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New York:: Basic Books,, 1982.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Enjoyable and informative essays on Einstein, physics, time, relativity, artificial intelligence, Robert Oppenheimer, Erwin Schrodinger, Stanley Kubrick, nuclear research and more by a writer who is himself a scientist and physics professor. Included is a section on Marvin Minsky and… Read more about this item

London:: Elek, , nd [1958]. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in light blue boards in a very good dust jacket (some edgewear to the dj, price-clipped) . First UK printing. A non-technical discussion by this noted astronomer (among other things he was the head of the Harvard College Observatory for over 30 years and discoverer of… Read more about this item

New York:: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd/ William Morrow & Co, (1979). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library, in sturdy library binding, in a good dustjacket with spine label, some tape reinforcement to interior.. First printing. A detailed discussion of the four outermost planets in our solar system by this prolific science and science fiction writer. Diagrams by Giulio… Read more about this item

London:: Routledge & Kegan Paul,, (1953). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in blue cloth with red lettering on spine in a near fine light blue dust jacket (some sunning to spine of dj) .. First printing. In addition to the long title essay, this includes a second essay on "Molecular Asymmetry" discovered by Louis… Read more about this item

Cambridge, UK:: W. Heffer and Sons, Ltd., , (1962). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Among the many topics are 19th century physical sciences, Newtonian Research; the history of medicine 1960-61, Kepler the Mathematician, Science and Poetry; "Popularising Dead Science", two books from schools, essay reviews and book reviews. Contributors… Read more about this item

Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA:: University of California Press,, 1953.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in cranberry cloth with a paper title label on the spine in a near fine dustjacket (hint of an erasure on the front endpaper, toning to the dj, small chip at the top of the spine.). First printing. A completely… Read more about this item

New Haven:: Yale University Press,, (1955). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a near fine dustjacket. (light toning to pages, more significant toning to spine and edges of dj). First US printing. The influence of scientific research on human events. Divided into 3 sections - the age… Read more about this item

Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press,, (1957). Hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, few penciled notations in final chapters, sunning to spine of dj) . 3rd US printing. Based on the 1946 Tarner Lectures. Concludes with a brief discussion of the question "is science invention or discovery? Index. xii, 376 pp.

New York:: Putnam,, (1960). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in black cloth with silver lettering in a near fine dust jacket (price-clipped).. First printing. A book written for young adults at the time when the world was just at the beginning of space exploration. Covers the history of rockets from China at the beginning of the 13th… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY:: Hanover House, , (1956). Hardcover first edition -. Good condition in black cloth (previous owner's name on front endpaper.), no dust jacket. . First edition. A book about the beginnings of space exploration. Foreword by Hermann Oberth. References, index. 287 p

Philadelphia:: American Philosophical Society,, 1956.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (toning to the dj) . First edition. A pioneering study of Newton's influence on experimental physics during the 18th century and on Franklin's importance as an electrical theorizer. Includes an appendix on Newton's use of the word "hypothesis." Illustrated… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA:: Harvard University Press,, 1950.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning to the pages, a bit of rubbing to the dj). First printing. Discusses scientific instruments at Harvard before and after the Fire of 1764, the beginnings of chemistry at Harvard and more. Foreword by Samuel Eliot Morison.… Read more about this item

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1981.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line). First printing. A book which starts with the premise that the standard of living throughout the world needs to be raised and presents the idea that the solution to our interrelated problems of energy, environmental erosion, and the threat of… Read more about this item

Minneapolis:: University of Minnesota,, (1962). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in gray cloth (corners slightly bumped, light toning to pages). First edition. A book in which the focus has moved to the philosophy behind the physical sciences. Includes essays by Hilary Putnam (The Analytical and the Synthetic), Carl G. Hempel, Michael Scriven (Explanations, Predictions and Laws),… Read more about this item

Franklin Lakes, NJ: : New Page Books / Career Press, , (2008). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. A book which "offers a bold, scientific analysis of Mayan teachings and other worldly predictions and prophecies dealing with the end of time in 2012 through a review of economic shifts,… Read more about this item

New York:: Walker,, (1986). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, in a very good unmarked dj (price-clipped). First printing. The 26th title in the How Did We Find Out Series. Illustrated with drawings by David Wool. Index. 64 pp.

Philadelphia:: Chilton Books, , (1964). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings. The dust jacket has been pasted onto the endpapers, price-clipped. . First printing. A book which focuses on the wonders to be found in the skies."The chapters move through space with sections devoted to meteorites, the moon, the sun, the Milky Way, etc.… Read more about this item

Poughkeepsie, N.Y:: Guild Press/ Simon & Schuster,, (1958). Hardcover first edition -. Good overall (the stapled text block is beginning to separate at the rear board, some rubbing and wear to the edges of the boards and sides of the spine, but an uncommon title in a relatively fragile binding) . First edition. The 3rd book… Read more about this item

New York:: Grand Central Publishing, , (2019). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy black wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An exploration of what might be "out there" arranged in a simple question-and-answer format, with answers in "an informal but informative style, which mixes in a healthy dose of humor and pop culture to make… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, (c 1955.). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dust jacket (bookplate mostly under dj flap, original price of 8.95 on dj flap). Early printing. Using evidence from the natural sciences this book reveals global catastrophes in prehistorical times that altered the climate and geography of the earth, and even caused entire species… Read more about this item