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Non Fiction - Popular Science

Non-Fiction > Popular Science

Anton, Ted (editor) McCourt, Rick (editor)
The New Science Journalists
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1995. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall As New/ 340pp. Book is in great shape other than a small remainder mark made by pen on the rear cover over the UPC symbol. Contains pieces by Diane Ackerman, Timothy Ferris, James Gleick, Natalie Angier, E. O. Wilson, Deborah Blum and many more!

ISBN: 0345383656
Inventory No.: 840
Price: $ 12.50



Birren, Faber
Color - A Survey in Words and Pictures (From Ancient Mysticism to Modern Science)
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: University Books, 1966. Hard Cover Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/Very Good 223pp. Complete with slipcase, in very nice condition. The slipcase has some minor scuffing and edgewear, but is fully intact and illustrated. The book itself is a combination yellow and red cloth binding, and has some very minor wear around the head and tail of the spine, and along the corners. Inside is flawless, and is in unread condition. Contains over 250 Illustrations! A very interesting study into the effects of color on humans.

ISBN:
Inventory No.: 770
Price: $ 34.99



Caldicott, Dr. Helen
Nuclear Madness - What you Can Do!
: Bantam Books, 1980. Mass Market Paperback Later Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good/ 116pp. A nice little book with all the information you'd ever need to survive a nuclear attack. Only flaw is some aging of the paper, and the inscription of the owner on the inside of the front cover. Printing date has a lot to do with the context of the book, but still very interesting and "useful", again another one of those books that seems to fit with the political and social climate of today!

ISBN: 0553146068
Inventory No.: 749
Price: $ 5.99



Cornacchia, Harold J. Barrett, Stephen
Shopping for Health Care : The Essential Guide to Products and Services
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 1982. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good/ 381pp. A nie copy of a book that has a few minor flaws. On the rear cover, there is some offsetting of the glossy layer, and on the front there is a small crease to the front right corner. Nothing at all to damage the inside of the book, which is still in as new condition. Details how to choose the best and get the most out of every dollar you spend on any of the great number of health care services.

ISBN: 0452253667
Inventory No.: 731
Price: $ 15.99



Dennett, Daniel Clement
Consciousness Explained
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1991. Hard Cover . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/Very Good 511pp. A very nice copy of a book that has been raved about by Douglas R. Hofstadter, author of the fantastic "Godel, Escher, Bach" (which explains the parallels between music, art and mathematics. There are no major flaws, just some minor scuffs, scrapes and a minor chip on the rear cover.

ISBN: 0316180653
Inventory No.: 1094
Price: $ 16.99



Dozier, Rush W., Jr.
Codes of Evolution : The Synaptic Language Explaining Matter, Life and the Thought Process
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1992. Hard Cover . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/Very Good 294pp. A very nice copy with very little to complain about on a complete jacket other than some minor bumping of the upper edge. Inside is in pristine, unread condition.

ISBN: 0517586428
Inventory No.: 1124
Price: $ 10.99



Evans, Peter and Deehan, Geoff
Descent of Mind : The Nature and purpose of Intelligence
Toronto, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 1991. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/ 206pp. A medium amount of scuffing around the spine, and also around the edges. Inside is clean, with no marks but some very mild age tanning to the pages. From the authors of "The Keys to Creativity"

ISBN: 0586090371
Inventory No.: 1162
Price: $ 8.99



Gazzaniga, Michael S. With a Foreword By Roberb Bazell
Mind Matters : How the Mind and Brain Interact to Create Our Conscious Lives
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/ 255pp. A fantastic copy with some very mild scuffing to the outer wraps, and a light bit of sunning to the spine. The previous owner's exlibris stamp is on the inside of the front cover, but otherwise the book is in superb condition, with no writing, marking or highlighting. By the author of "The Bisected Brain",

ISBN: 0395500958
Inventory No.: 1146
Price: $ 12.99



Gould, Stephen Jay
The Mismeasure of Man
New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1983. Trade Paperback . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Near As New/ 352pp. Very nice copy with some very mild edgewear, and some bumping around the corners and the spine area. Inside is fresh, clean and unmarked. By the author of "Ever Since Darwin" and "The Panda's Thumb"

ISBN: 0393300560
Inventory No.: 985
Price: $ 7.99



Gribbin, John Cherfas, Jeremy
The Monkey Puzzle : Are Apes Descended from Man?
London, England, UK: Triad Granada, 1983. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good/ 287pp. A nice copy with some minor edgewear along the wraps, with some bumping to the corners. Inside the pages are lightly tanning due to age, but otherwise there are no flaws. Contains multiple B&W illustrations in the middle.

