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Advances in Agronomy, Volume 71
Academic Press 0120007711 / 9780120007714 Hardcover Fair
0120007711 The main reason for the 'acceptable' rating is that this is an ex-library copy with usual stickers and stamps, a library bar-code on the back cover, the bar-code has been crossed through with magic marker. Hardcover, no dust jacket, maroon cloth boards, 300 pages, Academic Press publishers, copyright, ISBN: 0120007711. Title: Advances in Agronomy, Volume 71, author: Donald L. Sparks, Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: ex-library with sticker on spine and front cover, circulation form on first page, library bar-codes that have been crossed through, internally a lightly used copy. From the table of contents: 1) Advances In Controlled-Release Fertilizers - Avi Shaviv 2) Breeding Forage Crops For Increased Nutritional Value - M. D. Casler 3) Remaking Bean Plant Architecture For Efficient Production - James D. Kelly 4) World Cropland Soils As A Source Or Sink For Atmospheric Carbon - R. Lai 5) Adaptation Of Grain Legumes (Pulses) To Water-Limited Environments - Neil C. Turner, Graeme C. Wright, And K. H. M. Siddique 6) Integrating System Modeling With Field Research In Agriculture: Applications Of The Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) - L. Ma, L. R. Ahuja, J. C. Ascough II, M. J. Shaffer, K. W. Rojas, R. W. Malone, And M. R. Cameira *
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Perspectives on New Crops and New Uses
Amer Soc for Horticultural Sc 0961502703 / 9780961502706 Hardcover Very Good
0961502703 Signed by author on title page. Hardcover with dust jacket, ISBN: 0961502703, author: Jules Janick, red cloth boards, 528 pages, large format book (9 inches wide x 11 1/4 inches high x 1 1/4 inch thick), 1999 copyright. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. From the endflap: There are worldwide concerns about the future of agriculture in light of the many challenges that face crop production in the coming millennium. Among the problems are the ability to feed and sustain a doubling of world population in the next century; the increased risk, both biological and economic, faced by farmers swept up in the trend to monoculture and away from biodiversity; and finally the real problems of agricultural and economic sustainability in light of increased pressures from the marketplace caused by alternating gluts and shortages. The solutions proposed include advances in genetic improvement, new uses, and more efficient production of major crops on the one hand versus the search for increased crop diversity and new crop solutions on the other. The two strategies are not mutually exclusive. This book is the fourth of a series based on national symposia on new crops. This volume is based on the symposium entitled New Crops and new Uses: Biodiversity and Agricultural Sustainability held Nov. 8 to 11, 1998 in Phoenix Arizona and organized by the Association for the Advancement of Industrial crops (AAIC), the Purdue University Center for new Crops and Plant Products, and the New Uses Council, Inc.*
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Scientists Confront Velikovsky
Cornell University Press 0801409616 / 9780801409615 Hardcover Good
0801409616 Hardcover with dust jacket, Cornell University Press publishers, this is the second printing, dated 1978, 183 pages, Forward by Issac Asimov. ISBN: 0801409616. Usually ships with delivery confirmation, dust jacket shows some typical wear at top and bottom of spine, some rubbing and loss of ink from shelving, book itself very good condition, small booksellers label adheres to inside of front cover at bottom. Where available, a photo-scan of the actual cover has been provided. Essays are: Foreword: The Role Of The Heretic Issac Asimov / Introduction Donald Goldsmith / The Sociological Context Of The Velikovsky Controversy Norman W. Stoker / An Analysis Of Worlds In Collision Carl Sagan / Movements Of Celestial Bodies - Velikovsky's Fatal Flaw J. Derral Mulholland / Early Cuneiform Evidence For The Existence Of The Planet Venus Peter J. Huber / Planetary Astronomy And Velikovsky's Catastrophism David Morrison. From the dust jacket. From his studies of historical records Immanuel Velikovsky has concluded that close encounters between the Earth and the planets Mars and Venus occurred at about 1500 B.C. and 775 B.C. He believes that these near collisions are responsible for many of the events described in Biblical texts and in other ancient writings. Although Velikovsky's views have not been generally accepted in the scientific community, public interest in them has continued for almost three decades.In this book, Velikovsky's ideas are seriously discussed and criticized by three astronomers, a sociologist, and an expert on ancient astronomical records. The result is a full-scale critique of Velikovsky's work from several perspectives. In the first essay. Norman W. Storer discusses the sociological context of the Velikovsky controversy The second paper, by the well-known astronomer Carl Sagan, is a detailed, witty, and devastating analysis of Velikovsky's first and most influential book, Worlds in Collision. The third paper, by an authority in celestial mechanics, J Derral Mulholland, shows how Velikovsky's theories conflict with what is known about the movements of celestial bodies, and the fourth paper, by Peter J. Huber, a statistician who is a specialist in Babylonian astronomy, challenges Velikovsky's reconstruction of ancient chronology *
