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| to select author names starting with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z back to page 1 of full catalog (starting with NO authornames) | This selection contains 75 title(s) on 3 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| ACZEL, AMIR D. Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science Atria / Simon & Schuster First Edition . Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. A life of the gifted, self-taught physicist who gave the first definitive proof that the earth revolves on its axis. Illustrated. ISBN: 0743464788 USD 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1118] Book number: 7118 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| ALDER, KEN The Measure of All Things:The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World The Free Press Second Printing . Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The Measure of All Things is the astonishing story of one of history’s greatest scientific quests, a mission to measure the Earth and define the meter for all nations and for all time. Illustrated. ISBN: 074321675X USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1204] Book number: 7052 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| ALLEN, SUSAN HEUCK Finding the Walls of Troy: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik University of California Press First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Susan Heuck Allen puts the record straight, and restores the British archaeologist Frank Calvert to his rightful place in the story of the identification and excavation of the city of Priam. Illustrated. ISBN: 0520208684 USD 18.95 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 1630] Book number: 5214 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| AVENI, ANTHONY Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos Kodansha . Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Pre-Columbian shamans, Galileo, Darwin, and NASA have all had the same concern at the heart of their inquiries: to understand the workings of the universe, As Anthony Aveni shows, these quests have also shaped and guided cultures over the millennia. Illustrated. ISBN: 1568360215 USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 | £UK 3.75 | JP¥ 516] Book number: 6952 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BATES, MARSTON The Forest and the Sea Time-Life . Near Fine Trade Paperback in stiff paper wraps. Several leaves poorly cut (printer’s error) - this does not affect text. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. A reprint of the natural history classic first published in 1960. ISBN: 0809435616 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 | £UK 4.25 | JP¥ 602] Book number: 7163 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BATESON, MARY CATHERINE With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson HarperPerennial . New Unread Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. In With a Daughter's Eye, the author looks back to an extraordinary childhood with the two legendary anthropologists, Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. This deeply human, illuminating portrait throws new light on their extraordinary achievements and is an important contribution for scholars of Mead and Bateson. But for readers everywhere, With a Daughter's Eye is first and foremost a candid and touching memoir of a unique family by the only person who could have written it. Well illustrated. ISBN: 0060975733 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 4642 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BERNSTEIN, JEREMY The Life It Brings: One Physicist's Beginnings Ticknor & Fields First Edition . Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with very mild rubbing and several tiny closed tears; now nicely held in a clear protective cover. Physicist Jeremy Bernstein's account of his scientific beginnings...evokes the sheer excitment of doing science alongside some of the most eminent physicists of our time. ISBN: 0899194702 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 6623 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BISHOP, JERRY E. AND MICHAEL WALDHOLZ Genome: The Story of the Most Astonishing Scientific Adventure of Our Time - The Attempt to Map All the Genes in the Human Body Simon & Schuster . Near Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. The slightest wear of wraps and a tiny fore-edge spot. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. An exciting true tale of discovery that is revolutionizing our world by two prize-winning staff reporters for The Wall Street Journal. Illustrated. ISBN: 0671740326 USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 | £UK 4.75 | JP¥ 645] Book number: 5723 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BJORK, DANIEL W. B. F. Skinner: A Life Basic Books . New Unread Oversized Trade Paperback.Unmarked. The first major biography of America's preeminent psychologist, this book ia a riveting portrait of a controversial "social inventor" and entrepreneur whose ideas transformed education, child rearing, and even community life. Illustrated. ISBN: 0465006124 USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1204] Book number: 4675 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BOBRICK, BENSON Knotted Tongues: Stuttering in History and the Quest for a Cure Simon & Schuster First Edition . Very Good Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Bottom edge remainder mark - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. ç ISBN: 067187103X USD 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 7 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 903] Book number: 3891 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BOEHME, SARAH E. John James Audubon in the West: The Last Expedition: Mammals of North America Harry N. Abrams First Edition . Fine Tall (4to) Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Less well-known among Audubon’s works are his illustrations devoted to the four-legged mammals of North America. The story of these images and how they came to be published is the subject of this fascinating book. Richly illustrated. ISBN: 0810942100 USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 6950 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BRIGHT, PAMELA Dr. Richard Bright 1789-1858 Bodley Head First Edition . Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Buckram binding with gilt lettering. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild wear and a small area of sticker residue of front flap; in a clear protective cover. "The name of Dr.Richard Bright has come down to posterity as the discoverer of the eponymous kidney disease...This carefully researched biography, however, while focusing on the life and work of Dr. Bright, throws a vivid light on the whole practice of medicine in early nineteenth-century Britain..." Illustrated. ISBN: 0370304748 USD 27.50 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 | £UK 16.75 | JP¥ 2365] Book number: 2436 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BROWN, LAURIE M. (EDIT.) Feynman’s Thesis: A New Approach to Quantum Theory World Scientific . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Laminated pictorial binding. Unmarked. Richard Feynman’s never previously published doctoral thesis formed the heart of much of his brilliant and profound work in theoretical physics. ISBN: 9812563660 USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1075] Book number: 7795 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BROWN, G.I. Invisible Rays: A History of Radioactivity Sutton First Edition . Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with several very superficial, hardly visible scratches of back; in a clear protective cover. This engaging and thoroughly researched book traces the history of the major discoveries and concepts involved, highlighting the lives of the pioneers and describing the associated benefits and hazards. Illustrated. ISBN: 0750926678 USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 6948 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BROWN, STEPHEN R. A Most Damnable Invention: Dynamite, Nitrates, and the Making of the Modern World St. Martin’s First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. A dramatic history of two controversial men, Alfred Nobel and Fritz Haber, who established the true age of explosives. Illustrated. ISBN: 0-312-32913-X USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1075] Book number: 7785 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BURROUGHS, JOHN Literary Values Wm. H. Wise . Fine Hardcover in no Dustjacket as issued. Decorative binding. Top edge gilt. Book is tight and bright. Writings of the beloved turn-of-the-century naturalist. USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 | £UK 11.25 | JP¥ 1591] Book number: 5316 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| BURROUGHS, JOHN The Summit of the Years Wm. H. Wise . Fine Hardcover in no Dustjacket as issued. Decorative binding. Top edge gilt. Book is tight and bright. Writings of the beloved turn-of-the-century naturalist. USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 | £UK 11.25 | JP¥ 1591] Book number: 5317 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| CADBURY, DEBORAH The Dinosaur Hunters: A Story of Scientific Rivalry And the Discovery of the Prehistoric World Fourth Estate . Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Deborah Cadbury re-creates the bitter feud which led to the creation of a new science that would change man’s perception of his place in the universe. Illustrated. ISBN: 1857029593 USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1204] Book number: 7119 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| CLAGETT, MARSHALL Greek Science in Antiquity Collier-Macmillan Third Printing . Very Good Mass Market Paperback. Slight wear and mild tanning of wraps. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. A clear appraisal of the contributions made by the ancient Greeks to modern science. USD 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 | £UK 4 | JP¥ 559] Book number: 3746 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| COHEN, MAYNARD M.,MD (EDIT.) The American Academy of Neurology: The First 50 Years 1948-1998 The American Academy of Neurology . Fine Hardcover in no Dustjacket as issued. Black leatherette binding with gilt and green lettering. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Illustrated. ISBN: 9998276136 USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3870] Book number: 2213 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| COHEN, I. BERNARD The Newtonian Revolution Burndy Library . New Unread Oversized Softcover in Stiff Paper Wraps. Unmarked. A publication of the Burndy Library of history of science and technology. A vivid portrait of Isaac Newton and his work by the once Harvard professor of the History of Science. Illustrated with period engravings. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 7265 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres Running Press . Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Appears unread. Nicolaus Copernicus’ revolutionary masterpiece in its entiriety with an introduction and insightful commentary by Cambridge Professor of Mathematics, Stephen Hawking. One of Professor Hawking’s “On the Shoulders of Giantsà ¶ series. ISBN: 0762420219 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 7041 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| DIBNER, BERN Benjamin Franklin, Electrician: in celebration of the two hundredth year of the nation he helped found Burndy Library . New Unread Oversized Softcover in Stiff Paper Wraps. Unmarked. A publication of the Burndy Library of history of science and technology which deals with Franklin’s work with lightning and electricity. Illustrated with period engravings. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 7261 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| DIBNER, BERN Benjamin Franklin, Electrician: in celebration of the two hundredth year of the nation he helped found Burndy Library . New Unread Oversized Softcover in Stiff Paper Wraps. Unmarked. A publication of the Burndy Library of history of science and technology which deals with Franklin’s work with lightning and electricity. Illustrated with period engravings. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 7295 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. | ||
| DIBNER, BERN Leonardo Da Vinci - Machines and Weaponry Burndy Library . New Unread Oversized Softcover in Stiff Paper Wraps. Unmarked. A publication of the Burndy Library of history of science and technology. Very nicely illustrated. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 7267 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books. |
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