Philadelphia: Copernicus Society of America. hardcover. 4to 160pp + color and B/W photographs. Biography of the astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the solar system, as well as a history of the late 15th and early 16th century world of the Renaissance in which he lived. #02373.
New York: McGraw Hill, 1958. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 373pp. + pictures/illustrations. From front flap: "Here is a stimulating and informative account of space travel--its past, its present, and its future. From man's earliest skyward thoughts to today's actual plans for flight in space, the men, the discoveries, and the.....
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1964. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 160pp. stated first edition. from front flap: "Here is a clear account of how extremely low temperatures are created and measured. Advanced concepts such as superconductivity and second sound are presented in non-mathematical terms. The author, himself a scientist, tells how.....
New York: Atheneum, 1970. Book Club Edition. hardcover. 8vo 448pp. from front flap: "For the past decade Robert Ardrey has been exploding a series of philosophical landmines. African Genesis (1961) introduced his new evolutionary approach to an understanding of men. Then came The Territorial Imperative (1966), whose title is now.....
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1982. Second Revised Edition. hardcover. 8vo 941pp. from front flap: "In this remarkably thorough and wholly absorbing book, Isaac Asimov traces the history of science, from ancient Egypt to the atomic age--through the lives and careers of the men and women who made.....
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. first edition. hardcover. Octavo 201pp. Collection of brief articles written by Asimov for American Way, the in flight magazine of American Airlines, covering a wide range of topics with a look at possible futures in all sorts of scientific endeavors and environmental concerns. #00232.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 201pp. see pictures for synopsis. #04672.
Signet, 1962. mass market paperback. fourth printing, clean and tight. 187pp. #00007.
Doubleday and Company, 1971. first edition. hardcover. Octavo 199pp. from front flap: "Isaac Asimov once described himself as a "professional explainer," and this new collection of essays--the tenth in a wide-ranging series--displays the encyclopedic knowledge, the quick wit, and the lucid style that have made him the foremost practitioner of.....
Collier Books, 1966. mass market paperback. "One of America's leading science writers introduces the basics of organic chemistry"second printing of new revised edition. #00006.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1959. Third Edition Reprinted. hardcover. 8vo. 525pp. from front flap: "Dynamic Aspects was an early and most successful University text-book on Biochemistry as an independent scientific discipline. It has served two kinds of reader: the undergraduate doing a degree course in the subject, and those.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. hardcover. 8vo. 740pp. from front flap: "This authoritative, comprehensive science dictionary bridges the gap between the over-simplified and the highly technical reference. Packed with over 16,000 entries, including many new scientific terms, The American Heritage Dictionary of Science covers fields from astronomy, biology, and chemistry.....
New York: Vintage Books, 1960. mass market paperback. 16mo. 276pp. see pictures for synopsis. #03907.
New York: Random House, 1969. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 196pp. from front flap: "This book demonstrates that in much of the practice of forecasting business activity, stock market fluctuations, voting behavior, and weather and crop fluctuations, simple methods may work better than comprehensive and complex systems. Where forecasting problems can.....
New York: Julian Messner, 1959. hardcover. 8vo. 192pp. lightly fictionalized biography of Tesla for younger readers. scarce copy. #03661.
Ginn and Company, 1911. first edition. hardcover. Duodecimo 545pp. from authors' preface: "As here set forth, the study of plants is related to everyday life more closely than is usually done. Those aspects of plant life are presented which have the largest significance to the public in general, and which.....
New York: Franklin Watts, 1980. hardcover. 8vo 88pp. from rear cover: "People have always been intrigued by the deeds of mad scientists real and fictional. Certainly the attraction lies partly in our need to believe in the impossible--the miracle cure, the machine that will run on no fuel, the turning.....
Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Company, 1949. Second Edition. hardcover. 8vo 352pp. from Preface to the First Edition: "This introduction to the pathology of the central nervous system has grown out of the lectures given to the medical undergraduates and to those preparing for the examination for the Diploma of Psychiatry.....
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1957. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 669pp. from Preface: "The present text [. . .] is designed to present a discussion of the morphology and reproduction of the more important plant types. The "type method" has been employed and the text is designed for a year's.....
New York: Thomas Y Crowell and Co, 1957. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 277pp. from front flap: "How rain is made, how to read nature's warning signals, what to do in a storm, how to be your own weatherman, the effect of a sunshiny day on the stock market--these and score.....
New York: International Universities Press, 1974. softcover. 8vo 446pp. second printing. see pictures for synopsis. #03226.
Harper and Brothers, 1950. first edition. hardcover. Octavo 305pp. scarce with DJ. #00227.
New York: Harper and Row, 1972. revised and enlarged. mass market paperback. 16mo. 119pp. Perennial Library P269. see pictures for synopsis. #03861.
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. first edition. hardcover. Octavo 350pp. stated first printing. author's signature tipped in on card from National Wildlife Federation on FFEP. From back cover: "Though Rachel Carson's last book, Silent Spring, may have changed the course of history, she was not at heart a crusader. I have.....
Chicago: Nelson Hall, 1968. New Edition. hardcover. 8vo 256pp. from front flap: "Graphoanalysis is the science of determining personality traits from handwriting. It is akin to applied psychology--it has nothing whatever to do with fortune-telling. Do you like people? If the answer is "yes," then you'll enjoy this unusual book.....