The mit press cambridge uk (42 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First US Edition. Dust jacket has a small tear at the top of the front cover, and is starting to chip at the edges around the tear. Dust jacket is browning.

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. Explores work of Cassirer, Jaspers and Scholem, Apel, Kluge andThuenissen. Translated by Peter Davis. 130 pages. small stamp on bottom edge of pages. ; 6 x 9 ".

Hardcover. Condizione: Nearly New. Illustrated hardcovers, appears published without dust jacket. 396 pages, with very many illustrations, both b/w and color. Book is about 8 3/4" tall. FINE NEW CONDITION - - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR- - "Tery, I could not have done this without you!< Christopher Howard". Inscribed by Author(s).…

blue cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped(no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition . first printing (nap). xviii+324p. b&w photo illustrations. notes. references. index. politics. history. social science. technology. psychology. economics. ~Veterans of the High Definition TV wars of the 1980s, the authors~social scientists as well as technologists~came to see themselves as "chroniclers and students of an intriguing and serious techno~economic conflict." Why, they asked, did so few understand the rules of the game? In a broad account accessible to generalist and specialist alike, they address the current national debate about the development of a National Information Infrastructure; they locate the debate in its historical context and outline a bold vision of an open communications infrastructure that will cut through the political gridlock that threatens this "information highway." Technical change is here, not decades away, and the authors argue that it is driving a new paradigm that fits neither the free market nor the regulatory control model currently in play. They detail what is wrong with the political process of National Information Infrastructure policymaking and assess how different media systems (telecommunications, radio, television broadcasting, and the like) were originally established. spelling out the technological assumptions and organizational interests on which they were based and showing why the old policy models are now breaking down. The new digital electronic networks are not analogous to railways and highways or their electronic forebears in telephony and broadcasting~they are inherently unfriendly to centralized control of any sort, so the old traditions of common carriage and public trustee regulation and regulatory gamesmanship no longer apply. The authors' technological and historical analysis leads logically to a policy proposal for a reformed regulatory structure that builds and protects meaningful competition but abandons its role as arbiter of tariffs and definer of the public interest. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xii + 426 pp, Notes on 15 Contributors, 13 papers on Natural Philosophies and Natural Disciplines with footnotes, Index. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, paper well-preserved. Exterior with no wear. 6.1" x 9.2" 2 shades of pink laminated boards. Book.…

First edition (not stated). x, 154 pages. Hardcover: H 28cm x L 25cm. Dust jacket well rubbed; several small spots of surface abrasion and light scratches to panels with nicks along edges; 3.5cm closed tear at top edge of front panel with two shorter closed tears at bottom edge; spine and flap ends scuffed with strong bumping at spine head; top corner of front flap is price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Brown cloth with white stamped spine lettering; mild color fading along edges of boards. Non-authorial Christmas gift inscription on front free endpaper with top corner clipped. Preface by photographer Ann Parker. Text titled "Los Ambulantes" (pages 1-22) by Avon Neal. Remaining pages feature numerous b/w and some color photographs by Ann Parker showing portraits of native Guatemalans in their richly ornamented clothing in homage to the country's folk tradition of itinerant photography. A very good copy in a good+ dust jacket. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0262160862.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce. This soft cover book is 61 pages in length and illustrated with 27 images, 2 large foldout plates. It is a reprint of the 1950 edition. Our copy appears unread and is near fine condition. Photographs are available upon request. "Dating from the beginning of historical memory, the obelisks of ancient Egypt—those tall, tapering shafts typically weighing from 200 to 500 tons—were carved from a single block of solid stone to commemorate the ruler of the moment. If they were still in fashion as monuments, even the ruler of a nation that can lift men to the moon would find it no cinch to erect even a typical Egyptian model. Many of these ancient monoliths, taken from Egypt as trophies of conquest and symbols of power through the efforts of extraordinary human labor and engineering ingenuity, were re-established in the capitals and seats of empire that also inherited Egypt's burden of civilization. While near the climax of their historical potency, obelisks were erected by Alexandria, Nineveh, Constantinople, Rome, Paris, London, New York. Fascinating as obelisks are as tracers of world history, the methods by which they have been moved and raised from ca. BC1500 to AD1880 (when the New York obelisk was raised) are more interesting still: the study of these methods comes close to being an encapsulated history of mechanical and civil engineering—from the use of stone and wood to iron and steel, from man power through horse power to steam power, from the lever and inclined plane through the pulley and capstan to the hydraulic jack and screw propeller. This epic history and these epic (literally "cast of thousands") engineering feats are indeed succinctly encapsulated in this volume. It is ironical that the Egyptians left behind descriptive and pictorial records of the most prosaic activities of daily life, but very little of their most astonishing achievements: the building of the pyramids and the moving of the obelisks. The book records such information as we have, together with various conjectures. What is certain is that the obelisks were moved great distances by man power alone. The Romans left scarcely more of a record, beyond a few references in Pliny, even though they overcame the additional difficulty of a transmediterranean voyage. We do have a full record of the moving of the Vatican obelisk in 1586 from several contemporary accounts, most especially that of the project's deviser and chief engineer, Domenico Fontana. This move is the central concern of the book: "It was this proud symbol of the triumph of Christian Rome over pagan Rome that prompted many popes to plan the inclusion of the obelisk into the pattern of the new Rome. It required moving this enormous stone 275 yards from its old position to the new one in front of the cathedral, and it therefore became a topic of major interest among engineers as well as among prelates." The book details how Fontana, with the enthusiastic backing of Pope Sixtus V, solved the problem by utilizing 48 capstans spread over what is now St. Peter's Square, turned by the combined musclepower of men and horses. Full accounts are also given of the Paris, London, and New York obelisks. Of particular interest here are the various methods—including a pontoon built around a prone obelisk—by which the monoliths were transported on the high seas. Contemporary engravings are reproduced throughout". …