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SEX IN PLANTS Part 2
Israel Prog Sci Transl B001HOAIPA PAPERBACK Fair
B001HOAIPA Ex-library rebound in cardboard covers. 214 pages. 1969 paperback translation from Russian, Published for National Science Foundation by Israel Program for Scientific Translation of work by L. I. Dzhaparidze. Ex-Library book, bound with string inside of brown pasteboard covers with usual marks, stamps, and markings, top of spine is held together with adhesive tape. No markings or highlighting found during a cursory search of the pages. Part 2 of translation from Russian of Pol u rastenii by Israel Program for Scientific Translations. Long title is: Biochemical and physiological sex differences in dioecious plants - Problem of influencing sex formation. Scholarly summary of Russian research efforts in journal format.
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Studies in the Archaeology of India and Pakistan (Central Asian Studies)
Aris & Phillips 085668385X / 9780856683855 Hardcover Very Good
085668385X Hardcover with dust jacket, 327 pages, Aris and Phillips publishers, 1987 copyright, ISBN: 085668385X. Title: Studies in the Archaeology of India and Pakistan, editor: Jerome Jacobson. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: a lightly used copy with dust jacket, the dust jacket has some minor wrinkling along the edges, some bookseller penciled marks on first page. From the end-flap: Published here for the first time, these papers by some of the leading international authorities on South Asian archaeology present material which may surprise the archaeological community and perhaps startle the educated layman. *
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A. C. Crombie Medieval and Early Modern Science Vol. I
Harvard University Press B000VOY9Y8 Hardcover Fair
B000VOY9Y8 Hardcover, black cloth boards, no dust jacket, 296 pages, Harvard University Press / Doubleday Anchor publishers, (3rd Printing of the second edition), 1961 copyright, ASIN: B000VOY9Y8. Title: Medieval And Early Modern Science Volume 1, author: A. C. Crombie. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: Acceptable means a somewhat worn copy with the main flaw which is many underlines throughout the book in blue ball-point pen and some margin notes in pen as well. From the introduction: One of the most remarkable developments in the world of scholarly letters in the last generation, and especially since the end of the Second World War, has been the growth of the study of the history of science both as a professional historical discipline and among the interests of the general reader. Considering how science has quietly come to take a central position in our culture this is perhaps not surprising; some knowledge of the history of science has become unavoidably part of the acquisition of historical awareness. Certainly the considerable interest shown in the period covered by this book is not difficult to explain. It has long been a matter of curiosity to know something of the scientific thought of those medieval centuries in which so many other essential aspects of our civilization, ranging from the theory and practice of law and government to the character of feeling and execution in poetry and the plastic arts, had their genesis and formation. I hope that in these pages the reader curious to know something of the history of medieval science, not simply as the background to modern science but as interesting in itself, may find at least a general guide to his inquiries. The stories of science in antiquity and in modern times have been told more than once in recent works, both separately and as part of general histories of science, but there exists no adequate short history of science in this formative period that lies between.
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Anthony J. Sutcliffe On the Trace of Ice Age Mammals
Harvard University Press 067463778X / 9780674637788 PAPERBACK Good
067463778X Trade paperback, 224 pages, Harvard University Press publishers, 1985 copyright, ISBN: 067463778X. Title: On the Track of Ice Age Mammals, author: Anthony J. Sutcliffe. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: some minor scrapes to edges of the spine have chipped the ink on the edge of the spine, a couple of vertical creases on the spine from opening and closing, otherwise a fairly lightly used copy. Legends of unicorns and dragons started with ancient bones. Cave drawings of ancient man give some idea about what they hunted. This book shows how legends became science, with illustrations. Ancient man and what he hunted.
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Bernard D'Espagnat Reality and the Physicist: Knowledge, Duration and the Quantum World
Cambridge University Press 0521338468 / 9780521338462 PAPERBACK Fair
0521338468 Trade paperback, 280 pages, Cambride University Press publishers, reprint copy with 1990 date, ISBN: 0521338468. Title: Reality and the Physicist: Knowledge, Duration and the Quantum World, author: Bernard D'Espagnat . Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: marked as 'acceptable' because of some strips of scotch tape on the upper right hand corner of the front cover, and some wrinkling due to water damage along the top edge of the book along the margin of the book. It does not affect readability, but does detract from the appearance of the book, giving the top edge a somewhat uneven look.
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Candace B. Pert Molecules Of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine
Simon & Schuster 0684846349 / 9780684846347 PAPERBACK Good
0684846349 Trade paperback, 368 pages, Touchstone / Simon and Schuster publishers, 1999 copyright, ISBN: 0684846349, ASIN: B003UO7YO8. Title: Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine, author: Candace B. Pert, Ph.D. Introduction by Deepak Chopra. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: overall light use, front cover is curling upwards from repeated folding, pages are slightly yellowed around the edges, a former owner's name found on first page in pen. From the back of the book: Why do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? Are our bodies and minds distinct from each other or do they function together as parts of an interconnected system? In her groundbreaking book Molecules of Emotion, Conduce Pert provides startling and decisive answers to these and other challenging questions that scientists and philosophers have pondered for centuries.
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Goodfellow Molecular Dynamics: An Overview of Applications in Molecular Biology (From the Series Topics in Molecular and Structural Biology)
CRC Press 0849371198 / 9780849371196 Hardcover Very Good
0849371198 Hardcover, maroon boards, no dust jacket, 200 pages, CRC Press publishers. Book is very lightly used in almost new condition. Some sticker residue on inside of front cover. A small book code sticker is pasted on the back cover. No highlighting or writing found during a cursory search of the pages. Binding is tight. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. From the preface: The aim of this book is to review the uses of molecular dynamics and related modelling techniques as applied to biological macromolecules. It is particularly suited for those who have not specialized in simulation techniques. As well as describing applications to proteins, nucleotides and carbohydrates, we have also reviewed the exciting possibilities which emerge from the use of free energy perturbation methods in protein engineering and drug design. Recently, molecular dynamics has started to play a direct role in the determination of macromolecular structures themselves when simulated annealing protocols are used in combination with experimental data from X-ray crystallography or NMR spectroscopy.
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Gordon H. Flammer; Roland W. Jeppson; Hugh F. Keedy Fundamental Principles And Applications of Fluid Mechanics
N/A B001P4UI9S Hardcover Good
B001P4UI9S No dust jacket, hardcover, no publisher indicated, 356 pages, large format (9 inches x 12 inches), 1982. Book shows typical wear for used book, covers have some wear at top and bottom of spine, binding is a little loose, but still mechanically sound. Some occasional notes and highlighting found during a cursory search of the pages. Textbook covering fundamental principles and concepts of fluid mechanics, application of these principles to fluid measurements, boundary layer theory, flow in pipes, open channels, dynamic lift and drag, hydraulic machinery, potential flow theory, etc. *
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GRAHAM A P AND HOLYARD E J ELEMENTARY BOTANY
J M DENT B000S6FJ5M Hardcover Good
B000S6FJ5M Hardcover, no dust jacket, ships from Austin, Texas. Olive green cloth boards, no frontispiece noted, J. M. Dent and Sons publishers, author: A. P. Graham, M. A. Senior Biology Master Clifton College, E. J. Holmyard, (general editor of Dent's Modern Science Series), 232 pages, 'first published' date is 1935. Some penciled notes typical of a textbook at beginning and end of book inside the covers, small chip in the ink on the spine, some occasional underlining. Illustrated with black and white line drawings of plant structures, a photo of Louis Pasteur found as part of the text. First-half 20th Century science textbook, could be either high-school, or college level text. Hard-to-find copy
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Harry Y. McSween Fanfare for Earth: The Origin of Our Planet and Life
St. Martin's Press 0312146019 / 9780312146016 Hardcover Fair
0312146019 Ex-library copy with mylar cover and usual stamps and markings, hardcover with dust jacket, 252 pages, St Martin's Press publishers, 1997 copyright marked 'First Edition' on copyright page, ISBN: 0312146019. Title: Fanfare for Earth: The Origin of Our Planet and Life, author: Harry Y. McSween Jr.. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: lightly worn library copy.
