Scientific american library ny (60 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 242pp. Numerous color and b&w photos and illustrations. Photos on request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Second Printing. Some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; a very good reading copy; illustrated with color photographs and black and white and color drawings. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Small tan spots on cover, else Very Good Plus in a Near Fine Dust jacket. Color and B & W Illustrations. (illustratore).

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good+. Intact Dustjacket. First Edition. 242pp, The authors describe the development of current views of the nature of space, time, matter, and fundamental forces. This volume is number 28 in the series. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. No marks or tears. Size: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First edition. Red cloth. VG in NF DJ.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First edition. Pale blue cloth. NF in NF DJ. Signed by Robert Resnick, science writer. Signed by Author(s).

large, green cloth hardbound 4to. dustwrapper in protective plastic. very fine cond. looks new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). x+239p+ list of books in series. glossy pages throughout. almost every page illustrated, many in full color. charts.maps. tables. b&w, illustrations. diagrams. selected readings. sources of illustrations. index. biology. zoology. ethology. neurobiology. agronomy. agriculture. gardening. honey bee dancing. botany. beekeeping. african bees. bee navigation. royal jelly. worker bees. scout bees. bee stings. honey. ~ Honey bees have been the subject of more research than all other insect species combined, yet they continue to surprise us. The recent discovery that honey bees formulate plans and have mental maps suggests that we still have much to learn about these fascinating animals. Their versatility~and their startling abilities~compel us to examine their perceptions and processes of awareness as deeply as we do our own. In The Honey Bee, James and Carol Gould show us creatures of unexpected complexity~models of domesticity who are able to produce food, learn, navigate, and communicate through intricate dances. Indeed, their colonies represent the ultimate socialist state, with complete selflessness and redistribution of "income:' The Goulds begin by briefly tracing humankind's reliant relationship with honey bees from prehistoric times to the present day. They show us how early humans risked their lives to tap their only concentrated source of sugar, invading nearly inaccessible nests defended by thousands of swarming bees. They describe how honey was later used as the first preservative, being too thick for bacteria to inhabit and impossible for fungi to metabolize. And they describe efforts, successful only over the last 80 years, to domesticate honey bees, an advance that has opened the door to rigorous scientific observation and experimentation and has yielded precise knowledge about the way honey bees live. The Goulds introduce readers to the intricate and finely tuned life cycles both of individual bees and of colonies. They examine the elaborate communication systems that regulate the activities of up to 60,000 colony members, including the fascinating dance language, a symbolic system surpassed in complexity and richness only by human speech. We discover how honey bees are able to make essential decisions, weighing the costs and benefits of alternative food sources. We learn how these tiny, nearsighted creatures manage to navigate with great precision. We see how bees memorize the odor, color, shape, and pattern of each species of flower they harvest and the best time of day to forage for them. And ultimately we come to understand the honey bee as one of the most remarkable and highly evolved species in the world, with much to teach us about the possibilities and the mysteries of animal learning and communication.…

Hardcover. Condizione: NF. 2nd Printing. Second printing with the number line starting at "2" bound in brown cl oth. A Near Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Former owner's name is st amped on the edges of the lower page block and on the front endpaper. Mailing label affixed to the front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. 3rd Printing. Third printing with the number line starting at three bound in red clo th. A VG+ copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Former owner's name stamp a t the upper and lower edges of the page block. Mailing labels on the f ront and rear endpapers. Blind stamp at the second Preface page's lowe r right corner. The dust jacket has mild tanning to its panels.…

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. 1st Edition. First printing with the full number line present bound in beige cloth. A Very Good copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Former owner's name stam p at the upper and lower edges of the page block and on the front endp aper. Mailing label on the front endpaper. Blind stamp at the Half-Tit le page's and dedication page's lower left corners. Diagonal crease al ong the length of the front fly leaf. The dust jacket has mild dusting to its panels.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Yellow clothbound with dustjacket. Exterior is clean and square. Dj has v light edge wear but is in very good condition. The interior is very clean and tightly bound. From the copyright page: "this book is number 41 of a series." Book is highly usable for reading and display.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. tiny prev owner sig on F.E.P.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. tiny sig. of prev. owner on f.e.p.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. 1st Edition. First printing with the full number line present bound in yellow cloth . A VG+ copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Former owner's name stamp at the upper and lower edges of the page block. Mailing labels on the fro nt and rear endpapers. Blind stamp on the table of contents page's low er left corner. The dust jacket has some dust spots on its panels.…

Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. 1st Printing. Stated first printing bound in black cloth. A VG+ copy in a Fine dust jacket. Former owner's name stamp at lower edges of the page block. Ma iling label and date stamp on the front endpapers Blind stamp on the h alf title page's lower left corner.

Hardcover. Condizione: NF. 1st Printing. Stated first printing bound in maroon cloth. A Near Fine copy in a Fin e dust jacket. Former owner's name stamp at the edges of the lower pag e block and on the half-title page. Blind stamp on the half title page 's lower left corner.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present bound in blue cloth. V G+ copy in a Fine dust jacket. Former owner's name stamp at the upper and lower edges of the page block. Blind stamp at the Table of Content s page's lower left corner. Mailing label at the upper edges of the fr ont and rear endpapers. Date stamped on the front endpaper.…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present bound in gray/blue clo th. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Tanning to the dust jacket 's spine. Light tanning to its front panel.

Hardcover. Condizione: NF. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present bound in rose colored cloth. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. The book has a sli ght spine lean. Light tanning to the dust jacket's panels.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present bound in gray cloth. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Mild tanning to the dust jacket 's panels.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing with the full number line present bound in red cloth. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Some light dusting to the jacke t.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present bound in brown cloth. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Tiny bump to the head of the j acket's spine. Mild tanning to the panels.

Hardcover. Condizione: NF. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present bound in green cloth. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Former owner's name and a ddress printed in ink at the front endpaper's upper edge. Tanning to t he dust jacket's panels.

Hardcover. Condizione: NF. 1st Edition. First edition bound in aqua cloth. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dus t jacket. The book has a slight spine lean. Some dusting to the jacket 's panels.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present bound in green cloth. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: NF. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present bound in orange cloth. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. The book has a slight sp ine lean. Light tanning to the dust jacket's panels.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. FINE/FINE square 8vo, 238pp. TECHNICAL.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 8 3/4" X 9 1/2," How does an arctic tern find its way from the antarctic ice pack to its breeding grounds on the coast of Greenland, halfway around the world? How can a monarch butterfly accurately navigate a flight thousands of kilometers long when it has never before migrated? How does the salmon know when to begin its lengthy upstream swim in time to spawn successfully? In this fascinating, informative book, biologist Talbot Waterman explains the techniques by which animals as different as the caribou and the Chinese wool-handed crab make their way from one habitat to another--with none of the instruments or records considered essential to human nivigation. Light-blue boards are foxed. Spine of dust jacket slightly faded. Signed by Author(s).…