Search Results: SCIENCE from Ainsworth Books

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2018. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0393064441 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 576 pages; "Spanning early celestial navigation to satellite-enabled warfare, Accessory to War is a richly researched and provocative examination of the intersection of science, technology, industry, and power that will introduce Tyson’s millions of fans to yet another dimension of how the universe has shaped our lives and our world." .

Toronto: Harper Collins. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002007401 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, short tear and minor chipping.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.25 X 1.61 X 9.31 inches; 449 pages; "For centuries, scientists and charlatans have claimed to know what’s happening tomorrow before tomorrow comes. But how well can we really predict the future? Can past events-Hurricane Katrina, bull markets, the SARS outbreak-help us understand what will happen next? Will scientists ever be able to forecast catastrophes, or will we always be at the mercy of Mother Nature, waiting for the next storm, epidemic or economic crash to thunder through our lives? In Apollo’s Arrow, Canadian scientist David Orrell looks back at past prognosticators, from the time of the Oracle at Delphi to the rise of astrology to the advent of the nightly news, showing us how scientists (and some charlatans)… Read More

Cambridge MA: MIT Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 0262030357 . Corners of red cloth covered boards bumped, previous owner's name on front pastedown. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked; B&W Illustrations; 9.10 X 6.10 X 1.20 inches; 336 pages; The intention of Atomic Order is to encourage and contribute to the dialogue between philosophers and scientists by discussing a concrete example of scientific discovery according to a method acceptable and understandable to both sides. .

New York: Faber & Faber. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2013. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0865478007 . Signed by Author; DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, translucent celluloid dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Inscribed by the author on the title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 426 pages .

New York: Cadillac Publishing/Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. DJ scuffed, lightly chipped with short tears ; A bright solid, book DJ in Mylar, publishers price on front panel of dustjacket ; Made Simple Self Teaching Encyclopedia Vol 5; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 192 pages; Scarce in HC, more scarce in DJ .

New York: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316016403 . Light tanning of pages ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.375 X 1.5 X 9.5 inches; 470 pages; "What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did, and in doing so put at risk everything we know about physics and the fundamental laws of the universe. Most scientists didn't recognize the import of Hawking's claims, but Leonard Susskind and Gerard t'Hooft realized the threat, and responded with a counterattack that changed the course of physics. The Black Hole War is the thrilling story of their united effort to reconcile Hawking's revolutionary theories of black holes with their own sense of reality -- effort that would eventually result in Hawking admitting he was wrong, paying up, and Susskind and… Read More

Toronto: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0676976069 . Front flap of DJ has some creasing. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 271 pages; "In the spring of 1994, Rwanda was the scene of the first acts since World War II to be legally defined as genocide. Two years later. Clea Koff, a twenty-three-year-old forensic anthropologist analyzing prehistoric skeletons in the safe confines of Berkeley, California, was one of sixteen scientists chosen by the UN International Criminal Tribunal to go to Rwanda to unearth the pysical evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity. "The Bone Woman" is Koff's riveting, deeply personal account of that mission and the six subsequent missions she undertook - to Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo - on behalf of the UN." .

Toronto: Vintage Canada. Very Good. 2001. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0679311548 . Card covers show light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 628 pages; "Award-winning journalist Elaine Dewar explores new terrain with Bones, uncovering evidence that challenges the conventional wisdom on how the Americas were peopled in early history. In her probing investigation, Dewar travels from Canada's Mackenzie River to the Brazilian state of Piaui, from the offices of the Smithsonian Institution to the Washington state riverbank where the remains of Kennewick man were found. Dewar captures a tale of hard science and human folly where the high stakes include professional reputations, lucrative grants, fame, and the resting places of wandering spirits." .

Moscow: Editions en langues etrangeres. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. c.1960. Hardcover. Dust jacket shows edgewear, chipping and short tears, water damage across top edge. White cloth covered boards with silver and black design show water damage to front board ; A tight solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Fold out map showing the areas of influence of the various countries and the extent of progress of the Russian expedition during the 1956-1958 period. Many B&W photos show life on the expedition and the equipment they used. Text in French; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 270 pages; Trechnikov/Treshnikov/Tryoshnikov was a Russian geographer and oceanologist who lived 1914-1991 and published many articles and books on conditions at both the Arctic and Antarctic. He was so highly regarded that he had a star and an icebreaker named for him. During the International Geophysical Year in 1957-1958 the Soviet Union established its… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0195143264 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6.25 X 1 X 9.25 inches; 360 pages; "Many people have difficulty figuring out the difference between science, borderline science, and just plain nonsense. When is a theory a fact, and when is it just conjecture? Michael Shermer, a leading science author and skeptic, divides knowledge into three classes: science, based on factual evidence; borderline science, based on scientific conjecture; and nonsense, where anything goes (e.g., Bigfoot). He is especially zealous about separating science from borderline science; borderline science includes many modern grand explanatory hypotheses, such as superstring theory. Nonetheless, most attempts to create a Theory of Everything result in nonsense. Shermer explores the work of Darwin, Freud, and Carl Sagan, as well as the shameful episode of… Read More

Ottawa: National Research Council of Canada. Very Good+. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Trade PB; B&W & Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 544 + pages; This issue of Canadian Journal of Physics is devoted to papers presented at the 10th International Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice held in St. John's, Newfoundland from 14-19 July 2002. This is a substantial scholarly volume. .