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Ill.) Symposium on Archaeological Chemistry (6th : 1977 : Chicago Archaeological Chemistry II: [Proceedings] (Advances in Chemistry Series, 171)
Amer Chemical Society 0841203970 / 9780841203976 Hardcover Fair
0841203970 Marked as 'acceptable' mainly because this is an ex-library copy with the usual stamps, markings and stickers. Hardcover, 389 pages, with dust jacket, American Chemical Society publishers, 1978 copyright, ISBN: 0841203970. Title: Archeological Chemistry (II) edited by Giles I. Carter. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: a moderately used ex-library copy, the plastic mylar shows some minor shelf wear, circulation ship has been torn off, book has stamps, labels, bar codes and security label, bar codes have been crossed through with black magic marker. Symposium held in Aug / Sept 1977 on Archeological Chemistry. From the end-flap: Archaeological chemistry is a mature yet growing field. Analytical techniques continue to unfold that lead to an understanding of archaeological specimens composed of glass, metal, bone, pottery, etc. The deduction of history from the analysis and investigation of such materials through authenticity studies, dating, and identification of sources and production techniques help to make archaeological chemistry a most rewarding and interesting field. The 20 chapters in this volume have been organized around the classification of the materials analyzed - organic materials, ceramics, and metals - along with five introductory chapters on overall perspectives and general techniques. Among the techniques discussed are radiocarbon dating, spark source mass spectrometry, x-ray radiography, trace element analysis, amino acid analysis, atomic absorption spectroscopy, and lead isotope analysis. Among the various materials investigated are ancient Near Eastern ivory, South American dyes, Egyptian glass, Spanish ceramics, Chinese bronzes, prehistoric American copper, and copper-based Roman coins. - articles include: Chemistry and Archaeology: A Creative Bond / Chemical Aspects of the Conservation of Archaeological Materials / Radiocarbon Dating: An Archaeological Perspective / Spark Source Mass Spectrometry in Archaeological Chemistry / Applications of X-Ray Radiography in the Study of Archaeological Objects / ORGANIC MATERIALS Section: / Trace Element Analysis in the Characterization of Archaeological Bone / Amino Acid Analysis in Radiocarbon Dating of Bone Collagen / Amino Acid Racemization Dating of Bone and Shell / Chemical Investigations on Ancient Near Eastern Archaeological Ivory Artifacts Fluorine and Nitrogen Composition / Asphalts from Middle Eastern Archaeological Sites / The Identification of Dyes in Archaeological and Ethnographic Textiles / CERAMICS Section: Analysis of Early Egyptian Class by Atomic Absorption and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy / Elemental Compositions of Spanish and Spanish-Colonial Majolica Ceramics in the Identification of Provenience / Rare Earth Element Distribution Patterns to Characterize Soapstone Artifacts / Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy of Archaeological Ceramic Materials / METALS Section: Possible Change of Lead Isotope Ratios in the Manufacture of Pigments: A Fractionation Experiment / Lead Isotope Analyses and Possible Metal Sources for Nigerian 'Bronzes' / Ternary Representations of Ancient Chinese Bronze Compositions / Prehistoric Copper Artifacts in the Eastern United States / Chemical Compositions of Copper-Based Roman Coins Augustan Quadrantes
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Institute for the Social Science Study of Space; T. Stephen Cheston; David C. Webb; Courtney A. Stadd The Space Humanization Series
Inst for Social Science Study of Space 093414401X / 9780934144018 PAPERBACK Good
093414401X 125 pages, trade paperback / journal format, The Institute for the Social Science Study of Space, 1979. Some significant wear at the top and bottom of the spine where the cover material has come loose, the edges of the covers show some fading from light, as does the spine. A fascinating application of the broad reaches of Social Science to the human endeavor of living in space - from mental health issues to agriculture in space. 8 essays on a variety of topics and perspectives covering weapons in space as part of an anti-satellite program, industrialization of space, political liberty and industrialization of space, conflict management, policy processes, well-being and privacy are the topics touched upon in this early and ambitious historical document of the emergent application of social science to technological achievements.
