLTZ, AND MAYER., (Order No: 40006 ), $15.00
53. Hall, Courtney Robert, HISTORY OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE, Library Publishers, New York, 1954, 453pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Originally published in 1954 by Library Publishers. This book first address es the development of the Industrial State in America along with the developments in transportation. Then various industries are investigated including: World of Chemicals; Electrical and Communications Industries; Mining and Metallurgical Industry; Non-Metallic Minerals; Rubber and Rubber Products; Pulp, Paper and Print; Feeding, Cleaning and Clothing the Millions. The final three chapters look further into Industrial Science in National Defense, Precision in the industry, and the future. Reprinted as part of Arno's Technology and Society Series., (Order No: 8232 ), $20.00
54. Hall, Marie Boas (editor), NATURE AND NATURE'S LAWS: DOCUMENTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, Walker and Company, New York, (1970), 12 B&W ill., 381pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802720161 A volume in THE DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILZATION series. This volume documents the history of the scientific revolution, from early in the sixteenth century to about 1790., (Order No: 13968 ), $12.50
55. Handy, Rollo and Kurtz, Paul, A CURRENT APPRAISAL OF THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, Behavioral Research Council, Great Barrington, MA, (1964), 154pp, very good, light blue cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Anthropology; Sociology; History; Economics; Political Science; Jurisprudence; Psychology; Education; Information Theory; Cybernetics; Linguistics; Sign-Behavior; Game Theory; Decision-Making Theory; Value Inquiry; General Systems., (Order No: 43998 ), $7.50
56. Hanscom, C. D. (compiled by), DATES IN AMERICAN TELEPHONE TECHNOLOGY - PRELIMINARY EDITION, Bell Telephone Laboratories, n.p., 1961, 148pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Compiled by the historian of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, this book lists important facts and dates for ready reference., (Order No: 53621 ), $25.00
57. Harding, Arthur M., ASTRONOMY: THE SPLENDOR OF THE HEAVENS BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH, Garden City Publishing Co., New York, (1935), B&W illustrations, 418pp, good++, black cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53811 ), $5.00
58. Harrison, Ward and Staley, K. A., FUNDAMENTALS OF ILLUMINATION, National Lamp Works, Cleveland, OH, 1927, B&W illustrations, 60pp, good, wraps (softcover), Bulletin 7-D, Engineering Department, National Lamp Works of General Electric Co., January 1, 1927., (Order No: 28931 ), $15.00
59. Harrison, Lucia Carolyn, DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, DARKNESS, AND TIME - THEIR DISTRIBUTION OVER THE EARTH AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO HUMAN AFFAIRS, Silver, Burdett and Company, New York, (1935), B&W illustrations, 216pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53831 ), $14.50
60. Hart, John F, and Takasu, Satoru (editors), SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, (1967), B&W figures, 249pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 10-11, 1965. The primary purposes of the Conference were the promotion of research and the development of the teaching of computer science in Canadian universities., (Order No: 38844 ), $15.00
61. Harte, John, THE GREEN FUSE: AN ECOLOGICAL ODYSSEY, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1993), ill. by Len Kamp, 156pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0520082079 Lyrical and vivid portraits of natural wonders and the threats to them are combined with precise scientific accounts of natural processes and their disturbances., (Order No: 19128 ), $6.50
62. Hayes, G., A GUIDE TO STATIONARY STEAM ENGINES, Moorland Publishing Co. Ltd., Derbyshire, UK, (1981), B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 086190026X This book describes virtually all the sites and museums in Britain where stationary steam engines may be seen., (Order No: 41861 ), $15.00
63. Henderson, W. J., THE ELEMENTS OF NAVIGATION - DESIGNED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF BEGINNERS: NEW EDITION, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1917), B&W illustrations, 218pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), "A short and complete explanation of the standard methods of finding the position of a ship at sea and the course to be steered.", (Order No: 53963 ), $6.00
64. Heppenheimer, T. A., THE MAN-MADE SUN: THE QUEST FOR FUSION POWER, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, (1984) 1st ed, 42 B&W ill., 347pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316357936 Fusion power, the energy source of the sun and stars, may well be mankind's ultimate energy source. T.A. Heppenheimer takes us into the laboratories and Washington offices where fusion's future is being shaped., (Order No: 10788 ), $3.50
65. Hill, Royal, THE STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS ..., Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1891, B&W illustrations, 32pp, good, black cloth (hardcover), "...A NEW METHOD BY WHICH ALL THE MORE CONSPICUOUS STARS, CONSTELLATIONS, AND OTHER OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN THE HEAVENS, THAT ARE VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE, CAN BE EASILY AND CERTAINLY IDENTIFIED.", (Order No: 53822 ), $35.00
66. Hiller, John, NEW ENGLAND PLACER GOLD - SECOND EDITION, published by the author, Naugatuck, CT, (1992) 1st ptg, maps, 68pp, very good, wraps (softcover), From the introduction: "The purpose of this book is to introduce you to the pleasures and addictions of prospecting for gold in New England. The book is written for the beginner, with the hope that the text and maps will get you into a stream with the proper information, tools, and motivation to find gold.", (Order No: 52632 ), $75.00
67. Hindle, Brooke, THE PURSUIT OF SCIENCE IN REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA, 1735-1789, Univ. of North Carolina Pr., Chapel Hill, NC, (1956), B&W illustrations, 410pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Scientific endeavor during colonial days., (Order No: 39068 ), $5.00
68. Holloway, Daivd, STALIN AND THE BOMB: THE SOVIET UNION AND ATOMIC ENERGY, 1939-1956, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1994, B&W illustrations, 464pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300060564 This volume traces the history of Soviet nuclear policy from the development of physics in the 1920s to the testing of the hydrogen bomb and the emergence of nuclear deterrence in the mid-1950s., (Order No: 51572 ), $12.50
69. Holmes, Frederic Lawrence, CLAUDE BERNARD AND ANIMAL CHEMISTRY: THE EMERGENCE OF A SCIENTIST, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1974, B&W illustrations, 541pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674134850 This book examines Bernard's formative early researches in the years 1842 to 1848, before he became an esteemed scientist, a revered sage, and, in the eyes of many, a "founder" of experimental psychology., (Order No: 45822 ), $10.00
70. Hoots, H. W., GEOLOGY OF A PART OF WESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SALT AND POTASH, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1925, B&W illustrations, maps, 126pp, good, wraps (softcover), U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 780-B., (Order No: 50620 ), $20.00
71. Howard, N. E., HANDBOOK FOR OBSERVING THE SATELLITES, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1958) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 136pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A Complete Guide to Spotting all the Satellites: Where to Find Them and What Equipment to Use." An early book about our early space program., (Order No: 40726 ), $14.50
72. Howell, John W. & Schroeder, Henry, HISTORY OF THE INCANDESCENT LAMP, The Maqua Company, Publ., Schenectady, NY, 1927, B&W ill., diagrams, 208pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, Technical development of the electric lamp and the contributions of various men to it, especially Edison. Larson 2440., (Order No: 2165 ), $50.00
73. Hunt, Morton, THE UNIVERSE WITHIN: A NEW SCIENCE EXPLORES THE HUMAN MIND, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1982) 1st ptg, 78 B&W ill., 415pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671252585 A firsthand account of the latest discoveries and theories of cognitive science-the study of how our minds work. Drawing on two years of interviews with scientists at the cutting edge of this new discipline, the author has synthesized an astonishing range of information covering every aspect of the mind, from the failure of behaviorism to the future of artificial intelligence., (Order No: 10766 ), $2.50
