Search Results: explaining the atom by hecht selig

NY: Viking Press, 1947 Very Good/No Jacket. Fourth Printing. Private Press. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pages are clean and crisp with no marks in the book. The cloth covers and spine are solid. The back cover has several fade marks near the bottom edge..

Viking Press, 1964-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. DISCHARGED LIBRARY USED.... Paperback, CLEAR PLASTIC COVER OVER(good condition), Paperback, outside cover shows age related minimum too tolerable signs of use, binder is in good condition. Main Text and Pages of Main Text in good to very good condition. No signs of water damages, no writing, no underlining, no markings, and no highlighting. Standard Library Markings. THANK YOU!!!

NY: Viking. VG in Fair DJ. 1947. 2nd ptg. Hecht has the genius to make the atom clear in ordinary terms. DJ torn & repaired, owner name ft endpaper. .

The Viking Press, New York: 1948., 1948 pp. xiv, 205. Illustrated. Stamped ownership of Colonel, GSC W. C. Stanton, Jun. 20, 1949. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, slightly worn. Hardbound. Fifth printing. Nice copy. SPACE/1 0.0. Hardcover.

The Scientific Book Club, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Book Club Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Light yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

New York: Viking, 1949. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. xiii + 205 pages, 8vo, cloth. New York: The Viking Press, 1949. A very good copy lacking dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

The Viking Press, New York, 1964 Revised Third Edition of a 1947 publication, Very Good Trade Paperback, 237 pages, 5.25" x 7.75". ownership notation on fep, some underlining on text block, otherwise clean and tight.

The Viking Press, New York: 1947., 1947 pp. xiv, 205. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding, slightly worn. Hardbound. First edition. Nice copy. SPACE/1 0.0. F.. Hardcover.

The Viking Press. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket 6th printing. (Atoms, Nuclear Energy, Physics) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Penguin Books. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Penguin Books, 1960-09-01. Paperback. Good.

New York: Viking Press, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Second printing. Octavo. 205pp. Owner name on front fly, spine and edges sunned and worn, cloth soiled, good only lacking the dust jacket.

Viking. 1947. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover; fading and edge wear to exterior; fading to pages; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding. .

The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Name of the previous owner. Publication of 205 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. Revised and Enlarged Edition, with Four Additional Chapters. Hardcover. Good. xviii, 237, [1] pages. Periodic Table illustrated on endpapers. Illustrations. Some footnotes. Index. Some pencil marks and erasure residue. Cover has noticable wear and soiling. Selig Hecht (1892 - 1947) was an American physiologist who studied photochemistry in photoreceptor cells. Hecht was born in Austria, and immigrated to the USA at an early age. His studies and talents led to Columbia University making him professor of biophysics in 1928. Hecht began his study into light sensitivity with clams (Mya arenaria) and insects. His specialty was photochemistry, the kinetics of the reactions initiated by light in the receptors. He made contributions to the knowledge of dark adaptation, visual acuity, brightness discrimination, color vision, and the mechanism of the visual threshold. According to biographer Pirenne, Hecht was a "brilliant lecturer and expositor." When… Read More

Viking, 1955. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, pages very age toned else good in blue boards with red lettering and decorations. First published in 1947, this revised edition from 1955 has 4 additional chapters by Eugene Rabinowitch. 237 pp. preface to first and revised editions; prologue; then 12 chapters explaining the atom with many drawings and illustrations. Book is unmarked.

Gollancz, 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

The Viking Press, New York. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good copy. Name in ink on half-title page. Published in New York, 1960. Later edition.

New York: The Viking Press, 1966. 2nd Printing Jan 1966 . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Rudolph De Harak (Cover Design). 237 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.