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John McPhee The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0374515980 / 9780374515980 PAPERBACK Very Good
0374515980 Trade paperback, 232 pages, The Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishers, copyright 1974, this is the Ninth Printing (1992), ISBN: 0374515980. Title: The Curve of Binding Energy, a Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor, author: John McPhee. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo, note the cover can be different since this is an earlier edition. The cover may be slightly different than later editions, this book's cover shows a house with a gray roof, brown wood sides and an letter Y inside a white circle, with a glowing yellow sun-like object on the inside of the window on the side. Condition description: light wear to covers, generally looks fresh and almost new-looking. From the back of the book: With his customary reportorial brilliance, John McPhee has written the story of the life and career of Theodore B. Taylor, a theoretical physicist who has been one of the most inventive nuclear scientists of our time. He miniaturized the atomic bomb, and also designed the largest-yield fission bomb that has ever been exploded. Subsequently, he led a scientific effort to build a nuclear-powered spaceship. But he later became convinced that weapons-grade uranium and plutonium are alarmingly available to anyone who might wish to build a home-made bomb, and that such an undertaking would not be impossible, as some think. Taylor for many years has tried to effect improvements in the protection of nuclear materials, in the hope of averting their catastrophic use. McPhee's exploration of Taylor's world provides a timely look at a central aspect of the history of nuclear energy, and an assessment of one of its risks. *
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John N. Ott Health and Light: The extraordinary Study that Shows How light Affects Your Health and emotional well being.
Ariel Pr 0898040981 / 9780898040982 PAPERBACK Good
0898040981 Trade paperback, 1973 (very early edition of this work), Ariel Press publishers, 229 pages, ISBN: 0898040981, Cream colored background with picture of stylized sun . Usually ships with delivery confirmation. A moderately used paperback, some light markings / stains on the back cover, maybe from coffee, just a slight discoloration, covers are not wrinkled, but noted in condition as a minor flaw. An influential and popular treatment of light by the late Dr. Ott who pioneered the basic concepts of light in relation to health. While some of the claims may not be born out in contemporary science, the ideas that he puts forth, that artificial light may influence health and well-being have now permeated the culture. From the back of the book (we believe the broad health claims, especially those about cancer to be unsubstantiated, based on contemporary 2010 knowledge, but we offer these back of the book blurb-type comments as representative of some of the beliefs that have become a part of popular 1970s-2000s culture because of his seminal research and there are in fact health practitioners that make claims about daily exposure to sunlight being beneficial for a variety of health conditions): - HEALTH AND LIGHT - The right kind of light can add years to your life. The wrong kind can make you ill - perhaps even kill you. What do you know about light - and the role it plays in our physical and emotional well-being? Do you know that hyperactive children may simply be spending too much time indoors under the wrong kind of artificial lighting? Do you know that some forms of arthritis may be the result of exactly the same condition in adults? Do you know that wearing pink-tinted glasses might lead to serious health problems? Do you know that the right kind of sunlight actually cures skin cancer? This is the book that tells you what you need to know - about health and light! *
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John Skoyles; Dorion Sagan Up From Dragons: The Evolution of Human Intelligence
McGraw-Hill 0071378251 / 9780071378253 Hardcover Fair
0071378251 Ex-library hardcover and dust jacket, 417 pages, McGraw Hill publishers, 2002 copyright, ISBN: 0071378251. Title: Up From Dragons: The Evolution of Human Intelligence, author: John Skoyles, Dorion Sagan. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: ex-library copy with usual markings and stickers, library mylar cover, otherwise a lightly used copy. From the end-flap: One of the most exciting discoveries to emerge from the recent explosion in brain research is the phenomenon of neural plasticity. With the discovery of neural plasticity, the traditional view of the brain as a hard-wired collection of modules, virtually fixed for life by early childhood, is being replaced by a revolutionary new image of an amazingly versatile biocomputer able to quickly adapt and reshape itself in response to its external environment and, more significantly, to its internal, symbolic environment.
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