Allen Press, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume I: Parts A-F, pp. 1-704; Volume II: Parts G-I, pp.705-1674. First editions (first printings). Near fine set of two volumes in orange cloth. Covers with slight scuffs and soiling. No dust jackets as issued.
Princeton University Press, 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestseller A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Bestselling authors and acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse.....
W. W. Norton & Company, August 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. For two thousand years, cadavers - some willingly, some unwittingly - have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to.....
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2014. Trade Paperback. A new copy. "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in.....
W. W. Norton, October 2006. Trade Paperback. A new copy. What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that--the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a......
Vintage, March 2017. Trade Paperback. 'Lab Girl' is the story of a girl who becomes a scientist. It's also the story of a career and the endless struggles over funding, recognition, and politics that get in the way. It's the story of plants and soil she studies. But - and.....
Tarcher, April 1999. Trade Paperback. A new copy. For ten years, Jeremy Narby explored the Amazonian rain forests, the libraries of Europe, and some of the world's most arcane scientific journals, following strange clues, unsuppressible intuitions, and extraordinary coincidences. He collected evidence and researched the seemingly impossible possibility that specific.....
Basic Books, October 2019. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Discover the "fascinating" and surprising science of the creepers, crawlers, wrigglers, and runners that live in our homes (The Washington Post) -- and learn why they're essential to our everyday lives. However domesticated our houses appear, they are wild beyond imagination.....
W. W. Norton & Company, February 2018. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that "can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist" (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic.....
Knopf, March 2006. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd--Professor of Quantum-Mechanical Engineering at MIT and originator of the first technologically feasible design for a working quantum computer--the answer is yes. This wonderfully accessible book illuminates.....
Penguin Books, September 2005. Trade Paperback. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves--and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you the.....
Bantam, October 1998. Trade Paperback. A new copy. In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was.....
No Starch Press, May 2020. Trade Paperback. 93 short poems that teach about the elements of the periodic table. Indulge your love of the periodic table with this collection of poems and fun facts about the chemical elements that make up our world. From arsenic to zirconium, this book describes.....
W. W. Norton & Company, February 2018. Trade Paperback. Very good in wappers (paperback). Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that "can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist" (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas.....
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002. First Edition. Ephemera. 247 pages. With essays by Stephen Jay Gould, Joshua Lederberg, Paul Crutzen, Anne McLaren, Eric Kandel, et al. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. A sweeping overview of the most exciting areas in science.....
Penguin (Non-Classics), October 1996. Trade Paperback. During the great ages of exploration "the longitude problem" was the greatest of scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling.....
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2018. Trade Paperback. In Your Brain Is a Time Machine, leading neuroscientist Dean Buonomano embarks on an immensely engaging exploration of how time works inside the brain (Barbara Kiser, Nature). The human brain, he argues, is a complex system that not only tells time.....
N/A, August 1991. Trade Paperback.
Basic Books, October 2019. Trade Paperback. Discover the "fascinating" and surprising science of the creepers, crawlers, wrigglers, and runners that live in our homes (The Washington Post) -- and learn why they're essential to our everyday lives. However domesticated our houses appear, they are wild beyond imagination. Look down in.....
Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Hardcover. 210 pages. Asimov answers 100 questions on science put to him by magazine readers. Second printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
W H Freeman & Co, 1992. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Scientific American Library, 1994. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. In this work, the cosmologist, Joseph Silk, describes what is currently known about the history and construction of the universe. Recent discoveries about fluctuations in cosmic background radiation and their implications are included.....
Scientific American library, 1996. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. In Gravity's Fatal Attraction, Martin Rees (Astronomer Royal) and Mitchell Begelman explore gravity where it is infinitely strong: in black holes. These mind-boggling structures can have a mass up to billions of times.....
Arcturus Publishing, June 2019. Trade Paperback.
Doubleday, 1973. Hardcover. 321 pages. Short science essays. Later printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.