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London: Longmans, Green, 1897. A Very Good + to near Fine unmarked copy in cloth boards. New edition with 203 illustrations, 6 maps and fold out coloured plate of spectra. A very clean and tight copy of this Victorian work with fascinating illustrations, first published in 1890. Physiography is the subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns. B2C. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Bantam, 1988. FIRST EDITION MAY 1988, FIRST PRINTING. A VG+ uninscribed copy with VG+ unclipped dustjacket. In 1973 in Aberdeen, Scotland, a young man, John Hughes and an old man, Hans Kosterlitz, began the most exciting adventure of their lives, one that would dramatically alter humankind's understanding of the brain. They were looking for naturally occurring substances within the body that resembled drugs derived from the opium poppy, a natural morphine that would unlock not just the secrets of physical pain and pleasure, but would open the way to understanding how the brain orchestrates the symphony of human emotions. Their discovery was the 'endorphins', the body's natural painkillers. 11. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1991. A near Fine copy with a small neat name to front endpaper with dustjacket which is price clipped. First edition, First printing. 60 illustrations. In the book the MIT physicist and writer tells the story of cosmology, including its history, the theories and the evidence, the new discoveries, the outstanding questions, and the controversies. Striking and original analogies enliven the book and make it very accessible to the general reader. **** NOT EX LIB **** 4. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1965. A Fine unmarked copy in green cloth boards with dustjacket which has some creasing to top and is complete. Translated from the French by J.M. Cohen. The book contains a series of essays in which the author builds up his theory of the origins of man and his relationship with the great families of Hominids, among which man arose, but which do not belong in his line of ancestry. Teilhard himself took part in the discovery of Pekin Man (Sinanthropus) and twice visited the sites in South Africa from which the other main branch of Hominids, Australopithecus, was being evacuated. As the book proceeds from the earlier essays to the late, one sees a remarkable confirmation of Teilhard's theories, in the form of later discoveries which fitted into his scheme. Being first and foremost a palaeontologist, he writes most excitingly and graphically, and here the philosopher is at the same time an excavator and eye-witness. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1B. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Leer más

London: Pelham, 1975. A near Fine copy with a small name and date to title page wih complete near Fine dustjacket. The author is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and presents an introduction to the techniques and craft of weather forecasting. The sequence of instruction and the arrangement of the chapter content have been carefully designed to introduce the principles and mechanics of our weather to the non-expert. 27 plates and 31 line drawings. C3E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Academic Press, 1965. A Very Good + unmarked copy with VG complete dustjacket. Symposia of the Institute of Biology No. 14. 19 contributions in two sections - Effects of Climatic Change and their Implications; The Manipulation of Material and the Selection of Sites. Long term weather forecasts from season to season within a very slowly changing climate are of vital interest not ony to agriculturalists but also to conservationists and to all interested in field biology and this volume will also interest various disciplines including meteorologists, naturalists and economists. Numerous charts, tables and diagrams. *** NOT EX LIB *** B2A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Llandeilo, Wales: Cygnus, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy. First published in the USA. The author, a cell biologist, performed pioneering studies at Stanford University's School of Medicine, and is an internationally recognised authority on bridging science and spirit. The book presents scientific evidence showing that genes and DNA do not control our biology, instead, Bruce Lipton shows that our genes are turned on and off by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic messages emanating from our positive and negative thoughts. He shows how our beliefs, true or false, positive or negative, affect our genetic activity and actually alter our genetic code. Diagram illustrations. 52. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bloomsbury, 2000. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. After a chastening look at the history of futurology the author sets out to describe the world that's yet to come in the fields of environment, medicine, mind, home, work, leisure, politics, war, travel and space. Based on wide research and revealing interviews with leading international experts in the key areas of our lives, the book explores a vast range of topics from nanotechnology and genetic engineering to head transplants and teleportation. **** NOT EX LIB **** 16. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. xii + 316 pages. 27 main and many illustrations in the text. Fiber optic technology is revolutionizing telecommunications and thus our lives. Networks of optical fibers have spread around the world, opening the door to the possibility of a new information age, and spurring telephone and cable television companies into a billion-dollar race for control over the next generation of services and equipment. The story of this technology is fascinating complex, and largely untold. Jeff Hecht tells this story, from its beginning in the 19th century of attempts to guide light, for purposes of illuminating the insides of the human body, to today's mysterious, ubiquitous communications technologies. We hear the crucial conversation in 1951 that led to the realization that optical fibers might conduct light if coated with a layer of transparent material. Hecht also describes the medical technologies developed in the… Leer más

