Search Results: Science, Math and Technolodygy from Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)

San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1987. First. Near Fine. A near fine set of this complete outline course in college statistics, written by a very well-respected professor Text is slightly age toned but otherwise excellent, with no marks or damage at all The inside cover of each volume has a table correlating the outlined chapters to the relevant sections of six different popular statistics textbooks 1-257, 237-624 pp.

London: James Young, 1653. First. Good-. 16 x 10cm [44], 566, [2] pp (*Lacks frontis, title-page, and final blank, else complete; note the frontis is often lacking and in many cases was never bound in) Bound in library buckram, faded, front blank with inscription dated 1680 ("Presented to the New York Society Library"), contents with several old library ink-stamps of the same, some areas of soiling/toning/foxing throughout, water-staining near front, a few early ink notes, one dedication leaf with several holes removing several words, some marginal chips As-is, an imperfect copy of a very important work FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF HARVEY'S LIFE WORK "Harvey considered this to be the culminating work of his life, and more significant than de Motu Cordis Harvey was among the first to disbelieve the erroneous doctrine of the 'preformation' of the foetus; he maintained that the organism derives from the ovum by the gradual building up and aggregation of its parts The chapter on midwifery in this book is… Read More

London: John Murray, 2018. First thus, Special UK edition. Fine/Near Fine. Brief Answers to the Big Questions examines some of the universe's greatest mysteries, and promotes the view that science is very important in helping to solve problems on planet Earth The publisher describes the book as "a selection of [Hawking's] most profound, accessible, and timely reflections from his personal archive", and is based on, according to a book reviewer, "half a million or so words" from his essays, lectures and keynote speeches The book was incomplete at the time of Hawking's passing in March 2018, but was completed with "his academic colleagues, his family and the Stephen Hawking Estate" It includes a foreword written by Eddie Redmayne, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Hawking in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything; an introduction by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne; and an afterword by Lucy Hawking, the author's daughter Stephen Hawking (1942 â€" 2018) was an English theoretical… Read More

Simon & Schuster Audio, 2019. Audiobook. Very good. A very good, unabridged 7 disc audiobook by one of the creators of TV's popular show Mythbusters. Ex-library with typical stamp and labels on the case, but no damage to the discs or case otherwise. From the publisher: "An imperative how-to for creativity." --Nick Offerman Adam Savage--star of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech--shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality. Every Tool's a Hammer is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It's an exploration of making and of my own productive obsessions, but it's also a permission slip of sorts from me to you. Permission to grab hold of the things you're interested in, that fascinate you, and to dive deeper into them to see where they lead you. Through stories from forty-plus years of making and molding, building and break­ing, along with the lessons I learned… Read More

University Of California Press, 2012. As New. Mint condition No dust jacket, as issuedSigned by author, with program from event where signed.

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1839. First. Very Good-. Frontispiece, fold-out facsimile letter (8vo) contemporary calf decorated in gilt Some general wear The front hinge is cracked and loose but still attached The book was given as a school prize for student achievement A presentation bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown, although no specific student name appears Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet was a Cornish chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, a series of elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as for discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine 475 pp.

London: John Murray, 1868. First edition, second issue. Very Good. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1868, letterpress illustrations, 32pp publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 at end of volume 1, 2pp publisher's list at end of volume 2. Original green cloth with gilt titles on the spines and blind-stamped design on all covers.  Minor professional restoration apparent with new endpapers (matching original) and discreet spine reinforcement.  Some light spotting at front and rear, pages in volume 2 mostly uncut.   Ink name of a previous owner at top of ffep of volume 1.   Slight foxing on endpapers only.  Text otherwise shows just slight age toning, with no other marks or damage. Large 8vo (Freeman 878 Second issue copy with one-line errata to volume I and no errata to volume II), 411 + 32 p ad, 486 + 2 p ads pp.