Plenum trade new york (37 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. ISBN 10: 0306457873. Ex-library discard with markings. Dust jacket is cover in plastic; however, a small rectangle has been cut out of the front cover above the title. See photo. Binding is very tight and except for library markings the pages are clean. Index Synopsis: Jo Ellen Barnett takes us a step further in our perpetual quest to comprehend time. She bridges the gap between the mechanical clocks which record the fleeting moment as it passes, and the powerful radioactive "clocks" which have opened up to us the eons of the earth's history, by showing that both are based upon the counting of identical time segments. Beginning with a historical look at clocks to tell the time of day, she discusses the impact of such inventions as the church bell, the pendulum, and the wristwatch on human culture, and explains how they've gradually transformed our perception not only of the world, but of time itself.…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. xi + 279 pp. dj. Rubber-stamped on front-free endpaper. book.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. ix + 373 pp. Rubber-stamped on half title page. book.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. xvi + 363 pp. dj. Rubber-stamped on front free endpaper. book.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good+. Cover corners and spine edges are lightly bumped; page edges have light foxing. ; Anthology of works from three centuries of reflection on nature by scientists, conservationists, and contemporary writers (Nabokov, D. H. Lawrence, Rachel Carson, Darwin, Dillard, Barry Lopez among others). 373 pages. ; 6 x 9 ". …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. 295 pp. Previous owner blind stamp on title page. Translated from the French by Gui Masai.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition. Plenum First Edition, First Printing in Like New condition with a nice, crisp dust jacket. The covers look great. The binding is tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. There is a small abrasion to the front flyleaf. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine-. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine-. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author discloses how some asteroids -- rich in precious minerals such as gold and platinum -- may one day be lassoed and mined by man. She also explores how the natural resources that abound in some asteroids could possibly support human life, leading to colonization and use as space stations. 292 pages including index. Photos, illustrations and charts. Great copy.…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. (10)373pp. Index. Sources. Biographies. Crisp unread condition. Promoting global literacy for over 30 years.

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The only book of its kind to detail the important discoveries of the first worlds beyond the solar system. It explores the unfolding search for planets both similar and alien to Earth. 292 pages including index. B&W photos. Tight copy.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Very Good -. First Edition. (1997), 293pp, illus., 1st ed., 1st printing, rmndr mark, light shelfwear to cover, some rubbing & edgewear to dj, sticker remains to dj, spine, contents clean. Remainder.

Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Illuminating and highly entertaining, "Eye of the Storm" reveals that behind the power of the tumultuous heavens there lies a majestic, yet deadly beauty. We see past the chaos and destruction and witness the grace of hidden patterns in the swirling wind and blinding rain. After reading this engrossing, turbulent saga of bravery, creativity, danger, and intrique, you'll never look at a storm the same way again. Included are illustrations, photographs, endnotes, and an index. This copy is clean and solid.…

PB. Condición: very good++, wraps (softcover). 373pp ISBN 0306459922 Editor has collected three dozen works from the past three centuries, representing the best of the nature-writing genre.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Author's first book. A complex and original look at how this all works.

Hardcover, 294 pages. Condition: good-only (pages filled with previous owner's neat pencilled commentaries) with very good dust jacket. ISBN 0306460033.

Condición: good, ex-lib., good. First Printing. 24 cm, 277, illus., usual library markings, DJ pasted to boards A biography of one of the few women Nobel Laureates. She came from a household of uneducated immigrant parents, and rose to win the Nobel Prize in medicine in a male-dominated profession.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Original black boards. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good -. Very Good -. First Edition. (1991), 293pp, illus., signed by author to fep, top corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover, slight edgewear to dj, sticker remains to dj. Signed by Author.

Condición: very good, very good. First Printing. 271, glossary of legal terms, publisher's ephemera laid in.

hardcover. Condición: near fine. near fine. Illustrated in black and white. x, 337 pages. 8vo, tan boards, d.w. New York: Plenum Trade, (1998). Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper.

hardcover. Condición: very good(+). Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. Illustrated with b/w photos. 277 pages. New York: Plenum Trade, (1998). A very good(+) copy--light foxing to outer edges--in a very good wrapper.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Fine in near fine, lightly soiled dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. cloth.tall 8vo. ilustrated.331 pages.very good copy in very good DUST JACKET.original price present. Mad Scientists.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. ix, 308 pages, b/w photos, notes, index. Papered boards in lightly rubbed dust-jacket. This story of modern meteorology takes the reader on a whirlwind adventure through the world's deadliest storms. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 266 pps.

Paperback. X, 374 pp. -(cover with slight traces of use, otherwise very good). ISBN 9780306459924.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 202 pp., xiv. '1' in number line. Following the Preface, "Beginning with a Fairy Tale: Beauty and the Beast", Contents divided into 8 chapters: (1) "Aesthetic Science: Beautiful Ideas and Elegant Experiments"; (2) "All That Beauty Can Be: The Lengthy Consideration of a Simple Concept"; (3) "The Irrational Measure of Things: The Long and short of the Golden Section"; (4) "On Illumination of the Soul: How Pleasing Pictures Lead Scientists to the Truth"; (5) "Beauty in Revolution: The Aesthetics of Scientific Progress"; (6) "The Distinct Form of Symmetry: "A Look in the Mirror and Other Operations"; (7) "Perception and Selection: The Origin of Beauty and How It Determines Our Lives"; (8) "New Values for Science: An Appeal for the Aesthetic Transformation of Scientific Research"; Epilogue: Ending with a Dream: The Scientist and Beauty", pp. 181-188; Endnotes, pp. 189-196; Suggested Reading, p. 197; Index, pp. 199-202. Glossy black dustwrapper not price-clipped ($25.95 ) with Title lettering in white letters across middle front cover; Author name lettering in small light gray across top front cover; illustration on top half front cover of a 3-D textured surface, ostensibly, a reclining female form from waist to the knees.Translator name lettering in light gray across bottom front cover; A 1 1/2" x 1/8" black remainder mark on lower edge, else a FLAWLESS ensemble. (NO previous owner names. Clean Text.) Gift-Giving Quality.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 340pp, index, references, bw ills, loosely inserted errata sheet. Or black boards in jacket. Prev owners bookplate on front free endpaper, very light edge wear to jacket. Size: 8vo.

First edition. 8vo. x, 294 pp. Bibliog., index. Boards, dust-jacket. FINE. ISBN: 0306458608.

Hardcover. Condición: Near fine. Near fine. 207 p. 24 cm. Hardcover in dustjacket. Signature on front free endpaper.