Search Results: Catalog 78 - Sciences from Joseph Valles - Books

Foster City, CA : IDG Books Worldwide, 2000, 2000. Very Good. [1st ed.], 4th printing ; xiii, 301 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) ; ISBN: 0764534726 (alk. paper); 9780764534720 (alk. paper); LCCN: 00-103976 ; LC: TK5105.8885.A26; Dewey: 005.2/76 ; OCLC: 45105447 ; pictorial paper wrappers ; "Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Inside you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 100 key Active Server Pages tasks, including: Processing data from a form, Creating a cookie, Using query strings, Encoding a URL, Creating a custom component, Locking application variables, Using a Windows script component, Connecting to a database, Creating a custom error message, Using the File Access component, The companion CD-ROM includes:, Shareware versions of WEB-ED Page and Scripting Editor and ASP Express, Evaluation versions of Edit 2000 and Visual InterDev 6, Plus, all sample code and an e-version of… Read More

New York ; London : Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1951., 1951. Very Good. xix, 360 pp. ; brown cloth with dark brown lettering, in worn and torn dustjacket ; pencilings on front and rear eps ; foxing ; Contents : Definitions: molecular aspects of adsorption -- Measurement of adsorption, treatment of data -- Relations between relative extent of adsorption and properties of adsorptive -- Summary of relations: graded effluents and adsorbents -- On the nature of separation processes -- Batchwise adsorption and decolorization; List of adsorbents -- Chromatography (Tswett-Column analysis, chromatographic adsorption analysis, differential countercurrent adsorption analysis) -- Ion exchange methods -- Partition chromatography -- On the use of adsorption. ; VG/FAIR

New York ; Chichester ; Brisbane ; Toronto : John Wiley & Sons, 1979., 1979. Very Good. 4th ed., 6th printing ; xvii, 939+76+16 pp. ; paper wrappers ; wear to spine ; ISBN: 0471021407; 9780471021407 ; LCCN: 78-5073 ; LC: QA401; Dewey: 510/.2/462 ; OCLC: 3770758 ; label on back cover, with small tear ; G

Fresno, Calif. : Thomson Publications, 1977, 1977. Very Good. 1976-1977 revision. ; v. : ill. ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 091370203X (v. 1); 9780913702031 (v. 1) 0913702064 (v. 3) 0913702005 (v. 4) ; LC: SB951; Dewey: 632.954 ; OCLC: 2904900 ; paper wrappers ; volumes 1, 3 and 4 of a four volume set ; ex-lib, stamps, labels, date due, pockets ; Contents: (v.1) Names, compounds and mixtures -- Cyclo compounds -- Carbamates -- Animal plant derivatives and inorganic compounds -- Diphenyl compounds and other non-phosphoric acid insecticides -- Organic phosphates, phosphoric acid prototypes -- Organic phosphates, thiophosphoric acid prototypes -- Organic phosphates, dithlophosphate prototypes --(v.3) Fumigants --- Growth regulators -- Repellents -- Rodenticides --(v.4) Inorganics -- Metal organics -- Antibiotics -- Carbamates -- Miscellaneous organic fungicides. ; VG

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986 (1988), 1988. Good. Brown cloth with metallic gold lettering ; ISBN: 0395483670 ; LCCN: 88-8867 ; ex-lib, with stamps, labels, etc ; thick volume ; tear to surface of back cover ;xxiv, 740 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ; OCLC: 233899108 ; G

Princeton ; Toronto ; New York ; London : D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1949, [1958], 1958. Fine. ix, 220 pp. ; Green cloth with gold lettering ; slight foxing ; Contents : Composition and resolution of force systems -- Equilibrium of force systems -- Principle of virtual displacements -- Center of gravity : distributed force systems : fluid statics -- Friction : the application of statics to machine design -- Elementary theory of statically determinate structures -- Introduction to statically indeterminate structures -- Appendix I (Bibliography) -- Appendix II (tables of centroids, moments and products of inertia) ; FINE

London ; New York ; Bombay ; Calcutta ; Madras : Longmans, Green and Co., 1920., 1920. Poor. 5th impression ; vii, 551 pp. illustrated, diagrams ; 22 cm. ; 850 illustrations and 780 exercises ; similar to OCLC: 9614624 ; LC: TA350 ; green cloth ; badly shaken ; front ep and flyleaf loose ; brittle ; "In the present work the author has attempted to compress into one volume of moderate dimensions sufficient material for a two year's course in the subject....The majority of the exercises given involve numerical answers, and these will be found at the end of the book."-preface ; cellophane tape repairs to spine ; a useful READING copy with great detail and practicality ; condition POOR