74. Jaggar, Thomas A., MY EXPERIMENTS WITH VOLCANOES, Hawaiian Volcano Research, Honolulu, HI, 1956, B&W illustrations, 198pp, very good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), Dr. Jagger spent the last years of his life writing the history of his sixty years of intensive, rugged, and hazardous scientific achievements. It is the privilege of the officers, directors and members of the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association to present in book form this story of Dr. Jaggar's life., (Order No: 44282 ), $50.00
75. Jedicke, Peter (project editor), EXTREME SCIENCE: TRANSPLANTING YOUR HEAD AND OTHER FEATS OF THE FUTURE, A Byron Preiss Book, New York, (2001) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 244pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 031226819X Contents include: Our Bodies in the Future; When Things Go Really Wrong; Using Biochemistry on the Defensive; Working with the Genome; What Can We Do with Gene Therapy?; What Can We Do with Cloning?; Extreme Biology; and, Taking Humankind to the Extreme., (Order No: 34494 ), $5.00
76. Jedicke, Peter (project editor), EXTREME SCIENCE: CHASING THE GHOST BAT AND OTHER MYSTERIES OF NATURE, A Byron Preiss Book, New York, (2001) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 259pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0312268181 Contents include: The Most Dangerous Animal of All; Beasts of the Land; Beasts of the Air and the Sea; Beyond the Picnic Basket; Wings and Webs; Extreme Plants; Small but Deadly., (Order No: 34495 ), $4.00
77. Johnson, Willis E., MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY, American Book Company, New York, (1907), B&W illustrations, 336pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, (Order No: 53826 ), $7.50
78. Johnston, Jas. F. W., LECTURES ON THE APPLICATIONS OF CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY TO AGRICULTURE - NEW EDITION, WITH AN APPENDIX, C. M. Saxton & Company, New York, 1857, 620pp,appendix, very good, faded brown cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, NEW EDITION, WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SUGGESTIONS FOR EXPERIMENTS IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. Part I is devoted to the organic elements and parts of plants, the nature and sources of these elements, and to an explanation of the mode in which they become converted into the substance of plants. Part II is devoted to the inorganic elements of plants, comprehending the study of the soils from which these elements are derived, and the general elations of geology to agriculture. Part II is devoted to the various methods, mechanical and chemical, by which the soil may be improved, and especially to the nature of manures, by which soils are made more productive, and the amount of vegetable produce increased. Part IV is devoted to the results of vegetation, to the kind and value of the food produced under different circumstances, and its relation to the growth and feeding of cattle, and to the amount and quality of dairy products., (Order No: 53863 ), $25.00
79. Jonas, Gerald, THE CIRCUIT RIDERS: ROCKEFELLER MONEY AND THE RISE OF MODERN SCIENCE, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1989) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 430pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 039302640X The focus is on the Rockefeller Foundation and the story of the "circuit riders"--globe-trotting science spotters who saw that the Foundation took the right paths while resisting the overtures of those rational-sounding racists, the promoters of eugenics., (Order No: 15104 ), $5.00
80. Kahn, Fritz, DESIGN OF THE UNIVERSE - THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1954), B&W illustrations, 373pp, very good+, tan cloth spine, blue boards (hardcover), (Order No: 53960 ), $5.00
81. Kandel, Robert, WATER FROM HEAVEN: THE STORY OF WATER FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION, AND BEYOND, Columbia University Press, New York, (2003) 1st ptg, B&W figures and tables, 312pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231122446 The full story of water and all its remarkable properties., (Order No: 39343 ), $12.50
82. Kelch, Joseph W., SMALL WORLDS: EXPLORING THE 60 MOONS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, Julian Messner, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1990) 1st ptg, B&W and color ill., 157pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671700146 Discusses the origins and characteristics of each of the moons circling the planets of the solar system and presents information on both manned and unmanned space exploration., (Order No: 30391 ), $5.00
83. Kiefer, Irene, ENERGY FOR AMERICA, Atheneum, New York, 1979 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 199pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0689307136 Contents include; Energy & Man, Energy Use in the United States, Better Use of Fossil Fuels, New Ways With Old Energy Sources, Energy from the Sun, Energy from the Earth, Energy from the Atomic Nucleus, and, Conserving Energy. "Juvenile Literature.", (Order No: 24346 ), $6.00
84. Kolko, Beth E. (edited by), VIRTUAL PUBLICS: POLICY AND COMMUNITY IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE, Columbia University Press, New York, (2003) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 396pp, fine, purple boards (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0231118260 This book grew out of a panel originally presented at the American Studies Association conference in 1997. The goal of that panel was the same as the goal of this volume--namely, to argue that the Internet is a complex and often incompletely understood influence on public discourse and public life, that while offline interaction affects online activity, what happens online also shapes what happens in face-to-face environments., (Order No: 40046 ), $30.00
85. Kurten, Bjorn, THE INNOCENT ASSASSINS - BIOLOGICAL ESSAYS ON LIFE IN THE PRESENT AND DISTANT PAST, Columbia University Press, New York, (1991) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 206pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231072767, (Order No: 47690 ), $6.00
86. Lane, Ferdinand C., THE WORLD'S GREAT LAKES, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1948 1st ed, maps, 254pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Story of the lakes of the world - how they were formed, what they are like, and who discovered them., (Order No: 19429 ), $7.50
87. Lavery, David, LATE FOR THE SKY: THE MENTALITY OF THE SPACE AGE, Southern Illinois Press, Carbondale, IL, (1992) 1st ptg, 265pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0809317672 This book is about the nature, present condition, and Future of humanity, seen through the lens of our interest in space., (Order No: 18245 ), $10.00
88. Leakey, Richard, THE ORIGIN OF HUMANKIND, BasicBooks, New York, (1994), 171pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0465031358, (Order No: 24332 ), $3.00
89. Levine, I. E., ELECTRONICS PIONEER LEE DE FOREST, Julian Messner, New York, (1966) 3rd ptg, 191pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), "Written for Young People.", (Order No: 7360 ), $8.50
90. Levitt, I. M., TARGET FOR TOMORROW: SPACE TRAVEL OF THE FUTURE, Fleet Publishing Corporation, New York, (1959), B&W illustrations, 328pp, good w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, The book is divided into two sections. The first deals with what is already known and what we are doing to further develop the science of space travel. The second is dedicated to the future., (Order No: 31786 ), $7.50
91. Lewin, Roger, IN THE AGE OF MANKIND: A SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF HUMAN EVOLUTION, Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C., (1988) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 255pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0895990229 Roger Lewin, working with leading anthropologists from the Smithsonian and other institutions, examines the background and significance of many recent discoveries and the often perplexing questions that remain., (Order No: 14202 ), $5.00
92. Lewis, Floyd A. (foreword by Walker L. Cisler), THE INCANDESCENT LIGHT - A REVIEW OF ITS INVENTION AND APPLICATION, Shorewood Publishers, Inc., New York, (1961) 2nd ptg, 210 illustrations, 128pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "An exciting review of its invention and application from the first beginnings. The story of the man who prematurely announced his success and then delivered everything he had promised - Thomas Alva Edison's triumph of human endeavor.", (Order No: 53446 ), $7.50
93. Lewis, Isabel Martin, A HANDBOOK OF SOLAR ECLIPSES, Duffield & Company, New York, 1924, B&W illustrations, 118pp, good++, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53964 ), $12.00
