MARWICK, ARTHUR.

THE NATURE OF HISTORY. Macmillan Student Editions.

London. Macmillan, 1979., Paperback. Reprint, first published 1970. 272 pages, including a bibliography. Near fine, in near fine stiff card cover. ISBN 0333109473. 1979

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Book number: 7747

Catalogue: History / Science

Keywords: history science social history historian

MEDVEDEV, ZHORES A.

Nuclear Disaster in the Urals." The explosion of a Soviet nuclear-waste disposal area & the contamination which resulted.

London. Angus & Robertson, 1979., Translated by George Saunders. " In 1957 a huge explosion occurred in the disposal section of the Soviet atomic weapons industry in Southern Urals where atomic waste had been stored for 10 years. The result was devastating,.. ...the story of the explosion & contamination was & still is suppressed in the Soviet Union..." 214 pages. Red cloth cover is near fine. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks but top edge slightly dusty. D./w. near fine, priced £5.95. 21.5cm. x 15cm. 1979

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Book number: 8354

Catalogue: Science::Politics

Keywords: nuclear atomic Urals Russia Chelyabinsk Swerdlovsk radioactivity

NIGHTINGALE, E. & PEARSON, W.

GENERAL PHYSICS.

London. G. Bell & Sons, 1935., First edition. 43 chapters, each with example questions at the end. Answers to these are at the end of the book. 553 pages. Illustrated with 518 figures, drawings, diagrams & b./w. photographs. Contents are clean, no inscription or marks. Cover is slightly worn on edges, & ends of spine are bumped & slightly worn. 19cm. x 12.5cm. 1935

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Book number: 7733

Catalogue: Science & Physics

Keywords: physics science mechanics waves motion magnets electricity fuses conductors inertia thermometry measurement volume & density eclipses optical instruments

OLD, R.W., & PRIMROSE,S.B.

PRINCIPALS OF GENE MANIPULATION. An Introduction to Genetic Engineering.

Oxford. Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1988, Reprint of the 3rd edition,1985, with changes & developments. First pub. 1980. Softback. Volume 2, "Studies in Microbiology." 409 pages including index. Illustrated with b. & w. photographs, charts & diagrams. 9¼" x 6". Near fine. ISBN 0632013184 1988

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Book number: 2494

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: gene genetic clone microbiology DNA cosmid vector genome chromosome bacteria

PARK, CHRIS.

ENVIRONMENT. Principles and Applications.

London and New York: Routledge, 2001., Softback, large & heavy. Second Edition, first published 1997. This new edition is updated, has 2 entirely new chapters, on 'Population' and 'Retrospect and Prospect.', plus other changes. 660 pages including bibliography, glossary and index. 16 colour photographs on 8 pages. Many black & white figures, including photographs, diagrams & maps. Stiff card cover and contents are near fine, no inscription or marks. 27.5cm. x 22cm. ISBN 0415217717. 2001

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Book number: 7818

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: environment science population

PENNICK, NIGEL.

THE ANCIENT SCIENCE OF GEOMANCY. Man in Harmony with the Earth.

London. Thames & Hudson, 1979., 180 pages, including bibliography. 128 b./w. photographs,prints & illustrations. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover faintly marked on back o./.w. near fine. No d./w. 24.75cm. x 16.25cm. 1979

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Book number: 8432

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: geomancy topography earth pagan gods

PENROSE, ROGER.

THE LARGE, THE SMALL AND THE HUMAN MIND.

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1998., Reprint. "With Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright and Stephen Hawking." Edited by Malcolm Longair. 185 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. ISBN 0521563305. 1998

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Book number: 5957

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: mathematics cosmology quantum mechanics physics

POCOCK, R.F., AND GARRATT, G.R.M.

THE ORIGINS OF MARITIME RADIO.

London. The Science Museum, 1972., Ex Library. Softback. 60 pages, illustrated with 14 black & white photographs, diagrams & maps. 9.5" x 7.25". Near fine but library stamps on front endpages. Near fine soft cover, covered with clear library film, library's small label on front cover. Priced £1.00 on back. Postage in UK SBN 112901131. 1972

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Book number: 7972

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: radio maritime wireless transmitter signalling Popov Admiral Rawson Marconi transmitter Captain Jackson signal receiver

RAND, R.E.

Introduction To High Energy Physics For Non-Scientific Staff at Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory.

Daresbury. Nuclear Physics Laboratory, 1967., 20 pages, typewritten, with diagrams & drawings, stapled together in top left corner, with 2 slightly rusty staples. 30cm. x 2.25cm. Stamped on front "D.N.P.L. / Nov. 1973 / Library". Previous owner's name on top edge, & slightly dusty. Some hand written noteson back page in red ink. 1967

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Book number: 9845

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Nuclear physics Daresbury

REID, R. W.

Tongues of Conscience. War & the Scientists' Dilemma.

London. Readers Union / Constable, 1970., 352 pages, including notes & sources, and bibliography, 21 b./w. photographs on 19 pages. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. slightly torn, priced 10s.., the Constable price 50s.(£2.50.) 1970

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Book number: 8311

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: scientist Winston Churchill conscience Oppenheimer Einstein traitors Bohr Roosevelt Porton Down Los Alamos Edward Teller Heisenberg von Braun Enrico Fermi Leslie Groves

ROBERT HARDY, PETER WRIGHT, JOHN GRIBBIN, JOHN KINGTON.

THE WEATHER BOOK. A Complete Illustrated Guide.

London. Mermaid Books, 1985., Ex Library. "... complete illustrated guide to meteorological phenomena, weather forecasting & climate." Large size softback. Foreword by Nigel Calder. 224 pages. Many photographs, diagrams & illustrations in colour and b./w. 28cm. x 21cm. Very good apart from a library label on bottom of spine, another on half-title page. Stiff card cover slightly bumped on corners o./w. very good. ISBN 0718126394. 1985

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Book number: 7412

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: weather rain sunshine thunder fog lightning hurricane tornado snow hailstone

RUSSELL, SIR E. JOHN

THE WORLD OF SOIL.

London. Fontana / Collins, 1969., Paperback. Reprint, f irst published in the New Naturalist series. 285 pages. 43 b./w. photographs on 24 plates. A used book but still in decent condition, no inscription or marks. Cover is slightly rubbed on the edges, corners & spine, and slightly, faintly creased on front & back. 1969

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Book number: 8979

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: soil earth agriculture cultivation husbandry humus micro-organisma nematodes

SNEDDON, J. RUSSELL.

Nature Cure For Rheumatic Ailments.

Croydon, Surrey. Health For All Publishing Company, 1961., Card covers. Third impression, first published 1954. From the "Self-Help Series." 64 pages. 18.5cm. x 12.5cm. Contents and cover near fine apart from slight wear, priced on front 4/- 1961

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Book number: 8103

Catalogue: Science & Medicine

Keywords: rheumatic rheumatism neuralgia arthritis sciatica lumbago

SNYDER, LAURA.

Eye Of The Beholder. Johannes Vermeer, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing.

New York. W. W. Norton, 2015., Hardback. In 1674 both Vermeer, the artist, & Van Leeuwenhoek, the scientist, lived in Delft, & both were using lenses. Vermeer the camera obscura anf Leeuwenhoek the microscope. 432 pages. 34 colour & b./w. photographs on 18 pages. 24.5cm. x 16.5cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced $27.95. 2015

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Book number: 9631

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Van Leeuwenhoek Vermeer microscope telescope lenses magnification

TAYLOR, GORDON RATTRAY.

HOW TO AVOID THE FUTURE.

London. Secker & Warburg, 1975., First edition. 340 pages including source notes, list of sources, & index. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine cover except ends of spine and corners slightly bumped. Very good d./w., but faintly marked from old sellotape in places, and 2 small tears back top edge. Priced £4.90. SBN 436516373. 1975

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Book number: 7917

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: future