Science from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Harper & Bros, 1962. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Anne L. Cox (Illustrator). Text/NEW. Stated1962 First Edition. Giilt embossed green linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; short closed edge tears w/trace soiling. Classic introduction to the science of biology by microbiologist John Tyler Bonner of Princeton Univ. Written as a supplement to biology… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Van Norstrand, 1912. Third Edition, Greatly Enlarged . Marroon Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 3/4"; 19.6cm. The full title reads THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE to which is added a small budget of Interesting Paradoxes, Illusions, Marvels, and Popular Fallacies [] A Popular Account of the Most Famous Scientific Impossibilities and the Attempts Which Have… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, NY: The University Society, 1935. First Trade Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New. Vintage 1935 Edition. Maroon boards/Fine. DJ/None. Stamped PO name w/partial strike-out on fEP & rear cover verso. First published in 1931. Primary historical record of highlights in scientific geological studies of the 1930's. 10 chapters: Chapter I, The Planet on Which… Saber más sobre este artículo

Matwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1987. Third Edition . Printed Coated Cardstock. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9"; 22.8 cm. Tall. The other major change [incorporated in this edition] is the deletion of the introductory chapter on Roman Catholic medical ethics. I have replaced this section with a chapter on thematic ethical concepts taken from my revised edition of my Introduction… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Plenum Press, 1985. Red Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8 7/16" Tall. In this book the author continues - supplements is a better descriptive - his examination of scientific career paths that began with "Winning the Games Scientists Play." Here the subject is less how to get to the top (although the first section does show… Saber más sobre este artículo

Praha: Nakladatel Jaroslav Tozicka, 1945. Printed Beige Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 5/8" Tall. The illustrious phyicist wore many hats: professor of Radiology, and of Atmospheric [Cosmic] Radiation; pioneer in x-ray technology and dosimetry (he had studied at the Curie lab in Paris); adventurer - as a member of two Italian expeditions that attempted to attain the North… Saber más sobre este artículo

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1952. Beige Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 5/16" Tall. These Hixon lectures were given by Caltech's Department of Biology in Pasadena March to May 1950. "The Committee was moved to undertake these lectures by the very fact that there was so much question in the minds of many regarding the scientific status of psychoanalysis.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Julian Messner, 1953. Printed Rust Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 1/2" Tall. Raymond Creekmore. This is a volume in the publisher's Everyday Science Stories series, recommended for third grade readers and above. 63 pages, with numerous drawings. Covers have slight wear at backstrap, otherwise sound; stamp of prior owner on title page; text is clean and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Plenum Press, 1984. Third Printing . Black Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8 7/16" Tall. Matter-of-fact advice about getting ahead in science, written for science practitioners but pretty widely applicable to any careerist. Game playing, the author writes, "in science or in any occupation, can be defined as the ability and willingness not only to govern your… Saber más sobre este artículo