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Abraham, R.J. et al.
Introduction to NMR. Spectroscopy.
John Wiley 1988 Illus., index, 271pp., card covers, ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good. 7.00
Allward, Maurice F; Taylor, John W.R.
ABC: Rockets and Space Travel.
Ian Allan c. 1956 100g. Plates, 64pp., card covers, plate of page 2 damaged else good. 2.00
Baierlein, Ralph.
Newton to Einstein: The trail of light. An excursion to the wave-particle duality and the Special Theory of Relativity.
Cambridge U.P. 1992 327pp. Hardback. Condition: good. 12.00
Barrow, John D.
The Artful Universe.
Clarendon Press. 750g. Plates, index, 274pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps/marks else good in d/w. 6.00
Barrow, John D.
The Origin of the Universe.
TSP. Index, 150pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 3.50
Barrow, John D.
Theories of Everything.
Vintage 1992. Index, 223pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Barrow, John D; Tipler, Frank J;
The Anthropic Cosmological Principle.
Oxford UP. 1990 rep. Index, 706pp., large card covers, good. 8.00
Bass, Thomas A.
The Newtonian Casino.
Penguin 1990 329pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 5.00
Bertolotti, Mario.
Masers and Lasers: An Historical Approach.
Adam Hilger 1983 600g. Illus., index, 268pp., card covers, ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good in lib. style binding. 6.00
Brown, Peter Lancaster.
What Star is That?
Thames & Hudson 1971 224pp. Hardback. Condition: good in dustwrapper. 3.50
Burgess, Eric.
Satellites and Spaceflight.
Chapman and Hall 1957 400g. Plates, index, 159pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, worn, working copy. 2.00
Cackett, Geoff et al.
Higher Core Physics.
Oxford UP. 1989 Index, 207pp., large card covers, good. 6.00
Cackett, Geoff et al.
Higher Core Physics.
Oxford UP. 2nd. ed. Index, 218pp., large card covers, sl. marked else good. 7.00
Calder, Nigel.
Spaceships of the Mind.
Penguin 1979 Plates, index, 144pp., large card covers, ffep. rubbed, inscr., else good. 5.00
Capra, Fritjof.
The Tao of Physics.
Fontana 1976 Plates, biblio., index, 352pp., card covers, some underlining in ink else good. 3.50
Carey, John (Ed.).
The Faber Book of Science.
Index, 528pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Caufield, Catherine.
Multiple Exposures: Chronicles of the Radiation Age.
Penguin 1989 304pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 5.00
Chapman, Robert D.
Discovering Astronomy.
Freeman 1978 518pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 7.00
Chown, Marcus.
Afterglow of Creation: From the fireball to the discovery of cosmic ripples.
Arrow. 171pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Close, Frank et al.
The Particle Explosion.
Oxford University Press 1987 rep. Large 8vo. Plates, illus., index, 239pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, sp. sl. worn, else good in d/w. 5.00
Close, Frank et al.
The Particle Explosion.
Oxford University Press 1987 Large 8vo. Plates, illus., index, 239pp., good in d/w. 10.00
Collins, Michael.
Lift Off: The Story of America's Adventure in Space.
Aurum Press 1989 Large 8vo. Illus., index, 288pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Daintith, John. (Ed.)
A Dictionary of Physical Sciences.
Pan 1978 329pp., card covers, good. 4.00
Davies, J.T.
The Scientific Approach.
Academic P. 1973 2nd. ed. Plates, illus., index, 185pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good. 4.00
Davies, Paul.
The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures about the Ultimate
Fate of the Universe.
TSP. Index, 162pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 3.50
Davis, Paul D.; Kenny, Gavin N.C.
Basic Physics and Measurement in Anaesthesia.
Butterworth Heinemann 2005 Fifth edition. 314pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 7.00
DeGroot, Gerard.
The Bomb: A Life.
Cape. 700g. Plates, index, 397pp., good in d/w. 7.00
Deutsch, David.
The Fabric of Reality.
Penguin 1998 390pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 6.00
Ekrutt, Joachim.
Stars and Planets.
A companion guide for amateur astronomers.
159pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 3.50
Elwell, D.; Pointon, A.J.
