RAYNER-CANHAM, MARELENE F. & GEOFFREY W. RAYNER-CANHAM

A Devotion to Their Science Pioneer Women of Radioactivity

Montreal: Mcgill Queens Univ Pr, 1997. Paperback. ISBN: 0773516425. Only slight wear to card covers ; A bright, solid book, text unmarked.; 8.98 X 5.98 X 0.94 inches; 307 pages; This work includes biographical essays on 23 women who worked in atomic science during the first two decades of the 20th century, including Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Irene Joliot-Curie, and a host of lesser-known women scientists whose life stories have never before been told. The biographies highlight the lives and work of these women, noting their contributions and the challenges they faced and overcame. Taken together the essays record their collective experiences, highlighting the support network that developed among them and the reasons women were more predominant in this field in the early part of this century than in other sciences. By recovering and recording individual and collective histories of the many eminent women in radioactivity whose work had a major impact on the scientific discoveries of the last century, a more complete, gender-integrated view of the history of this fascinating field emerges.. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 16499

Catalogue: Science::Physics::Biography

Keywords: 0773516425 Curie Joliot-Curie Radioactivity Radium Atomic Meitner

RENN, JURGEN (EDITOR)

Galileo in Context

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 052100103x. A bright, solid book, text unmarked; Trade PB; 9.40 X 7.60 X 0.90 inches; 431 pages; This survey of recent attempts to dispel the myth of Galileo as isolated pioneer explores the intellectual, cultural and social contexts that substantially shaped Galilean science. Particular attention is paid to the influence of contemporary engineer-scientists on Galilean experimental physics, the influence of artists on the visual representation techniques used in Galilean astronomy, and the influence of the power structures of Galileo's day on the way in which scientific information was organized and communicated.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 16422

Catalogue: Science::Astronomy

Keywords: 052100103x galileo Astronomy Engineer

VON RICHTER, VICTOR

A Text

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Company, 1895. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards show shelf wear, corners bumped. Front hinge started with small piece missing from upper foredge of FFEP. Stains on back board, rubbing evident on board edges. Pages yellowed. ; A tight solid book. Back hinge is intact. Small bookseller stamp bottom front pastedown. Foldout colour lithographic plate of a chart of the spectra opposite title page has become partially separated with a short tear in the border ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 432 pages; This is the fourth English language edition which was taken from the sixth German language edition. Translation was by Edgar F. Smith.. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18331

Catalogue: Science::Chemistry

Keywords: inorganic chemistry SCIENCE

RINGSTROM, HANS

The Cauchy Problem in General Relativity

Zurich: European Mathematical Society, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 3037190531. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, ; ESI Lectures in Mathematics and Physics; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 294 pages; The book consists of "Introduction Outline Part I. Background from the theory of partial differential equations: Functional analysis, The Fourier transform, Sobolev spaces, Sobolev embedding, Symmetric hyperbolic systems, Linear wave equations, Local existence, non-linear wave equations Part II. Background in geometry, global hyperbolicity and uniqueness: Basic Lorentz geometry, Characterizations of global hyperbolicity, Uniqueness of solutions to linear wave equations Part III. General relativity: The constraint equations, Local existence, Cauchy stability, Existence of a maximal globally hyperbolic development Part IV. Pathologies, strong cosmic censorship: Preliminaries, Constant mean curvature, Initial data Einstein's vacuum equations, Closed universe recollapse, Asymptotic behaviour, LRS Bianchi class A solutions Existence of extensions, Existence of inequivalent extensions, Appendices, Bibliography and Index". Near Fine .

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Book number: 17723

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: 3037190531 Physics relativity sobolev fourier transform linear wave Mathematics SCIENCE MATHEMATICS

ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY

The Martians

New York: Bantam Books, 1999. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0553801171. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 336 pages; "From a training mission in Antarctica to blistering sandstorms sweeping through labyrinths of barren canyons, the interwoven stories of The Martians set in motion a sprawling cast of characters upon the surface of Mars. As the planet is transformed from an unexplored and forbidding terrain to a troubled image of a re-created Earth, we meet men and women who are bound together by their experiences on Mars and with each other." A worthy follow-up to Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21303

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 0553801171 mars Terra-forming Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY

Shaman

New York: Orbit, 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316098078. Slight edgewear to dustjacket ; A near-fine volume in a VG+ DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 456 pages; "There is Thorn, a shaman himself. He lives to pass down his wisdom and his stories -- to teach those who would follow in his footsteps. There is Heather, the healer who, in many ways, holds the clan together. There is Elga, an outsider and the bringer of change, and then there is Loon, the next shaman, who is determined to find his own path. But in a world so treacherous, that journey is never simple -- and where it may lead is never certain. Shaman is a powerful, thrilling and heartbreaking story of one young man's journey into adulthood". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21868

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0316098078 Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

SAGAN, CARL & ANN DRUYAN

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors a Search for Who We Are

New York: Random House, 1992. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394534816. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, price-clipped, short closed tear base ofront panel of DJ. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 6.75 X 1.75 X 9.5 inches; 505 pages; "a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits--self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics--are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals. Astonishing in its scope, brilliant in its insights, and an absolutely compelling read, SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS is a triumph of popular science.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21085

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: 0394534816 Evolution SCIENCE

SANDFORD, JOHN & CTEIN

Saturn Run

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399176950. Remainder dot bottom page edges ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.8 inches; 486 pages; "The year is 2066. A Caltech intern inadvertently notices an anomaly from a space telescope—something is approaching Saturn, and decelerating. Space objects don’t decelerate. Spaceships do. A flurry of top-level government meetings produces the inescapable conclusion: Whatever built that ship is at least one hundred years ahead in hard and soft technology, and whoever can get their hands on it exclusively and bring it back will have an advantage so large, no other nation can compete. A conclusion the Chinese definitely agree with when they find out.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19787

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0399176950 Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

SARGENT, PAMELA

Women of Wonder, the Classic Years: Science Fiction By Women from the 1940s to the 1970s

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. Second Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0156000318. Card covers show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 438 pages; "Based on one of the most popular SF anthologies of all time, which dispelled the notion that women don’t write “real” science fiction, this volume features stories by twenty-one seminal SF writers. Included are works by Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Judith Merril.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21497

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0156000318 Science Fiction Anthologies Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

SAWYER, ROBERT J.

Www: Watch

New York: Ace, 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0441018181. As new; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6 X 1 X 9 inches; 352 pages; "Webmind is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin Decter and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of WATCH-the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the United States-and they're fully aware of Caitlin's involvement in its awakening. WATCH is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But Caitlin believes in Webmind's capacity for compassion-and she will do anything and everything necessary to protect her friend.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20761

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0441018181 sci fi sentience Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

SCHUSTER, ARTHUR

An Introduction to the Theory of Optics

London: Edward Arnold, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards have shelfwear, bumped corners. Prev. owner's name on FFEP in ink. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17005

Catalogue: Science::Optics

Keywords: Optics

SCOTT, DAVID SANBORN

Smelling Land the Hydrogen Defense Against Climate Catastrophe

Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1896881734. Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 482 pages; "In this timely and important new book, Dr. David Sanborn Scott, one of Canada's foremost energy experts, clearly demonstrates that we have only one real choice. We must adopt sustainable energy sources that do not emit carbon dioxide and then use these sources to manufacture the twin carbon-free energy currencies, hydrogen and electricity. Together hydrogen and electricity can provide the full menu of civilization's energy needs.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21267

Catalogue: Environmental Science

Keywords: 1896881734 Hydrogen climate change carbon-free Environment SCIENCE

SEKIDO, YATARO & HARRY ELLIOT

Early History of Cosmic Ray Studies Personal Reminiscences with Old Photographs

Dordrecht NL: D. Reidel Publishing Co, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 9027720835. Grey cloth boards show very light shelf wear, with light sun-fading to spine and board edges. ; A tight solid book. Text unmarked. ; Astrophysics And Space Science Library Volume 118; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 444 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19515

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: 9027720835 Astrophysics Astronomy SCIENCE Astronomy

SETLOWE, RICHARD

The Experiment

London: Hutchinson & Co.(Publishers) Ltd, 1980. First British Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 009143310X. DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Previous owner's embossed seal on front free endpaper. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages; "Harry Styles accepts a bizarre alternative to death, his cancerous lungs are replaced by gills, and he enters and underwater life jeopardized by his wife's alienation, his children's horror, and government exploitation". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21641

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 009143310X Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

SHAW, BOB

The Two

London: Science Fiction Book Club, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Corners bumped, DJ shows some edge wear, scuffed and scratched ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; 174 pages. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 14634

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy