Science : 53 Books

[4923] Anton, Ted. New Science Journalists The Future of Our Planet, Our Species, and Our Psyches, from the Most Renowned Literary Science Journalists Working Today. NY: Ballatine Books, 1995, number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3, ISBN 0-345-38365-6 Octavo (8.0 in. by 5.25 in.); 340pp.; softcover; very good; remainder mark to edge of text block.

[1994] Asimov, Isaac. Intelligent Man's Guide to Science Two Volumes. NY: Basic Books, June 1961, third printing, Octavo (10.25 in. by 7.25 in.); 853pp.; two very good hardcover; very good slipcase; books show faded spines and lightly rubbed corners; slipcase shows rubbing to panels and bumped and broken corners.

[8141] Baker, Paul R.. Atomic Bomb The Great Decision. NY: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1976, number line: 4 5 090 9 8 7, second revised edition, ISBN 0-03-089873-0 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 123pp.; softcover; very good; rubbed extremities; age-toned pages; name in pen to verso of rear cover. Two copies of this book are available.

[10975] Barrett, Edward. Contextual Media Multimedia and Interpretation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995, ISBN 0-262-02383-0 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 262pp.; fine hardcover; very good dust jacket; scraping to rear panel of dust jacket; crisp; clean; bright.

[11059] Barrow, John D.. World Within the World. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988, ISBN 0-19-851979-6 Octavo (9.5 in. by 6.5 in.); 398pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket bumped at extremities; book bumped at extremities.

[10971] Bazerman, Charles. Languages of Edison's Light. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999, ISBN 0-262-02456-X Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 416pp.; fine hardcover; fine dust jacket; crisp; clean; bright.

[6600] Bernstein, Jeremy. Three Degrees Above Zero Bell Labs in the Information Age. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984, number line: 1 3 5 7 9 11 1 3 15 17 19 F/C 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2, ISBN 0-684-18170-3 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 241pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped at extremities; age-toned flaps; book shows name in pen to free front endpaper.

[10640] Bishay, Adli. Advances in Desert and Arid Land Technology and Development Volume 1. NY: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1979, ISBN 3-7186-0002-1 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 618pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped at extremities; book shows slightly flattened corners.

[8144] Brand, Stewart. Media Lab Inventing the Future at M.I.T.. NY: Penguin Books, 1988, ISBN 0-14-009701-5 Octavo (9.0 in. by 6.0 in.); 285pp.; softcover; very good; curled corners; rubbed extremiteis;

[1638] Brennan, Richard P.. Dictionary of Scientific Literacy. NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1992, ISBN 0-471-53214-2 Quarto (10.0 in. by 7.0 in.); 333pp.; softcover; very good; covers bent; former owner's ink stamp to edges of text block and half-title page.

[11152] Bromberg, Joan Lisa. Laser in America 1950-1970. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, second printing, ISBN 0-262-02318-0 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 310pp.; fine hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped at spine; crisp; clean; bright; unread.

[11178] Changyong, Cao. Detecting the Scale and Resolution Effects in Remote Sensing and GIS. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services, 1992, an authorized facsimile, Octavo (8.5 in. by 6.75 in.); 212pp.; softcover; very good; soiled rear cover.

[8969] Clarke, Arthur C.. July 20, 2019 Life in the 21st Century. NY: Omni Books, 1986, number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 0-02-525799-1 Quarto (10.5 in. by 8.0 in.); 281pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped at extremities; book rubbed at extremities.

[1126] Cotton, M. Aylwin. San Rocco Villa at Francolise. No Place: The British School at Rome and The Institute of Fine Arts, 1985, ISBN 0-904152-08-1 Quarto (10.75 in. by 7.5 in.); 277pp.; hardcover; very good; lightly rubbed boards; slightly slanted spine.

[7782] Cotton, William R.. Storms. Fort Collins, CO: AST Press, 1990, first edition, ISBN 0-9625986-0-7 Octavo (8.5 in. by 5.5 in.); 158pp.; softcover; very good; chipped spine; bent covers.

[9797] Fisher, Clyde. Marvels and Mysteries of Science. NY: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1941, Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 818pp.; handsome hardcover with hunter-green blind-stamped cloth-covered spine and boards; gilt lettering to spine and front board; very good; rubbed extremities; age-toned pages; name in pen to front pastedown endpape r.

[11093] Golinski, Jan. Making Natural Knowledge Constructivism and the History of Science. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2005, number line: 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 1 2 3 4 5, ISBN 0-226-30231-8 Octavo (9.0 in. by 6.0 in.); 236pp.; softcover; very good; slightly curled corners; lightly chipped extremities.