94. Leyson, Burr W., THE MIRACLE OF LIGHT AND POWER, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1955 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 186pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "How Electricity, Gas and Steam are Produced for Home and Industry.", (Order No: 39481 ), $15.00
95. Livio, Mario (edited by), THE DARK UNIVERSE: MATTER, ENERGY AND GRAVITY, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (2003), B&W figures, 193pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0521822270 "Proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland April 2-5, 2001." Space - Telescope - Science Institute Symposium Series 15., (Order No: 49502 ), $75.00
96. Louis-Guillaume de Lafolie (or Follie) (French physicist and chemist 1739-1780), LE PHILOSOPHE SANS PRETENTION OU L'HOMME RARE - OUVRAGE PHYSIQUE, CHYMIQUE, POLITIQUE ET MORAL, DEDIE AUX SAVANS, Chez Clousier, Paris, 1775, engravings by C. Boissel, 350pp, very good+++, full calf, raised bands (hardcover) EXCEPTIONAL !!, Title translates roughly to: "The Philosopher without Claim, or the Rare Man, Works Physical, Chemical, Political and Moral." A curious work of science fiction in which the author expounds upon his theories in physics and chemistry. A visitor from Mercury arrives on Earth ina an 'electrical flying machine' (as seen in the frontispiece). This machine is considered the first forerunner of the dynamo powered by static electricity when its two globes are rubbed with camphor. The Mercurian, Ormaris, presents Lafolie's own scientific opinions in the fields of electricity, geology, mineralogy and chemistry. In addition he scoffs the theories of the fixed air of Priestley, as well as the conversion of air into water. The author was the first to discover the yellow dyeing extracted and to successful fix it on wire of the red color of the Indies. Text in French. An exceptional copy of museum quality!!!, (Order No: 50960 ), $1750.00
97. Mayall, R. Newton and Mayall, Margaret L., SKYSHOOTING: HUNTING THE STARS WITH YOUR CAMERA, The Ronald Press Company, New York, (1949), B&W illustrations, 174pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover), Owner's notes on rear endpapers concerning eclipses he witnessed., (Order No: 53959 ), $7.50
98. McKready, Kelvin, A BEGINNER'S STAR-BOOK, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1912, B&W illustrations, 148pp, very good, gray cloth (hardcover), "An Easy Guide to the Stars and to the Astronomical Uses of the Opera-Glass, the Field-Glass and the Telescope." With Charts of the Moon, Tables of the Planets, and Star Maps on a New Plan., (Order No: 53958 ), $10.00
99. McLanathan, Richard, IMAGES OF THE UNIVERSE - LEONARDO DA VINCI: THE ARTIST AS SCIENTIST, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1966 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 192pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of the scientific and technological triumphs - and failures - of this great historical figure., (Order No: 52511 ), $6.00
100. McLean, Antonia, HUMANISM AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE IN TUDOR ENGLAND, Neale Watson Academic Pub., New York, (1972), B&W illustrations, 258pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0882020013 During the sixteenth century England reached a turning point. This book is an attempt to show, in particular, how the expansion of knowledge brought about by the invention of printing resulted in an intellectual breakthrough., (Order No: 35355 ), $7.50
101. Mellersh, H. E. L., CHARLES DARWIN: PIONEER IN THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION, Frederick A. Praeger, Pub., New York, (1969), 10 B&W ill., 120pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "A Praeger Pathfinder Biography.", (Order No: 11088 ), $7.00
102. Menninger, Karl (translated by Paul Broneer from the revised German edition), NUMBER WORDS AND NUMBER SYMBOLS - A CULTURAL HISTORY OF NUMBERS, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (1969), 480pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0262130400, (Order No: 48926 ), $10.00
103. Miller, Jonathan, THE BODY IN QUESTION, Random House, New York, (1978) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 352pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394502809, (Order No: 5027 ), $2.00
104. Milne, Lorus and Milne, Margery, THE ANIMAL IN MAN, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1975) 1st ed, 250pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 007042392X Compares and contrasts human and animal lives and societies., (Order No: 40694 ), $4.00
105. Mitchell, S. A., ECLIPSES OF THE SUN - FOURTH EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED, Columbia University Press, New York, 1935 4th ed, B&W ill. w/PERFERATIONS, 520pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) -- SEE NOTE, Fascinating history -- BUT - Many Plates have a PERFERATED HOLE LIBRARY STAMP - no other markings, but most plates have this defect (not all, and no other markings)., (Order No: 53830 ), $20.00
106. Mitton, Jacqueline and Maran, Stephen P. (text by), GEMS OF HUBBLE: SUPERB IMAGES FROM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (1996), color illustrations, 123pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0521571006 Showcased here are sixty of the finest images from the Hubble Space Telescope., (Order No: 48360 ), $8.50
107. Mulvey, J. H. (editor), THE NATURE OF MATTER: WOLFSON COLLEGE LECTURES 1980, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981, B&W illustrations, 202pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0198511515, (Order No: 11087 ), $5.00
108. Munn & Co. (Editors and Proprietors), SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN - A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION, ... 1885 THROUGH 1886 - 104 ISSUES IN TWO VOLUMES, Munn & Co., New York, 1885 & 1886, B&W illustrations, very good, 3/4 leather (hardcover) edgewear to boards & leather, "... ART, SCIENCE, MECHANICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MANUFACTURES." Volume One includes at the beginning the last two issues for 1884: New Series: Vol. LI - No. 25, December 20, 1884 and Vol. LI - No. 26, December 27, 1884; followed by (New Series) Vol. LII - No. 1, January 3, 1885 through Vol. LII. - No. 26, June 27, 1885, 410 pages; and, Vol. LIII. - No. 1, July 4, 1885 through Vol. LIII. - No. 26, December 26, 1885, 410pp. Volume Two includes: (New Series) Vol. LIV. - No. 1, January 2, 1886 through Vol. LIV - No. 26, June 26, 1886, 412pp; and, Vol. LV. - No. 1, July 3, 1886 through Vol. LV. - No. 26, December 25, 1886, 410pp. An impressive resource for study and pleasure which includes Volumes 52, 53, 54, and 55 for 1885 and 1886., (Order No: 53166 ), $1250.00
109. Myers, Norman (foreword by Kenneth E. Boulding), THE GAIA ATLAS OF FUTURE WORLDS: CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY IN AN AGE OF CHANGE, Anchor Books, New York, (1990), B&W and color ill., maps, 192pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0385266065 A far-sighted, challenging, and sharply focused picture of present forces for change, likely outcomes with their multiple interplays, and the routes to a sustainable and vital future., (Order No: 29822 ), $3.00
110. Myles, Douglas (foreword by George Pararas-Carayannis), THE GREAT WAVES: TSUNAMI, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1985) 1st ptg, 206pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0070442371 Chilling accounts of catastrophes caused by these great waves, details concerning their nature and origin, and a look at their bearing on the future make this a complete and enthralling exploration of tsunami., (Order No: 46371 ), $7.50
111. Napier, John, MONKEYS WITHOUT TAILS: A GIRAFFE'S EYE VIEW OF THE EVOLUTION AND LIFE HISTORY OF MAN AND THE CHIMPANZEE, Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, (1976), B&W and color illustrations, 120pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0800853229 A comprehensive survey of what is now known of the evolution and life history of two primates--the ape and man., (Order No: 15134 ), $7.50
112. Nassau, Jason John, PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY - SECOND EDITION, McGraw- Hill Book Compnay, New York, 1948, B&W illustrations, 311pp, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), "This book is intended for students in civil engineering who have had no other course in astronomy and for other students who wish to do some observational work in practical astronomy.", (Order No: 53824 ), $10.00
113. Nicks, Oran W. (edited by), THIS ISLAND EARTH - NASA SP-250, National Aeronautics & Space, Washington, DC, 1970, B&W and color illustrations, 182pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 48338 ), $4.00