Physics for Engineers and Scientists.
Ellis Horwood 1986 600g. Illus., index, 356pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Evans, Anthony M.
An Introduction to Ore Geology.
Blackwell Sci. 1985 rep. 550g. Illus., index, 231pp., card covers, lacks ffep.,else good reading copy. 3.50
Ferguson, Kitty.
The Fires in the Equations: Science, Religion & the Search for God.
Bantam. 700g. Index, 307pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good in d/w. 5.00
Feynman, Richard.
The Character of Physical Law.
MIT. Press. rep. 173pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Field, George B. et al.
Cosmic Evolution: An Introduction to Astronomy.
Houghton Mifflin 1978 Large 8vo. Illus., plates, index, 449pp., good. 10.00
Finney, Ben.
From Sea to Space.
New Zealand: Massey Univ. The MacMillan Brown Lectures. 350g. 128pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Fisher, Len.
Weighing the Soul: The Evolution of Scientific Beliefs.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 400g. Index, 214pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Freeman, Mae and Ira.
Fun With Astronomy.
Ward 1962 reprint. 64pp. Hardback. Large sized. Condition: good. Juvenile work. 2.00
French, A.P.
Special Relativity.
Nelson 1982 rep. 600g. Index, 286pp., spine sl. creased else good. 4.00
Furniss, Tim.
The Story of the Space Shuttle.
Hodder and Stoughton 1979 Large 8vo. Plates, glossary, 104pp., piece of ffep. cut-off else good in d/w. 5.50
Gamow, George.
Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory.
Dover 1985 224pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 5.00
Goodwin, T.W.
History of the Biochemical Society, 1911-1986.
London: The Biochemical Society 1987 800g. Plates, index, 181pp., pictorial boards, good. 10.00
Gould, Stephen Jay.
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History.
Penguin. Biblio., index, 347pp., cover and sp. creased; good reading copy. 3.00
Gribbin, John; Plagemann, Stephen.
The Jupiter Effect.
Fontana 1977 Index, 156pp., card covers, sl. worn else good. 2.50
Guinier, Andre.
The Structure of Matter.
Arnold 1989 230pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 6.00
Hawking, Stephen.
Black Holes and Baby Universes, and other essays.
Bantam Books. Index, 172pp., card covers, god. 4.00
Hawking, Stephen.
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.
Bantam. 250g. 219pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Hawking, Stephen.
The Universe in a Nutshell.
Bantam Press 950g., 200mm. by 260mm. Plates, illus., index, 216pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Hofmann-Wellenhof, B; et al.
Global Positioning System: Theory and Practice.
Springer Wien 4th. ed. 800g. Illus., index, 389pp., card covers, good. 20.00
Holzinger, Philip R.
The House of Science.
Wiley 1990 227pp. Paperback: Large sized. Condition: good. 3.50
Hoyle, Fred.
The Intelligent Universe.
Michael Joseph 1983 Large 8vo. Plates, index, 256pp., sl. damp staining to rear pp. else good. 3.50
Hurd, D.L.; Kipling, J.J.
The Origins and Growth of Physical Science Vol. 1.
Pelican 1964 300g. Plates, illus., index, 342pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Israel, Paul.
Edison: A Life of Invention.
Wiley 1050g. Plates, index, 552pp., good in d/w. 15.00
Jardine, Jim. (Ed.)
Physics Through Applications.
Oxford UP. 1989 Illus., 247pp., large card covers, good. 5.00
Kauffman, Stuart.
At Home in the Unicverse: The Search for Laws of Complexity.
Penguin 300g. Illus., Index, 321pp., card covers, ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good. 3.00
King, Henry C.
The History of the Telescope.
Dover 1979 165mm. by 235mm., 850g. Plates, index, 456pp., card covers, good. 8.50
Kitchin, C.R.
Telescopes and Techniques: An Introduction to Practical Astronomy.
Springer Verlag. 500g. Illus., index, 204pp., card covers, good. 8.00
Klinkert, J.
Compass-Wise or Getting to Know Your Compass.
Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson 1976 Illus.,
index, 192pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps,
lacks ffep., sp. sl. loose, else good in d/w. 5.00
Kragh, Helge.