London: David Fulton, 1999. A Fine unmarked copy. 217 pages. First published in 1998. Cognitive style may well turn out to be the missing element in the study of individual differences. The book reviews and integrates research on style differences in learning and behaviour and describes the 'Cognitive Styles Analysis' which provides a simple and effective method of assessing style in children and adults. As both a textbook and a source of reference for professionals working in a range of contexts, it will help teachers and trainers reflect on and assess their effectiveness.The authors provide insights into personal and professional behaviours for counsellors and personnel professionals and offer a framework for future research for psychologists. 12. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1977. A Very Good+ clean and tight copy which has a name to front endpaper and an ink correction to a formula on one page. Dustjacket is also VG+ and is not price clipped. First UK edition. Asimov explores the implications of black holes, with lucid excursions into related questions. Was the mysterious 30-megaton blast that flattened a Siberian forest in 1908 actually a small black hole? Does matter drawn into a black hole reappear out the 'other side' as anti-matter, a sort of mirror image of the universe as we know it? Does their existence raise the possibility that matter can move faster than the speed of light? As he probes these and other questions, he takes us on a tour from the atom's innermost core to the outer reaches of the universe. 20. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Bodley Head, 1989. First UK edition, first published in USA in 1988. A very clean and unmarked copy VG+ with complete dustjacket VG+. An excellent and very readable work that outlines the story of man's interest in the cosmos, from Aristotle to the Big Bang, the Sumerian Magus atop his Ziggurat to a modern astronomer at his radio telescope, Kepler struggling for years to define the orbit of Mars, Galileo's house arrest for his theories, Herschel plumbing deep space in his studies of galaxies and much more. Illustrated throughout with a glossary, A Brief History of the Universe, Comprehensive Bibliography, notes and index. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.998 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. A near Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket. The book by the Canadian astrophysicist is addressed to those whose research demands more than a cursory knowledge of interstellar dust. For the uninitiated, either beginning graduate students or experienced physicists and chemists, a wide ranging view of the available observational techniques, results, and their interpretation is provided. Selected phenomena are examined in detail and finally a synthesis of present ideas is undertaken in an attempt to establish a framework within which new research and applications can be formulated and approved. **** NOT EX LIB **** 14. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price-clipped. 149 pages. In the past 40 years the whole spectrum of light - the radio and microwave bands, infrared and ultraviolet light, X-rays and gamma rays - has been opened up for astronomy. Suddenly there is a whole new cosmic landscape to be seen - the landscape of the invisible wavelengths. In this book the author takes us on an imaginative series of voyages - voyages back along the path that the protons of light have travelled to reach the earth. 1. First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

California: Benjamin/Cummings, 1991. Third Edition. A near Fine unmarked copy with laminated pictorial boards. A most comprehensive work of 723 pages in 5 parts and 15 chapters with case examples, illustrated throughout with photographs, diagrams and charts. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.40 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** 15. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. A near Fine copy apart from a small date and small erased name to half title page. Fifth Edition. "The genetical lexicographer's dream and the most indispensable work of it's kind in existence." Organised to provide a quick understanding for students and non geneticists, it includes over 6,500 definitions of terms and species names relevant to the study of genetics and also features a chronology that spans 400 years of genetic study and an extensive bibliography. **** NOT EX LIB **** 15. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Headline, 1999. A Fine copy with Fine coloured pictorial dustjacket of painting of a solar eclipse by Balthasar Wigand. A comprehensive history of eclipses from the first recordings in ancient times and by many civilisations to the present with it's modern scientific research. Illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and diagrams. A fascinating and very readable work which not only describes the science but also examines the significance to humankind. D4A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Macdonald and Janes, 1977. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with non price clipped dustjacket. It is almost a century since Thomas Alvar Edison, the world's greatest inventor, gave the world electric light, and over a 100 years since he built the first successful phonograph. The man who declared that 'genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration', and who on average lodged a patent application every two weeks of his adult life, and who was the most famous American of his day. Only now is it possible to present him clearly against the background of his times and to assess fairly his achievements and his often controversial business and working methods. Growing up in the aftermath of the American Civil War, he was a pacifist and was President of the US Naval Consulting Board in the First World War. Profusely illustrated. D4D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bloomsbury, 1996. A near Fine copy (Fine apart from a tippexed out name to top margin of title page) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiv + 352 pages. First edition, First printing. The author's fascinating and persuasive book argues that our view of human intelligence is far too narrow, and that emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision making and individual success. Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioural research, Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those with modest IQ do surprisingly well. Not a Ted Smart reprint B2D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: John Wiley, 1943. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a neat contemporary name to front pastedown with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. vii + 275 pages. 43 figures in the text. This volume presents practical material concerning the role and use of enzymes in industry, their preparation, and their use in medicine. A part of the book deals with the highly instructive and commercially significant preparation of organic compounds by fermentation. C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.