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Cover illustration: Industrial Exposition Hall (Commercial Display Building), Hiroshima, Japan, 1945, shortly after the atomic blast (Atomic Energy Commission).This book is a discussion on the atomic bomb. It includes a chronology for 1945. From introduction: "...the very existence of usable nuclear energy has been a fundamental determinant of the course of domestic and international relations since 1945.Good condition. Readable copy. Cover shows rubbing, bumping, soft crease on back, plus some edge and corner wear. Inside pages are mostly clean; however, there are a some passages that are underlined, also there is light age spotting on top. Pages are intact. 122 pages.

A student-friendly text looks at the relationship between biological factors and behavior. Biological psychologists try to answer four types of questions about any given behavior: How does it relate to the physiology of the brain and other organs? How does it develop within the individual? How did the capacity for the behavior evolve? And why did the capacity for this behavior evolve? 16 Chapters, plus Appendix A (Chemistry), Appendix B (Neuroscience).Condition: Good. Used book with highlighting (there may also be occasional other marks). Previous owner's name in ink on inside cover. Pages are tight. The covers show some rubbing. There is slight edge wear, but all of the corners are seriously worn. Please see photos. Cover has original text book price sticker of $70.70 The spine remains undamaged. 535 pages. A very readable copy. This is a heavy book and may require a small amount of additional postage.

From the back cover: "Heal your body, improve digestion, moisturize skin, help control weight, and it's FREE. Details on page 171." There is much more packed in this book.
Near Fine condition. Looks like new, but I did note 2 tiny specks on the closed book page edges. Clean and tight. Please use photos as part of the description.
390 pages including Index.

From back cover: In The Cosmic Connection, Carl Sagan writes about his great adventures in: - preparing the way for contact with intelligent beings on planets of other stars. - space vehicle exploration of the planets. - landing instruments to search for life on Mars. - duplicating the steps that led to the origin of life on Earth, four billion years ago."Quote from the Denver Post: "Fascinating. Carl Sagan...has received early eminence as exobiology's best-known and most articulate spokesman...his true science tales are every bit as mind-boggling as science fiction."Very Good- condition. Blue & black cover with male and female forms. Cover shows some bumping and creases at the spine on both front and back. Back cover also has hard corner creases. Otherwise minimal edge/corner wear. Text is clean. Binding is tight (as if it was never read tight). Plenty of illustrations and photographs. This would be a nice book to have in your collection. Please use photos as part of the description.274 pages… Read More

From the back cover:
In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupoted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four weeks than AIDS has killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision between modern science and epidemic disease. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza weaves together multiple narratives, with characters ranging from William Welch, founder of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, to John D. Rockefeller and Woodrow Wilson. Ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, this crisis provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon.
Very Good condition. Minimal edge wear. Very slight corner wear. Black & white photo section in… Read More

I believe this book has some information about everything that mattered at the time it was printed. Check out the photos of the Contents pages for more.Good+ condition. Brown boards with black border design on front and spine, gilt title on spine. Some rubbing to covers and corners are slightly bent, but very minimal wear to edges. Previous owner's name and inscription on front end paper. Pages are age tanned. Text is clean and binding is tight. Please use photos as part of the description. 360 pages including Index.

From the back cover: "Since 1839, when it served as a river landing for the town of Westport, Kansas City has suffered disastrous floods, fires, tornadoes, and epidemics of cholera, smallpox, scarlet fever, dysentery, typhus, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, malaria, influenza, diphtheria, polio and AIDS.""Kansas City established its first public hospital in 1870 on a hill just outside the 20th Street city limit to care for victims of diseases, and to tend to the needs of poor or transient patients. Today a major metropolitan healthcare complex stands on that same hill. Its institutions still care for patients and still guard the public health. In addition, they train doctors, dentists, nurses and other healthcare professionals."Book - Fine condition. Blue cloth over boards with silver gild text on front and spine. First edition. Signed by author on title page. Clean and tight. No edge/corner wear.Dust Jacket - Fine condition. Dust jacket shows no signs of wear and was obviously put in a clear protective… Read More

From back DJ cover: "Highlighted by 300 state-of-the-art photographs, this enthralling volume vividly portrays all aspects of the intricate organism that is the human body. Definitive text and arresting images illuminate everything from the microscopic double helix to the higher functions of the brain to the biomedical promises of the future, in six chapters."Book: Fine condition. Very, very minimal bottom edge/corner wear. Clean and Tight. Dust Jacket: Near Fine condition. Very minimal edge/corner wear.Please see photos.352 pages including Index.

This vintage astronomy publication includes information about the constellations and universe, published in 1937. Includes many illustrations and blue and white photographs.
Very Good condition. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. No dustjacket. Dark blue cloth over boards with silver gilt text on front and spine. Spine has some discoloration and some worn places, specially at top and bottom. Closed book page edges have some soiling and a couple stains that do not appear to have affected the inside pages. Blue and white illustrated end-papers - both front and back have a stain that is probably from the glue. Next blank page has two names and addresses in ink. Title page has a blue background with white text. Mild tanning. Text is clean and binding is tight.
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205 pages including Index.

From back cover: "The Joy of Mathematics is designed to help the reader become aware of the inseparable relationship of mathematics and the world by presenting glimpses and images of mathematics in the many facets of our lives." - Science News." Other quotes mentioned it as "easily readable by all". Please see photo of Contents page - lots of interesting topics.Condition: Very Good. Cover has very slight bumping and slight edge/corner wear. Closed pages have very slight spotting. Otherwise clean and tight. 237 pages including Index.

From back cover: A couple wars, plus football injuries have placed a spotlight on acquired brain injury. Patients have learned to live in a world that many call "a new normal."
"...this new Third Edition builds on the past, adding all that we have learned over the past two decades. I am proud to say that this book has helped many patiends and families recover from their injuries, ahd, hopefully, it will do the same for you and your family."
Richard C. Senelick, MD, is a neurologist who specializes in neurorehabilitation.
Good condition. There are a couple light bumps to front and back covers. Most edges/corners have little wear; HOWEVER, the lower back corner has a liquid stain lightly starting on page 97 and getting worse through the back cover. I am guessing coffee, but it does not appear to have a smell. Probably about a quarter of the pages have a "wrinkle". The text is clean and the binding is tight. A good reading copy.
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270 including Index.

Per back cover: "Filled with cool physics facts and real-world examples."
Discover how to:

Work with physics notation and math
Measure force and energy
Investigate heat, pressure, and sound
Examine electricity, magnetism, and light
Explore black holes, planetary rotation, and more.

Very Good- condition. Front cover has some bumping and rubbing. Closed book pages have a couple stains at top corner. Soft bottom corner crease on back. Text is clean and binding is tight. No crease in spine.
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368 pages including Index.

From the Preface to First Edition: "The aim in the preparation of this treatise on the human body has been, first, to set forth in a teachable manner the actual science of physiology; and, second, to present the facts of hygiene largely as applied physiology."This book covers everything about the body: blood, respiration, glands, skeleton, nervous system and much more. Very Good- condition. Green linen over boards cover has some soiling and spotting. Very light edge/corner wear. Title is pressed into the front cover and the spine has black text. Inscription in pen and pencil on front end paper. Otherwise pages are clean. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly age tanned. Closed book page edges have darkened and have light spotting/stains. A very good reading copy with lots of illustrations. 426 pages including Index.

Quote from back DJ cover: "Brian Burrell's lucid and cheerful writing style makes his subject accessible, understandable, and fun. He led me smoothly through the history of Neuroscience. I learned painlessly about neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. I came away impressed by Burrell's research and scholarship and in awe of his ability to make these heady topics so readable and compelling." - Bob McCoy, founder, the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, and author of Quack!
Black & white photo section in middle of book. Please see photo of "Contents" page for chapter information.
Good+ condition. Exlib. Dust jacket in protective cover. Some rubbing to cover. Library sticker on spine and marks/stamps inside. Text is clean and binding is tight.
356 pages including Index.

From back cover: "The Power to Harm is a profound and original book. In his account of a 1989 killing spree and the subsequent trial of the drug company Eli Lilly, John Cornwell has written several books in one: a vivid courtroom drama; a sociological study of the American workplace; a survey of the rapidly changing fields of neuroscience and psychopharmacology; and a searching, complex investigation into the most fundamental question of human identity - do we have a soul, a sovereign will, or are we simply the sum of our molecules? The contest between these two visions of humanity is the real issue of his book, and Cornwell has rendered it with passion, erudition, and humanity." - Tobias Wolff
Book - Very Good+ condition. Only flaw is about 1" of rubbed area on the cloth near spine at the top of the front cover. Clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Near Fine condition. Very slight bumping to back cover.
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321 pages.

From the dust jacket: front flap, "The book takes the reader from the frontier and trading days through the era of President Harry Truman to the many worlds of the modern metropolis: its financial clout, its jazz tradition, its architecture and museums, the hotbed of its politics, its growing scientific and medical importance, its superb restaurants, and its beauty." Book - Very Good condition. Red paper over boards with black cloth spine. Minimal edge/corner wear. Evidence that there may have once been prices on front end paper. Otherwise pages are clean. Binding is tight. Dust Jacket - Good condition. There was edge and corner wear, but dust jacket was in a clear protective cover when I received it. There is light rubbing to that protective plastic. Please use photos as part of the description.223 pages

A book of science-related cartoons from The Cartoon bAnk, a Division of the New Yorker Magazine Company.
Book - Very Good+ condition. Very minimal wear, but corners do have an outward curve.
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86 pages, plus Index of Artists

From front DJ flap: "Few biologists in the history of natural science have been as groundbreaking, controversial, and productive as Edward Osborne Wilson, long hailed as 'Darwin's successor'."
Wilson focused on the insect society, then extended his research from social insects through the animal kingdom to human society. He is known for Sociobiology, published in 1975and demonstrated how Darwinian evolution shapes all animal behavior. In the 1990s he recognized the increasing destruction of wilderness and became a leading voice on the crucial importance of biodiversity and conservation.
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Book - Fine condition. Red rust paper over boards with gold gilt on spine. Very minimal wear. Clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Fine condition. Very minimal wear. Looks like new.
268 pages including Index.

From the Publishers' Note on the Fifth Printing: "In the past few years, it has become increasingly clear that a wholesome approach to sex education is gradually replacing the pruriency that used to be prevalent. It is gratifying to observe this trend. The publishers hope that this book, now in its fifth printing, will continue to be of use to those seeking reliable sex information.Fair condition. Stapled booklet with orange card stock covers with black text. Covers show much soiling, tears, holes, and chips. The back cover has shifted toward the stapled spine so it no longer lays quite right. First page has inscription in ink. Front and back pages have age spotting, maybe from the covers. Surprisingly the rest of the pages (except the stapled center pages) are very clean and the stapled booklet is intact.Please use photos as part of the description.61 pages.

From back cover: "As MIDNIGHT STRUCK on December 1, 1904, World's Fair President David R. Francis stood before a hushed crowd of 100,000 in Forest Park in St. Louis. He then threw a switch that extinguished forever the fair that had been a magical kingdom for seven months."This book tracks down some of the lost treasures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, their current fate, and provides some interesting facts. Very Good+ condition. Only noted problem is on the front top of the cover, there are a couple small bumps in the finish and a line that looks like a crease, but is not. Please use photos as part of the description.144 pages including Index.