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SCIENCE AND SURVIVAL
by Commoner, Barry
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- First Edition
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$500.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1966. (10), 150 pages. Rare first printing of this classic work by the scientist Time magazine once called "the Paul Revere of the environmental movement." For the first time in book form Commoner warned about the twin dangers of nuclear winter in the event of nuclear war and climate change fueled by unchecked… Read more about this item Item Price
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MENLO PARK REMINISCENCES (3 volumes)
by Jehl, Francis
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Mixed Editions
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- 1937
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- Hardcover
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$95.00
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Dearborn, Michigan: Edison Institute, 1937. 1167 pages in 3 volumes. Volume 1 is a second edition dated 1937; volume 2 perhaps is a second printing--dated 1938 with the "eight" effaced and replaced with a pinted "nine"; volume 3 is a 1941 first printing. Bound in the original green cloth, with gilt lettering on spines and front covers.… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PHYSICIAN'S VADE-MECUM: Containing the Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment of Diseases; Accompanied by a Select Collection of Formulae, and a Glossary of Terms
by Hooper, Robert
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1809
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$180.00
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Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1809. 347 pages. First edition thus. Contemporary full leather binding, with leather title patch and gilt ruling on spine. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with splitting of leather along both joints, but still holding tightly; brown stain along 2 inches of fore-edge of 40 leaves, but it does… Read more about this item Item Price
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ANNALS OF SCIENCE
by Smith, Hamilton L. (editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1852
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$450.00
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Cleveland, Ohio: Printed by Harris, Fairbanks & Co., 1852. Complete in one bound volume: Volume I, Numbers 1(October 15, 1852) through 24 (November 15, 1853); volume II, Numbers 1 (January 1854) through 5 (May 1854). No more issues were published. 286, (6), 140 pages. Small 4to. 3/4 leather over marbled paper-covered boards. . First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good.… Read more about this item Item Price
$450.00
Remnants of the Fall: Revelations of Particle Secrets
by William B. Rolnick
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- 1st Paperback Edition
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- 2003
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- Paperback
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- 9789812381460
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$24.50
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River Edge, New Jersey: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2003. xxii, 287 pages. A book on particle physics that uses poetry and humor (and no equations) in combination with clear and accurate explanations to make the subject clear to the general science reader. The book is in almost as-new condition.. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo -… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE NEW EVOLUTION: ZOOGENESIS
by Clark, Austin H.
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$20.00
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Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1930. xiv, 297 pages. The first printing of the book which developed Clark's zoogenesis thesis: that each of the "major types of life forms on earth evolved separately and independently from all the others". Clark was not a creationist, but many of the "intelligent design" folk today are fond of taking some… Read more about this item Item Price
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF CONGRESSMAN GEORGE P. MILLER
by Miller, George Paul
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- Used - Collectible-Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$45.00
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Washington, D. C.: Unpublished, 1972. Black and white photograph of California Congressman George P. Miller, who was the Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics from 1961 until 1973. SIGNED and inscribed, "To Lee D. Saegesser--from Congressman George P. Miller, Chairman Committee on Science and Astronautics." Provenance: from the collection of Lee Saegesser, Chief Archivist… Read more about this item Item Price
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TENERIFFE, AN ASTRONOMER'S EXPERIMENT: or Specialities of a Residence above the Clouds
by Smyth, C. Piazzi
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- No Dust Jacket, as Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1858
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- Hardcover
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$1,500.00
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London, England: Lowell Reeve, 1858. xvi, 451pages, 2 pages ad for The Literary Gazette, 24 pages Lowell Reeve catalogue, 15 pages catalogue of Francis Frith's 100 Egypt and Nubia stereoviews published by Negretti & Zambra, and 1 page ad for Negretti & Zambra meteorological instruments. Illustrated with a map of Teneriffe and 20 original albumen stereoviews by Smyth. … Read more about this item Item Price
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MUON PHYSICS (3 volumes)
by Hughes, Vernon W., and C. S. Wu (editors)
