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The Atom at Work
de Jacob Sacks
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Fair
- Librería
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY: The Ronald Press, 1951 The Ronald Press, New York. 1951. Hardcover. 2nd Printing from (2) on the CR page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: light shelfwear to head, tail, tips and board bottom edges. DJ: Fair; Price Clipped: missing pieces at head, tail, tips, and tops of panels; overall toning; lightly sunfaded spine. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 327 pp 8vo. With the end of WWII, the general public was anxious to learn more about the atom and nuclear energy. The purpose of this books was to present the whole story of atomic energy in a readable and understandable style. The first half of the book is a history of the events that led up to the Curies' discovery of radioactivity. The second half is a progress report on how isotopes are being used today to make a better and more helpful world. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Librería
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 015954
- Título
- The Atom at Work
- Autor
- Jacob Sacks
- Ilustrador
- George R. Cox
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fair
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- The Ronald Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- nuclear energy, atomic energy, Marie Curie, radioactivity, atom bomb, nuclear weapons, isotopes, radiation sickness, weapons of war, WWII, World War II, U235, fission fragments, Los Alamos, Alamogordo, Trinity Site,
Términos de venta
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Miembro de Biblio desde 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
Sobre Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
