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Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Wraps. Presumed first edition/first printing. v, [1], 50 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. References. A number of the techniques used in nuclear-physics research can be applied to problems in nonnuclear areas. From the author's obituary posted on-line: "He received a wartime accelerated magna cum laude B.S. in Physics from Canisius College, Buffalo, in 1946, at the age of 19, and a PhD in Nuclear Physics from the University of Notre Dame in 1950, at the age of 23. He worked at the University of Iowa under Dr. Van Allen, and then came to the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. in 1952 where he worked until his first retirement in 1984. He received a Meritorious Civilian Service award while serving as Acting Superintendent of the Nuclear Sciences Division in 1971. He authored and collaborated on numerous scientific articles, chaired international meetings, and developed several patents. His second career as a consultant saw him elected to fellowship in the American Physical Society and also the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He was proudest of coining the term "single event upset" which concept was critical to the development of successful modern satellite communications. He left his scientific careers in 1995." Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Single print. London. Antique copper plate engraving on very heavy laid rag paper and in very good condition. Trawling the net currently produces no copies of this genuine antique print for sale. 41.5 x 33 cm.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

1940. Fabian Society. Soft covers. Pamphlet - VG. Number of pages 16. (Fabian Tract 249).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Beautifully Engraved from Cellarius. On Thirty-three Copper Plates. Designed for the Use of Schools, and of Gentlemen who make the Antient Writers their Delight or Study. Double-page letterpress title and contents and 33 double-page engraved maps by R. W. Seale and W. H. Toms. 4to. [259 x 212 x 18 mm]. Bound in original marbled paper covered boards, rebacked in calf, plain endleaves and edges. (Boards rubbed and corners worn, replacement front free endleaf). Each map is numbered in ink. with an ink signature, dated 1796, inside front cover and at the head of the title and bookplate of Arthur Sowter. Lightly browned, but a good copy. Originally published in London with an English translation of Lenglet Dufresnoy's French text book. Subsequent editions did without the text and appeared in London in 1747, 1755, 1785 and 1789, and in Dublin in 1764 and 1786. All editions are rare, with ESTC locating six copies of this, at Birmingham Central, British Library, Cambridge, Trinity College Oxford, Yale and University of Sydney. R. W. Seale and W. H. Toms (illustratore). …

This field guide is a comprehensive update of Terrence Gosliner s Nudibarnchs of Southern Africa . It covers all of 868 species of sea slugs known from the region, as documented by a dedicated group of researchers and naturalists. The stunning beauty of sea slugs is captured in photographs and illustrations that identify the species, their known variants and their egg ribbons. The text gives details of size, distribution, external anatomy, identifying characteristics and natural history. Cape Town. Southern Underwater Research Group Press. 827 pp., num. figs & color photos, flexi bound [17.3 x 25 cm].…