Science & Technology from The Book Shed

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket, previous owner's name as well as a small bookplate under the flap. First printing, full number line. From the flap: "Exploring the intimate relationship between mathematics, physics, and the tremendous power of modern computers, Number-Crunching will appeal to anyone interested… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket, previous owner's name as well as a small bookplate under the flap. First printing, full number line. From the flap: "Tracing the profound impact of optimization and the unexpected ways in which it has influenced the study of mathematics,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket, previous owner's name as well as a small bookplate under the flap, front flap creased. First printing, full number line. "A sophisticated, fluid presentation that leaves general readers knowledgeable about the genome's past and positioned to make… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Gotham Books, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Third printing. Previous owner's name and bookplate, remaindered else clean and unmarked. "The Physics of Superheroes is clear, rapid, funny and endlessly informative-as if Stan Lee and George Gamow had teamed up to battle the nefarious forces of ignorance."--Gerard Jones, author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Previous owner's name and bookplate, else clean and unmarked. Unread. First printing, full number line. "...a valuable contribution to the history of women in science." -- The Journal of American History, March 2003. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Second printing of 2002. Previous owner's name and bookplate else As New in all respects. "Crystal clear on technical points, Marsden is archly amusing in discussing how reputations are made." Gilbert Taylor--Booklist Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chantilly VA: The Teaching Company, 2000. 2nd edition. DVD. Very Good. DVDs, two cases /four discs with two course guide books. A total of 24 lectures by Professor Richard Wolfson. He is the Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics at Middlebury College since 1976. Professor Wolfson is the author of several books, including the college textbooks Physics for… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Bonanza Books, 1956. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; jacket is soiled with several closed tears; offsetting to the endpapers. Fold out frontis present. Second printing of this edition. Frederick J. Britten (1843-1913) was the original author of this work of horological history first published in 1897. … Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Putnam for the C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Light shelf wear to the book; no jacket. First printing, no others noted. "In Carl Jung's theory of analytical psychology, the Wise Old Woman and the Wise Old Man are archetypes of the Collective Unconscious. 'The "wise old… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; no jacket; previous owner's name and date. First printing, no others noted. An early title in the field of automation and robotics. Pound wrote about manufacturing in the early 20th century. Every effort is made… Saber más sobre este artículo

Seattle: Coffeetown Press , 2016. Paperback. Near Fine. About As New in all respects. First printing, full number line. The reports of 1324 cannabis users collected in a survey carried out by two naturopathic physicians. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when… Saber más sobre este artículo

Indianapolis: Eli Lilly Co., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, spotting to front cover, no jacket. First printing, no others noted. Registered Copy No. 6585. A modern medicine compendium emulating the work of Aulus Cornelius Celsus whose 1st century De Medicina is considered the best surviving treatise… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Shelf wear to the book; more to tips, corners, and edges of jacket which is rubbed with creases. First printing, full number line. "an arresting account of his search for poisons and antidotes presumably used to create zombis, the victims usually selected by a secret society tribunal.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Liveright Publishing, 1935. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. The authorized English translation of the revised edition. With a note of approbation of the translation by Freud. Complete and unabridged. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and more to the jacket which has several small tears and chips. First printing, no others noted. "The… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889. Seventh Edition. Leather_bound. Fair. The seventh edition, revised and enlarged. Covers are considerably edgeworn, front cover barely hanging on, four inches of nibbling to the rear edge, area of loss at the bottom of spine, leather label chipped, worn, recipe on the front endpaper, previous owner's stamp to second blank page,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Weathervane, 1978. facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, previous owner's stamp to the front endpaper else clean and unmarked; no jacket. Laid-in is a catalogue of "Early American Wrought Iron Hardware hand forged at the fire by Donald Streeter, Iona New Jersey." "Richardson explains strength… Saber más sobre este artículo

Morristown, NJ: Astragal Press, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Good. Shelf wear to the book, soiling of page edges and cover else clean and unmarked. "This comprehensive guide is invaluable for everyone from the handyman with a few planes in the workshop to the most advanced dealer or collector." First printing, no others noted. Books and other items ship… Saber más sobre este artículo

Little Rock: Brown Printing Company, 1893. Hardcover. Fair. much wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, covers stained, spine darkened but legible, hinges cracked--not disbound but delicate. Map is present in rear pocket, some offsetting but no tears, splits or holes. Clean and unmarked. From Wikipedia: "John Casper Branner (July 4, 1850 – March 1,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, 1860. Hardcover. Good. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, scattered foxing. From Wikipedia: The American Institute of the City of New York, or, The American Institute of the City of New York for the Encouragement of Science and Invention was a civic organization that existed from ca. 1838 –… Saber más sobre este artículo

Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, 1861. Hardcover. Good. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, endpaper torn, scattered foxing. From Wikipedia: The American Institute of the City of New York, or, The American Institute of the City of New York for the Encouragement of Science and Invention was a civic organization that existed from ca.… Saber más sobre este artículo