New York: John Wiley & Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0471252867 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light sun-fading along top edge of the boards. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Some B&W photos. ; 162 X 43.3 X 244 millimeters; 540 pages; "Carl Sagan was one of the most celebrated scientists of this century- the visionary who inspired a generation to look to the heavens and beyond. His life was both an intellectual feast and an emotional rollercoaster. Based on interviews with Sagan's family and friends, including his widow, Ann Druyan; his first wife, acclaimed scientist Lynn Margulis; and his three sons, as well as exclusive access to many personal papers, this highly acclaimed life story offers remarkable insight into one of the most influential figures of our time - a complex, contradictory prophet of the Space Age." .

Toronto: Harper Perennial. Very Good+. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 1554684676 . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; 6 X 1.01 X 9 inches; 372 pages; "Cascadia’s fault is virtually identical to the tectonic time bomb that most recently decimated Japan in 2011. It will generate the same kind of earthquake, at magnitude nine or higher. From the shores of British Columbia all the way to California, buildings will be shaken and crushed by a megathrust earthquake, and a tsunami will speed both inland and across the Pacific, tossing cars, smashing homes, crippling infrastructure, and killing or wounding thousands as it destroys almost everything in its path. " .

Zurich: European Mathematical Society. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 3037190531 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, ; ESI Lectures in Mathematics and Physics; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 294 pages; The book consists of "Introduction Outline Part I. Background from the theory of partial differential equations: Functional analysis, The Fourier transform, Sobolev spaces, Sobolev embedding, Symmetric hyperbolic systems, Linear wave equations, Local existence, non-linear wave equations Part II. Background in geometry, global hyperbolicity and uniqueness: Basic Lorentz geometry, Characterizations of global hyperbolicity, Uniqueness of solutions to linear wave equations Part III. General relativity: The constraint equations, Local existence, Cauchy stability, Existence of a maximal globally hyperbolic development Part IV. Pathologies, strong cosmic censorship: Preliminaries, Constant mean curvature, Initial data Einstein's vacuum equations, Closed universe… Read More

London: Simon & Schuster. Very Good. 2011. 1st Thus. Paperback. 1416526129 . Card covers show very light shelf wearshort closed tear bottom front cover.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Height: 5.78739 Inches, Length: 7.71652 Inches, Width: 1.5748 Inches; 720 pages; "The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. This book is a cultural and scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life." .

Frankfurt am Main: Beilstein Institut. Very Good+. 2014. Softcover. Light wear to white card covers. ; A bright, solid book, text in English ; Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages; This is a series of articles by various authors on a specific subject, roughly 150 pages. .

Columbus, OH: Battelle Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1574770829 . Glossy, paper covered, illustrated boards show slight wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 271 pages; "The authors, all of whom are Ukrainian and Russian scientists involved with Chornobyl nuclear power plant since the April 1986 accident, present a comprehensive review of the accident. In addition, they present a risk assessment of the remains of the destroyed reactor and its surrounding shelter, Chornobyl radioactive waste storage and disposal sites, and environmental contamination in the region. The authors explore such questions as the risks posed by a collapse of the shelter, radionuclide migration from storage and disposal facilities in the exclusion zone, and transfer from soil to vegetation and its potential regional impact. The answers to these questions provide a scientific basis for the development of countermeasures… Read More

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0374126461 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Price-clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 750 pages; "Based on research and interviews with experts in virology, molecular biology, disease ecology, and medicine, an exploration of our battles with microbes examines the current outbreak of infectious diseases and outlines what can be done to prevent the coming plague. " .

Berlin: Walter De Gruyter & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 3110139901 . Head of spine bumped, otherwise as new ; Glossy pictorial paper covered boards, bright, solid book, text unmarked ; B&W Illustrations; 9.8 X 7.0 X 1.8 inches; 902 pages; "Originally published as part of the renowned Bergmann-Schaefer textbook series on experimental physics, this volume fills an important void by providing a thorough treatment of the basic: atoms, molecules, nuclei, and particles. Written by experimentalists, it forms a unique compendium of our practical knowledge of the basic elements While keeping all of the rigor necessary for a clean treatment, the authors go beyond theory and describe major experimental results that give readers a clear view of the practical side of nature." .

Bristol, England: Taylor & Francis. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0852743904 . Only slight wear to brown paper covered boards, light fading of spine ; A bright, solid book, text unmarked.; B&W Illustrations; 8.80 X 5.66 X 0.61 inches; 157 pages; Of the 90 chemical elements that occur in nature, only a dozen are found in easily measurable amounts in the human body. The rest are trace elements, present at such low concentrations that most of them were, until quite recently, beyond the reach of detection. The Crumbs of Creation reviews the absorbing story of trace elements in medicine, history, industry, crime, and folklore, showing how the study of their properties can help us survive through a better understanding and control of our environment. Written in an easy-to-read, entertaining style, the book consists of interrelated anecdotes grouped together in relevant chapters. Although readers will derive much entertainment from this book, there is an… Read More