Search Results: Science from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Rowman and Littlefield, 1971 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 252 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (bookplate). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental edition which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major fields. The volume on academic writings includes approximately 1,000 entries.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961 8vo (24 cm), XI, 240 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (binding slightly dusted and stained).

Rowman and Littlefield, 1971 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 302 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (bookplate). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental edition which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major fields. The volume on agriculture, forestry, horticulture includes approximately 1,500 entries.

Dover Publications, 1990 8vo (21.5 cm), 288, [16] pp. Laminated wrappers. "Ranging over two millennia of alchemical history, Mr. Holmyard shows how, like astrology and witchcraft, alchemy was an integral part of the pre-scientific moral order, arousing the cupidity of princes, the blind fear of mobs and the intellectual curiosity of learned men. Eventually, however, with the advent and ascension of the scientific method, the hopes and ideas of the alchemists faded to the status of "pseudo-science." That transformation, as well as alchemy's undeniable role as a precursor of modern chemistry, are brilliantly illuminated in this book. Students of alchemy, chemistry, the history of science, and the occult, plus anyone interested in the origin and evolution of one of mankind's most enduring and influential myths, will want to have a copy of this masterly study." (from the publisher's description)

Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 1995 8vo (24.5 cm), XXIV, 672, [4] pp. Publisher's cloth-backed boards and dust jacket. "A popular misconception exists that the builders of teh pyramids or the cavepainters of prehistory were somehow less intelligent than we are. This simply isn't true - there is no evidence that the human brain has evolved at all in the last 50,000 years at least. Modern people are merely benefiting from 1000s of years of accumulated knowledge and experimentation, not from increased intellect' - Introduction . This books explores the origins of a whole range of inventions from the ancient and medieval worlds, dividing them into a range of subject headings, including: medicine, transportation, sex life, military technology, personal effects, urban life, agriculture, communications, and sport and leisure. A mass of interesting information presented in an accessible manner." (from the publisher's description)

Mansell Publishing, 1985 8vo (24 cm), XII, 576 pp. Publisher's cloth. Provides a history of discoveries in astronomy, biology, chemistry, the earth and health sciences, meteorology, and physics.

Macmillan , 1999 8vo (24 cm), XII, 416 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, was born in 1815, and died aged 36. She was connected with some of the most influential and colorful characters of the age: Charles Dickens, Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin and Charles Babbage. It was her work with Babbage that led to her being credited with the invention of computer programming and to her name being adopted for the programming language that controls the US military machine. However, what makes her story is not her role as a dispassionate witness or great inventor. It is the way she personified the seismic historical changes taking place. This was the era when fissures began to open up in culture: romance split away from reason, instinct from intellect, art from science.

John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2018 8vo (22 cm), XXIV, 232 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of "A Brief History of Time" leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work. Is there a God? How did it all begin? Can we predict the future? What is inside a black hole? Is there other intelligent life in the universe? Will artificial intelligence outsmart us? How do we shape the future? Will we survive on Earth? Should we colonize space? Is time travel possible? Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unraveled some of its greatest mysteries. But even as his theoretical work on black holes, imaginary time and multiple histories took his mind to the furthest reaches of space, Hawking always believed that science could also be used to fix the problems on our planet. And now, as we face… Read More

William Collins, 1941 8vo (22.5 cm), 48 pp, plates. Publisher's boards and dust jacket (dj slightly rubbed at extremities, common inscriptions on free endpapers). A comprehensive overview of the progression of scientific thought from ancient times to the present, as seen through the contributions of British scientists.

Harper, 1959 8vo (20.5 cm), X, 275 pp.Printed wrappers (wrappers slightly foxed at head).

R. D. Gurney Ltd., 1961 12mo (15 cm), 70 pp. Printed wrappers. 576 items.

Clarendon Press, 1993 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 191 pp. Laminated wrappers. "Cladistics is the method of choice for systematic classification and comparative studies in all fields of biology. In cladistics, reconstructed genealogies are based on common ancestry rather than on simple anatomical similarity and therefore effectively reveal true phylogenetic relationships. This book is an introduction to cladistics and is based on the popular training course originally offered by the Systematics Association. The book first introduces the principle of parsimony and methods for character coding and the determination of character polarity. Methods of cladistic tree-building follow and tree statistics are detailed. Alternatives to parsimony, molecular applications of cladistics, and the relevance of fossils are then discussed. The concluding chapters review two important topics in cladistics: cladistic biogeography and the implementation of cladistic results in systematics. This book provides an up-to-date… Read More

Veen Media, 2008 Square 8vo (24 x 22 cm), VI, 254 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket.