dark brown embossed cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. few faint age spots on top edge. erasure spot on front flyleaf, otherwise contents free of all markings. price clipped dustwrapper in near fine cond. few spots & smudges, teenytiny tear top rear corner. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition. first printing (nap). xii+361p. 2 appendices. notes. index. biography. world history. american history. natural philosophy. history of science. american revolution. espionage. cryptography. british empire. loyalists. politics. ~ Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford, was one of the most fascinating and complex men of his period (1753~1814). Soldier of fortune, spy, womanizer, brilliant scientist, intriguer, autocrat, inventor, adventurer, an American expatriated to England who did his most productive scientific work in Munich and who died in France, a man devoted to relieving the suffering of the poor~Rumford was all this and more, and Sanborn Brown's new biography makes clear that all these aspects merge into a whole human being. The man who conducted experiments on the caloric theory of heat and the ladies' man are one and the same, not different faces of a fractured personality. The book traces Rumford's life from his birth in a farmhouse near Boston through his education, his marriage to the richest widow in New Hampshire (at age 19), his espionage work for the Tories during the American Revolution, his understandable move to the European Continent after that revolution. Rumford was knighted by George III, and applied himself to reorganizing the Bavarian army. He later settled in England, founded the Royal Institution, and dallied with the high~born Lady Palmerston. The book closes with Rumford's move to Paris, his marriage to one of France's richest women, Mme. Lavoisier, widow of the famous chemist, and his subsequent death. Through all these years and events, Rumford also pursued his work in Natural Philosophy~science. Sanborn Brown, himself a physicist, lucidly explains Rumford's contributions to science. He points out that although Rumford's contributions to the physics of heat and light were important to "pure" science, Rumford himself was more interested in their applications to producing better kitchen stoves, for feeding the poor, and for making better lamps. In the same way, his studies on the mechanisms of heat flow had important theoretical implications, but they were presented to the public by Rumford~who, like Franklin, was one of the original popularizers of science~in terms of fireplace construction, making a better cup of coffee, and producing warmer clothes. …

Condizione: Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 7 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The head of the spine is faded. The dust jacket is lightly chipped with some minor soiling and its top edge is slightly darkened. xiii, [1] leaf &190 pages. Illustrated in black & white with maps, plans, tables & photographic illustrations. Very good.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Hardcover. Clean, tight, and unmarked -- very nearly as new.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. 1st.

Condizione: Good. Book plate stamp on titl-page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. HARDBACK, burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on spine, pictorial dust-jacket - rubbed at edges, spine and front faded, pages: xv, 289, text-figs., head, tail and corners lightly bumped.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Softcover. Light shelf wear. Old owner's initials to front endpaper. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a minor lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and a couple faint smudges to the tail of the text block. Otherwise, this is a solid, Very Good+ copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, hardcover published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, the book has a shallow skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a short peel to the lower fore corner of the back cover, slight rubbing with mild edge wear to the covers, and some tiny red spots to the tail of the text block Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Cloth hard covers in lightly edge-worn dust jacket. Clean, tight, and completely unmarked. A sound and handsome copy.

VI, 180 p. Paperback.

Condizione: Very good. - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], black cloth in a dust wrapper. There is a small area of light rubbing to the rear cover. There is minor soiling to the spine of the dust jacket. x, [1] leaf, 189 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Near fine. With a new preface by Paul Hirshorn."The photographs in this classic book not only trace the evolution of a restaurant chain, they record an iconography of a part of the American built environment that no longer exists." [From the dust wrapper copy].…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Softcover. Old owner's stamp to half title and title page. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition / First Printing. x + 378 pp, acknowledgments, introduction, 6 chapters, conclusion, a note on transcriptions, abbreviations, Measures, Currency, Appendix A: The Place Royal, Appendix B: the Place DauphineAppendix Cu:The Hopitial St. Louis; Appendix D: Charles Marchant, notes, selected Bibliography, index. Binding, pages, cover cloth, DJ as new. DJ in mylar protector. 7.25" x 10.3" red cloth boards in blue illustrated DJ Size: Quarto. Book.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Softcover. Light shelf wear. Old owner's stamp to half title and title page. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 268 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition w/NAP, hardcover, has a shallow skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, and a previous owner's name stamped to the tail of the text block with their embossed stamp to the title page. Overall, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy in a like dust jacket, which has bumps with mild creasing to the spine ends and corners, faint sunning to the spine with a small peel at the head, and rubbing with very slight edge wear to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. …

