Search Results: Science from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 1591021863 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

New York, NY: Basic Books, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1964. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have some beginning foxing to the edges. The dust jacket has several smallish edge tears and nicks along with some ground-in dirt and rubbing. "Instances of left-right symetry, a kind of mirroring effect, appear throughout the universe - from the vast reaches of the cosmos to the microscopic particles, atoms, molecules, and crystals that compose all substances." (from Wikipedia) "Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer… Read More

New York: Wiley-Interscience. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1984. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 047187910X . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge nicks, tears and small bits chipped. There are a couple of small wrinkles to the covers as well. "Clarke was a lifelong proponent of space travel. In 1934, while still a teenager, he joined the BIS, British Interplanetary Society. In 1945, he proposed a satellite communication system using geostationary orbits. He was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1946 to 1947 and again in 1951–1953. Clarke emigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956, to pursue his interest in scuba diving. That year, he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient Koneswaram Temple in Trincomalee. Clarke augmented his popularity in the 1980s, as the host of… Read More

New York, NY: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.. Very Good. 1939. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a larger than trade sized paperback booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The edges of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and wear to both front and rear covers. The top edge of the front cover has a sticker with previous owner's names (marked over by inked lines). Articles include: The crossbar system, Pedro and the Voder, "My God, it Talks! ", Telephone Alarm Fuses by Frank Hardy, Long Distance Conference System by H. E. Etheridge, , Cross Talk Balancing for the Type K carrier system, and more. "Bell Labs Record was a publication of the Bell System of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1925 to 1984 when it was transferred to AT&T Technologies. This house organ included descriptions of technologies created by Bell System including basic research, devices, technologies, systems, and operations relevant to telephone… Read More

New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Company. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color and B&W illustrations and Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears, some rubbing and edge wear. "In 1858, Ferdinand de Lesseps formed the Suez Canal Company for the express purpose of building the canal. Construction of the canal lasted from 1859 to 1869. The canal officially opened on 17 November 1869. It offers vessels a direct route between the North Atlantic and northern Indian oceans via the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, avoiding the South Atlantic and southern Indian oceans and reducing the journey distance from the Arabian Sea to London by… Read More

Wellesly, MA: A K Peters/CRC Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2007. 2nd Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1568813201 . This book was originally published in 1996. This is a new edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has a couple of small semi-closed edge tears. .

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 039531545X . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a small semi-closed edge tear and some spots of rubbing , mostly to the front panel. "Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much nonfiction. Most of his popular science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. He often provides nationalities, birth dates, and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Examples include Guide to Science, the three-volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery, as well as works on astronomy, mathematics,… Read More

Berkeley, CA: The First 1990 Group on Electricity. Very Good+. 1991. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Graphs; This is a trade paperback. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light sunning / toning to the front cover and a light crease to the front spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright. "In January 1990 thirty-two experts from twelve countries convened for a five-day working Seminar on the Berkeley Campus of the University of California to discuss electricity supply and demand. The participants brought with them deep and diverse backgrounds in energy issues. They chose the name the First 1990 Group on Electricity....A major concern of the First 1990 Group on Electricity was the potential impact of electrical shortages on the environment, just at a time of growing awareness of environmental deterioration." Chapters include: Reasons for Urgency, Energy… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: Leeds & Northrup Company. Very Good. 1963. Booklet. This is a small booklet with cardstock covers and a glued spine. There are two punch holes so the booklet can be put in binder. The covers of the booklet have some spots of ground in dirt. There is a previous owner's penciled notation on the front cover, and a company mimeographed statement the previous owner stapled on the inside rear cover. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York: MacMillan Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0025027107 . B&W Illustrations & Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright, though one gather of the text block appears to be not as evenly sewn as the rest of the block. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and beginning ears to the upper edges. "uller spent much of his youth on Bear Island, in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Maine. He attended Froebelian Kindergarten. [5] He was dissatisfied with the way geometry was taught in school, disagreeing with the notions that a chalk dot on the blackboard represented an "empty" mathematical point, or that a line could stretch off to infinity. To him these were illogical, and led to his work on… Read More

New York: MacMillan Company. Very Good-. 1928. Later Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book ihas some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The lettering and decoration on the spine has noticeable fading / rubbing. There are a couple of small spots on both the front and rear covers of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate (Geary Simpson) on the front pastedown page. "Sir Richard Arman Gregory, 1st Baronet FRS, FRAS (29 January 1864 – 15 September 1952) , was a British astronomer and promoter of science. Gregory was professor of astronomy at Queen's College, London, and wrote textbooks on astronomy, chemistry, hygiene, physics and other scientific subjects. He was also a member of the Council of British Association for the advancement of science and Chairman of the Committee on Science Teaching in Secondary Schools. He was knighted in 1919, for "remarkable public work… Read More