Quantum Generations.
A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century.
Princeton U.P. 1999 494pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 10.00
Krauss, Lawrence.
The Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe.
Hutchinson 1989 342pp. Hardback. Large sized.Condition: good in dustwrapper. 8.00
Kronig, R. (Ed.)
Textbook of Physics.
Pergamon P. 1954 1650g. Illus., index, 855pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, sp. loose, else good reading copy. 5.00
The London Planetarium.
150g. Plates, oblong card covers, good. 1.50
Marshall Editions.
The Timetable of Technology: A Record of our Century's Achievements.
Michael Joseph 1982 Large 8vo. Plates, illus., index, 240pp., good in sl. torn d/w. 7.00
Marx, Siegfried; Pfau, Werner.
Observatories of the World.
Blandford Press 1982 750g. Plates, index, 199pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, else good reading copy in d/w. 5.00
Mauldin, John H.
Light, Lasers and Optics.
Tab Books 1988 Illus., index, 243pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good in lib. style binding. 3.50
Maunder, Leonard.
Machines in Motion.
Cambridge UP. 1986 Large 8vo. Plates, illus., index, 192pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, sp. sl. loose else good in d/w. 5.00
Mermin, N. David.
Boojums All The Way Through.
Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age.
Cambridge U.P. 1990 308pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 5.00
Moore, Patrick.
Astronomy for GCSE
Duckworth 1990 197pp. Paperback: Large sized. Condition: good. 5.00
Moore, Patrick.
Eyes on the Universe: The Story of the Telescope.
Springer-Verlag 1997 114pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 6.00
Moore, Patrick.
Fireside Astronomy: An anecdotal tour through the history and lore of astronomy.
John Wiley. Large 8vo. Plates, illus., index, 212pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps/marks else good in lib. style binding. 5.00
Narlikar, Jayant.
The Structure of the Universe.
Oxford U.P. 1980 rep. 264pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 5.00
National Maritime Museum.
Guide to the Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
NMR 1979 rep. 100g. Plates, index, 20pp., card covers, good. 1.50
Noakes, G.R.
A Text-Book of Light.
MacMillan 1962 355pp. Ex-library. Condition good. 5.00
North, John.
The Fontana History of Astronomy and Cosmology.
Fontana. Illus., plates, index, 697pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, ffep. torn, else good in lib. style binding. 8.00
van Oosterzee, Penny.
Where Worlds Collide: The Wallace Line.
Cornell UP. Plates, references, index, 234pp., card covers, good. 7.00
Pagels, Heinz R.
The Cosmic Code.
Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature.
Penguin 1994 reprint. 336pp. Paperback. Condition: Worn, ex-library, working copy. 2.00
Pagels, Heinz R.
Perfect Symettry: The Search for the Beginning of Time.
Penguin 1992 390pp. ex-lib. copy with some stamps, lacks ffep., reading copy only. 2.00
Pais, Abraham.
Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein.
Oxford UP. 1982 Index, 552pp., card covers, good. 8.00
Parker, Andrew.
In the Blink of an Eye: the cause of the most dramatic event in the history of life.
The Free Press. 600g. Index, 316pp. good in d/w. 5.00
Pasachoff, Jay M.; Percy, John R. (Ed.)
The Teaching of Astronomy.
Cambridge U.P. 1992 443pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 8.00
Resnick, Robert; Halliday, David.
Basic Concepts in Relativity.
MacMillan Pub. 1992 192pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 6.00
Rothman, Milton A.
The Laws of Physics.
Penguin Pelican 1966 200g. Index, 246pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Rutkowski, J.
Stroboscopes for Industry and Research.
Pergamon Press 1966 700g. Illus., index, 262pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps/marks else good. 6.00
Sacks, Oliver et al.
Hidden Histories of Science.
Granta proof copy. 193pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Sagan, Carl; Druyan, Ann.
Comet.
Random House 1985 Plates, index, 396pp., large card covers, good. 8.00
Sagan, Carl.
Cosmos.
MacDonald 1981 rep. Large 8vo. Plates, index, 365pp., good in d/w. 10.00
Sagan, Carl.
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence.
Hodder and Stoughton 1978 Index, 263pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w.
