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Science In Progress. Fourth Series (Including) The Physical Structure And Biological Action Of Nerve Cells (By Bronk), Energy And Vision (By Hecht), Chemical Transmission Of Nerve Impulses (By Loewi), The Mathematical Nature Of Physical Theories (By Birkhoff), The Magnetic Approach To The Absolute Zero Of Temperature (By Debye)
by Baitsell, George A. (Editor), Foreword By Lorande Loss Woodruff; Walter P. Miles, Detlev W. Bronk, Selig Hecht, Otto Loewi, George D. Birkhoff, Peter Debye, Henry Eyring, Isidore I. Rabi, K. C. D. Hickman, C. A. Elvehjem, Edwin J. Cohn
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1945. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 9 1/2" Tall. Illustrated With Black And White Photographs, Equations, Diagrams And Charts. Xvi, 331 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Near Fine. Dust Jacket Is Price Clipped, Some Chipping To Edges With Loss Of Words "Science In" At Top Of Spine.
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- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049058
- Title
- Science In Progress. Fourth Series (Including) The Physical Structure And Biological Action Of Nerve Cells (By Bronk), Energy And Vision (By Hecht), Chemical Transmission Of Nerve Impulses (By Loewi), The Mathematical Nature Of Physical Theories (By Birkhoff), The Magnetic Approach To The Absolute Zero Of Temperature (By Debye)
- Author
- Baitsell, George A. (Editor), Foreword By Lorande Loss Woodruff; Walter P. Miles, Detlev W. Bronk, Selig Hecht, Otto Loewi, George D. Birkhoff, Peter Debye, Henry Eyring, Isidore I. Rabi, K. C. D. Hickman, C. A. Elvehjem, Edwin J. Cohn
- Illustrator
- Illustrated With Black And White Photographs, Equations, Diagrams And Charts
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 9 1/2" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science (general); Biology and Ecology;
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Price Clipped
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