The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
Free Press, 2002. Hardcover. More
Science & Mathematics
Aldrovandi on Chickens: The Ornithology of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1600) Volume II, Book XIV
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. Hardcover. Language: English. Pages crisp and clean except for mild toning and foxing at endpapers and edges; binding leans gently to the right; cloth hard cover bears some foxing at uppers; jacket is noticeably faded along spine and edges, with a closed tear..... More
Between the Library and the Laboratory: The Language of Chemistry in Eighteenth-Century France
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Pages clean except for some foxing at the final endpapers and around the page block edges; binding square and tight, full cloth cover only a little softened at the spine ends and showing some tiny, faint spots of finish loss around the edges..... More
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Hardcover. More
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
Mariner Books, 2008. Trade Paperback. More
Cosmic Fishing: An Account of Writing Synergetics with Buckminster Fuller
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1977. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Clean pages, with no owners' marks; square, tight binding, the hard cover only mildly worn at corners and spine ends; dust jacket has some grayish smudging along rear edges, a slightly open tear at the top front, a short, open..... More
Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution
Cambridge University Press, 1988. Third Edition. Paperback. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; the soft cover shows only a little shallow edge chipping at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. xxxii, 358pp. incl. index. More
From the Atacama to Makalu : A Journey to Extreme Environments
Coqui Press, 1997. Paperback. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; except for very minimal edge wear at bottom corners, as new. More
The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements
Basic Books, 1995. Trade Paperback. More
Problems in Organic Structure Determination
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. Paperback. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover has tiny surface chips along edges and a few short surface creases, but remains overall well-kept. vii, 184pp. incl. index.; Long 8vo. More
Charles Darwin: The Naturalist Who Started a Scientific Revolution
Running Press, 2002. Hardcover. More
Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950s
Oxford University Press, 1988. Paperback. Crisp, clean pages except for modest tanning in the margins; no owners' marks; soft cover has light toning around the rear, a surface chip at the left front, and mild shelfwear around the edges, otherwise well-kept. xxxiv, 280pp. including index. More
A History of Tunnels
Secaucus, New Jersey: The Citadel Press, 1973. Illustrated by Beaver, Amé. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; square, secure binding except for a short tear at the front hinge, the green cloth hard cover only a little dust-stained at the spine heel; jacket has short tears and open chips..... More
Evolution and Ecology: The Pace of Life
Cambridge University Press, 1996. Paperback. Crisp and clean except for a prior owner's name on the first page; soft cover shows fading along the spi ne and some shelfwear at spine ends; otherwise excellent. More
Report on Reevaluating Spillway Adequacy of Existing Dams, with Discussions and Closure
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1974. Staple-bound. Clean pages, with no owners' marks; saddle staples show some rust staining but remain secure; soft cover is faded along spine and edges and has two small gray marks on the rear, otherwise sound. pp.337-372, 2158-2390, 245-255, 1478-1483 of the 1973-1974 Journals of..... More
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers: Order Passeriformes
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1953. Paperback. Bulletin 203 of the United States National Museum. A pair of short, closed tears affects the lower front cover and the first two pages, and there is a small brown spot on the first page and a very small droplet mark at the upper..... More
White Ibis: Wetland Wanderer
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. Hardcover. More
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Basic Environmental Problems of Man in Space, Paris, 29 October - 2 November 1962
Wien: Springer-Verlag, 1965. Cloth Hardcover. Languages: Most sections are in English or Russian with English translation, though some are untranslated Russian or French. Pages are clean and bright except for adhesive residue on the final endpaper; binding is square and tight; full green cloth cover shows small inward turns at..... More
The Oxford Companion to the Year
Oxford University Press, 1999. First Printing. Hardcover. Crisp, bright, clean pages; no owners' marks; hard cover shows only very light surface wear at spine ends; dust jacket bears tiny edge chips at corners, otherwise excellent. xix, 937pp. incl. index. More
Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time
New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. Hardcover. More
The Rainbow: From Myth to Mathematics
Princeton University Press, 1987. Paperback. Crisp, bright, clean pages; no owners' marks; square, uncreased spine; soft cover shows a touch of edge wear and a very small crease at the top rear edge, otherwise well-kept. 376pp. incl. index. More
The Principles and Practice of Surveying, Volume I. Elementary Surveying
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1966. Tenth Edition. Flexible cloth. Crisp, clean pages except for a prior owner's name on the front free endpaper; square, secure binding; the textured cloth hard cover shows small spots of wear at spine ends and one at the left front edge of..... More
Patterns of Behavior: Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and the Founding of Ethology
The University of Chicago Press, 2005. Paperback. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; except for fading at the left and top front of the soft cover, as new. xii, 636pp. incl. index. More
The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses
Random House, 2003. Hardcover. More
A Primer on Regression Artifacts
New York: The Guilford Press, 1999. Hardcover. Crisp, clean, with no owners' marks; hard cover shows some fading along the spine and a small spot of surface wear at the top right front corner, otherwise excellent. xxi, 202pp. incl. index.; Methodology in the Social Sciences Series. More