Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? (New Scientist)
Profile Books, 2006. More
Science
Seven Clues to the Origin of Life: A scientific detective story
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Reprint. Paperback. This book addresses the question of how life may have arisen on earth, in the spirit of an intriguing detective story. It relies on the methods of Sherlock Holmes, in particular his principle that one should use the most paradoxical features of a...... More
They Dared to Ask Questions (Seekers and Finders, Book One)
London: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1968. Hardcover. No publication date indicated in book but FFE bears prior owner's name and date of "Jan. 1968". Rare edition. More
Mammals and their Extinct Relatives: A Guide to the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1994. Softcover. This guide provides information about each of the 230 specimens on display in the halls of the Lila Acheson Wallace wing at the American Museum of Natural History. More
From Timeball to Atomic Clock: A History of the Royal Observatory
Hong Kong: Government Printer, 1983. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. More
The Checklist Manifesto
Metropolitan Books, 2010. Hardcover. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. An intellectual adventure..... More
A Cultural History of Modern Science in China
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Historians of science and Sinologists have long needed a unified narrative to describe the Chinese development of modern science, medicine, and technology since 1600. They welcomed the appearance in 2005 of Benjamin Elman’s masterwork, On Their Own Terms. Now Elman..... More
Seeds, Spades, Hearths and Herds: The Domestication of Animals and Foodstuffs
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press, 1972. Second Edition, Third Printing. Paperback. Some of the author premises regarding domestication of animals and foodstuffs: agriculture did not originate from a shortage of food; domestication is found in areas of marked diversity in plants or animals; primitive cultivators could not establish themselves in..... More
Right Hand, Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2002. Ghislain & Marie David de Lossy (cover photo). First U.S. Edition (presumed). Hardcover. A labor of love and enthusiasm as well as deep scientific knowledge, Right Hand, Left Hand takes the reader on a trip through history, around the world, and into the cosmos..... More
Introducing Lacan
Totem Books, 1998. Paperback. More
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
New York: Penguin Books, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution... More
The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. A companion book to the PBS television series. More
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
New York: Simon and Schuster Paperback, 2019. Lauren Peters-Collaer (cover design). First Simon & Schuster paperback edition. Paperback. Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 Nonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change..... More
The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
UK: Penguin Books, 2019. First Penguin Books Edition. Fifth Printing. Paperback. Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times, Spectator and New Statesman A Waterstones Paperback of the Year and shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year 2019 Longlisted for the PEN / E.O. Wilson..... More
The How and Why Wonder Book of Atomic Energy
New York: Wonder Books, 1961. First Edition. Softcover (Outsized). More
A Field Guide to Stars and Planets
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. Wil Tirion (sky maps and atlas charts). Second Edition. Softcover. 72 monthly sky maps; 52 detailed Atlas Charts; Maps of the moon's surface, over 230 photographs, and more. More
A Field Guide in Color to Minerals, Rocks and Precious Stones
Seacaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. More
Legacy of Hiroshima
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1975. Reprint of 1962 original edition. Hardcover. More
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014. Rick Pracher (jacket design). First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth, predicted to be..... More
The Manga Guide to Physiology
San Francisco: No Starch Press, 2016. First English Edition. First Printing. Softcover. Student nurse Kumiko has just flunked her physiology exam and has one last shot at passing her makeup test. Lucky for her, newbie health science professor Kaisei needs a guinea pig for his physiology lectures. Join Kumiko..... More
The How and Why Wonder Book of Our Earth
New York: Wonder Books, 1960. John Hull. First Edition. Paperback (Outsized). More
Herr Eugen Duhring's Revolution in Science (Anti-Dühring)
New York: International Publishers Co., Inc., 1972. Third Printing of 1939 Ediiton. Paperback. New World Paperbacks book no. NW-21. More
Britain in Pictures: Insect Life in Britain
London: William Collins, 1945. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
The How and Why Wonder Book of Weather
New York: Wonder Books, 1960. First Edition. Softcover(Outsized). More
