STOCHASTIC RELATIONS: Foundations for Markov Transition Systems
Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. More
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THE ART OF PROJECTING: A Manual of Experimentation in Physics, Chemistry, and Natural History with the Porte Lumiere and Magic Lantern
Boston: Lee & Shepard, Publishers, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. 158 p. 112 figures. Practical guide to the operation and usefulness of the Magic Lantern, Porte Lumiere, and similar apparatus in the teaching of physical science..... More
THE TELEPHONE: An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in its Action. With Directions for Making a Speaking Telephone
Boston: Lee & Shepard, Publishers, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. 128 p. 17 textual figures. "As the speaking-telephone, in which magneto-electric currents were utilized for the transmission of speech and other kinds of sounds, was invented..... More
DARWIN AMONG THE MACHINES: The Evolution of the Global Intelligence
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 286 p. Traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives and work of visionaries from the time of Thomas Hobbes to the era of..... More
PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE, 1749-1827: A Determined Scientist
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. The first full-fledged biography of this singularly important figure in the history of Enlightenment science. Textual illustrations. Octavo. Original dark gray cloth binding, with gilt titles..... More
THEORETISCHE GRUNDLAGEN DER ORGANISCHEN CHEMIE
Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Text in German. A widely read text on organic chemistry. Its interdisciplinary approach spoke as well to chemists as it did to physicists. From the library of..... More
YOU CAN SURVIVE THE BOMB
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. "From the first family discussions to the final exit from shelter, this book outlines the specific steps necessary to..... More
Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 336 p. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a clean and bright dust jacket. More
BIBLIOTHECA MECHANICA
New York: Jonathan A. Hill, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 50 black and white illustrations, including a facsimile of the frontispiece portrait of Sir Isaac Newton taken from the original engraving by George Vertue for the..... More
HUGH MILLER AND THE CONTROVERSIES OF VICTORIAN SCIENCE
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. "This book gathers new essays on the life, work and influence of Hugh Miller (1802-56), a significant figure in early Victorian science, journalism and religious debate." 23..... More
THE ELECTRONIC THEORY OF VALENCY
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1946. Hardcover. Reprint. The culmination of many years' interest in the nature of covalent and dative bonds, this work made Sidgwick (1873-1952) famous and when he was awarded the Royal Medal..... More
JOHN WILKINSON (1728-1808), ENGLISH IRONMASTER AND INVENTOR
Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Detailed biography of a major entrepreneur of the industrial revolution who worked with blast furnaces, steam engines, iron bridges, canons, and cylinders. The work..... More
THE INVENTIONS, RESEARCHES AND WRITINGS OF NIKOLA TESLA, with Special Reference to His Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin
New York: The Electrical Engineer, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. A landmark text in the field of electrical engineering, describing the scope of Tesla’s research and early inventions, which presaged and contributed to the development of..... More
THE USC ENGINEERING STORY
Los Angeles: University of Southern California Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 256 p. Frontispiece portrait, with textual photographs. Inscribed and dated by the author to a USC alumni on the front flyleaf, with a postcard..... More
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