Explaining The Atom by Hecht Selig (16 items)

The Viking Press, New York: 1948., 1948 pp. xiv, 205. Illustrated. Stamped ownership of Colonel, GSC W. C. Stanton, Jun. 20, 1949. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, slightly worn. Hardbound. Fifth printing. Nice copy. SPACE/1 0.0. Hardcover.

The Viking Press, New York: 1947., 1947 pp. xiv, 205. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding, slightly worn. Hardbound. First edition. Nice copy. SPACE/1 0.0. F.. Hardcover.

New York: Viking, 1949. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. xiii + 205 pages, 8vo, cloth. New York: The Viking Press, 1949. A very good copy lacking dust wrapper.

The Viking Press, New York, 1964 Revised Third Edition of a 1947 publication, Very Good Trade Paperback, 237 pages, 5.25" x 7.75". ownership notation on fep, some underlining on text block, otherwise clean and tight.

The Viking Press, 1947. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Bending and bumping to upper corner of boards and page block. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the Revised Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Viking Press, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking. 1947. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover; fading and edge wear to exterior; fading to pages; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding. .

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. Revised and Enlarged Edition, with Four Additional Chapters. Hardcover. Good. xviii, 237, [1] pages. Periodic Table illustrated on endpapers. Illustrations. Some footnotes. Index. Some pencil marks and erasure residue. Cover has noticable wear and soiling. Selig Hecht (1892 - 1947) was an American physiologist who studied photochemistry in photoreceptor cells. Hecht was born in Austria, and immigrated to the USA at an early age. His studies and talents led to Columbia University making him professor of biophysics in 1928. Hecht began his study into light sensitivity with clams (Mya arenaria) and insects. His specialty was photochemistry, the kinetics of the reactions initiated by light in the receptors. He made contributions to the knowledge of dark adaptation, visual acuity, brightness discrimination, color vision, and the mechanism of the visual threshold. According to biographer Pirenne, Hecht was a "brilliant lecturer and expositor." When… Read more

The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Name of the previous owner. Publication of 205 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

1960-09-12. paperback. Used: Good. 7.00x1.00x5.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

Viking Press, 1964-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. DISCHARGED LIBRARY USED.... Paperback, CLEAR PLASTIC COVER OVER(good condition), Paperback, outside cover shows age related minimum too tolerable signs of use, binder is in good condition. Main Text and Pages of Main Text in good to very good condition. No signs of water damages, no writing, no underlining, no markings, and no highlighting. Standard Library Markings. THANK YOU!!!

NY:: Viking,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. First edition. Bumped upper corner, else very good in a very good (moderate edge wear with a few small chips) dust jacket. .

Scientific Book Club. Hardcover. Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Hailed as the most lucid book on the subject at the time of original publication in 1947, proving that atomic energy could really be understood in everyday terms. Index. Blue boards with black lettering. Pictorial dust jacket (torn), price unclipped. Corners bumped. Owner inscription. Illustrated in b&w. Edges spotted. Firm binding

New York: The Viking Press, 1966. Book. Illus. by Rudolph De Harak (Cover Design). Very Good. Trade Paperback. 2nd Printing Jan 1966. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 237 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text..

Scientific Book Club. Hardcover. Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Hailed as the most lucid book on the subject at the time of original publication in 1947, proving that atomic energy could really be understood in everyday terms. Index. Blue boards with black lettering. Pictorial dust jacket (torn), price unclipped. Corners bumped. Owner inscription. Illustrated in b&w. Edges spotted. Firm binding

1945. Hecht, Selig. Explaining the Atom, signed and inscribed by Theodore Van Kirk, framing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima within a longer intellectual history of atomic theory and modern physics. As navigator of the Enola Gay during the August 6, 1945 mission, Van Kirk contributed directly to the operational execution of nuclear warfare, and his inscription frames that event as the culmination of developments beginning with ancient atomism and extending through 20th-century scientific breakthroughs. By referencing figures such as Democritus and Einstein alongside the Manhattan Project, the inscription integrates scientific theory with wartime application, offering a condensed narrative linking philosophical origins of atomic thought to its realization in military technology. Hecht, Selig. Explaining the Atom. New York: Viking Press, 1947. 205 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed and extensively inscribed on the inside title page by Theodore Van Kirk. The inscription reads: "'Page 9; In 400… Read more