New York ; Toronto ; London : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1953., 1953. Good. Blue cloth with gold lettering ; somewhat worn ; notes in pencil on endpapers ; some marginalia ; splotching to fore-edge ; name of Roger D.H. Jones on front ep. ; 357 p. illus. 24 cm. ; numerous diagrams and formulae featuring double and triple integration ; LCCN: 53-5178 ; OCLC: 529124 ; G

Bloomington ; London : Indiana University Press, 1973., 1973. Very Good. Red cloth with silver lettering ; OCLC: 604990 ; ISBN: 0253308607 ; LCCN: 72-79907 ; ex-lib, stamps, pocket, label ; "The central question at the Solvay Congress in 1927 was: Is quantum mechanics a 'complete theory'....The situation presents a remarkable similarity with that which occurred at the beginning of the seventeenth century, when the geocentric system of Ptolemaeus had to give way to the heliocentric one of Copernicus...which inspired Galileo in 1630 to write his celebrated 'Dialogue.. .' The close similarity...has induced me to appeal to the three imaginary interlocutors who carried on the famous 'dialogue'..."--- from the Introduction ; an epistemological approach to the explanation of quanta ; an unusual, if not novel and noteworthy approach ; VG

London : John Murry, 1983, 1983. Fine. 196 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0719540186; 9780719540189 ; LC: AC5; Dewey: 500 ; OCLC: 9956905 ; light green cloth in purple and green dustjacket ; Contents: Introduction: Objectives and background of the Richard Bradford Trust / R. B. McConnell -- Television / Kenneth Clark -- That Famous Greek Wholeness / H D F Kitto -- By Their Arts You Shall Know Them / Jacquetta Hawkes -- The philosophy of Karl Popper / Peter Medawar -- Some facts and theories regarding research on the brain / David Samuel -- Nature in a mirror / Glynne Wickham -- Experiment and experience in the arts / Ernest Gombrich -- Appendix: A symposium on scientific method and the arts ; FINE/FINE

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1945., 1945. Very Good. 5th printing, containing the additional statements by the Canadian and British Information Services ; light gray cloth with brown lettering ; photographs of the Clinton Plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the initial test blast in New Mexico, and the Han ford Engineer Works at Pasco, Washington ; contains and early reference to Richard Feynman concerning his working out of the fractionating tower used to separate isotopes ; pinpoint wear on spine and back cover ; slight foxing ; signature of Paul Stivers on ep ; VG

London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©1999, 2001., 2001. Very Good. 2001 printing ; xiv, 332 pp. : illustrated ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 1860941990 ; OCLC: 43458709 ; LC: QH212.A78; Dewey: 502.82; NAL: QH212.A78 ; black textured cloth with gold lettering in photographic dustjacket ; "Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is part of a range of emerging microscopic methods for biologists which offer the magnification range of both the light and electron microscope, but allow imaging under the 'natural' conditions usually associated with the light microscope. To biologists AFM offers the prospect of high resolution images of biological material, images of molecules and their interactions even under physiological conditions, and the study of molecular processes in living systems. This book provides a realistic appreciation of the advantages and limitations of the technique and the present and future potential for improving the understanding of biological… Read More

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1954., 1954. Fair. 2nd printing before publication ; grey cloth with red lettering ; textblock edges show spotty soiling ; mottled spine ; clipped flap from dustjacket laid in ; FAIR

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Tab Books, 1987, 1987. Very Good. 2nd ed., 5th printing ; ix, 430 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 083060913X :; 9780830609130; 0830604138 (pbk.) :; 9780830604135 (pbk.) LCCN: 87-19411 ; LC: TK7816; Dewey: 621.381 ; OCLC: 16465063 ; pictorial color paper wrappers ; "defines every aspect of electrical behavior and state-of-the-art electronics. Highlighted are the essential basics of electronics theory and practice, properties of resistance, electron flow, power calculations, and more. Questions at the conclusion of each chapter prepare you for the real test, should you choose to enter a specialized electronics field." ; slight edge wear, else VG

Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : TAB Books, 1983, 1983. Very Good. 1st ed, ; vi, 134 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0830601368 :; 9780830601363; LCCN: 82-19282 ; OCLC: 8931076 ; LC: TK7866; Dewey: 621.381/022/3 ; black cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: What are schematic drawings -- Schematic symbols -- Simple electronic circuits -- Combining sumple circuits to make complex ones -- Schematic drawing techniques -- Block diagrams -- Pictorial diagrams. ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; VG

