CARD, ORSON SCOTT

Pathfinder

New York: Simon Pulse, 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 141699176X. Light creasing of DJ top of spine ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Pathfinder Trilogy #1; 5.5 X 1.9 X 8.25 inches; 662 pages; "Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him—secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21078

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 141699176X Fantasy Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

CARRELL, JENNIFER LEE

The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling the Smallpox Epidemic

New York: Dutton, 2003. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. ISBN: 0525947361. Card covers show light shelf wear, some corner curl. ; A bright, solid book. This is the prepublication paper back sent out to booksellers and reviewers. ; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 451 pages; "A timely study of early efforts to conquer smallpox offers a dramatic profile of two eighteenth-century health pioneers--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston--who flouted the European medical conventions of their era to draw on African folk knowledge and Eastern traditions to protect their children, paving the way for the science of modern immunology.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21543

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: 0525947361 Epidemiology Smallpox SCIENCE Science::Medicine

CARROLL, SEAN

From Eternity to Here the Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time

New York: Dutton Adult, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525951334. DJ and boards show light shelf wear to head and tail of spine, light sticker damage front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.34 X 1.42 X 9.3 inches; 448 pages; "argues that the arrow of time, pointing resolutely from the past to the future, owes its existence to conditions before the Big Bang itself— a period modern cosmology of which Einstein never dreamed. Increasingly, though, physicists are going out into realms that make the theory of relativity seem like child’s play. ". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21168

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: 0525951334 cosmology Physics SCIENCE

CASTEN, RICK; JAN JOLIE, ULRICH KNIESSL & PETER LIEB (EDITORS)

International Symposium on Nuclear Structure Physics Celebrating the Career of Peter Von Brentano : University of Gottingen, Germany 5

New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 9810246544. Light wear to book, bump head of spine, tear base of DJ spine ; DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book ; B&W Illustrations; 1.3 x 8.6 x 6.3 Inches; 456 pages; Nuclear structure physics is undergoing a major revival, full of activities and excitement. On the experimental side, this is being made possible by advances in detector technology and accelerator capabilities that give access to data and nuclei (especially exotic nuclei far from stability) never before accessible. On the theoretical side, new concepts, ideas and computational techniques are advancing our understanding of effective interactions, nucleonic correlations, and symmetries of structure. This volume covers a broad range of topics on nuclear structure, including: collective excitations; proton-neutron excitation modes; phase transitions; signatures of structure; isospin; structure at both high- and low-angular momenta; recent developments in nuclear theory; the vast new realm of exotic nuclei far from the valley of stability; and the latest technological advances of detectors and facilities which will lead this branch of physics into the future.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 13245

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: 9810246544 Physics SCIENCE

CHADWICK, SIR JAMES

Radioactivity and Radioactive Substances

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1953. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show some shelf wear, soiling, possible water damage to boards, pages unaffected. Previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked. Laid in are a couple of photocopies of excerpts from Quarterly Journal Mechanics and Applied Mathematics Vol VII, Pt 3 1954. One is 'Variation Principles in Dynamics' by L.A. Pars 1953 and the shorter one is 'What is Hamilton's Principle?' by Harold Jeffreys 1953 ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 120 pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17918

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: Radioactivity SCIENCE

CHALKER, JACK L.

The Demons at Rainbow Bridge

New York: Ace Books, 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 044169991X. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Quintara Marathon # 1; 7 X 1 X 5 inches; 375 pages; "On an uninhabited Earth-like planet, a scouting expedition uncovers the perfectly preserved bodies of horned creatures, and the three primary cultures, maintaining a precarious balance of power, vie for control of the mysterious aliens". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21015

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 044169991X Science Fiction Quintara Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

Tales from the White Hart

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1970. 1st Hardcover. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket shows some chipping, scuffing, short tears and creasing, book shows only slight wear. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. ; Fifteen stories, all copyrighted in 1956 and 1957 and previously published in pocketbook form. This is the first hardcover edition.. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15412

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction White hart Short Stories Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

COHEN, RICHARD

Chasing the Sun

London: Simon & Schuster, 2011. 1st Thus. Paperback. ISBN: 1416526129. Card covers show very light shelf wearshort closed tear bottom front cover.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Height: 5.78739 Inches, Length: 7.71652 Inches, Width: 1.5748 Inches; 720 pages; "The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. This book is a cultural and scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life.". Very Good .

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Book number: 21565

Catalogue: Science::Astronomy

Keywords: 1416526129 Astronomy helios sun SCIENCE Astronomy

COLFER, EOIN

And Another Thing Douglas Adam's Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Six of Three