[10552] Gorn, Michael H.. Harnessing the Genie Science and Technology Forecasting for the Air Force 1944-1986. Washington, D. C.: Office of Air Force History, 1988, Octavo (9.5 in. by 6.75 in.); 209pp.; softcover; very good; lightly rubbed at extremities.

[10961] Grant, Lindsey. Juggernaut Growth on a Finite Planet. Santa Ana, CA: Seven Locks Press, 1996, ISBN 0-929765-51-6 Octavo (9.0 in. by 6.0 in.); 310pp.; softcover; very good; lightly chipped extermities; marking in pen to dedication page.

[10294] Halliday, M. A. K.. Writing Science Literacy and Discursive Power. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburg Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8229-6103-2 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.0 in.); 283pp.; softcover; very good; bumped extremities; curled corners.

[8618] Hamilton, Ian. Resources and Industry. NY: Oxford University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-19-520943-5 Folio (12.0 in. by 9.5 in.); 256pp.; fine hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly torn at extremities; crisp; clean; bright.

[8741] Hanlon, Michael. Worlds of Galileo. NY: St. Martin's Press, 2001, number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 0-312-27220-0 Quarto (10.75 in. by 7.75 in.); 228pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped at extremities; book shows bumped corners; crisp; clean; bright.

[6674] Hazen, Robert M.. Breakthrough The Race for the Superconductor. NY: Summit Books, 1988, number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 0-671-65829-8 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.5 in.); 271pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped at extremities; book shows bumped corners.

[10960] Herbert, Nick. Quantum Reality Beyond the New Physics. NY: Doubleday, 1985, number line: 12 11 10, ISBN 0-385-23569-0 Octavo (8.0 in. by 5.25 in.); 268pp.; softcover; very good; slightly curled corners; slightly age-toned pages.

[9683] Howse, Derek. Greenwich Time and the Discovery of the Longitude. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980, ISBN 0-19-215948-8 Octavo (8.5 in. by 6.0 in.); 254pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped at extremities; book lightly rubbed at extremities.

[3528] International Textbook Company. Steel Square and How to Use It. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1924, Octavo (8.5 in. by 6.0); 79pp.; hardcover; very good; rubbed at extremities; bowed boards; foxed pages.

[2515] Jackson, Wes. Altars of Unhewn Stone Science and the Earth. San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1987, second printing, ISBN 0-86547-287-4 Octavo (9.0 in. by 6.0 in.); 158pp.; softcover; very good; slightly curled corners.

[6504] Kessler, Edwin. Instruments and Techniques for Thunderstorm Observation and Analysis. University of Oklahoma Press, in shrinkwrap, ISBN 0-8061-2117-3 Quarto (11.25 in. by 8.75 in.); fine hardcover; fine dust jacket; crisp; clean; bright; unread.

[5296] Kiefer, Jack Carl. Jack Carl Kiefer Collected Papers III Design of Experiments. In shrinkwrap, ISBN 0-387-96004-X Quarto (9.75 in. by 6.75 in.); hardcover; fine; crisp; clean; bright; unread.

[10749] Masani, P. R.. Norbert Wiener 1894-1964. Switzerland: Birkhauser, 1990, ISBN 0-8176-2246-2 Octavo [9.0 in. by 6.25 in.); 416pp.; fine hardcover; fine dust jacket; crisp; clean; bright.

[11088] Mermin, N. David. Boojums All The Way Through. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-521-38880-5 Octavo (9.0 in. by 6.0 in.); 308pp.; softcover; very good; lightly faded spine and covers.

[9084] Naughton, John. Brief History of the Future. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2000, number line: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2, ISBN 1-58567-032-4 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 327pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly torn at extremities; remainder mark to edge of text block; crisp; clean; bright.

[4592] Nelkin, Dorothy. Selling Science How the Press Covers Science and Technology. NY: W. H. Freeman, 1987, number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 MP 5 4 3 2 1 0 8 9 8 7, ISBN 0-7167-1988-6 Octavo (8.25 in. by 5.25 in.); 224pp.; softcover; very good; light chipping to extremities; several pages of unequal width; all text displayed.

[6159] Oil Daily. 1985 U.S. Energy Industry Yearbook. NY: Oil Daily, 1985, fifth edition, Quarto (11.25 in. by 8.75 in.); 234pp.; hardcover; very good; front cover chipped at edge.

[9152] Orsted, Hans Christian. Selected Scientific Works of Hans Christian Orsted. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998, number line: 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1, ISBN 0-691-04334-5 Octavo (9.5 in. by 6.25 in.); 647pp.; fine hardcover; fine dust jacket; crisp; clean; bright.

[10988] Padovan, Richard. Proportion: Science Philosophy Architecture. London: Spoon Press, 2003, ISBN 0-419-22780-6 Octavo (9.75 in. by 7.75 in.); 388pp.; softcover; very good; lightly chipped extremities; rubbed and bent covers.