New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; Singapore ; Tokyo : Simon & Schuster, 1990., 1990. Fine. 1st edition, 1st printing ; ISBN: 0671690973 ; LCCN: 90-44049 ; OCLC: 22239614 ; Argues that in decoding the brain, we decode the universe, and that all world models reveal something of the brain's own structure ; Chapters: Art and metaphorms, methods of inquiry -- The three principles of neurocosmology -- Metaphorming neural and stellar systems -- The evolving brain in the context of the evolving cosmos -- Compa ring the brain 'apples' to the universes 'oranges' -- A world view-Encyclopedic imagination -- Cerebreactors -- Cerebral fusion (intuition) and Cerebral fission (reason) -- The biomirror -- From the metaphorical to the literal -- The broader excavat ion: processmorphology -- Envisioning the possibilities of nature -- Neurocosmologists -- Engaging neurocosmology: the cerebarium -- Exploring processmorphs: thought-assemblies -- Emboying fact in fiction: the encoded monolith -- Branches ; in… Read More

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984, ©1983., 1984. Very Good. 126 pp. : color illustrations ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0521256682 LCCN: 83-14301 ; LC: QB63; Dewey: 523.89 ; OCLC: 11323017 ; color pictorial boards, in like-designed dustjacket ; " ...present[s] the splendour and mystery of the universe, not as seen by the world's great observatories, but as viewed through a moderately sized amateur telescope." ; Interesting in that these types of images are of the kind more than likely encountered by the amateur astronomer ; VG/VG

[New York] : [Popular Science Books] ; Bennett & McKnight, a Division of Glencoe Publishing Company, 1989., 1989. Very Good. 3rd ed., 4th printing ; ISBN: 0026673908 ; 9780026673907 ; OCLC: 13670038 ; LC: TH5606; Dewey: 694 ; LCCN: 84-63103 ; brown cloth with gold lettering, in yellow dustjacket ; 1120 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. ; "Over 2,000 photographs, illustrations, tables, charts, and diagrams." ; "This book has been designed as a basic text for students in wood technology classes at the high school, vocational school, and community junior college levels.It will also be helpful to those in apprenticeship training and to do-it-yourselfers who wish to undertake building or remodeling projects." ; a few small nicks and a tear on dustjacket, else VG/G

New York : Dover Publications, 1978, 1978. Very Good. v.2 & 3 only & : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: LCCN: 77-82888 ; LC: QB64; Dewey: 523.8/9 ; OCLC: 3863848 ; color paper wrappers ; "This comprehensive coverage of the thousands of celestial objects outside our solar system. The objects are grouped according to constellation, and their definitions feature names, coordinates, classification, & physical description, along with hundreds of visual aids." ; "Burnham was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1931. His family moved to Prescott, Arizona in 1940, & he graduated from high school there in 1949. That was the culmination of his formal education. Always a shy person, he had few friends, never married,b& spent most of his time observing with his home-built telescope. In the fall of 1957 he received considerable local publicity when he discovered his first comet. This led to his being hired by Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1958 to work on a survey of stellar proper motion using a blink comparator.… Read More

New York : Plenum Press, 1981, 1981. Fine. [1st ed.], 2nd printing ; xv, 417 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 030640785X; 9780306407857; National Library: 8112928 LCCN: 81-21193 ; LC: QP88.23; Dewey: 574.87; NLM: QH 603.E93 ; OCLC: 8050924 ; green cloth ; no dustjacket ; ownership name on inside front cover ; Contents: Introductory Remarks / ELizabeth D Hay -- Collagen / T F Linsenmayer -- Proteoglycans / Vincent C Hascall, Gretchen K Hascall -- Elastin / Carl Franzblau, Barbara Faris -- Fibronectin and Other Structural proteins / Kenneth M Yamada -- Proteoglycan biosynthesis / Albert Dorfman -- Collagen biosynthesis / Bjorn Reino Olsen -- Matrix assembly / Robert L Trelstad, Frederick H Silver -- An essay on biological degradation of collagen / Jerome Gross -- Glycosaminoglycans in morphogenesis / Bryan P Toole -- Fibrnectin and its relation to cellular structure and behavior / Richard O Hynes -- The Glomerular basement membrane: A selective macromolecular filter / Marilyn Gist… Read More