Freeman Cooper & Company, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 250 pages. In 1972, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould published a landmark paper developing their theory and called it punctuated equilibria. This was one of Gould's major contributions to evolutionary theory and it remains a controversial one to this day.....
Harvard University Press, 1998. Trade Paperback. 414 pages. 'Written by renowned historians, philosophers, and biologists these essays identify and explicate those terms in evolutionary biology that, though commonly used, are plagued by multiple concurrent and historically varying meanings. Exploring the complexity of keywords and clarifying their role in prominent issues.....
W. H. Freeman & Company, 1995. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 122 pages. Participants include Stephen Jay Gould, Carl Sagan, Steven Weinberg, Marvin Minsky, and others speculating about the origin and evolution of the universe. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback). Scientific American celebrates.....
Yale University Press, 1986. Hardcover. 213 pages. With contributons by Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Erik Erikson, Robert J. Lifton and others. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Viking, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. First Canadian edition (first printing). A fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Simon & Schuster, 19982. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 192 pages. Illustrations in color. 12 x 10 inches. 'Fractals are unique patterns left behind by the unpredictable movements - the chaos - of the world. The branching pattern of trees, the veins in a hand, water twisting out of a running.....
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 364 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A preeminent writer and researcher in archaeoastronomy, Krupp has visited and photographed over 1,300 ancient and prehistoric sites all over the globe. He presents a......
Vintage, May 1995. Trade Paperback. The Beak of the Finch tells the story of two Princeton University scientists - evolutionary biologists - engaged in an extraordinary investigation. They are watching, and recording, evolution as it is occurring - now - among the very species of Galapagos finches that inspired Darwin's.....
Doubleday, 1975. Hardcover. 346 pages. Forty-three science essays originally published in magazines. Later printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Doubleday, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 346 pages. Forty-three science essays originally published in magazines. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a dust jacket with spine a bit toned and faded and lightly chipped at the spine head; snag to rear panel repaired on the verso with tape.....
Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1965. Hardcover. 242 pages. Based on teh RAND Corporation Research Study, Habitable Planets for Man by Stephen H. Dole.
Dennis Dobson, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Essays reprinted from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. First British edition (first printing). Light edge wear else a fine copy in a dust jacket with a couple chips and tears to the edges and a sticker scar on the cover affecting text.....
Walker & Company, March 1977. Hardcover.
Lothrup, Lee & Shepard Co, January 1976. Hardcover.
Bantam Spectra, October 1989. Hardcover.
The Geological Society of America, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 240 pages. Translated from the first Latin edition of 1546 by Mark Chance Bandy and Jean A. Bandy for the Mineralogical Society of America. First edition (first printing). A near fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Light wear to corners and.....
W. H. Freeman, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 190 pages. 7-1/2 by 9-1/2 inches. Illustrated in color. 'An illuminated history of life to come' -- from the jacket cover. Foreword by Niles Eldredge. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. An interesting association copy. Inscribed by.....
SPB Academic Publishing, 1988. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 181 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
W. H. Freeman and Company, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 209 pages. By the British paleontologist and professor of Geology & Zoology. Illustrated including with a fold-out chart. American edition published with the British sheets. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with creased snags to the.....
Robert M. McBride & Company, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 321 pages. Illustrated by the author including color frontispiece. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: 'To _________ Compliments of Henry Smith Williams.' From the Harvard.....
Jonathan Cape, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 418 pages. A collection of 30 essays. First British edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Edward Arnold Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 68 pages. B/W illustrations. Colin Pennycuick was the leading researcher in animal flight who helped explain the workings of birds and bats. The author's first book First paperback edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated red wrappers (paperback).
Dover Publications, 1963. Trade Paperback. Here is an unusual book for anyone who appreciates the beauty and wonder of the stars. Solidly based upon years of thorough research into astronomical writings and observations of the ancient Chinese, Arabic, Euphrates, Hellenic, and Roman civilizations, it is an informative, non-technical excursion into.....
Plenum Books, 1991. Hardcover. 247 pages. The idea for this book began over four decades ago when Edward Teller began teaching physics appreciation courses at the University of Chicago. Then, as now, Dr. Teller believes that illiteracy in science is an increasingly great danger to American society, not only for.....
Anchor, March 1987. Trade Paperback. This clearly explained layman's introduction to quantum physics is an accessible excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality.Herbert exposes the quantum world and the scientific and philosophical controversy about its interpretation."