Washington, 1894 4to (25.5 cm), 43 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers frayed at extremities with loss of paper). A survey of the early literature of meteorology. Titles are arranged alphabetically according to authors' name followed by subject and chronological indexes. Extract from Part II of the Report of the Chicago Meteorological Congress, August, 1893, pp. 352-394. Gustav Hellmann (1854 - 1939) was a German meteorologist known for Hellmann number, a measure for the severity of a winter.

Institute of Physics, 1994 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 297 pp. Laminated wrappers. "Science affects us all-in the words of Albert Einstein, "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking." It is therefore fascinating to discover the thoughts of scientists, philosophers, humanists, poets, theologians, politicians, and other miscellaneous mortals on this most important of subjects. A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations is a personal selection of scientific quotations by Professor Alan L Mackay that includes graffiti, lines of song, proverbs, and poetry. Whether you believe that "All problems are finally scientific problems" (George Bernard Shaw) or that "Imagination is more important than knowledge" (Einstein), it is without doubt that "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations" (Churchill)." (from the publisher's description)

Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1921 4to (27.5 cm), 96 pp. Printed wrappers (paper frayed at extremities, wrappers browned). Bibliography of meteorology in German pamphlets and leaflets in the 16th century. Rare off-print from ''Abhandlungen der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften''. Jg. 1921, Physikalisch-Mathematische Klasse Nr. 1. Gustav Hellmann (1854 - 1939) was a German meteorologist known for Hellmann number, a measure for the severity of a winter.

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2000 8vo (24 cm), XIV, 354 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. " In the late 1990s catastrophic droughts, floods, fires and famines became synonymous with the term El Nino. But El Nino was etching its imprint on the world in a myriad of different ways, long before it made headline news. From the Irish potato famine to the sinking of the Titanic, from the outbreak of the War of Independence in Mexico to the collapse of Hitler's Russian campaign, El Nino has helped shape world history and will continue to do so." (from the publisher's decription)

Faber & Faber, 1995 8vo (24 cm), XXVIII, 528 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj slightly dusted). ""The Faber Book of Science introduces hunting spiders and black holes, gorillas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos. In his acclaimed anthology, John Carey plots the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to Chaos Theory. The emphasis is on the scientists themselves and their own accounts of their breakthroughs and achievements. The classic science-writers are included - Darwin, T.H. Huxley and Jean Henri Fabre tracking insects through the Provencal countryside. So too are today's experts - Steve Jones on the Human Genome Project, Richard Dawkins on DNA and many other representatives of the contemporary genre of popular science-writing which, John Carey argues, challenges modern poetry and fiction in its imaginative power." (from the publisher's description)

Basil Blackwell, 1986 8vo (23.5 cm), X, 226 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "Did Newton fudge his figures? Who counted Mendel's peas? What lay behind Cyril Burt's disturbing statistics on race and intelligence? This work chronicles the famous frauds - from Piltdown man to the Hitler diaries - and unearths some lesser-known incidents buried in the scientific literature. Taking examples from all areas of science and medicine as well as anthropology, archeology and psychology the author explores the deceivers' motives and discusses the conditions and pressures that make fraud possible." (from the publisher's description)

Cambridge University Press, 1980 8vo (23.5 cm), XIII, 500 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "The thirteen original essays in this book examine the status and development of the sciences in the eighteenth century. The last generation has seen a revolution in the methodology adopted by historians of science: The development of science is no longer described as a steady progress towards truth -- certainties have given way to questions. The essays in this volume scrutinize these changing perspectives in historiography and recommend paths for future study. The eighteenth century has been a neglected and much-misunderstood era in the development of science, all too often viewed as something of a trough between the towering achievements of the 'Scientific Revolution' and the nineteenth century. Yet it was a period of notable developments; it saw the establishment of such fields as electricity and heat, the 'chemical revolution', the new science of gases, the isolation of oxygen,… Read More