New York: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company. Very Good-. 1938. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Graphs; This book is in Very Good- to Near Very Good condition. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, however there are sections where the previous owner underlined or added occasional notations. He also used the endpapers to solve math problems and make occasional notes. The previous owner inked his name on the front pastedown page. Chapters include: Divisions of Metallurgy, Metals and Other Materials of Construction, Metallurgic Inspection and Testing, Ores and Ore Treatment, The Divisions of Chemical Metallurgy, Sizing and Shaping Metallic Bodies, Welding and Joining Metallic Bodies, The Theory of Alloys, Heat-treatment and the Effect of Heat on Metallic bodies, Properties and Uses of the Ferrous Metals: Iron and Steel, Processes and Producing and Refining Iron and Steel; Their Effects on Properties, Properties and Uses of Common… Read More

Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology. Very Good+. 0. Trade Edition. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light rubbing to the spine ends and edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Mount Wilson is a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, located within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California. With only minor topographical prominence the peak is not naturally noticeable from a distance, although it is easily identifiable due to the large number of antennas near its summit. It is a subsidiary peak of nearby San Gabriel Peak. It is the location of the Mount Wilson Observatory, which is an important astronomical facility in Southern California with historic 60-inch (1,524 mm) and 100-inch (2,540 mm) aperture telescopes, and… Read More

London, England: Kegan Paul, Trench & Company. Very Good-. 1887. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is edge wear, bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers, along with some beginning fraying. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The front endpaper includes a previous owner's bookplate (Colonel Charles WIlmer Gagham - the Priority, Scarborough). "Angelo Heilprin (March 31, 1853 – July 17, 1907) was an American geologist, paleontologist, naturalist, and explorer. He is mostly known for the part he took into the Peary expedition to Greenland of 1891–1892 and for his observations and photographs of the 1902 eruption of Montagne Pelée in Martinique. He also was a mountaineer and a painter. " (from Wikipedia) .

New York, NY: Free Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1416594787 . Color and B&W illustrations and Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Dawkins has consistently been sceptical about non-adaptive processes in evolution (such as spandrels, described by Gould and Lewontin) and about selection at levels "above" that of the gene. He is particularly sceptical about the practical possibility or importance of group selection as a basis for understanding altruism. This behaviour appears at first to be an evolutionary paradox, since helping others costs precious resources and decreases one's own fitness. Previously, many had interpreted this as an aspect of group selection: individuals are doing what is best for the survival of the population… Read More

Washington D. C.: National Geographic. Very Good. 1919. Magazine. B&W Photographs; This is a DISBOUND article from National Geographic Magazine. This is an eight page article with text on both verso & rectos of each page. Included are 11 black & white photographs. Text pages are clean, bright and without chips, tears, discoloration or wear. They do, however, have the necessary staple holes where staples were removed. This article is a wonderful look at one of the revolutionary uses for a non-flamable gas--and shows some nifty photographs of what happened when Hydrogen Gas was used for airships. Overall, a very good copy. Includes photographs by Division of Military Aeronautics, U. S. Naval Air Service, U.S. Naval Observatory, Huddleston Studio,and the U. S. Geological Survey. .

Healdsburg, CA: Naturegraph Company, Publishers. Very Good. 1963. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. B&W Illustrations; This booklet has illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet isin Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Vinson Brown founded Naturegraph in 1946. He named his new company Nature (for nature) graph, (for well written or drawn). With his love of nature and a masters in natural history from Stanford University, he decided to publish nature leaflets and maps, which were purchased by school systems. In 1950 he was joined by his wife, Barbara. And nature books replaced the leaflets. With a degree in anthropology from U. C. Berkeley, CA plus Vinson's love for Native people, a second publishing niche was added, that of Native Americans. Naturegraph moved four times as it expanded during the past years. It began in… Read More

Leipzig, Germany: F. A. Brockhaus. Very Good. 1880. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Full Title: Illustrirter Katalog der Pariser Welt-Ausstellung: 2 Teil in 1 Bd (Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris World Exposition: Two volumes bound in one -- Volume One: Arts Industries, Volume Two: Machine Technology). This is a folio sized volume in a three-quarters leather binding. The book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The leather portions of the covers have some rubbing, edge wear and bits lost at the ends. The leather is a bit dry as well. The rust colored cloth has some rubbing, ground-in dirt and spotting. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but there are spots of foxing throughout. The bottom edge of the pastedowns have portions of toning. There is some tidemarking / foxing to the bottom edges of most text pages. The text of this book is… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0684835150 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The inner hinges of the book are slightly loose. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

New York, NY: MJF Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1567317758 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .