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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ended June 30 1927.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Very good in dark green cloth (rubbing to the lettering on the spine, but a sturdy and clean volume.)
Book ID: 52017More details Price: $40.00 -
SCIENCE OBSERVED: Essays Out of My Mind.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Basic Books, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Enjoyable and informative essays on Einstein, physics, time, relativity, artificial intelligence, Robert Oppenheimer, Erwin Schrodinger, Stanley Kubrick, nuclear research and more by a writer who is himself a scientist and physics professor. Included is a section on Marvin Minsky and early computer 'hackers' (back when the term had a different meaning.) Index. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-465-073409.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 24712More details Price: $25.00 -
THE STRANGE CASE OF MRS. HUDSON'S CAT: And Other Science Mysteries Solved By Sherlock Holmes.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Addison-Wesley /Helix Books, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author, a physicist in England, uses Sherlock Holmes and other characters from those stories to explain to nonscientists the world of modern physics. Ben Bova commented "What a great idea!... Starting with simple problems of motion and energy, Bruce takes his readers into very modern questions of quantum mechanics and relativity... Great fun and fine teaching." Illustrated. Index. x, 254 pp. ISBN: 0-201461390.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78287More details Price: $21.50 -
RADIOACTIVE: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Young Readers, 2018. First edition - Written for older children, this is the story of how story of how two brilliant female physicistsÕ groundbreaking discoveries in the 1930s led to the creation of the atomic bomb, although neither got the recognition they deserved. Photographs. Glossary, who's who, notes, bibliography. 213 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy)
Book ID: 81165More details Price: $15.00 -
FLANAGAN'S VERSION : A Spectator's Guide to Science on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Individual chapters focus on physics, astronomy, geology, biology and technology, and make complex ideas understandable. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to the noted collector Larry Owens with the comment "A true reader. Someone who remembers what he has read!" Index. x. 172 pp. ISBN: 0-394555473.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67713More details Price: $30.00 -
AS SHE CLIMBED ACROSS THE TABLE.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A modern day Alice Through the Looking Glass - but the looking glass is now a hole in the universe created by a team of physicists - they call it 'Lack.' "The novel is at the same time an astute and wise portrait of unrequited love (albeit of a very unusual kind) a hilarious academic parody, a novel of ideas and a social satire." SIGNED on the title page. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-385485174.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (embossed seal on title page).
Book ID: 63971More details Price: $28.50 -
AS SHE CLIMBED ACROSS THE TABLE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A modern day Alice Through the Looking Glass - but the looking glass is now a hole in the universe created by a team of physicists - they call it 'Lack.' "The novel is at the same time an astute and wise portrait of unrequited love (albeit of a very unusual kind) a hilarious academic parody, a novel of ideas and a social satire." Boldly SIGNED on the title page. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-385485174.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75610More details Price: $35.00