114. Nieto, Machael Martin, THE TITIUS-BODE LAW OF PLANETARY DISTANCES: ITS HISTORY AND THEORY, Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK, (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 161pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0080167845 "International Series of Monographs in Natural Philosophy, Volume 47." This book covers in detail both the history and the astronomy behind the Titius-Bode Law of Planetary Distances. The first part of the book relates the intellectual history from Kepler to the formulation of the law by Johann Daniel Titius von Wittenberg in 1766. The second part of the monograph describes the theories that have been offered in this century to explain the Titius-Bode Law, and also discusses the conclusions that can be reached about its validity., (Order No: 53805 ), $100.00
115. Olcott; Mayall, R. Newton; and, Mayall, Margaret W. (revised by), OLCOTT'S FIELD BOOK OF THE SKIES - FOURTH EDITION, ILLUSTRATED, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1954), B&W illustrations, 482pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53961 ), $12.00
116. Park, David, THE HOW AND THE WHY: AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL THEORY, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 460pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0691084920 From Thales to superstrings, this book is a history of the ways in which people have thought about the physical world and tried to explain it. The book's title refers to the common wisdom that science tells how but never why., (Order No: 19050 ), $12.50
117. Peat, F. David, SUPERSTRINGS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL, (1988), 362pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809246376, (Order No: 48981 ), $5.00
118. Peppers, R. A., SPORES IN STRATA OF LATE PENNSYLVANIAN CYCLOTHEMS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN, IL State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL, 1964, B&W ill., figures, table, 91pp, good+, wraps (softcover), Illinois State Geological Survey, Bulletin 90. This report is concerned with the investigation of small spores found in coal, marine, and nonmarine strata of several late Pennsylvanian cyclothems within the McLeansboro Group of Illinois and equivalent strata of western Kentucky., (Order No: 35177 ), $8.00
119. Piel, Gerard, THE ACCELERATION OF HISTORY, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1972 1st ed, 369pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394473124 "A decade's collection of essays on the central human and technological problems of our time by the publisher of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.", (Order No: 44649 ), $3.00
120. Poor, Charles Lane, NAUTICAL SCIENCE: IN ITS RELATION TO PRACTICAL NAVIGATION TOGETHER WITH A STUDY OF THE TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1910, B&W illustrations, 329pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), "This work is intended for the general reader as well as for the practical navigator. ... Navigation is founded upon Astronomy... ", (Order No: 53808 ), $17.50
121. Pretzer, William S. (edited by), WORKING AT INVENTING: THOMAS A. EDISON AND THE MENLO PARK EXPERIENCE, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI, (1989), B&W illustrations, 142pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 00933728336 A collection of original essays about Thomas A. Edison's "invention factory." The authors provide insights into the working habits of America's most famous inventor and his associates., (Order No: 52634 ), $20.00
122. Rabl, S. S., THE STAR ATLAS AND NAVIGATION ENCYCLOPEDIA - METHODS FROM THE ASTROLABE TO RADAR AND LORAN, Cornell Maritime Press, New York, 1946, maps and charts, 161pp, good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), "For the yachtsman and his first boat; for the navigation student; for the amateur astronomer; for all who like stars and the sea.", (Order No: 53820 ), $45.00
123. Randles, Jenny, UFO! DANGER IN THE AIR, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, New York, (1999) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 192pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0806987138, (Order No: 53521 ), $4.50
124. Reichmann, W. J., USE AND ABUSE OF STATISTICS, Oxford University Press, New York, (1962), 336pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), A general work on statistics, which, being designed for the ordinary reader in readily comprehensible terms, nevertheless covers a useful range of statistical subjects., (Order No: 33387 ), $5.00
125. Reingold, Nathan (editor), THE PAPERS OF JOSEPH HENRY: VOLUME I - DECEMBER, 1797 - OCTOBER, 1832 - THE ALBANY YEARS, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, DC, 1972, 496pp, good+, (hardcover) light stain to foreedge - does not bleed in, ISBN 0874741238 Henry was a founder of the Library of Congress, and a founder of the American scientific community., (Order No: 7047 ), $10.00
126. Rheingold, Howard, VIRTUAL REALITY, Summit Books, New York, (1991) 2nd ptg, 415pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671693638 "The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds - and How It Promises and Threatens to Transform Business and Society.", (Order No: 11191 ), $2.00
127. Rock, James A. (compiled by), WHO GOES THERE: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF PSEUDONYMOUS LITERATURE IN THE FIELDS OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, James A. Rock & Co., Bloomington, IN, 1979, B&W ill., 202pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0918736056 Being a guide to the works of authors who have contributed to the literature of fantasy and science fiction, and who have published some or all of their work pseudonymously., (Order No: 33371 ), $17.50
128. Rolfe, W. J. and Gillet, J. A., HANDBOOK OF THE STARS, FOR SCHOOL AND HOME USE, Woolworth, Ainsworth, & Co., Boston, MA, 1868, B&W ill., color frontis, 224pp, ill., good, brown cloth (hardcover) edgewear and wear top/bottom spine, This book was at first designed to be a handbook of the fixed stars containing an account of their number, magnitudes, distances, and motions, of their changes in brightness and color, and of their groupings into constellations and smaller clusters. But the urgent call for an "Astronomy" without mathematics has led the authors to include in their plan a full account of the solar system., (Order No: 44047 ), $25.00
129. Rose, Mark, ALIEN ENCOUNTERS: ANATOMY OF SCIENCE FICTION, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1981, 216pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674015657 The author's continuing themes here include the consideration of science fiction as a form of romance, as a mediator between the conviction of free will and the conviction of determinism, as a displacement of essentially religious concerns, and as a mirror of various aspects of the alienated sensibility of the modern era., (Order No: 13766 ), $4.50
130. Rosenberg, Robert A.; Neir, Keith A.; Israel, Paul B.; and King, Martha J. (editors), THE PAPERS OF THOMAS A. EDISON: VOLUME 3 - MENLO PARK: THE EARLY YEARS APRIL 1876-DECEMBER 1877, Johns Hopkins University Pr., Baltimore, MD, (1994), B&W illustrations, 727pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) DAMPSTAIN FEW REAR PAGES, ISBN 0801831024 This third volume of Edison's papers reveals the breathtaking intensity, intellectual accumen, and vast self-confidence of 29 year old Thomas Edison. In the depths of the 1870s depression, he moved his independent research and development laboratory from industrial Newark to pastoral Menlo Park, New Jersey. NOTE - Faint dampstain to some rear pages of the text block., (Order No: 52736 ), $150.00
131. Rothfeder, Jeffrey (introduction by John Halamka; created and produced by Arvid Knudsen), HOME COMPUTER BASICS, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1983) 1st ptg, ill. by Michael Petronelli, 48pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0133928454 Jeffrey Rothfeder has unraveled all the mysteries of the home computer in an easy-to-read format for young computer-user aspirants and their parents., (Order No: 45272 ), $10.00
132. Rothman, Tony, SCIENCE A LA MODE: PHYSICAL FASHIONS AND FICTIONS, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1989), 207pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review slips laid in, ISBN 069108484X, (Order No: 4236 ), $8.00
133. Russell, Henry Norris; Knopf, Adolph; Shotwell; James T.; and Luckey, George P., TIME AND ITS MYSTERIES: SERIES III, FOUR LECTURES GIVEN ON THE JAMES ARTHUR FOUNDATION, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York University Press, New York, (1949), 128pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 32282 ), $15.00
134. Russell, Robert Jay, THE LEMURS' LEGACY: THE EVOLUTION OF POWER, SEX, AND LOVE, Tarcher/Putnam Book, New York, (1993) 1st ptg, B&W figures and photographs, 274pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874777143 Dr. Russell's field study of Madagascar's nocturnal lemurs, the evolutionary ancestors of all primates, stands as the most comprehensive of its kind. In this book, Dr. Russell conveys the legacy of these amazing animals portraying the rich drama of the animal basis of human behavior and showing how human courtship, bonding, mating, infant socialization, status seeking, aggression, and power sharing have come to us more or less intact through tens of millions of years of evolutionary history., (Order No: 19141 ), $5.00