5.00
Schiff, Michel.
The Memory of Water: Homeopathy and the Battle of Ideas in the New Science.
Thorsons Index, 166pp., inscr., else good in d/w. 5.00
Schlegel, Richard.
Completeness in Science.
Appleton Century Crofts 1967 Index, 280pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good. 5.00
Schneider, Herman & Leo.
Dictionary of Science for Everyone.
Bloomsbury 1990 300g. 325pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Schrodinger, Erwin.
Space-Time Structure.
Cambridge UP. 1950 First edition.
Appendix, 119pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, covers damp stained else good. 8.00
Science Encyclopedia.
Parragon. 1150g. Large sized. Graphic illus. and explanations, index, 255pp., pictorial card covers, good. 5.00
Scientific Instrument Manufacturers.
British Nucleonic Instruments 1957.
SIMA. Large 8vo. Plates, ads., 175pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, corners bumped else good. 5.00
Siemens, Werner von. Inventor and Entrepreneur: Recollections.
Lund Humphries 1966 Frontis., plates, index, 314pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good in d/w. 12.00
Small, Robert.
An Account of the Astronomical Discoveries of Kepler.
Univ. of Wisconsin Press 1963 A reprinting of the 1804 text with a foreword by William D. Stahlman. 600g. Index, 386pp., good in sl. torn d/w. 12.00
Smith, Cyril Stanley.
A Search for Structure: Selected Essays on Science, Art, and History.
MIT. P. 1981 Plates, index, 410pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good. 8.00
Smith, Leonard.
Chaos: A Very Short Introduction.
Oxford U.P. 2007 180pp. Paperback: Small sized. Condition: very good. 2.50
Smith, S.W. (Ed.)
A Handbook of Astronautics.
Univ. of London Press 1966 rep. 210mm. by 280mm. 750g. Plates, 128pp., good in d/w. 4.50
Spangenburg, Ray; Moser, Diane.
Space Exploration: Living and Working in Space.
Facts on File.
800g. 220mm. by 285mm., plates illus., index, 114pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Spencer-Jones, Sir Harold.
The stars above us.
Charles Frank Ltd. 1970 47pp. Paperback: Large sized. Condition: good. 2.00
Taylor, J.G.
Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction.
Allen and Unwin 1970 Index, 207pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good in d/w. 5.00
The Times Electricity Supplement.
Electricity: A Survey of the Industry.
London 1954 Large 8vo. Plates, 88pp., good in d/w. Various contributors. 3.50
Torres, George.
Space Shuttle: A Quantum Leap.
Arms and Armour Press 1986 450g. Plates, 134pp., large card covers, sl. creased else good. 3.00
Tweney, C.F. (Ed.)
Hutchinson's Technical and Scientific Encyclopedia.
Hutchinson nd. c. 1935 4 vols. Each 180mm. by 255mm. Total weight 7500g. Illus., plates, 2468pp., good, sound set. 30.00
Waerden, B.L. van der. (Ed.).
Sources of Quantum Mechanics.
Dover Classics of Science Vol V. 1968 600g. Index, 430pp., card covers, good. 8.00
Walker, Peter M.B. (Ed.)
Chambers Science and Technology Dictionary.
Chambers 1988 1400g. 1008pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good. 8.00
Warwick, Kevin.
March of the Machines: Why the new race of robots will rule the world.
Century. 800g. 263pp., good. 5.00
Weinberg, Alvin; Wigner, Eugene P.
The Physical Theory of Neutron Chain Reactors.
The University of Chicago Press 1958 2nd. imp. 1400g. Index, 800pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good. 10.00
Williams, George C.
Plan and Purpose in Nature.
Phoenix. 258pp., card covers, sp. sl. creased else good. 3.50
Wood, William P.; Cork, James M.
Pyrometry.
McGraw-Hill 1941 2nd. ed. 800g. Plates, illus., index, 263pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps/marks, covers dull; good working copy. 8.00
Wooley, Benjamin.
Virtual Worlds: A Journey in Hype and Hyper-reality.
Penguin. 250g. Index, 274pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Zukav, Gary.
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics.
Flamingo 1984 352pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 4.00
