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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. "Planned and written for the purpose of providing medical students with an additional aid in the acquisition of introductory knowledge of Gynecology." Well illustrated, 416 pages. Numerous name stamps on front endpapers, white ink number on bottom of spine strip. Book.…

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Fine and birght looks new in its hardcover and gilt decorated binding. Fully illlustrated. Kind of fascinating history.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Softcover. A bit of bumping at the bottom corner. Else covers clean. Some light wrinkling in the bottom corner margin of the pages (text not affected). Else pages clean. ; 30C; 11" x 8-1/2"; 95 pages.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Department of Energy, 2006, 8-1/2"x11", paperbk., 244pp., many photos., VG $.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear along edges and at corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.…

Wraps. Condizione: good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Quarto, 95, wraps, illus., maps, endnotes, ink scribble on front cover, some wear to covers. This book was written in conjunction with the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Nevada Test Site, and represents a unique partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy's Nevada Operations Office (which provided the initial impetus for the project), the Office of Defense Programs of the Department's National Nuclear Security Administration (which provided funding for printing the history), and the History Division of the Department's Executive Secretariat (which researched and wrote the history). Gosling was a former Chief Historian for the Department of Energy and Fehner succeeded him into that position. The contents include a description and early history of the Nevada Test Site, the birth of the nuclear age, the search for a Continental Test Site, The Ranger Series, and the Legacy of the Nevada Test Site. The Nevada National Security Site, previously the Nevada Test Site (NTS), is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles northwest of the city of Las Vegas. Formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds, the site was established on 11 January 1951 for the testing of nuclear devices, covering approximately 1,360 square miles of desert and mountainous terrain. Nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site began with a 1-kiloton-of-TNT (4.2 TJ) bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat on 27 January 1951. During the 1950s, the mushroom clouds from the 100 atmospheric tests could be seen for almost 100 mi. St. George, Utah, received the brunt of the fallout of above-ground nuclear testing in the Yucca Flats/Nevada Test Site. Winds routinely carried the fallout of these tests directly through St. George and southern Utah. The vast majority-828 of the 928 total nuclear tests-were underground. The Nevada Test Site contains 28 areas, 1,100 buildings, 400 miles of paved roads, 300 miles of unpaved roads, ten heliports, and two airstrips. The Nevada Test Site was established as a 680-square-mile area by President Harry S. Truman on December 18, 1950, within the Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range. The Nevada Test Site was the primary testing location of American nuclear devices from 1951 to 1992; 928 announced nuclear tests occurred there. Of those, 828 were underground. (Sixty-two of the underground tests included multiple, simultaneous nuclear detonations, adding 93 detonations and bringing the total number of NTS nuclear detonations to 1,021, of which 921 were underground.) The site is covered with subsidence craters from the testing. The NTS was the United States' primary location for tests in the 500-to-1,000 kt (2,100-to-4,200 TJ) range. 126 tests were conducted elsewhere, including most larger tests. Many of these occurred at the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands. . The last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site was "Little Feller I" of Operation Sunbeam, on 17 July 1962. Although the United States did not ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, it honors the articles of the treaty, and underground testing of weapons ended as of 23 September 1992. Subcritical tests not involving a critical mass continue. One notable test shot was the "Sedan" shot of Operation Storax on 6 July 1962, a 104-kiloton-of-TNT (440 TJ) shot for Operation Plowshare, which sought to prove that nuclear weapons could be used for peaceful means in creating bays or canals. It created a crater 1,280 feet wide and 320 feet deep that can still be seen today. While there are no longer any explosive tests of nuclear weapons at the site, there is still subcritical testing, used to determine the viability of the United States' aging nuclear arsenal. Additionally, the site is the location of the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex, which sorts and stores low-level radioactive waste that is not transuranic and has a half life not longer than 20 years. The Radiol.…

