Science

HarperCollins, London. 2000.. ISBN 0 00 255946 3. First edition. xxi, 326pp. With 82 black and white illustrations. Hardcover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. The author weaves real-life stories with the latest scientific findings to explain what happens to the human body under extreme conditions. Why are astonauts unable to stand without fainting when they return to Earth? Why do divers get the bends but sperm whales don't? and 'Why don't penguin's feet get frostbite?' .. more information

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Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1960.. xvii, 348pp. First english edition - translated from the German by Alan G. Readett. With numerous illustrations and line drawings in text. Hardcover. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly rubbed, back cover a little marked (as if rubbed along dusty shelf). The story of man's technological progress from steam engine to satellite.. more information

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London: Bantam Press, 2001. Book in very good condition, two 1" long very light dents on front board. Dustjacket in very good condition, has same dents as book, and some pin-like dents by top spine edge. 216pp, including Index. With numerous illustrations throughout the books, most of them are in colour. Hawking's search to uncover the secrets of the universe - from supergravity to supersymmetry, from quantum theory to M-theory, from Holography to duality. The sequel to 'A Brief History of Time.' (10"h x 7¼"w) (25.5cms x 19.5cms) approx.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good./Very Good. more information

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Macdonald and Jane's, London. 1978.. ISBN 0 354 04265 3. First edition. x, 398pp. The author investigates the revolutionary enthusiam among many geneticists, behavioural psychologists, psychosurgeons, as well as politicians to broaden startling techniques t o change mankind. Price clipped. Hardcover. Book is in excellent condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly bumped at top spine edge.. more information

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London: Allen Lane, 1974. First U.K. edition. Book in very goodcondition, only faults - three tiny light white marks on back cover, top of spine slightly bumped, internally book is in very fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, slightly rubbed at spine ends, and back top edge. 240pp, including index. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Bloomsbury Pub., London. 1989.. ISBN 0 74750340 0. First edition. viii, 325pp. With numerous illustrations in text. Explains over 1,000 scientific terms in a way which even non-scientists can readily understand. Fromm aneurysm to virus, from binary stars to disk drives and peripherals. Hardcover. Book and dustjacket in very good condition.. more information

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London: George Allen and Unwin, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. Price clipped. 327pp, including index. From d/j flap -About genetics and how our genes create our differences. Family likenesses, inherited ability or disability, sex-linkages and sex differences are all material of genetics. Genetics can assert your child's parentage, or deny your part in his or her creation.'. more information

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George Allen and Unwin, London. 1942.. First edition. 144pp. Hardcover. Book in very good condition, small white mark at bottom front edge. Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly rubbed at top edge, spine slightly tanned. (8"h x 5¼2w). The author opens with an essay on the contributions which the scientific outlook may make to our ethical ideas. The second section contains the comments which were made in the journal 'Nature' by many eminent scientists, philosophers and Churchmen. The final section of the book contain discussions between the author and various experts - the Bishop of Birmingham, the Dean of St. Paul's and others.. more information

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