W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. Hardcover. 444 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Obtained from the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed.....
Dover, 1964. Trade Paperback. 147 pages. With fold-out map. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Cambridge University Press, 1992. Trade Paperback. 184 pages. Combined edition. Later printing. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of.....
Dover Publications, January 1974. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Polinym Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 461 pages. 'These essays are a compelling mix of hard-nosed analysis, pleas for humanity, insights into history and human nature, and unshirking predictions ranging from optimistic all the way to horrifying' -- from the jacket flap. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in.....
Ginn and Company, 1889. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Reprinted from The Journal of Morphology, Vol. II, No. 3, April, 1889, pp. 341-452, with Plates XXVI (2 pp.), XXVII (2 pp.), XXVIII (folding), XXIX (1 page) and 38 engravings of anatomic slide preparations. Charles-Sedgwick Minot (1852-1914) was James Stillman Professor of.....
Viking Adult, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 175 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Doubleday, 1961. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 158 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
National Academy of Sciences, 1983. First Edition. Unknown. 95 pages. From the Committee on Opportunities for Research in the Geological Sciences. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
National Acadamy Press, 1983. First Edition. Unknown. 81 pages. Report of a National Research Council Workshop in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, July 25 - 29, 1983. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Z Subwencji Funduszu Kultury Narodowej, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 254 pages. The first monograph of the general theory of operations, one of the fundamental parts of functional calculus. Text in French. The major work by the influential mathematician who had many mathematical concepts named after him. First edition (first printing).....
Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 1983. Hardcover. 254 pages. Near fine hardcover (previous owner's name stamped on edges). No dust jacket, as issued. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.
Springer, 1987. Hardcover. 248 pages. A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was first introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1. the dependence of scientific progress in biology.....
American Mathematical Society, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). This volume contains the proceedings of the International Workshop on Banach Space Theory, held at the Universidad de Los Andes in Merida, Venezuela in January 1992. These refereed papers contain the newest results in Banach space theory, real or.....
Columbia Graphs, (1953). First Edition. Hardcover. 116 pages. Instructions for engineers to calculate the intensity of a pressure surge in order to create designs that eliminate their destructive effects. First edition (first printing). Gren cloth with gold lettering on the cover. A near fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Light.....
Walker & Company, 1976. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 141 pages. A revised edition of a 1967 book on astronomy for middle-school readers. First printing of this revised edition (number line ends in one). Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine ends. This book.....
Crowell-Collier Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 198 pages. A relatively early book on quasars for a popular astronomy audience—the dense accretions of matter around black holes were only named in 1964. The author, at the time a marketing manager for a space contractor, went on to become a popular and.....
Cambridge University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 191 pages. Contributions from Stephen Jay Gould, Jared Diamond, Christian de Duve, Stuart A. Kaufman, Roger penrose, et al. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The Nobel prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger wrote a celebrated book What is.....
Cornell University Press, 1992. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 325 pages. Contributors include Stephen Jay Gould, Ernst Mayr, Allan Mazur, Niles Eldredge, et al. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in green wrappers (paperback). From the estate of Stephen Jay Gould with his pencil notes at rear.
Sinauer Associates, Inc., 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 241 pages. Contibutions from Stephen Jay Gould, John H. Campbell, Alan R. Templeton, et al. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in black cloth. No dust jacket.
Cambridge University Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 594 pages. A series of papers attempting to identify the outstanding scientific problems in biological evolution as they appear to the most able exponents of the subject. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Giving a broad view.....
Editions du Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, 1983. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 335 pages. All artricles have abstracts in French and English. The articles are either in French or English. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated blue wrappers (paperback).
W. W. Norton & Comany, Inc., 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 324 pages. 'With this book, the scientific case for evolution and, conversely, the lack of a scientific base for creationism become an accessible part of the public record.' -from the flyleaf. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a......
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2001. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 256 pages. First edition thus. New introduction by Gould. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. "The Book of Life" uses an exemplary fusion of art and science to tell the story of life on earth. The text.....