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- Used - Collectible-Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket, as Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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- 9780123606013
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$300.00
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New York: Academic Press, 1977. Volume I, "Electromagnetic Interactions": xi, 396 pages; volume II, "Weak Interactions": xi, 391 pages; volume III, "Chemistry and Solids": xi, 305 pages. ISBNs are 0123606012 (vol.1), 0123606020 (vol. 2), and 0123606039 (vol. 3). This was the most exhaustive collection of research studies on muon physics. Edited by 2 of the leading… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00
THE YOUNG MILL-WRIGHT'S & MILLER'S GUIDE. In Five Parts. Embellished with Twenty-Five Plates
by Evans, Oliver, and Thomas Ellicott
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- Used - Collectible-Very Good ++
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- Second Edition
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- 1807
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- Hardcover
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$1,150.00
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Octoraro, Pennsylvania: Francis Bailey, 1807. viii, 364 pages + 25 plates (some folding). 8vo. Oliver Evans was largely responsible for early automation in the American milling industry. Among those licensed to use his patented devices was George Washington, and many of the mills built in the early 19th century were based on Evans' designs. Part five… Read more about this item Item Price
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF NASA SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT DICK SCOBEE
by Scobee, Francis Richard (Dick)
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- First Edition
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- 1978
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$700.00
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Washington, D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1978. Official NASA black and white photograph of the NASA astronaut Dick Scobee in civilian clothes. The photo was taken while he was still an astronaut candidate. Scobee flew on 2 shuttle missions: STS-41C and STS-51L. The latter was the ill-fated Challenger mission, which ended in the death… Read more about this item Item Price
$700.00
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF NASA SMEAT ASTRONAUTS BOB CRIPPEN, KAROL BOBKO, AND WILLIAM THORNTON
by Crippen, Bob, Karol Bobko, and William Thornton
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$125.00
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Houston, Texas: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1972. Official NASA black and white photograph of astronauts Bob Crippen, Bo Bobko, and William Thornton. The photo was taken while they were in the early stages of a 56-day stay in an altitude test chamber for the Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT). Bobko later flew on 3 shuttle… Read more about this item Item Price
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF RUSSIAN COSMONAUT PAVEL POPOVICH
by Popovich, Pavel Romanovich
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$125.00
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Washington, D. C.: Unpublished, 1986. Black and white photograph of the Russian cosmonaut, who commanded 2 space missions, Vostok 4 and Soyuz 14. The photo was taken while he was visiting the NASA History Office in Washington, DC, on October 27, 1986. SIGNED on the back of the photograph, in Russian script and without inscription, "Pavel Popovich, 27.10.86".… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF NASA SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT FRED GREGORY
by Gregory, Frederick D.
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- Used - Collectible-Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1978
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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Washington, D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1978. Official NASA black and white photograph of the NASA astronaut Fred Gregory in civilian clothes. The photo was taken while he was still an astronaut candidate. Gregory flew on 3 shuttle missions: STS-51B, STS-33, STS-44--he was commander on the last two. He later served as Deputy Administrator… Read more about this item Item Price
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HANFORD WORKS TELEPHONE DIRECTORY MARCH 1957
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- First Printing
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- 1957
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$95.00
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Hanford, Washington: General Electric Hanford Atomic Products Operation and United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1957. 60 pages. The 1957 telephone directory for all offices and more than 1500 employees of the Hanford Works, one of the earliest nuclear research facilities in the United States. Front cover states "For official use only". Quotation from the Atomic Energy Commission… Read more about this item Item Price
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RECENT RESULTS OF RESEARCH AT THE BARROW LABORATORY
by Walker, M. Forestier
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$25.00
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Paris: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, 1972. 13 pages. Stape-bound offprint of a paper presented at "Les Techniques de Laboratoire Dans L'Etude Des Manuscrits" in Paris, September 13-15, 1972. The text of the paper is in English. The abstract is in French and repeated in German. The research reported concerns deterioration of paper in old… Read more about this item Item Price
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