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Avon/Eos, (New York, 1998), Ist edition.. 311 pp, small 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "...alien races reached human space with faster-than-light drives - deepdrives - designed to self-destruct after use, taking the secret of their construction with them. Without deepdrives of their own, humans . have no way to cross the vast, interstellar gulf separating them from galactic civilization, no way to compete as equals in the greatest game of all. But then a renegade Vronnan, Ripi-Arana-Hoc, crashes on Venus a... more information

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Icon, (Cambridge, 2000).. 73 pp, mass market paperback. B&w illus. "The 20th century has seen unparalleled advances in science and technology. But the search for knowledge has taken scientists into regions remote from everyday experience, accessible only to those with exp. ensive experimental equipment. These farthest reaches of scientific study are the domain of 'Big Science'. As well as providing a simple introduction to Einstein's key ideas, this essay offers fascinating insi... more information

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Garden City Books, Garden City, N.Y., (1956), book club edition.. 215 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers, monotone drawings, diagrams. "Here is the exciting story of our modern electronic age...the adventure of a brand-new science that in just fifty years has revolutionized our wo. rld and promises to change it even more in the years ahead. In clear, simple words the author shows what electricity is, and how vacuum tubes, microphones, loud-speakers, antennas, ... more information

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New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1986.. 167 pp, 8vo, soft cover. Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences Volume 489. The First L.W. Frolisch Awards Conference in the series Science and the Human Prospect. Contents: Part I. Space Technology, Security, ASATs, and Arms Control. Part . II. New Technologies and Ballistic Missile Defense Systems. Part III. An International Perspective. Part IV. Perceptions of Soviet Policy. Part V. International Significance of the New Defense Technologies. Int... more information

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New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1988.. 175 pp, 8vo, soft cover. Conference papers. Contents: Opening Remarks; Part I. A Tale of Two Cultures - Understanding Cultural Similarities and Differences; Part II. The Delicate Balance - Ethics, Law and Medicine; Part III. The Nature of the Phy. sician-Patient Relationship; Part IV. The New Reproductive Technologies - Are We Creating New Ethical Problems?; Part V. Treatment Decisions Regarding Seriously Ill Newborns; Part VI. The Privatization of the H... more information

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Peter Martin, Toronto, 1975, first edition.. 160 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0887781195 "The locales in 'North by 2000' are....familiar. Joe Schulz, declared unalterably 'dead' through an error of the Continental Computer, wanders in increasing bafflement throu. gh the streets of Lambeth, Ontario, his ID card everywhere useless. Jason Berkley, arrested in Toronto, finds himself trapped in a 'school' in Alberta where he will begin a long a... more information

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Folio Society, London, 1996.. 240 pp, small 4to, hardcover in grey slipcse decorated in gold. Bound in quarter dark blue buckram, paper boards with a design in color by David Eccles, adapted from a Victorian poster; grey endpapers. Illustrated with 67 color and 49 monochrome r. eproductions of contemporary paintings, prints, documents and photographs. Chapters: 1887 - The Golden Jubilee; The Governing of the Country; 'Society'; The Poor; The Queen's Household; The Queen's Family; Sci... more information

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Martayan Lan, New York, n.d.. 184 pp, 9 3/4" H, soft cover. B&w illustrations. Contents: Travel, Geography, Americana & Related Fields; History of Science: Astronomy & Mathematical Instruments - Physics, Mathematics, Mining & Technology - Medicine, Pharmacy, Natural History & . Gardening; Arts & Humanities (Including Architecture, Art History, Music, Fete Books, and Calligraphy, etc.) Interior - small bump at top edge of pages - more towards rear of book, tiny bump to bottom ... more information

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Macmillan Canada, Toronto, (1995), Ist Canadian edition.. 312 pp, 4to (11 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, drawings, reproductions of book and magazine covers and author signatures, etc. "Covering the history of the genre in all its forms, and l. avishly illustrated with images from books, films, magazines, comics, and graphic novels, (this book) presents one-of-a-kind, decade-by-decade time charts with fascinating insight into t... more information

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Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1989, reprint.. 752 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. Tables, graphs. ISBN 063115762X "This book brings together some of the most significant recent contributions to the debate (on work and society) to provide a thorough coverage of important issues. In part I the pa. st experience of work is examined - the emergence of the male breadwinner and collective mass worker, and the whole concept of unemployment and the unemployed. These patterns of work and attitudes to it last... more information

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(Windsor Publications, n.p., 1983), Ist edition.. 127 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. INSCRIBED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE EDITIOR ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. B&w and color photos, maps, reproductions. "...tells the remarkable Saskatoon story with insight and skill, beginning with the captivatin. g saga of the Temperance Colonists and the land they settled. Their vision of Saskatoon as a transportation centre foreshadowed the determination of later citizens to bring the railroads to their ci... more information

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Greenhill, London, 1999.. 576 pp, small 4to (10" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1853673692 B&w drawings, maps. "David Nicolle, in this second volume of his comprehensive study of military weapons and equipment at the time of the Crusades, examines the arms and armour. actually used by Muslim, Orthodox Christian and Mongol armies. Emphasising the evolution of military technology, fashion and science during a period of tumult and change, this definitive study throws light on Eastern ... more information

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