[11146] Phillips, John L.. Bends: Compressed Air in the History of Science, Diving and Engineering. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 0-300-07125-6 Octavo (8.5 in. by 5.75 in.); 256pp.; fine hardcover; fine dust jacket; crisp; clean; bright; unread.

[10990] Pylyshyn, Zenon W.. Computation and Cognition Toward a Foundation for Cognitive Science. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989, fifth printing, ISBN 0-262-66058-X Octavo (9.0 in. by 6.0 in.); 292pp.; softcover; very good; lightly bumped and chipped extremities; crisp; clean; bright. Three copies of this book are available.

[6673] Rotstein, Ronald D.. Future Trends and Developments Through the 21st Century. NY: Lyle Stuart Book, 1990, number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 0-8184-0505-8 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 183pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped at corners; book lightly bumped at corners; crisp; clean; bright.

[8336] Sachs, Harley L.. Freelance Nonfiction Articles. Washington, DC: Society for Technical Communication, 1987, ISBN 0-914548-52-2 Quarto (11.0 in. by 8.5 in.); 66pp.; softcover; staple bound; very good; lightly chipped extremities.

[714] Serrin, William. Homestead The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel Town. NY: Random House, 1992, number line: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2, first edition, ISBN 0-8129-1886-X Octavo (9.5 in. by 6.25 in.); 452pp.; very good hardcover; very ood dust jacket; dust jacket torn and bumped at extremities; book rubbed at extremities; remainder mark to edge of text block.

[9494] Shapin, Steven. Scientific Revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998, number line: 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 3 4 5, ISBN 0-226-75021-3 Octavo (8.0 in. by 5.25 in.); 218pp.; softcover; very good; stamp to edge of text block; chipped corners; sticker residue.

[8333] Shimberg, H. Lee. Managing a Publications Department. Washington, DC: Society for Technical Communication, 1987, fourth printing, ISBN 0-914548-01-8 Quarto (11.0 in. by 8.5 in.); 77pp.; softcover; staple bound; very good; light soiling to front cover.

[10459] Shroyer, Jo Ann. Secret Mesa Inside Los Alamos National Laboratory. NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 0-471-04063-0 Octavo (9.5 in. by 6.5 in.); 230pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly bumped at extremities; book shows cocked spine.

[8334] Society for Technical Communication. Estimating Illustration Costs. Washington, DC: Society for Technical Communication, 1987, fifth printing, ISBN 0-914548-07-7 Quarto (11.0 in. by 8.5 in.); 36pp.; softcover; staple bound; very good; lightly soiled front cover; bent rear cover.

[8330] Society for Technical Communication. 45th Annual Conference 1998 Proceedings. Arlington, VA: Society for Technical Communication, 1998, ISBN 1-891709-00-3 Quarto (11.0 in. by 8.5 in.); 552pp.; softcover; very good; bumped extremities; bent front cover; crisp; clean; bright.

[10985] Sommers, Hobart H.. Slide Rule and How to Use It. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942, Quarto (10.75 in. by 8.25 in.); 208pp.; lacking slide rule; hardcover; very good; age-tone pages; bumped extremities.

[2457] Thompson, William Irwin. Imaginary Landscape Making Worlds of Myth and Science. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1989, ISBN 0-312-02809-1 Octavo (9.5 in. by 6.25 in.); 198pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly torn at extermities; book lightly rubbed at extremities; crisp; clean; bright.

[6340] Ward, T. R.. Introduction to the Principles of Aeronautical Design and the Science of Aerodynamics [How to make paper airplanes]. Berkshire: John Adams Toys, 1977, Folio (12.0 in. by 8.25 in.);41pp.; hardcover; very good; rubbed extremities; bumped spine.

[10862] Weems, David. Building Speaker Enclosures. No Place: Radio Shack, 1981, ISBN 0-8306-1364-1 Octavo (8.25 in. by 5.0 in.); 192pp.; softcover; very good; extremities rubbed and chipped; foxing to edge of text block; covers rubbed.

[11087] Wienbroer, Diana Roberts. McGraw-Hill Guide to Electronic Research in Art. Boston, McGraw-Hill, 1999, number line: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 9 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0, ISBN 0-07-23956-4 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 63pp.; softcover; fine; crisp; clean; bright.

[8335] Wischerth, G. E.. Interim Standards Technical Manual and Report Formats. Washington, D.C.: Society for Technical Communication, 1982 reprint, Quarto (11.0 in. by 8.5 in.); paginated by section; softcover; staple bound; very good; lightly chipped extremities.

[5675] Worster, Donald. Ends of the Earth Perspectives on Modern Environmental History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-521-34846-3 Octavo (9.0 in. by 6.0 in.); 341pp.; softcover; very good; bent front cover; crisp; clean; bright.