135. Schaefer, Karl E. (edited by), MAN'S DEPENDENCE ON THE EARTHLY ATMOSPHERE, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1962) 1st ptg, B&W figures, 416pp, good, blue and black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Submarine and Space Medicine, United States Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, September 8-12, 1958.", (Order No: 16636 ), $7.00
136. Scheffer, Victor B., SPIRES OF FORM: GLIMPSES OF EVOLUTION, University of Washington Pr., Seattle, WA, (1983), B&W illustrations, 152pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 029596037X A distinguished zoologist writes, often startlingly, about animal evolution and the remarkable adaptation of animals to their surroundings., (Order No: 23510 ), $5.00
137. Schmucker, Samuel Christian, THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1916, B&W illustrations, 298pp, good++, blue cloth (hardcover), First published in 1913., (Order No: 44958 ), $6.00
138. Serviss, Garrett P., ASTRONOMY WITH AN OPERA-GLASS: A POPULAR INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE STARRY HEAVENS..., D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1892, B&W illustrations, 158pp, ads, good, blue cloth (hardcover) lacks front free endpaper, "...WITH THE SIMPLEST OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH MAPS AND DIRECTIONS TO FACILITATE THE RECOGNITION OF THE CONSTELLATIONS AND THE PRINCIPAL STARS VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE.", (Order No: 53814 ), $20.00
139. Shaler, N. S., ASPECTS OF THE EARTH, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1896, B&W illustrations, 344pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover) (very light edgewear), "A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF SOME FAMILIAR GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA." Includes chapters on: Volcanoes, Caverns and Cavern Life, Rivers and Valleys, Instability of the Atmosphere, Forests of North America, and the Origin and Nature of Soils., (Order No: 19365 ), $15.00
140. Shute, William George; Shirk, William Wright; Porter, George Forbes; and, Hemenway, Courtenay, AN INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATION AND NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1944, B&W illustrations, 457pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53828 ), $5.00
141. Silverberg, Robert, LIGHT FOR THE WORLD: EDISON AND THE POWER INDUSTRY, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, Princeton, NJ, (1967), B&W illustrations, 281pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A simultaneous biography of the great inventor and his greatest invention - the system of power distribution that gave electric light to the world., (Order No: 53011 ), $15.00
142. Simson, Robert, ELEMENTS OF THE CONIC SECTIONS- TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN ORIGINAL CAREFULLY REVISED, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED, Kimber & Conrad, Philadelphia, PA, 1809, B&W illustrations, 177pp, good, full calf leather (hardcover) crack in leather front board, An early geometry study. Book I - Of the Parabola; Book II - The Ellipsis; Book III - The Hyperbola., (Order No: 51681 ), $200.00
143. Smiles, Samuel, ROBERT DICK, BAKER OF THURSO: GEOLOGIST AND BOTANIST, Harper & Brothers, Pub., New York, [1879], B&W illustrations, 436pp, good++, green cloth w/gilt stampings (hardcover), (Order No: 19536 ), $15.00
144. Smith, Anthony, THE HUMAN PEDIGREE, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, (1975) 1st ed, 308pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0397008767 "A provocative exploration of man's genetic past, present, and future.", (Order No: 12759 ), $4.00
145. Smith, John Maynard, SHAPING LIFE: GENES, EMBRYOS AND EVOLUTION, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1998) 1st ptg, 50pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300080220, (Order No: 40824 ), $5.00
146. Smith, Sydney F., TELEPHONY & TELEGRAPHY A: AN INTRODUCTION TO TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENTS AND EXCHANGES, Oxford University Press, London, 1969, B&W illustrations, 285pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0198593058 "S. F. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Telecommunications at East Ham Technical College, has provided a complete text for both the telephony and telegraphy aspects of the present syllabus of the CGLI Course 49 examination in Telephony and Telegraphy A.", (Order No: 34021 ), $75.00
147. Soley, John C., SOURCES OF VOLCANIC ENERGY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1924, 57 B&W ill., 4 maps, 247pp, map, good, green cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The Forces; The Evolution of the Earth; The Development of the Forces; Volcanos; Earthwaves; Earthquakes; Periodicity., (Order No: 34705 ), $17.50
148. Somerville, Richard C. J., THE FORGIVING AIR: UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, University of California Pr., Berkeley, CA, (1996), 195pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520088905 Highlighting the interrelatedness of human technology and environmental change, Somerville stresses the importance of an educated public in a world where the role of science is increasingly critical. He clarifies the pressing environmental issues and vividly covers related topics, from the chemical composition of the atmosphere to the specifics of computer modeling. This book is also rich in historical anecdotes and information about the scientists whose work has advanced our understanding., (Order No: 15332 ), $5.00
149. Spitz, Armand N. (drawings by G. Carter Morningstar), THE PINPOINT PLANETARIUM - WITH ALL 24 PLATES COMPLETE, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1940), 24 dark blue plates, 86pp, plates, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), The Pinpoint Planetarium was designed with 24 charts for the Northern and Southern skies for each month that could be cut out, folded and pasted and with holes to punch out to make a planetarium so the viewer could learn more about the star positions than merely looking at a chart. Because the book was designed to be cut apart, few have survived in this untouched condition., (Order No: 53821 ), $125.00
150. Spitz, Armand and Gaynor, Frank, DICTIONARY OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTRONAUTICS, Philosophical Library, New York, (1959), 439pp, very good, gray cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 53829 ), $5.00
151. Stephens, D. Owen, FLOW OF HORIZONS, The John Day Company, New York, (1936), B&W illustrations, 190pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The passion of evolution, told as continuous personal and racial experience. The reader feels what it was like to have been an amoeba, a fish, the first ape to walk erect, the first man to speak, to dream, to fall in love. Illustrated by the author., (Order No: 12603 ), $7.00
152. Stokley, James, STARS AND TELESCOPES, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1936 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 319pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Written by the Associate Directodr of the Fels Planetarium of The Franklin Institute in response to the growing popular interest in science and especially in physics and astronomy., (Order No: 53813 ), $12.50
153. Stommel, Henry, SCIENCE OF THE SEVEN SEAS, Cornell Maritime Press, New York, (1945), B&W illustrations, 208pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), Divided into three sections: The Sea; The Sky; and, Ocean Life., (Order No: 53962 ), $7.00
154. Stone, Allucquere Rosanne, THE WAR OF DESIRE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE CLOSE OF THE MECHANICAL AGE, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (1995), 212pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0262193620 The author examines the myriad ways modern technology is challenging traditional nations of gender identity., (Order No: 27931 ), $12.00
155. Stumpff, Karl, PLANET EARTH, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, (1959), 191pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, (Order No: 53806 ), $7.50
156. Sturrock, Peter A., THE UFO ENIGMA - A NEW REVIEW OF THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, Warner Books, New York, (1999) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 401pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0446525650 "The First Major Scientific Inquiry Since the Condon Report.", (Order No: 53520 ), $6.00