ISBN: 0586084207
Inventory No.: 1178
Price: $ 5.99



Harsanyi, Zsolt Hutton, Richard
Genetic Prophecy : Beyond the Double Helix
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1982. Mass Market Paperback . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Good/ 267pp. Some minor wear and scuffing around the edges, with some mild bumping. Inside, the binding is as new, although the pages do have some very mild tanning - otherwise text is clean and bright.

ISBN: 0553226010
Inventory No.: 983
Price: $ 4.99



Heyn, Ernest V. (Editor)
Popular Science Monthy (May 1965 Vol.186 No.5)
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Popular Science Publishing Co., 1965. Pamphlet . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Near Good/ Cover is faded, watermarked, and torn at bottom left. Somewhat warped from water damage. Pages are folded at bottom right from 1 to 15. Binding is still nice and tight and pages are very clean and bright. Lots of advertisements and features Billy Graham's Physical Fitness Program, Stupid Highway Signs Can Kill, C-D Ignition you can build for just $25, and tests of Ford, Chevy and Plymouth Station Wagons.

ISBN:
Inventory No.: 539
Price: $ 6.99



Hooper, Judith Teresi, Dick with a Foreword By Isaac Asimov
The Three-Pound Universe : The Brain - From the chemistry of the Mind to the New frontiers of the So
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing, 1987. Soft Cover . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/ Various 410pp. Some minor edgewear and scuffing, otherwise clean and untouched. Interesting book written by authors published in Omni, Science DIgest and New Age Journal.

ISBN: 0440585074
Inventory No.: 859
Price: $ 4.99



Kilroy, Roger
The Compleat Loo - A Lavatorial Miscellany
London, England, UK: Greenwich Editions, 1996. Hard Cover Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (Oblong) As New/Near As New 96pp. A nice copy of a very... well, a very interesting book. Contains a plethora of photos of toilets from around the world, and spanning multiple generations of potty using contraptions from the limestone seat to the "super-loo". Inside is in perfect condition, no flaws - outside jacket has some minor creases and edgewear, but is otherwise perfect.

ISBN: 0862880939
Inventory No.: 758
Price: $ 9.99



Kolata, Gina Bari
Clone : The Road to Dolly and the Path Ahead
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1998. Hard Cover Remainder First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall As New/Near As New Stated First Edition, 276pp including index. Red boards with black cloth binding, as new. DJ bright and clean, only very minor edgewear. Written by the award-winning New York Times reporter who broke the story of Dolly nationally, this book gives additional insight to the cloning saga, the scientific community involved, and the ethical issues it raises.

ISBN: 0688156924
Inventory No.: 911
Price: $ 4.99



Lapierre, Dominique
Beyond Love
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books, Incorporated, 1991. Hard Cover . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/Very Good 400pp. A very nice copy with some minor edgewear, and some scuffing and bumping to the corners. Minor sticker residue on the front cover, and the jacket has had its price clipped. Inside, there are no flaws whatsoever, and the book is in virtually unread condition.

ISBN: 0446514381
Inventory No.: 1102
Price: $ 6.99



McCrum, Robert Cran, William MacNeil, Robert
The Story of English - A Companion to the PBS Television Series
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1986. Hard Cover . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Near As New/As New 384pp. A stunning example of an as-new book. Binding is still crisp, text is untouched! The only two things that detract from the condition would be the price clipping on the jacket, and the inscription by the owner on the inside of the front cover. Otherwise, nothing - perfectly clean! This book is all about the English Language, how it came about, it use in literature and how it came to be what it is today. Great for anyone studying linguistics or someone looking for simply an interesting book!

