Ben Franklin Stilled the Waters. An informal history of pouring oil on water, with reflections on the ups and downs of scientific life in general

Tanford, Charles / Duke University Press 1989
227 pp., hardcover, previous owner's name to the front paste down, slight spine slant, else very good in a very good dust jacket. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0822308762
Subject/Keywords: history of science bck

Item #: 1328434

$39.00

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Political Theology in the Canadian Context (SR supplements)

Benjamin G. Smillie / Premier Book Marketing Ltd 1982
270 pp., Paperback, very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0919812163
Subject/Keywords: Politics, tpf theology

Item #: 1328318

$35.00

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Reflections on Muscle

Andrew Huxley / Princeton University Press 1980
111 pp., Hardcover, bottom corner of pages soiled, text unaffected, else near very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0691082553
Subject/Keywords: physiology science biology bck

Item #: 1328369

$24.00

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Science and Hypothesis Historical Essays on Scientific Methodology (University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science)

Larry Laudan / Reidel 1981
260 pp., paperback, very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 9027713162
Subject/Keywords: philosophy science bck

Item #: 1328121

$20.00

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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life. New edition, from the sixth English edition, with additinos and corrections

Charles Darwin / NY: D. Appleton 1883
xxi, 458 pp., original gilt and black stamped decorated maroon cloth (hardcover), spine frayed, corners worn, book plate to the front paste down, previous owner's name to the front free endpaper, else internally clean and tight. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: evolution history of science bck

Item #: 1328113

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$384.16

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A Realistic Theory of Science

Hooker, C. A. / State University of New York Press 1987
491 pp., hardcover, light foxing to the edges, else very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0887063152
Subject/Keywords: science philosophy bck

Item #: 1328109

$49.00

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Cathedrals of Science. The Development of Colonial Natural History Museums During the Late Nineteenth Century

Sheets-Pyenson, Susan / McGill-Queen's University Press 1988
178 pp., Hardcover, fine in a very good dust jacket. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0773506551
Subject/Keywords: history of science bck

Item #: 1328097

$20.00

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Teleology Revisited and Other Essays in the Philosophy and History of Science

Ernest Nagel / Columbia University Press 1979
352 pp., Hardcover, very good in a worn and faded dust jacket. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0231045042
Subject/Keywords: philosophy science bck

Item #: 1328098

$27.44

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Lamarck the Mythical Precursor: A Study of the Relations between Science and Ideology

Barthelemy-Maudaule, Madeline; Shank, Michael H., translator / The MIT Press 1982
192 pp., Hardcover, fine in a fine dust jacket. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 026202179X
Subject/Keywords: bck philosophy science

Item #: 1328099

$10.00

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Manual on Requirements Handling and Quality Control of Gas Turbine Fuel: A Symposium Presented at the Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting American Society for Testing and Materials Los Angeles, California, 25-30 June 1972

H. vonE. Doering, J. A. Vincent / Astm Intl 1973
198 pp., Hardcover, ex library, else text clean & binding tight. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0803107641
Subject/Keywords: physics science

Item #: 1328021

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$105.00

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Public Office in Early Rome: Ritual Procedure and Political Practice

Stewart, Roberta / University of Michigan Press 1998
255 pp., hardcover, a bookplate to the front free endpaper else fine in a very good dust jacket. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0472107852
Subject/Keywords: Rome politics tpf

Item #: 1328161

$17.82

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The Art of Rulership: A Study of Ancient Chinese Political Thought

Ames, Roger T. / State University of New York Press 1994
277 pp., paperback, minor underlining and marginalia to text, else very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0791420620
Subject/Keywords: vnh chinese political theory

Item #: 1327414

$11.00

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Individualism in Early China: Human Agency and the Self in Thought and Politics

Brindley, Erica Fox / University of Hawaii Press 2010
240 pp., hardcover, fine in fine dust jacket. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0824833864
Subject/Keywords: vnh chinese politics

Item #: 1327405

$47.00

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The History of Political Theory and Other Essays

Dunn, John / Cambridge University Press 1996
250 pp., hardcover, a few pages with underlining in pencil, else very good, lacks dust jacket. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0521497078
Subject/Keywords: vnh political theory

Item #: 1327403

$55.34

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Feedback Control of Linear and Nonlinear Systems: Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Feedback and Synthesis of Linear and Nonlinear Systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 39

Hinrichsen, D., Isidori, A., editors / Springer 1982
300 pp., paperback, previous owner's name to the title page, else fine. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 3540117490
Subject/Keywords: computer science krn

Item #: 1327925

$54.00

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Adaptive Systems With Reduced Models: Lecture Notes on Control and Information Sciences 47

Petros A. Ioannou & P. V. Kokotovic / Springer Verlag 1983
162 pp., paperback, previous owner's name to the title page, else fine. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0387121501
Subject/Keywords: computer science krn

Item #: 1327923

$46.06

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Systems, Models and Feedback: Theory and Applications : Proceedings (Progress in Systems and Control Theory 12)

Isidori, A., Tarn, editors / Birkhauser 1992
402 pp., hardcover, spine faded, else fine. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0817636331
Subject/Keywords: computer science krn

Item #: 1327921

$53.90

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Algebraic Computing in Control: Proceedings of the First European Conference Paris, March 13-15, 1991 (Lecture Notes in Control & Information Sciences 165)

G. Jacob & F. lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, editors / Springer 1992
385 pp., paperback, previous owner's name to the title page, else very good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0387544089
Subject/Keywords: computer science krn

Item #: 1327920

$55.00

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Dynamic Programming. Project RAND September 1, 1956, R-295

Richard Bellman / The Rand Corporation 1956
342 pp., original printed stiff paper wrappers, previous owner's name to the top margin of the title page, a few light spots to the spine and rear cover, else very good; first appearance of the seminal work. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: computer science krn

Item #: 1327869

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$395.00

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Numerical Linear Algebra Techniques for Systems and Control

Patel, Rajni V., Laub, Alan J., Van Dooren, Paul, editors / IEEE 1994
764 pp., hardcover, fine. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: 0780304438
Subject/Keywords: computer science mathematics krn

Item #: 1327859

$23.00

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