Very Good paperback (light edgewear, clean and unmarked). 244 pp 4to brown cloth in dustwrapper. The image on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Wraps. Condizione: As new, in shrinkwrap. Presumed First Edition, First printing. vii, [1], 244 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Endnotes. This work was written in conjunction with the opening of the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was a joint project of the Department of Energy Office of History and Heritage Resources and the National Nuclear Security Administration. Since its establishment in 1957, the Office of History and Heritage Resources (OHHR) has consistently sought to maintain a level of excellence in its publications that meets all scholarly standards and yet is accessible to the general public. At the same time, OHHR has partnered with DOE program offices and field sites to provide historical products that are useful and fill specific departmental needs. In this effort, OHHR has produced a broad range of prize-winning monographs, shorter histories, articles, chronologies, and other publications. Volume II, Underground Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1957-1992 was projected but does not appear to have been completed. This is a comprehensive history of an important chapter in the history of the Cold War, American atmospheric atomic tests at the Nevada Test Site and elsewhere, providing unique insight into the successes, failures, and controversies of the program. Contents: Introduction: Operation Big Shot, April 22, 1952 * Part I: Origins of the Nevada Test Site * Part II: Early Atmospheric Testing, 1951-1952 * Part III: The Trials and Tribulations of Atmospheric Testing, 1953-1954 * Part IV: Atmospheric Testing in the Balance, 1955-1956 * Part V: Atmospheric Testing Comes to a Close, 1957-1958 * Epilogue: From Moratorium to Atmospheric Test Ban Treaty, 1958-1963 * Appendix: United States Nuclear Tests, 1945-1958. From 1951 through 1958, the United States conducted 120 tests at the Nevada Test Site. These tests directly contributed to the creation and manufacture of bigger, smaller, better, and safer nuclear weapons that greatly enhanced the capabilities of the nation's security forces and helped deter an all-out hot war.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. vii, [1], 244 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Endnotes. Rarely found as a handsomely bound hard copy (brown cloth with gold lettering on front and spine). Inscribed to Matt [Van Sickle] by Skip {Gosling} on fep. This work was written in conjunction with the opening of the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was a joint project of the Department of Energy Office of History and Heritage Resources and the National Nuclear Security Administration. Since its establishment in 1957, the Office of History and Heritage Resources (OHHR) has consistently sought to maintain a level of excellence in its publications that meets all scholarly standards and yet is accessible to the general public. At the same time, OHHR has partnered with DOE program offices and field sites to provide historical products that are useful and fill specific departmental needs. In this effort, OHHR has produced a broad range of prize-winning monographs, shorter histories, articles, chronologies, and other publications. Volume II, Underground Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1957-1992 was projected but does not appear to have been completed. This is a comprehensive history of an important chapter in the history of the Cold War, American atmospheric atomic tests at the Nevada Test Site and elsewhere, providing unique insight into the successes, failures, and controversies of the program. Contents: Introduction: Operation Big Shot, April 22, 1952 * Part I: Origins of the Nevada Test Site * Part II: Early Atmospheric Testing, 1951-1952 * Part III: The Trials and Tribulations of Atmospheric Testing, 1953-1954 * Part IV: Atmospheric Testing in the Balance, 1955-1956 * Part V: Atmospheric Testing Comes to a Close, 1957-1958 * Epilogue: From Moratorium to Atmospheric Test Ban Treaty, 1958-1963 * Appendix: United States Nuclear Tests, 1945-1958. From 1951 through 1958, the United States conducted 120 tests at the Nevada Test Site. These tests directly contributed to the creation and manufacture of bigger, smaller, better, and safer nuclear weapons that greatly enhanced the capabilities of the nation's security forces and helped deter an all-out hot war.…

1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT PAPERS. ALSO INCLUDED: Armenteros, R.; Barker, K. H. "Decay of Neutral V-Particles" WITH Mackay, D. M., Calculating Machines and Human Thought WITH Bragg, W. L. Elimination of the Unwanted Image in Diffraction Microscopy WITH Martyn, D. G. The Theory of Magnetic Storms and Auroras. CONDITION & DETAILS: London: Macmillian & Sons. Complete volume. 4to (10.25.x 7.5 inches; 256 x 186mm). 1076 pp. & lv name and title index. Ex-libris bearing only discrete stamps on the flyleaf, pastedown and title page; no spine markings whatsoever. Bound in blue cloth, gilt-lettered at the spine. Solidly and tightly bound; light rubbing at the edges. Very clean inside and out. Very good condition.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 376 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.84 inches. This item is printed on demand.

First Edition. WATSON, James; CRICK, Francis; WILKINS, M.H.F; FRANKLIN, Rosalind; et al. "A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" (171: 737-38); WITH: "Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids" (171:738-40); WITH: "Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate" (171: 740-41); WITH: "Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid" (171: 964-67); WITH: "Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate" (172: 156-57); WITH: "Heterogeneity of Deoxyribonucleic Acids" (172: 339-42). FROM: Nature: A Weekly Journal of Science, Volumes 171 and 172, January 3, 1953 to December 26, 1953. London: Macmillan and Co., (1953). Thin octavo, disbound, modern stiff paper wrappers. $8800.Six articles extracted from Volumes 171 and 172 of Nature, including the first appearance of the article announcing the most important biological discovery of the 20th century, as well as five follow-up articles further establishing the structure and function of DNA. In these articles in the journal Nature, the most important biological discovery of the 20th century is calmly announced and concisely elucidated in a paper little more than a page long: the key to the deciphering of the genetic code. "It has not escaped our notice," write Watson and Crick near the end of the first paper, "that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material." Neither did it escape the notice of the Nobel Prize committee. In 1962 Crick, Watson and Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nuclear acids and its significance for information transfer in living material" (Garrison & Morton 256.3; 256.4). Rosalind Franklin mayÑand surely shouldÑhave been included in the award as well were it not for her early death in 1958. These papers document the birth of a new science, Molecular Biology, whose benefits for humanity we are only now beginning to realize. Dibner 200. Grolier Club, One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine, 99. Garrison & Morton 256.3, 256.4. Closely bound, with tight inner margins. Text fine. …

