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The Right Stuff
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The Right Stuff

by Wolfe, Tom

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Published
1979
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Expanded from a four-part article published in 1973, released as a book in 1979, this copy is an unpriced trade paperback. Not marked as such but likely a book club edition. Lightly rubbed and edge worn, the binding is… Read more about this item
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Saskatchewan Trees
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Saskatchewan Trees

by Teed, L.M. & J.S. Rowe

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Saskatoon: Tri-Leaf Publications. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A guide to the trees of Saskatchewan with b&w photos and little locater maps with green ink. Staple-bound booklet in card covers. Undated, but looks to be from the 70s. A few light stress lines to the lower free corner of the… Read more about this item
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Waters:  Journal of the Vancouver Aquarium (Volume 2, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 1977).  Coping with Stardom:  The Lives of the Starfish
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Waters: Journal of the Vancouver Aquarium (Volume 2, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 1977). Coping with Stardom: The Lives of the Starfish

by Sloan, N.A.; S.J. Proctor (Editor)

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Published
1977
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Soft cover
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Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Public Aquarium Association, 1977. Soft cover. Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound booklet devoted to the starfish, the "large, colourful invertebrates [that], besides being beautiful, are ecologically important in tidal as well as subtidal marine habitats all along the British Columbia coast." Card covers, illustrated in b&w with photos and meticulous drawings.… Read more about this item
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The Coast of Coral:  The First Volume in the Blue Planet Trilogy
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The Coast of Coral: The First Volume in the Blue Planet Trilogy

by Clarke, Arthur C.

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Used - Very Good
Published
2002
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Soft cover
ISBN
9780743435079
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New York: ibooks, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mike Wilson & Arthir C. Clarke (Photography). True adventure: explorations of the Great Barrier Reef -- "the mightiest coral formation in the world" -- by Clarke and photographer Mike Wilson. First published in 1955, this first printing of the 2002 trade paperback… Read more about this item
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The Mind of the Dolphin:  A Nonhuman Intelligence
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The Mind of the Dolphin: A Nonhuman Intelligence

by Lilly, John Cunningham

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Published
1969
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New York: Discus Books / Avon (Hearst), 1969. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Explores the complexity and the non-human nature of the dolphin's intelligence and character. First published in 1967. Mass market paperback edition (Discus/Avon NS38) published 1969; this copy is a fifth printing thus. Illustrated with b&w photos.… Read more about this item
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The Cosmic Connection:  An Extraterrestrial Perspective
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The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective

by Sagan, Carl; Jerome Agel (Produced by)

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
2nd Printing
Published
1975
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780440133018
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New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Award winning collection of short essays on topics ranging from extraterrestrial life, space flight, terraforming, and dolphins. Originally published 1973. This copy is a second printing of the 1975 mass market paperback edition (Dell 3301). … Read more about this item
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Myth and Maneater:  The Story of the Shark
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Myth and Maneater: The Story of the Shark

by Webster, David Kenyon

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Published
1975
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Soft cover
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New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First published in 1962, this copy is a first printing of the Dell mass market edition (Dell 6164). B&W photos. Bibliography. Rub mark at spine heel. Deep crease along spine opposite photo section. Otherwise quite nice:… Read more about this item
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The Challenge of the Spaceship
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The Challenge of the Spaceship

by Clarke, Arthur C.

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Published
1980
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780671821395
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New York: Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster), 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A collection of materials previously published in various periodicals, 1955-59. Revised by the author. This copy is a first printing of the 1980 mass market edition (Pocket Nonfic 82139-3). Mildly edge worn, particularly along the front… Read more about this item
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The Construction of Modern Science:  Mechanisms and Mechanics
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The Construction of Modern Science: Mechanisms and Mechanics

by Westfall, Richard S.

