Search Results: Chemistry and Other Sciences from Glynn's Books

London: Doubleday, 1999. Hb, xxx + 402pp. Good+ with clean contents in a Good dj which has only slight wear. Uses the logic of Darwin's original arguments together with recent discoveries, to prove the fact of evolution, in an entertaining account.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Addison-Wesley in Association with the National Portriat Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1999. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, xxix + 824pp. VG with marginal wear, clean contents. Covers fundamentals of search, inference and knowledge representation; AI algorithms and data structures in LISP and PROLOG; production systems, blackboards and meta-interpreters; machine-learning; neural networks; emergent and social models of learning and adaptation; object- and agent-based problem-solving and other forms of advanced knowledge representation; algorithms for reasoning under conditions of uncertainty; an extended treatment of knowledge-based problem solving; natural language-understanding algorithms including stochastic methods.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Harper & Row, 1971. Hb, blue boards, no dj, 1009 pgs. G. with scuffs to cover edges. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Biochemistry textbook providing detailed studies of: the physical chemistry of biomacromolecules; thermodynamics, kinetics and mechanisms of enzymatic reactions; subcellular organization; intermediary metabolism of the major classes of chemical substances; selected aspects of molecular biology. Pls note this is a heavy book.. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Hb, xii + 381pp. Good+ with clean contents in Good price-clipped dj which has light edgewear only. Contents: Chemistry and nature; Biological chemistry and the character of biological systems; Polarised double bonds: derivatives of carboxylic, phosphoric and sulphonic acids; Condensation reactions; Some reactions of carbon-carbon double bonds; Substitution reactions of aliphatic carbon atoms; Substitution reactions of aromatic carbon; Some biological oxidations involving heterocyclic coenzymes; Metal ions in biochemistry; Enzymes as catalysts; Biochemical techniques; Enzyme mechanisms of phosphate transfer; Enzyme systems and intracellular control; Biological membranes; Drugs, agricultural and horticultural chemicals; Communication between cells. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1989. Pb, xiii + 231pp. VG with slight cover wear and clean contents. Targetted at undergrad. and post-grad students in Chemisty, Biochemistry and Natural Products research. Contents: Introduction; Techniques for biosynthesis; Polyketides; Terpenes & steroids; Shikimic acid pathway; Alkaloids; Microbial metabolites containing nitrogen.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hutchinson Radius, 1991. Pb, 540pp. Good, light corner wear, clean contents. Selection of essays, fifth volume in a series. Contents :History in evolution; Dinomania; Adaptation; Fads and fallacies; Art and science; Down under; Intellectual biography; Evolution and creation; Numbers and probability; Planets as persons.. Soft Cover. Good.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pb, 220pp. Good with light cover wear, clean contents, spine cocked. Includes general information on teaching maths, objectives of pupils' activities, suggestions for teaching approaches, ideas for developing mathematical themes, games and activites for calculator work, notes on approaches to investigations, links with the environment and other curriculum areas, back-up for teachers.. Soft Cover.

London: Academic Press, 1967. Hb, 387 pgs, G. in Fair dj (rather grubby since it's white, chips and scuffs to edges of dj but no tears). Contents clean. Textbook devoted to the subject of Carbonium ions covering: experimental techniques for detection and study, sources, formation, stability, reactions, bridged carbonium ions, related species.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Academic Press, 1971. Pb, 336 pgs. Fair to Good copy. Contents clean and intact but front cover a bit grubby and scuffed. Contents divided into: Chemical Ecology of Cells in the Soil; Chemical Ecology among Lower Plants; Biochemical Ecology of Higher Plants; Plants and the Chemical Environment; Chemical Interactions Between Plants and Insects; Hormonal Interactions between Plants and Insects; Chemical Communication within Animal Species; Chemical Defence against Predation in Arthropods; Chemical Ecology of Fish; Chemistry of Nonhormonal Interactions: Terpenoid Compounds in Ecology; Chemical Aspects of Hormonal Interactions.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge University Press, 1973. Pb, 93 pgs. G. with light scuffing to covers. Pages clean. Part of Cambridge Chemistry Texts series. This book "is concerned with the principles upon which the versatility is based viz electrophilic and nucleophilic attack on the enamine function, and cycloaddition reactions".. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. Pb, 184 pages. VG+. Primer on presentation skills/techniques, from preparing essays, research and lab reports, reviews, and bibliographies to developing and presenting posters and talks.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nelson and ELBS, 1979. Pb reprint of edition first published 1969. 220 pgs. G. with light wear to covers. Clean contents. Discusses chemistry of corodination compounds formed by the transition metal ions but also includes complexes formed by non-transition elements. Contents divided into: nomenclature,, structure, preparation and stability of coordination compounds; crystal field theory, ligand field theory, electronic spectra and magnetic properties of transition metal complexes; other methods of studying coordination compounds; thermodynamic and related aspects of crystal fields; reaction kinetics of coordination compounds.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1990. viii + 373 pp. G+ - light edgewear to covers. Vol. 8 in Pergamon's Tetrahedron Organic Chemisty series. Contents : Diels-Alder reaction - general aspects; intermolecular Diels-Alder reactions; intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions; miscellaneous [4+2] cycloadditions; the ene reaction; [2+2] cycloaddition reactions.. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chichester: Wiley, 1995. Hb, laminated covers, no dj, x + 302pp. Good+. Previous owner's name on fep but otherwise in very good clean condition. Reviews the major aspects of diabetes in the aged, from its epidemiology and pathophysiology through to its diagnosis and management.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 1992. Pb, 424pp, colour and b/w illustrations. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. The Pulitzer-prize winning author discusses the evolution of life on our planet, the great extinctions, bio-diversity and the threats to diversity of species. In three main parts : Violent nature, resilient life; Biodiversity rising; The human impact.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. Pb, 479pp, b/w photos. Good, sunned spine, light creases on covers, clean contents. Selection of essays, volume six in a series. Contents : The scale of extinction; Odd bits of vertebrate anatomy; Vox populi; Musings; Human nature; Grand patterns of evolution; Revising and extending Darwin; Reverals - fragments of a book not written.. Soft Cover. Good.

Oxford Univ. Press, 1950. Hb, dark blue boards, no dj. G. with light scuffing to spine.324 pgs. . Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pb, xiii + 548pp. Good+ copy with light cover wear/creasing and nice, clean contents. There is a university department sticker on the title page. 3rd edition of this popular introductory textbook with numerous exercises and worked examples.. Soft Cover.

London: Concrete Publications, 1950. Hb, blue cloth covers, no dj, viii + 152pp, b/w diagrams. Good with light foxing to endpapers, previous owner's name on inside front cover, light wear to covers, corners a bit bumped. Contents: The simple beam - bending and shear; Continuous beams; Concrete; Reinforced concrete under stress; Design of simply-supported slabs; Design of continuous slabs; Design of simply-supported beams; Design of continuous beams; Design of columns; Design of column footings; Earth pressure; Design of simple retaining walls; Prestressed reinforced concrete.. Hard Cover.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Pb, xi + 307pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Sequel to " The Selfish Gene" and aimed primarily at professional biologists or general readers with some knowledge of evolutionary biology.. Soft Cover.