New York: Viking, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670063908. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light chipping top edge.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 340 pages; ""I have decided to embark on a very different project. Something unique that I hope will interest you as much as it does me. I have written the official 6th book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series. Most of you have probably already read Douglas Adams' insanely brilliant space series. If you haven't then you don't know funny. Take it from me, the Hitchhiker books are bar none the funniest sci-fi books ever written. People have laughed so much reading Hitchhikers that they have had to have organs removed. One guy in France popped an eyeball. I kid you not. So, what's it all about, this Hitchhikers, I hear you cry. Actually I don't hear you, if I did I would be sitting outside in your driveway, which would be a bit freaky and show how few friends I have. What's it all about, this Hitchhikers, I imagine you cry. It's about Arthur Dent, one of the last humans left alive after the Earth has been destroyed by the remorseless Vogons. Arthur manages to hitch a ride on a spaceship and go planet hopping with his friends Ford Prefect, the Betelgeusean journalist. Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two headed president of the galaxy, pirate and worst dressed man in the universe. And Marvin, the paranoid android. All this hitching and adventuring went on for five books and then Douglas Adams passed away before he could write book six. Hitchhiker has been heard on radio, seen on tv and enjoyed on the cinema screen, there was even a musical version. But the story could never end, until now. I am going to continue on where Douglas left off. Unfortunately for me, he left off on rather a large cliffhanger. Everyone was dead. Which means I have rather a large challenge ahead of me, but it is one I am looking forward to. I really hope you will board the spaceship with me so we can travel through Douglas Adams' hilarious galaxy together, which will save me having to hang around in your driveway. See you at Barnard's Star."". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18905

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction::Series

Keywords: 0670063908 arthur dent zaphod beeblebrox hitchhiker vogons

COWAN, A. B.

General Information Questions

London: Meiklejohn & Holden, 1915. Third Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall; 198 pages; Dark blue cloth covered boards have some edgewear, bumped corners, front free end paper excised, some yellowing. A series of questions with answers at a level that would have been useful in the higher elementary grades. Undated but c. 1915. Very Good- .

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Book number: 2869

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Science, Education EDUCATION

CUFF, JEFFREY F.

A Question of Time

St. John's, Newfoundland: Harry Cuff Publications Ltd, 1993. Hardcover. ISBN: 092119188X. Only slight wear to glossy paper covered boards ; A bright, solid book.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; A tongue in cheek science fiction tale set in Newfoundland.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 16869

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 092119188X Newfoundland Science Fiction Fiction::Canadian Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

CURIE, MME P. , H. POINCARE, ET AL.

Les Idées Modernes Sur la Constitution de la Matière Conferences Faites En 1912.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1913. Hardcover. Missing leather reinforcements on corners. Previous owner seems to have repaired front hinge. Pencil margin notes in one essay. Mild foxing. ; Brown cloth covered boards over leather spine with gilt titles, marbled page edges ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 370 pages; A series of essays in French by a number of physicists including the essay 'Sur les rayonnements des corps radioactifs by Mme Curie. The other authors include; E. Bauer, A. Blanc, E. Bloch, A. Debierne, L. Dunoyer, P. Langevin, J. Perrin, H. Poincaré & P. Weiss.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19103

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: Physics Mme Curie Essays SCIENCE

DART, RON

The Red Tory Tradition Ancient Roots, New Routes : A Series of Essays

Dewdney, BC: Synaxis Press, 1999. Softcover. ISBN: 0919672477. Card covers show very light shelf wear and soil. ; A bright, solid book.; 7.80 X 5.12 X 1 inches; 126 pages; "A Red Tory is an adherent of a progressive conservative political philosophy, tradition and disposition in Canada, similar to the "small-c" tradition in the United Kingdom; it is contrasted with "Blue Tory" or "High Tory". In Canada, Red Toryism is found in provincial and federal Conservative political parties.""Red Toryism derives largely from a classical conservative tradition that maintained that the unequal division of wealth and political privilege among social classes can be justified if members of the privileged class practiced noblesse oblige and contributed to the common good. Red Tories supported traditional institutions such as religion and the monarchy, and maintenance of the social order. This position was later manifest in their support for some aspects of the welfare state." (Wikipedia).. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 18172

Catalogue: Political Science

Keywords: 0919672477 Conservatism Red tory Common good welfare state Canada Political Science

DAVIDSON, KEAY

Carl Sagan a Life

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0471252867. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light sun-fading along top edge of the boards. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Some B&W photos. ; 162 X 43.3 X 244 millimeters; 540 pages; "Carl Sagan was one of the most celebrated scientists of this century- the visionary who inspired a generation to look to the heavens and beyond. His life was both an intellectual feast and an emotional rollercoaster. Based on interviews with Sagan's family and friends, including his widow, Ann Druyan; his first wife, acclaimed scientist Lynn Margulis; and his three sons, as well as exclusive access to many personal papers, this highly acclaimed life story offers remarkable insight into one of the most influential figures of our time - a complex, contradictory prophet of the Space Age.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21008

Catalogue: Science::Biography

Keywords: 0471252867 Carl sagan Astronomy Biographies Biographies & Memoirs SCIENCE Astronomy

DAVIES, E. BRIAN

Science in the Looking Glass What Do Scientists Really Know?

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0199219184. A bright, solid book card covers are clean and crisp. Text unmarked. ; 9.06 X 6.14 X 0.87 inches; 295 pages; "How do scientific conjectures become laws? Why does proof mean different things in different sciences? Do numbers exist, or were they invented? Why do some laws turn out to be wrong? In this wide-ranging book, Brian Davies discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. He looks at science historically, emphasizing not only the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, but also their mistakes. He rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology. A major feature of the book is its defence of the view that mathematics was invented rather than discovered. While experience has shown that disentangling knowledge from opinion and aspiration is a hard task, this book provides a clear guide to the difficulties. Full of illuminating examples and quotations, and with a scope ranging from psychology and evolution to quantum theory and mathematics, this book brings alive issues at the heart of all science.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 17830

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: 0199219184 SCIENCE