First Edition. Offprint, 8vo (210 x 140mm), pp. 14, with two diagrams (including the double helix) and two illustrations from photographs. The three-paper offprint issue, of the primary record of the co-discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, the most transformative moment in twentieth-century biology. Stapled in self-wrappers as issued. Signed by Maurice Wilkins on the first page. Very lightly toned and a coulpe soft creases, near fine. Grolier Club, One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine, 99; Dibner, Heralds of Science, 200. Garrison-Morton 256.3; Judson, Eighth Day of Creation, pp. 145-56. Ex-Dr. Myron Printzmetal. The discovery of DNA's double helix structure emerged from an intense period of competitive collaboration between research teams at Cambridge and King's College London. Watson and Crick's theoretical breakthrough synthesized crucial experimental evidence from multiple sources: Erwin Chargaff's base composition rules demonstrating the 1:1 ratio of adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine, X-ray crystallographic data revealing DNA's helical structure, and most critically, the precise measurements of backbone positioning and molecular dimensions. Their elegant model proposed complementary base pairing (A-T and C-G) held together by hydrogen bonds, immediately suggesting a mechanism for genetic replication where each strand could serve as a template for its complement. The accompanying papers by Wilkins, Stokes, and Wilson, and by Franklin and Gosling, provided essential experimental validation through X-ray diffraction analysis, creating a unified presentation of both theoretical insight and empirical evidence that established the foundation of molecular biology. The contentious history surrounding this discovery has generated enduring scholarly debate, particularly regarding the systematic marginalization of Rosalind Franklin's contributions. Franklin's meticulous X-ray crystallographic work, conducted with her graduate student Raymond Gosling, had independently determined many key structural features including the antiparallel orientation of DNA strands, the external positioning of phosphate groups, and precise helical parameters. Her famous "Photograph 51" provided definitive evidence of DNA's helical structure, while her systematic analysis of A-form and B-form DNA revealed critical dimensions that enabled Watson and Crick's model construction. As Brenda Maddox documents in "Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA," Franklin's data was shown to Watson and Crick without her knowledge through Maurice Wilkins, creating an ethical controversy that persists in discussions of scientific collaboration and gender bias. Franklin's death from ovarian cancer in 1958, four years before the Nobel Prize was awarded to Watson, Crick, and Wilkins, has intensified debates about recognition and the complex dynamics of mid-twentieth century scientific discovery, with many scholars arguing that her rigorous experimental approach was as fundamental to the breakthrough as the theoretical modeling that received greater acclaim. This publication represents the founding document of modern molecular biology, establishing the conceptual framework for understanding heredity, genetic replication, and the molecular basis of life itself. The discovery immediately suggested mechanisms for protein synthesis and genetic information transfer, creating the theoretical foundation for subsequent developments in genetic engineering, biotechnology, and genomic medicine. As Francis Crick later observed, the structure's elegant simplicitywith its complementary base pairing and antiparallel strandsprovided not merely a static model but a dynamic mechanism explaining how genetic information could be accurately copied and transmitted across generations. The offprint's scientific significance extends far beyond its immediate discovery, representing the moment when biology transformed from a primarily descriptive science into a molecular discipline capable of manipu.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 7 pp. Original wrappers. Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY MAURICE WILKINS AND BY RAYMOND GOSLING, on the front wrapper. At a meeting of the Faraday Society in May 1950, Rudolf Signer "gave out samples of his best [DNA], and Wilkins took some home to King's. A few days later, he was preparing part of this DNA in highly viscous solution for the ultraviolet studies he was doing. Unexpectedly, he noticed that every time he touched the stuff with the tip of a glass rod and then drew the rod away, 'I had spun a very thin fibre of DNA, almost invisible, like a filament of spider web.' The fibres seemed so perfect and uniform that the molecules in them must have been neatly aligned alongside one another. Examined under a microscope, in polarized light, the fibres behaved as though they were made up of well-ordered crystals. So Wilkins took the fibres to a graduate student in the unit, Raymond Gosling, who was doing the crystallography with rams' sperm and had borrowed the use of an antiquated x-ray apparatus in a lead-lined basement of the chemistry department. Several dozen of Wilkins's fibres had to be bundled together, in a tiny tungsten-wire frame where they could be tightened like a violin bow, to constitute a large enough specimen for the soft focus of the x-ray tube. Wilkins and Gosling remembered that Bernal, fifteen years before, had got the first good x-ray patterns from protein crystals by keeping them wet. Accordingly, they maintained the DNA fibres at high humidity. They got striking patterns, with many spots, sharp and detailed, far better than ever before seen from DNA, and for the first time unmistakably from a substance in crystalline form. . . . That series of diffraction pictures taken in May or June of 1950 provided the one Wilkins showed at the meeting in Naples, a year later, that galvanized Watson's enthusiasm for DNA and x-ray crystallography" (Judson, Eighth Day of Creation, expanded ed., pp. 78-79). Olby, The Path to the Double Helix, pp. 332-335 (including an illustration taken from Wilkins and Gosling's paper). Maurice Wilkins shared the Nobel Prize in 1962 in Physiology or Medicine with Francis H. C. Crick and James D. Watson "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material." NOTE: Another copy--also signed by Wilkins and Gosling--sold for $2400 (buyer's premium included) on April 6, 2017, at the Pacific Book Auctions sale 611 (lot 239). Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 376 pages. 10.00x7.50x0.84 inches. This item is printed on demand.