ISBN: 0670804673
Inventory No.: 858
Price: $ 12.99



McCutcheon, Marc
The Compass in Your Nose and Other Astonishing Facts about Humans
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1989. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall As New/ Litzinger, Rosanne (illustrator) 193pp. From Marc McCutcheon, a science journalist for OMNI and Science Digest who has written widely on health and science issues, a book that deals with topics such as "One-fifth of our daily caloric intake is used by the brain" and "Nostrils switch on and off every three to four hours, so that one is always smelling and breathing while the other closes down and rests."

ISBN: 0874775442
Inventory No.: 717
Price: $ 6.99



Miller, Sigmund S. (editor)
Symptoms : The Complete Home Medical Encyclopedia
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1978. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good/ 651pp. Some creasing along the cover and spine - also the spine has some sunning. Inside, the pages are lightly tanning with age, but is otherwise very clean and bright. As quoted by Time "Unlike most other books, Symptoms helps the medically untutored diagnose an illness as the professionals do: by looking up its symptoms" Written by a panel of twenty distinguished specialists.

ISBN: 0380018969
Inventory No.: 846
Price: $ 11.99



Ober, William M.D.
Bottom's Up! : A Pathologist's Essay on Medicine and the Humanities
New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperTrade, 1988. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/ 333pp. A very nice copy with some minor sunning on the spine, a small remainder sticker on the UPC code at the back. The inside is clean and unmarked, with some light tanning on outside text block, otherwise unread! Author of "Boswell's Clap : Medical Analyses of Literary Men's Afflicitions"

ISBN: 0060971886
Inventory No.: 1163
Price: $ 5.99



Ornstein, Robert E. Thompson, Richard F.
The Amazing Brain
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good/ 182pp. + article at back of book. Book is in very readable condition, with some minor staining to the cover and some creasing on the spine. Inside, owner's name is inscribed on the front FEP, else pristine and untouched. Please note that this book is oversized.

ISBN: 0395408008
Inventory No.: 827
Price: $ 12.99



Parker, Tom
Never Trust a Calm Dog : And Other Rules of Thumb
New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperTrade, 1990. Trade Paperback . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (Oblong) Very Good/ 255pp. A very nice copy with a small remainder mark on the text block, and some minor creases along the edges of the front cover. A unique compedium of information that contain very important rules of thumb, such as "never walk past a chimpanzee while wearing a clown suit", "if your feet are cold, put on your hat", and "use sunscreen when your shadow is shorter than you are." along with over 2500 others! A great book for enjoyment reading, and you might just get a whole lot of good info out of it, too!

ISBN: 0060965207
Inventory No.: 745
Price: $ 9.95



Restak, Richard M.
The Brain
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Children's Books, 1984. Hard Cover . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall As New/As New 371pp. DJ has some very minor edgewear, else in perfect condition. Inside is perfectly clean and the binding is in un-opened condition! Based on the acclaimed eight-part PBS television series "The Brain". Please note that this book is oversized.

ISBN: 0553050478
Inventory No.: 826
Price: $ 11.99



Restak, Richard M. M.D.
The Brain : THe Last Frontier
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Warner Books, 1980. Mass Market Paperback Sixth Printing (Stated). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good/ 461pp. Very nice with some very minor edgewear and mild creasing on the spine. Inside the pages are lightly tanning, but otherwise in fantastic condition with no notes or underlining at all.

ISBN: 0446343099
Inventory No.: 986
Price: $ 7.99



Rifkin, Jeremy Perlas, Nicanor
Algeny
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1983. Hard Cover First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall As New/As New 298pp. A very nice copy of a well cared for book, which shows very few flaws outside of some minor edgewear, a PC'd DJ and the previous owner's initial on the front pastedown. Controversial author Jeremy Rifkin, of Entropy fame, here studies "Algeny", stating that it will: "Radically transform our conception of life, sweep Darwinism aside and be used to legitimize the coming biological revolution and will utterly change the world our children inherit" This book was done in collaboration with Nicanor Perlas.

ISBN: 0670108855
Inventory No.: 756
Price: $ 12.99



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