JAMES, JAMIE

The Music of the Spheres Music, Science, and the Natural Order of the Universe

New York: Copernicus, 1995. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0387944745. Only slight wear to card covers ; A bright, solid book, card covers are clean and crisp, text unmarked. ; 9.21 X 6.14 X 0.65 inches; 264 pages; "For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed that the universe was a stately, ordered mechanism, both mathematical and musical. The perceived distances between objects in the sky mirrored (and were mirrored by) the spaces between notes forming chords and scales. The smooth operation of the cosmos created a divine harmony that composers sought to capture and express. Jamie James allows readers to see how this scientific philosophy emerged, how it was shattered by changing views of the universe and the rise of Romanticism, and to what extent it survives today - if at all. From Pythagoras to Newton, Bach to Beethoven, and on to the twentieth century of Einstein, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Cage and Glass. A spellbinding examination of the interwoven fates of science and music throughout history.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 17874

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: 0387944745 einstein Stravinsky MUSIC Schoenberg SCIENCE

JENNINGS, H. S

Genetics

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards show light shelfwear, light yellowing of pages. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. ; A tight solid book. Stated 1st edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20098

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Genetics SCIENCE

JORDAN, ROBERT

Knife of Dreams the Wheel of Time #11

New York: Tor Books, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312873077. Slight wear to DJ ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 784 pages; "In Knife of Dreams, the eleventh novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, is upon Rand al'Thor—and now the Dragon Reborn must confront the Dark One as humanity's only hope.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21630

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0312873077 Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

KAY, GUY GAVRIEL

Children of Earth and Sky

Toronto: Viking, 2016. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0143192620. DJ and boards show some shelf wear, bottom page edges have moisture damage and rippling. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 571 pages; "From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request—and possibly to do more—and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman, posing as a doctor’s wife, but sent by Seressa as a spy. ". Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21209

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0143192620 Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

KAY, DESMOND H. (EDITOR)

Techniques for Electron Microscopy

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1965. Second Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show some shelfwear, 1/4" tear to bottom of spine, small chip on bottom front foredge. Prev. owner's name has been taped over on FFEP, and stamped on top page edges. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 560 pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 16947

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Microscopy SCIENCE

KILIAN, CRAWFORD

Tsunami

Vancouver, BC: Douglas & Mcintyre Ltd, 1983. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888943660. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages; DJ in mylar. A novel speculating that in a time just before 2000, the earth is going through severe physical upheavals, vegetation dying due to ultraviolet radiationsevere solar flares. The world's economy is collapsing. An earthquake causes an Antarctic icecap to break apart causing tsunamis. San Francisco is severely damaged and government breaks down. A young couple struggles to survive and to help save many others in the face of the threat of more tsunamis.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 10121

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0888943660 Fiction Earthquake San Francisco Science Fiction Fiction::Canadian Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

KILIAN, CRAWFORD

Tsunami

Vancouver, BC: Douglas & Mcintyre Ltd, 1983. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888943660. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages; DJ in mylar. DJ has light soiling, scuffing, water stain on inside of DJ at top of spine. Minor chipping on spine. A novel speculating that in a time just before 2000, the earth is going through severe physical upheavals, vegetation dying due to ultraviolet radiationsevere solar flares. The world's economy is collapsing. An earthquake causes an Antarctic icecap to break apart causing tsunamis. San Francisco is severely damaged and government breaks down. A young couple struggles to survive and to help save many others in the face of the threat of more tsunamis. Kilian, a university instructor in North Vancouver, BC, has written a number of science fiction and fantasy novels. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 1889

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0888943660 Fiction Science Fiction

KIPPENHAHN, RUDOLF

Discovering the Secrets of the Sun

West Sussex, England: John Wiley, 1994. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0471943630. A bright, solid book, card covers are clean and crisp. ; 8.90 X 5.98 X 0.71 inches; 262 pages; "Translated from Der Stern von dem Wir Leben, this title is a survey of the current knowledge about the sun. It explains how the sun is investigated, the key people and instruments involved with these discoveries, the results so far and what we still have to learn. Historical anecdotes are used as well as imaginary adventures of the ``man-in-the-street,'' ". Near Fine .

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Book number: 17753

Catalogue: Science::Astronomy

Keywords: 0471943630 Astronomy solar SCIENCE Astronomy

KIRSCHNING (EDITOR), ANDREAS

Chemistry in Flow Systems III

Frankfurt am Main: Beilstein Institut, 2014. Softcover. Light wear to white card covers. ; A bright, solid book, text in English ; Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages; This is a series of articles by various authors on a specific subject, roughly 150 pages.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 17560

Catalogue: Science::Chemistry

Keywords: catalysis Journal Flow systems Organic Chemistry SCIENCE

KLARE, MICHAEL T.

The Race for What's Left the Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources

New York: Metropolitan Books, 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805091262. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6.49 X 1.135 X 9.54 inches; 306 pages; "The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of resource depletion-a crisis that goes beyond "peak oil" to encompass shortages of coal and uranium, copper and lithium, water and arable land. With all of the planet's easily accessible resource deposits rapidly approaching exhaustion, the desperate hunt for supplies has become a frenzy of extreme exploration, as governments and corporations rush to stake their claim in areas previously considered too dangerous and remote.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21081

Catalogue: Environmental Science

Keywords: 0805091262 Ecology Global warming Oceans Mining Agriculture Environment Mining SCIENCE Agriculture & Farming ECOLOGY

KLEIN, NAOMI

This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0307401995. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 566 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21598

Catalogue: Environmental Science

Keywords: 0307401995 climate change SCIENCE

KOFF, CLEA

The Bone Woman a Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo

Toronto: Random House, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0676976069. Front flap of DJ has some creasing. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 271 pages; "In the spring of 1994, Rwanda was the scene of the first acts since World War II to be legally defined as genocide. Two years later. Clea Koff, a twenty-three-year-old forensic anthropologist analyzing prehistoric skeletons in the safe confines of Berkeley, California, was one of sixteen scientists chosen by the UN International Criminal Tribunal to go to Rwanda to unearth the pysical evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity. "The Bone Woman" is Koff's riveting, deeply personal account of that mission and the six subsequent missions she undertook - to Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo - on behalf of the UN.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 16702

Catalogue: Science::Anthropology

Keywords: 0676976069 Forensic anthropology rwanda Yugoslavia United Nations genocide Biographies & Memoirs SCIENCE

KOLBERT, ELIZABETH

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805092994. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 319 pages; In The Sixth Extinction, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert draws on the work of scores of researchers in half a dozen disciplines, accompanying many of them into the field: geologists who study deep ocean cores, botanists who follow the tree line as it climbs up the Andes, marine biologists who dive off the Great Barrier Reef. She introduces us to a dozen species, some already gone, others facing extinction, including the Panamian golden frog, staghorn coral, the great auk, and the Sumatran rhino.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21364

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: 0805092994 extinction SCIENCE

KOMPANEYETS, A. S. & GEORGE YANOVSKY TRANSLATOR

Theoretical Physics

Groningen, Netherlands: P. Noordhoff N. V, c.1964. Hardcover. Red cloth boards show some shelf wear. Library stamp on FFEP and on some pages in book. ; A tight solid book , text unmarked except for library markings.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 592 pages; Unsure of the date, no date of publication in book. It was received by the library in 1964, binding appears to be late 1950s or early 1960s. Text in English.. Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17917

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: Theoretical physics Electromagnetic relativity SCIENCE

KOURGANOFF, V.

Introduction to the General Theory of Particle Transfer

New York: Gordon and Breach, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0677300506. Slight wear and soil to orange boards ; A tight solid book, text unmarked. ; Documents on Modern Physics; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 216 pages; From the author's preface: "This introductory book is written for all those who start their specialization in the field of radiative transfer, or neutron diffusion, at post graduate level.". Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 16532

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: 0677300506 neutron Radiative Diffusion SCIENCE