Sir peter medawar (41 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. First Thus. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Sir Peter Medawar was not only a Nobel prize-winning immunologist but also a wonderful writer about science and scientists. Described by the Washington Post as a `genuinely brilliant popularizer' of science, his essays are remarkable for their clarity and wit. This entertaining selection presents the very best of his writing with a new Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould, one of his greatest admirers. The wide range of subjects include Howard Florey and penicillin, J. B. S. Haldane, whom he describes as a `with-knobs-on variant of us all', and, in the title essay, scientific fraud involving laboratory mice. There is Medawar's defence of James Watson against the storm of criticism that greeted the publication of The Double Helix. A merciless debunker of myths, he reveals the nonsense to be discovered in psychoanalytic interpretations of Darwin's illness and launches devastating attacks on Arthur Koestler, IQ psychologists, and, most notably, Teilhard de Chardin. He raises questions about the nature of scientific endeavour - he famously defined science as the art of the soluble - and a common theme is his desire to communicate the importance of science to the widest possible audience. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Sir Peter Medawar was not only a Nobel prize-winning immunologist but also a wonderful writer about science and scientists. Described by the Washington Post as a `genuinely brilliant popularizer' of science, his essays are remarkable for their clarity and wit. This entertaining selection presents the very best of his writing with a new Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould, one of his greatest admirers. The wide range of subjects include Howard Florey and penicillin, J. B. S. Haldane, whom he describes as a `with-knobs-on variant of us all', and, in the title essay, scientific fraud involving laboratory mice. There is Medawar's defence of James Watson against the storm of criticism that greeted the publication of The Double Helix. A merciless debunker of myths, he reveals the nonsense to be discovered in psychoanalytic interpretations of Darwin's illness and launches devastating attacks on Arthur Koestler, IQ psychologists, and, most notably, Teilhard de Chardin. He raises questions about the nature of scientific endeavour - he famously defined science as the art of the soluble - and a common theme is his desire to communicate the importance of science to the widest possible audience. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

Condizione: acceptable. The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.…

Condizione: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 192 Pages Indexed. No defects noted. Interior text pages are near flawless. This is a personal selection of over 1200 scientific quotations including graffiti, lines of song and proverbs together with the more recognised forms of quotation not only from scientists but from artists, poets, philosophers, theologians, politicians and other miscellaneous mortals. Scientists have often been reproached for their apparent unfamiliarity with the rest of our cultural inheritance. Inasmuch as science represents one way of dealing with the world, it does tend to separate its practitioners from the rest. Being a scientist resembles membership of a religious order and a scientist usually finds that he has more in common with a colleague on the other side of the world than with his next-door neighbour. Scientists do live in the real world and share in developing and unifying its culture. Many scientists, especially biologists, are able to communicate more widely than to their professional colleagues their sense of wonder at the workings of nature. This collection of quotations is intended to show the wholeness of our culture by demonstrating that scientists contribute to the humanities, and that from Chaucer to Auden, the great humanists have also been concerned with science in all its aspects. A quotation is a polished prefabricated unit of thought or discourse which has many connotations and associations built in to it. Quotations are, in effect, thoughts embedded in memorable phraseology and polished by use.…

Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Condizione: Fine-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Hardcover with dustjacket : fine minus / very good plus. Book: mild bump to tail of spine, otherwise like new. Jacket : slight flaws, very nice. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. no jacket present. First Edition. This hardcover edition is an ex-library copy, with typical library markings and stickers. The spine and corners show wear, and the absence of a dust jacket is noted. Despite these signs of use, the binding remains intact, making it suitable for reading and collection.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No DJ. Limited Edition. Slight staining to spine and lower edges. Does not effect readability. Contributors: Isaac Asimov, Daniel Bell, Saul Bellow, Arthur C. Clarke, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Fred Hoyle, Willard F. Libby. Copy 171 of 500. Signed by Nelson Doubleday. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). …

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Wear and creasing to cover. Pages tanned. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

Condizione: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Rústica. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Nuevo. LIBRO.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 192pp. B/w illustrations. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (60/4).…

Hardcover. 8vo., 399 pp. First trade edition after the limited. Very Good with remainder spray along bottom edge in Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. GRAY CLOTH, XII + 399 PAGES. THE SLIPCASE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND HAS THE PUBLISHERS LARGE LABEL ON THE FRONT AND BACK. PRISTINE CONDITION. NO FLAWS, NO EXCUSES.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Very Good. No DJ. Limited Edition. Limited Edition of 500 copies, this being no. 171. Signed (?) Doubleday. Light discoloration on bottom or rear cover. Foreword by Brooke Hindle.

Condizione: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

hardcover. Condizione: As New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in slip case. Gray paper over boards with gold lettering on spine. Dated 1975 on title page and copyright page. Limited edition copy 225 of 500. 399 pages. Book and slip case in are in good condition. Covers are clean with minimal wear. Binding is strong. Very light foxing to edges of text block. Pages are free of marks or tears. Overall a good, clean copy. Signed by a Doubleday on limited edition page. Contains the Frank Nelson Doubleday lectures on technology, creativity and collaboration, and explorers from a presentation at the National Museum of History & Technology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Signed by Author(s).…

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original chocolate brown paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, dark green end papers, green dyed top edge. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 192 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations. Ink name dated 1978 to the half title page. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0854980318 PHILOSOPHY.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.