Marcelo alonso editor (4 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Very Good.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good, approaching Near Fine; see scans and description. Chicago: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, 1985. The November, 1985 issue of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Anita Kunz cover art. The famous and historic Doomsday Clock - shown on each cover since 1947, two years after the publication's inception - here shows the time to be just 3 minutes of midnight as of late 1985. That's about as close as it had been to that point. Quarto, illustrated staple-bound wraps, 57 pp. A stout Very Good; subscriber's label at front cover, faint age-toning at perimeter of the white covers; no other exterior flaws, and the interior is quite literally as new and immaculate. See scans. Firmly bound, contents bright, tipped-in cardstock offers remain untouched. A sturdy example; see all scans. Established in 1945 by biophysicist Eugene Rabinowitch and physicist Hyman Goldsmith in response to a correctly-perceived demand for nuclear information at the time by the general public, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is without doubt the most historically significant non-technical publication on the subject of "'global security and public policy issues related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change,[2] and emerging technologies and diseases". Hence - a geopolitical instrument that became more than a nuclear watchdog. Feature articles in this now-vintage 1987 issue: U.S.-Soviet Summit (11th); Weapons Design Impedes Test Ban; Spent Nuclear Fuel and Waste; Gorbachev's Policy Innovations; Sea Provocations; Les Aspin; Pugwash Council . More, of course. A more-activist-than-average issue. Contributors include Harrison Brown (Editor); William M. Arkin; John Isaacs; Hugh E. DeWitt; Gerald E. Marsh; Coit D. Blacker; Archie Brown; Alan B. Sherr; Sidney N. Graybeal; Michael Krepon; Jack N. Barkenbus; Alvin M. Weinberg; Marcelo Alonso; William F. Lawless; Paul Good. Very scarce as the original monthly softcover issue. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR44. …

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 1st edition. 718 pages. 11.00x8.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

orig.cloth Page-edges soiled, minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapper Textual graphs 24x15cm, xvii,278 pp Contains 16 papers. Includes: J.D. Bekenstein "Gravitation & the Origin of Large Structures in the Universe"; R.U. Sexl "On the Origin of Order in the Universe"; G. Sussmann "Order in the Physical Universe"; H. Fritzsch " Particle Physics & Cosmic Evolution"; B. Atalay "The Origin of Life: The Emergence of Organized Self-replicating Molecular Systems"; G. Pincheira " Complexity of the Structure & Dynamics of the Genome"; E. Otero " Complexity & Life"; C.A. Villee, Jr. "Organization & Change in Eukaryotic Cells"; P. Löwenhard "Mind: Mapping & Reconstruction of Reality"; G. Radnitzky "The Evolution of the Extended Order: Reflections on Hayek's Theory & Its Political Implications"; A.M. Petroni "Note on von Hayek's Theory"; R.U. Ayres "Self-Organization & Technological Change in the Economic System"; N. Georgescu-Roegen "Thermodynamics, Economics & Information"; M. Jammer " Integrative Concepts in the Physical Sciences"; M.G. Velarde "Self-Organization & EvolutionThrough Fluctuations & Instabilities"; C. Rau "Order Out of Chaos Through Fluctuations & Instabilities (Commentary on Velarde's Paper)". Page-edges soiled, minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapper.…