157. Tanimoto, Steven L., THE ELEMENTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: AN INTRODUCTION USING LISP, Computer Science Press, Rockville, MD, (1987), B&W figures, 530pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0881751138 This book presents both the principles and the chief programming techniques of Artificial Intelligence., (Order No: 10945 ), $4.50
158. Tannehill, Ivan Ray, WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1943, B&W illustrations, 200pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53827 ), $5.00
159. Tebbel, John, PUTTING ELECTRONS TO WORK: DAVID SARNOFF, Encyclopedia Britannica Pr., Chicago, (1963), B&W illustrations, 191pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Part of the (Juvenile) Great Lives Series done by Encyclopedia Britannica Press., (Order No: 13892 ), $8.00
160. Thomas, Lewis, THE MEDUSA AND THE SNAIL: MORE NOTES OF A BIOLOGY WATCHER, The Viking Press, New York, (1979) 6th ptg, 175pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670465682, (Order No: 4929 ), $2.00
161. Todd, David P., STARS AND TELESCOPES: A HAND-BOOK OF POPULAR ASTRONOMY, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA, 1900, color frontis, B&W ill., 419pp, good, decorated maroon cloth (hardcover), "Founded on the 9th Edition of Lynn's Celestial Motions." Intended to meet an American demand for a plain, unrhetorical statement of the astronomy of today., (Order No: 53807 ), $75.00
162. Tuska, C. D., INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1957, B&W ill., B&W tables, 174pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This manual will stimulate your inventive tendencies, aid you to further them with a knowledge of the psychology and methods of invention, and help you realize the rewards of your skill by effective protecting, patenting, and marketing of your invention., (Order No: 25074 ), $5.00
163. Tyler, John M., THE COMING OF MAN, Marshall Jones Company, Boston, MA, 1923, 147pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) couple faint pencil marks, An introduction to science. "The Amherst Books", (Order No: 38856 ), $5.00
164. Tyndall, John, LIGHT AND ELECTRICITY, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1871 1st Amer, 194pp, ads, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, "Notes of Two Courses of Lectures Before the Royal Institution of Great Britain.", (Order No: 40886 ), $40.00
165. Van de Water, Marjorie, EDISON EXPERIMENTS YOU CAN DO BASED ON THE ORIGINAL NOTEBOOKS OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1960), B&W illustrations, 129pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The experiments in this book are derivedfrom experiments that Thomas Alva Edison performed himself., (Order No: 4254 ), $10.00
166. van der Merwe, Nikolaas J., THE CARBON-14 DATING OF IRON, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1969), B&W illustrations, 137pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Archaeologists use the carbon-14 dating method as a matter of course, commonly dating specimens of charcoal, wood, bone, shell, peat, or similar materials to reconstruct chronologies of past environmental and human events., (Order No: 46381 ), $7.50
167. Verschuur, Geritt L., IMPACT!: THE THREAT OF COMETS AND ASTEROIDS, Oxford University Press, New York, 1996 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 237pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) small tear on dj, ISBN 0195101057 The author offers a detailed and alarming account of the meteors and comets that have struck the Earth in the past, with devastating consequences, and reminds us that such disasters are likely to reoccur., (Order No: 23101 ), $8.00
168. Wade, Nicholas (edited by), THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF FOSSILS AND EVOLUTION - REVISED AND EXPANDED, The Lyons Press, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, 258pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1585742643, (Order No: 52955 ), $4.00
169. Waller, John, THE DISCOVERY OF THE GERM: TWENTY YEARS THAT TRANSFORMED THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT DISEASE, Icon Books, Cambridge, UK, (2002) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 198pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1840463732 A gripping insight into twenty years in the history of medicine that profoundly changed the way we view disease., (Order No: 39418 ), $12.50
170. Walter, Malcolm (foreword by Paul Davies), THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS, Perseus Books, Cambridge, MA, (1999) 1st ptg, B&W and color ill., 170pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0738201243 Extreme-life expert Malcolm Walter focuses on the similarities between Mars and the early Earth. Walter unveils his dramatic plan--already adopted by NASA--for finding life in the rocks and subsurface water of Mars., (Order No: 24986 ), $5.00
171. Warren, Henry White, RECREATIONS IN ASTRONOMY WITH DIRECTIONS FOR PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS AND TELESCOPIC WORK, Chautauqua Press, New York, 1886, B&W illustrations, 284pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) very light edgewear, An interesting text with some great illustrations and experiments., (Order No: 51220 ), $10.00
172. Webb, H. B., WEBBS ATLAS OF THE STARS - SECOND EDITION, H. B. Webb, Lynbrook, Long Island, NY, 1945, charts, 149pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover), This atlas covers an area from the north celestial pole to 23 degrees south declination and shows stars down to the ninth magnitude., (Order No: 53819 ), $20.00
173. Webb, T. W., CELESTIAL OBJECTS FOR COMMON TELESCOPES - FOURTH EDITION REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1881, fold-out map of moon, 2 plts, 493pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), Nice clean and tight copy. "The intention of the following treatise is to furnish the possessors of ordinary telescopes with plain directions for their use, and a list of objects for their advantageous employment.", (Order No: 53809 ), $150.00
174. Weber, Michael L. & Gradwohl, Judith A., THE WEALTH OF OCEANS, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, (1995) 1st ptg, 256pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393037649 "Environment & Development on our Ocean Planet", (Order No: 730 ), $5.00
175. Weiner, Jonathan, PLANET EARTH, Bantam Books, New York, (1986), B&W and color ill., 370pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0553050966 The companion volume to the PBS television series., (Order No: 12005 ), $2.00
176. Westbroek, Peter, LIFE AS A GEOLOGICAL FORCE: DYNAMICS OF THE EARTH, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1991) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 240pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0393029328 The author calls for a return to a broader view of the life around us, even beneath our feet, and to the idea that life is not only a biological process, but is, in itself, a geological force., (Order No: 28545 ), $7.50
177. White, Oran R. (ed), THE SOLAR OUTPUT AND ITS VARIATION, Colorado Associated Univ. Pr, Boulder, CO, (1977), B&W figures, 526pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) HIGHLIGHTING about 6 pages, ISBN 08718007105 The idea of producing this volume began when the authors realized that the scientific community in general did not have any reference giving either an overall picture of the state of the measurements or a coherent understanding of all of the outputs from the sun. In an effort to provide a contemporary view of these outputs and their variation, the authors undertook the preparation of this book by means of an interdisciplinary workshop attended by colleagues actively engaged in research programs relevant to measurement and interpretation of the solar output., (Order No: 13277 ), $7.00
178. Whyte, Charles, THE CONSTELLATIONS AND THEIR HISTORY, Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., London, 1928, B&W illustrations, 284pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) small corner bumps, "With Plates of Stellar Specra and Star Maps." Contents include: The Constellation Figures and their Origin; Diurnal Motion; Distances of Stars; The Nature of the Stars; The Signs of the Zodiac; Constellations North of the Equator; and, Constellations South of the Equator., (Order No: 53804 ), $30.00
179. Wightman, William P. D., THE GROWTH OF SCIENTIFIC IDEAS: A LEADING BRITISH AUTHORITY TELLS HOW THE GREAT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES CAME TO BE MADE, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1953, B&W illustrations, 495pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The stream of scientific thinking is follwed from Thales to the twentieth century; each step of discovery is related to past and future; and no field of science is isolated from its fellows., (Order No: 16602 ), $3.00