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Published
1977
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Soft cover
ISBN
9780521292955
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An Introduction to the History of Science in the Seventeenth Century. First published in 1971, this copy is a 1982 reprint of the 1977 Cambridge trade paperback edition and part of the Cambridge History of Science Series. Illustrated with b&w… Read more about this item
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The Wonders Of Chemistry:  Being a Voyage of Discovery into the Wonderful Realm of Chemistry, and containing many interesting and harmless experiments especially compiled for use with these Chemistry Sets.
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The Wonders Of Chemistry: Being a Voyage of Discovery into the Wonderful Realm of Chemistry, and containing many interesting and harmless experiments especially compiled for use with these Chemistry Sets.

by N/A ("An Experienced Science Master")

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Soft cover
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Kay (Sports and Games) Ltd. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slim staple-bound pamphlet, about 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", included with several different chemistry sets. In paper wraps. Undated. c.1960. Includes two line drawings and a Glossary. Worn. A little soiled. Pencil marking in the margin… Read more about this item
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Quantum Mechanics:  The Physics of the Microscopic World Parts 1 & 2
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Quantum Mechanics: The Physics of the Microscopic World Parts 1 & 2

by Schumacher, Benjamin

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Published
2009
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Chantilly, Virginia: The Teaching Company, 2009. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Course Guidebook only: cds and other media Not included. Part of The Great Courses: Science & Mathematics. Soft cover about 7 1/2" x 5 1/4", in wraps with no titling on the spine. Includes the Scope, Outline… Read more about this item
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Deep History:  The Architecture of Past and Present
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Deep History: The Architecture of Past and Present

by Shryock, Andrew and Daniel Lord Smail

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Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
2011
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780520270282
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Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Multidisciplinary approach to telling humanity's story. Hardcover in black papered boards, backed in black cloth, with gilt titling to the spine. B&W illustrations. Bibliographical references and an Index. Minor wear… Read more about this item
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Shadows of the Mind:  A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness
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Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness

by Penrose, Roger

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Published
1995
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780099582113
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London: Vintage (Random House), 1995. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in 1994. Vintage trade paperback edition, 1995; this copy is a later printing from 2005. B&W illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Square and tight. Minor wear only. No markings.
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The Large, the Small and the Human Mind (Revised)
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The Large, the Small and the Human Mind (Revised)

by Penrose, Roger; Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright, and Stephen Hawking; Malcolm Longair (Editor)

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Published
1999
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Soft cover
ISBN
9780521655385
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in 1997 and revised for this 1999 trade paperback edition. B&W illustrations. Notes. Square and tight, apparently unread, no markings.
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Complexity:  The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
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Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos

by Waldrop, M. Mitchell

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Published
1992
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Soft cover
ISBN
9780671872342
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New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Later printing of the trade paperback edition. Includes a Bibliography and an Index but, despite the cover's promise of a New Afterword by the Author, I didn't see one. This copy is Very Good plus with just a… Read more about this item
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Most Secret War:  British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945
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Most Secret War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945

by Jones, R.V.; the Vicomtesse de Clarens (Foreword)

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Published
1979
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Soft cover
ISBN
9780340241691
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London: Coronet Books (Hodder and Stoughton), 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First published 1978. Coronet mass market edition, 1979. This copy is a second impression thus, 1980. Illustrated with b&w photos on plates plus some line drawings (31 Figures) and charts embedded in the text. Notes, Glossary, and… Read more about this item
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The Order of Time
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The Order of Time

by Rovelli, Carlo; Erica Segre & Simon Carnell (Translators)

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Very Good
Published
2018
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780735216105
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New York: Riverhead Books (Penguin Randon House), 2018. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First published in Italian in 2017. This 2018 copy is a first printing of the first American edition. Small hardcover in black boards with copper-gilt decoration and titling. Includes b&w illustrations embedded with the text. … Read more about this item
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Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
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Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science

by Gardner, Martin

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Published
1957
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780486203942
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New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1957. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Copyright 1952 and first published in a Dover edition in 1957, this copy is a 2017 reprint. Includes notes and an Index of Names. In excellent condition with only the slightest wear.
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Isaac's Storm:  A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

by Larson, Erik

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Published
1999
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780609602331
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New York: Crown Publishers, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This copy is a fifth printing. Hardcover in blue boards, backed in brown, with gilt titling to the spine. Illustrated endpapers: monotone storm photo. Includes two maps, bibliographical references, and an Index. Very Good: square, firmly bound, but… Read more about this item
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Until The End Of Time:  Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
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Until The End Of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

by Greene, Brian

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Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Published
2020
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781524731670
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third printing of the first edition. Hardcover with light blue boards backed in a darker blue with silver titling to the spine. Includes Notes, Bibliography, and an Index. Binding square and firm. Small corner crease to front… Read more about this item
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