brown cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. minor chipping spine top & bottom,minor soiling on rear, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (nap). endpaper maps. xiii+316p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. notes. selected bibliography. index. world history. african history. history of nigeria. ~ This fresh, analytical view of recent Nigerian political history will interest, through its sound arguments and concern with major issues, those familiar with Nigeria and those interested in learning about Nigeria. It will offer readers outside of Nigeria a unique souree of firsthand, up~to~date information on the political events and major issues of Nigeria's first four years of independence. The book, based on the author's inside observations of the political framework of Africa's most populous and important nation, discusses what the Nigerians want, who is in power, why the leaders act as they do, and how the government operates. The full story of Nigerian politics is presented in a successful blend of expository narrative and serious historical, political, and cultural analysis. Two major problems are stressed: that of creating a nation out of a group of tribes thrown together by Great Britain's colonial rule; and that of operating as a multi~party democraey in a divided and underdeveloped country. Recognizing that Nigeria has more people and more ethnic groups than any other African nation, the author provides a thorough discussion of the racial, ethnic, and regional factors that are absolutely vital to understanding Nigerian politics. Political developments and party struggles are traced through the general election of 1964; Nigeria's demoeratic record and the effects of her Bill of Rights and federal system are analyzed; and prospects for further growth are discussed, including a number of the author's own incisive predictions. Both foreign poliey and domestic issues are studied in detail, as well as the emotions, desires, and frustrations of the Nigerians with respeet to their African past and the Western~influenced present. Because Nigerians often view issues in an African rather than a national context, and because comparison with other countries is often useful in understanding Nigeria itself, the author has discussed institutions and issues in other parts of Africa as well. Political scientists, legislators, government officials, students of African affairs, businessmen, sociologists, and a wide audience of general readers will welcome this very readable study of the problems and policies of Nigeria sinee independence.…

Paper Back. Condizione: Very Good. 264 pages. The cover is a little worn. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The cover has a little wear. 404 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Softcover. Some light edge wear. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Scarce. Red linen covered boards with Horus eye decoration on cover (also on dust jacket), and black lettering along the spine. This fascinating book is 286 pages in length, with some text figures, map, and 14 appendices. Our copy appears unread and is in very fine condition. There is an old signature. The jacket looks good in a mylar sleeve. Photographs are available. "In writing the first book-length study of ancient Egyptian mathematics, Richard Gillings presents evidence that Egyptian achievements in this area are much more substantial than has been previously thought. He does so in a way that will interest not only historians of Egypt and of mathematics, but also people who simply like to manipulate numbers in novel ways. He examines all the extant sources, with particular attention to the most extensive of these--the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, a collection of training exercises for scribes. This papyrus, besides dealing with the practical, commercial computations for which the Egyptians developed their mathematics, also includes a series of abstract numerical problems stated in a more general fashion. The mathematical operations used were extremely limited in number but were adaptable to a great many applications. The Egyptian number system was decimal, with digits sequentially arranged (much like our own, but reading right to left), allowing them to add and subtract with ease. They could multiply any number by two, and to accomplish more extended multiplications made use of a binary process, successively multiplying results by two and adding those partial products that led to the correct result. Division was done in a similar way. They could fully manipulate fractions, even though all of them (with one exception) were expressed in the unwieldy form of sumes of unit fractions--those having "1" as their numerator. (The exception was 2/3. The scribes recognized this as a very special quantity and took 2/3 of integral or fractional numbers whenever the change presented itself in the course of computation.) In expressing a rational quantity as a series of unit fractions, the scribes were generally able to choose a simple and direct solution from among the many--sometimes thousands--that are possible. Doing this without modern computers would seem quite as remarkable as building pyramids without modern machinery. The range of mathematical problems that were solved using these limited operational means is far wider than many historians of mathematics acknowledge. Gillings gives examples showing that the Egyptians were able, for example, to solve problems in direct and inverse proportion; to evaluate certain square roots; to introduce the concept of a "harmonic mean" between two numbers; to solve linear equations of the first degree, and two simultaneous equations, one of the second degree; to find the sum of terms of arithmetic and geometric progressions; to calculate the area of a circle and of cylindrical (possibly even spherical) surfaces; to calculate the volumes of truncated pyramids and cylindrical granaries; and to make use of rudimentary trigonometric functions in describing the slopes of pyramids. The Egyptian accomplishment that historians have tended to repeat uncritically, one after another, is one that Gillings can find no evidence to support: that the Egyptians knew the Pythagorean theorem, at least in the special case of the 3-4-5 right triangle".…