180. Willman, H. B., ROCK STRATIGRAPHY OF THE SILURIAN SYSTEM IN NORTHEASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, IL State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL, 1973, B&W figures, 55pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 479. This report is largely concerned with the development of a rock-stratigraphic classification of the Silurian strata to conform to present policies (Willman, Swann, and Frye, 1958; American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, 1961). It summarizes studies of the outcrop and quarry exposures and establishes reference sections., (Order No: 35175 ), $7.00
181. Willson, Robert Wheeler, LABORATORY ASTRONOMY, Ginn & Company, Boston, MA, (1905), B&W illustrations, 189pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) lacks front free endpaper, Contents include: The Sun's Dirunal Motion; The Moon's Path Among the Stars; The Dirunal Motion of the Stars; The Complete Sphere of the Heavens; Motion of the Moon and Sun Among the Stars; Meridian Observations; The Nautical Almanac; The Celestial Globe; Examples of the Use of the Globe; and, The Motion of the Planets., (Order No: 53817 ), $25.00
182. Wilson, Mitchell, AMERICAN SCIENCE AND INVENTION, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1954, B&W illustrations, 438pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A Pictorial History. The fabulous story of how American dreamers, wizards, and inspired tinkerers converted a wilderness into the wonder of the world., (Order No: 2547 ), $7.50
183. Yost, Edna, AMERICAN WOMEN OF SCIENCE, Frederick A. Stokes Company, Philadelphia, 1943 1st ptg, 232pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), True life stories of twelve American women who began in a small way by following a natural interest of student days., (Order No: 36758 ), $10.00
184. Yurko, J. T., VIDEO BASICS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VIDEO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1983) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 64pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0139417818 Unveils the mysteries of television technology, beginning with a historical overview., (Order No: 36757 ), $5.00
And, here are the 38 Astronomy titles that we have catalogued from one collection and shelved in the shop"
1. Barton, William H.; and, Joseph, Joseph Maron, STARCRAFT, Whittlesey House, New York, (1938), 228pp, good++, blue cloth (hardcover) owner's bookplate, This volume was prepared to meet the increasing interest in observational astronomy., (Order No: 53802 ), $8.00
2. Byrd, Mary E., A LABORATORY MANUAL IN ASTRONOMY, Ginn & Company, Publishers, Boston, MA, 1899, B&W illustrations, 273pp, good, light olive green cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Suggestions for Beginners; Reference Lines and Home-Made Apparatus; Almanacs and Maps; Celestial Globe and Heliotellus; The Sun; The Moon; Planets, Comets and Shooting Stars; Stars and Milky Way; Observations for an Inch-and- a-Half Telescope; and, Appendices., (Order No: 53815 ), $45.00
3. Byrd, Mary E., FIRST OBSERVATIONS IN ASTRONOMY - A HANDBOOK FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, The Rumford Press, Concord, NH, 1913, B&W illustrations, 126pp, good, flexible green boards (hardcover), This handbook has been written as a guide to first observations. Real knowledge in science depends upon direct study of objects and phenomena., (Order No: 53816 ), $15.00
4. Chapman, R. W., THE ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY FOR SURVEYORS, Charles Griffin and Company, London, 1919, B&W illustrations, 247pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) light dampstain to boards only, (Order No: 53965 ), $25.00
5. Chauvenet, William, A MANUAL OF SPHERICAL AND PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY, FIFTH EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1981), fold-out plates, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), "...Embracing the General Problems of Spherical Astronomy. The Special Applications to Nautical Astronomy, and the Theory and Use of Fixed and Portable Astronomical Instruments. With an Appendix on the Method of Least Squares." Volume I. SPHERICAL ASTRONOMY, 708pp; Volume II. THEORY AND USE OF ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS. METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES, 632pp, plates. A nice clean and tight set., (Order No: 53800 ), $100.00
6. Comins, Neil F., HEAVENLY ERRORS: MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE REAL NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, Columbia University Press, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 244pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231116446 The author has identified and classified, by origin and topic, over 1,700 commonly held misconceptions., (Order No: 32527 ), $8.00
7. Cowan, Harrison J., TIME AND ITS MEASUREMENT: FROM THE STONE AGE TO THE NUCLEAR AGE, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, (1958) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, A book focused on recording and interrelating units of time., (Order No: 53970 ), $12.00
8. Defant, Albert, EBB AND FLOW: THE TIDES OF EARTH, AIR, AND WATER, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, (1958), B&W illustrations, 121pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 047200106X The story of tides is the story of cosmic forces acting across the emptiness of space - forces that only now, at the opening of the space age, are beginning to be understood., (Order No: 53810 ), $7.50
9. Denoyer, L. P., A TEACHER'S MANUAL ACCOMPANYING CARTOCRAFT GLOBES, Denoyer-Geppert Company, Chicago, IL, 1943 5th ed, B&W illustrations, 178pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover), Part I includes; When Globes Should be Use; How Globes are Made; Historical Scketch; an The Globe and the Map; Part II are exercises; and, Part III discusses different types of globes., (Order No: 53823 ), $17.50
10. Dickinson, Terence, HALLEY'S COMET: A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR FROM OUTER SPACE, Edmund Scientific, Barrington, NJ, (1985), B&W illustrations, 125pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 13518 ), $4.00
11. Greene, Dascom, AN INTRODUCTION TO SPHERICAL AND PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY, Ginn & Company, Publishers, Boston, MA, 1892, B&W illustrations, 150pp, tables, very good, green cloth (hardcover) lacks front free endpaper, "The present volume is the result of an attempt to supply the want of a text-book adapted to the needs of students who wish to begin the study of spherical and practical astronomy, and who are prepared to do so by a sufficient acquaintance with the several branches of mathematics, and with the general principles of astronomy.", (Order No: 53803 ), $30.00
12. Harding, Arthur M., ASTRONOMY: THE SPLENDOR OF THE HEAVENS BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH, Garden City Publishing Co., New York, (1935), B&W illustrations, 418pp, good++, black cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53811 ), $5.00
13. Harrison, Lucia Carolyn, DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, DARKNESS, AND TIME - THEIR DISTRIBUTION OVER THE EARTH AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO HUMAN AFFAIRS, Silver, Burdett and Company, New York, (1935), B&W illustrations, 216pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53831 ), $14.50
14. Henderson, W. J., THE ELEMENTS OF NAVIGATION - DESIGNED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF BEGINNERS: NEW EDITION, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1917), B&W illustrations, 218pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), "A short and complete explanation of the standard methods of finding the position of a ship at sea and the course to be steered.", (Order No: 53963 ), $6.00
15. Hill, Royal, THE STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS ..., Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1891, B&W illustrations, 32pp, good, black cloth (hardcover), "...A NEW METHOD BY WHICH ALL THE MORE CONSPICUOUS STARS, CONSTELLATIONS, AND OTHER OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN THE HEAVENS, THAT ARE VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE, CAN BE EASILY AND CERTAINLY IDENTIFIED.", (Order No: 53822 ), $35.00
16. Kahn, Fritz, DESIGN OF THE UNIVERSE - THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1954), B&W illustrations, 373pp, very good+, tan cloth spine, blue boards (hardcover), (Order No: 53960 ), $5.00
17. Lecky, S. T. S.; Allingham, William (revised and enlarged by), WRINKLES IN PRACTICAL NAVIGATION - EIGHTEENTH EDITION, D. Van Nostrand Company, New York, 1919, B&W illustrations, 814pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), "The particular aim of this treatise is to furnish seamen with thoroughly practical hints, such as are not found in the ordinary works on Navigation; or, if they do exist, are scattered through so many pages, and so smothered by their surroundings, as to require too much digging out.", (Order No: 53825 ), $20.00
18. Lewis, Isabel Martin, A HANDBOOK OF SOLAR ECLIPSES, Duffield & Company, New York, 1924, B&W illustrations, 118pp, good++, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53964 ), $12.00
19. Mayall, R. Newton and Mayall, Margaret L., SKYSHOOTING: HUNTING THE STARS WITH YOUR CAMERA, The Ronald Press Company, New York, (1949), B&W illustrations, 174pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover), Owner's notes on rear endpapers concerning eclipses he witnessed., (Order No: 53959 ), $7.50
20. McKready, Kelvin, A BEGINNER'S STAR-BOOK, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1912, B&W illustrations, 148pp, very good, gray cloth (hardcover), "An Easy Guide to the Stars and to the Astronomical Uses of the Opera-Glass, the Field-Glass and the Telescope." With Charts of the Moon, Tables of the Planets, and Star Maps on a New Plan., (Order No: 53958 ), $10.00
21. Mitchell, S. A., ECLIPSES OF THE SUN - FOURTH EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED, Columbia University Press, New York, 1935 4th ed, B&W ill. w/PERFERATIONS, 520pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) -- SEE NOTE, Fascinating history -- BUT - Many Plates have a PERFERATED HOLE LIBRARY STAMP - no other markings, but most plates have this defect (not all, and no other markings)., (Order No: 53830 ), $20.00
22. Nassau, Jason John, PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY - SECOND EDITION, McGraw-Hill Book Compnay, New York, 1948, B&W illustrations, 311pp, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), "This book is intended for students in civil engineering who have had no other course in astronomy and for other students who wish to do some observational work in practical astronomy.", (Order No: 53824 ), $10.00
23. Nieto, Machael Martin, THE TITIUS-BODE LAW OF PLANETARY DISTANCES: ITS HISTORY AND THEORY, Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK, (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 161pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0080167845 "International Series of Monographs in Natural Philosophy, Volume 47." This book covers in detail both the history and the astronomy behind the Titius-Bode Law of Planetary Distances. The first part of the book relates the intellectual history from Kepler to the formulation of the law by Johann Daniel Titius von Wittenberg in 1766. The second part of the monograph describes the theories that have been offered in this century to explain the Titius- Bode Law, and also discusses the conclusions that can be reached about its validity., (Order No: 53805 ), $100.00
24. Olcott; Mayall, R. Newton; and, Mayall, Margaret W. (revised by), OLCOTT'S FIELD BOOK OF THE SKIES - FOURTH EDITION, ILLUSTRATED, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1954), B&W illustrations, 482pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53961 ), $12.00
25. Poor, Charles Lane, NAUTICAL SCIENCE: IN ITS RELATION TO PRACTICAL NAVIGATION TOGETHER WITH A STUDY OF THE TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1910, B&W illustrations, 329pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), "This work is intended for the general reader as well as for the practical navigator. ... Navigation is founded upon Astronomy... ", (Order No: 53808 ), $17.50
26. Rabl, S. S., THE STAR ATLAS AND NAVIGATION ENCYCLOPEDIA - METHODS FROM THE ASTROLABE TO RADAR AND LORAN, Cornell Maritime Press, New York, 1946, maps and charts, 161pp, good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), "For the yachtsman and his first boat; for the navigation student; for the amateur astronomer; for all who like stars and the sea.", (Order No: 53820 ), $45.00
27. Serviss, Garrett P., ASTRONOMY WITH AN OPERA-GLASS: A POPULAR INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE STARRY HEAVENS..., D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1892, B&W illustrations, 158pp, ads, good, blue cloth (hardcover) lacks front free endpaper, "...WITH THE SIMPLEST OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH MAPS AND DIRECTIONS TO FACILITATE THE RECOGNITION OF THE CONSTELLATIONS AND THE PRINCIPAL STARS VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE.", (Order No: 53814 ), $20.00
28. Shute, William George; Shirk, William Wright; Porter, George Forbes; and, Hemenway, Courtenay, AN INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATION AND NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1944, B&W illustrations, 457pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53828 ), $5.00
29. Spitz, Armand N. (drawings by G. Carter Morningstar), THE PINPOINT PLANETARIUM - WITH ALL 24 PLATES COMPLETE, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1940), 24 dark blue plates, 86pp, plates, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), The Pinpoint Planetarium was designed with 24 charts for the Northern and Southern skies for each month that could be cut out, folded and pasted and with holes to punch out to make a planetarium so the viewer could learn more about the star positions than merely looking at a chart. Because the book was designed to be cut apart, few have survived in this untouched condition., (Order No: 53821 ), $125.00
30. Spitz, Armand and Gaynor, Frank, DICTIONARY OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTRONAUTICS, Philosophical Library, New York, (1959), 439pp, very good, gray cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 53829 ), $5.00
31. Stokley, James, STARS AND TELESCOPES, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1936 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 319pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Written by the Associate Directodr of the Fels Planetarium of The Franklin Institute in response to the growing popular interest in science and especially in physics and astronomy., (Order No: 53813 ), $12.50
32. Stommel, Henry, SCIENCE OF THE SEVEN SEAS, Cornell Maritime Press, New York, (1945), B&W illustrations, 208pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), Divided into three sections: The Sea; The Sky; and, Ocean Life., (Order No: 53962 ), $7.00
33. Todd, David P., STARS AND TELESCOPES: A HAND-BOOK OF POPULAR ASTRONOMY, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA, 1900, color frontis, B&W ill., 419pp, good, decorated maroon cloth (hardcover), "Founded on the 9th Edition of Lynn's Celestial Motions." Intended to meet an American demand for a plain, unrhetorical statement of the astronomy of today., (Order No: 53807 ), $75.00
34. Warren, Henry White, RECREATIONS IN ASTRONOMY WITH DIRECTIONS FOR PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS AND TELESCOPIC WORK, Chautauqua Press, New York, 1886, B&W illustrations, 284pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) very light edgewear, An interesting text with some great illustrations and experiments., (Order No: 51220 ), $10.00
35. Webb, H. B., WEBBS ATLAS OF THE STARS - SECOND EDITION, H. B. Webb, Lynbrook, Long Island, NY, 1945, charts, 149pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover), This atlas covers an area from the north celestial pole to 23 degrees south declination and shows stars down to the ninth magnitude., (Order No: 53819 ), $20.00
36. Webb, T. W., CELESTIAL OBJECTS FOR COMMON TELESCOPES - FOURTH EDITION REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1881, fold-out map of moon, 2 plts, 493pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), Nice clean and tight copy. "The intention of the following treatise is to furnish the possessors of ordinary telescopes with plain directions for their use, and a list of objects for their advantageous employment.", (Order No: 53809 ), $150.00
37. Whyte, Charles, THE CONSTELLATIONS AND THEIR HISTORY, Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., London, 1928, B&W illustrations, 284pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) small corner bumps, "With Plates of Stellar Specra and Star Maps." Contents include: The Constellation Figures and their Origin; Diurnal Motion; Distances of Stars; The Nature of the Stars; The Signs of the Zodiac; Constellations North of the Equator; and, Constellations South of the Equator., (Order No: 53804 ), $30.00
38. Willson, Robert Wheeler, LABORATORY ASTRONOMY, Ginn & Company, Boston, MA, (1905), B&W illustrations, 189pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) lacks front free endpaper, Contents include: The Sun's Dirunal Motion; The Moon's Path Among the Stars; The Dirunal Motion of the Stars; The Complete Sphere of the Heavens; Motion of the Moon and Sun Among the Stars; Meridian Observations; The Nautical Almanac; The Celestial Globe; Examples of the Use of the Globe; and, The Motion of the Planets., (Order No: 53817 ), $25.00
Interesting, just like most nature or gardening books are bound in green cloth, here you can see that most books about the sky are bound in blue. Such originallity!!