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Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Bon. Légères traces d'usure sur la couverture. Edition 2003. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Edition 2003. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Bon. Légères traces d'usure sur la couverture. Edition 2003. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Edition 2003. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. first edition on blue cloth Volume 2 only.

Zustand: Good. First. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. x, 542 p. illus. 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0262140217; 9780262140218 ; LCCN: 74-6415 ; OCLC: 874206 ; sky-blue cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; Contents: Harrison Brown : Preface - Jerzy Neyman : Nicholas Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernik) : An intellectual revolutionary - 1. Astronomy and cosmology : Bart J. Bok : Harlow Shapley and the discovery of the center of our galaxy - Donald W. Goldsmith : Edwin Hubble and the Universe outside our galaxy - Wlodimie rz Zonn : Explosive events in the Universe - C. Burbidge and M. Burbidge : Modern riddles of cosmology - 2. Biology : Robert L. Sinsheimer : The molecular basis of life - R.C. Lewontin : Darwin and Mendel - The materialist revolution - E. Margoliash : Informational macromolecules and biological evolution - Seymour S. Cohen : On the origin of cells : The development of a Copernican revolution - Stanley L. Miller : The first laboratory synthesis of organic compounds under primitive earth conditions - David Hubel : Neurobiology : A science in need of a Copernicus - 3. Chemistry and physics : Glenn T. Seaborg : From Mendelev to Mendelevium and beyond - Rainer K. Sachs : Relativity - Victor F. Weisskopf : The impact of Quantum theory on moder n physics - J. Hughes : The Copernican legacy for meteorology - 4. Quasi-Copernican revolution in mathematics : Eugene Lukacs : Non-Euclidean geometry - S.M. Ulam : Infinities - J.M. Hammersley : The technology of thought - 5. Study of chance mechanisms, a quasi-Copernican revolution in science and in mathematics : Herbert Robbins : The statistical mode of thought - M. Kac : The emergence of statistical thought in exact sciences - W.G. Cochran : The vital role of randomization in experiments a nd surveys - 6. Technology : Guyford Sever : Man take wings - Donald W. Goldsmith : The Copernicus satellite in the new era of space astronomy - Robert L. Carman : Lasers - Evolution and technological use - Harrison Brown : Some quasi-Copernican rev olutions in man's utilization of energy ; "The introductory chapter describes the circumstances and the essence of the initial intellectual revolution due to Copernicus himself. The subsequent six parts present in turn: (1) several revolutions in astronomy-cosmology, all in the twentieth century and one of them still in progress; (2) a number of deep revolutionary changes in the biological sciences, one of them made twenty years ago by an inspired contribution of a graduate student; (3) several revolutionary changes in the physical sciences; (4) revolutions in the thinking of mathematicians; (5) the emergence of a "pluralistic" point of view in scientific research; and (6) revolutions in technology." ; spine and cover sunned (with a mark from a shelving brace thereby visible) ; VG. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 6 volumes : illustrations (chromolithographs, photomechanical reproductions) : 26 cm. "Illustrated by numerous engravings in the text, and a series of plates in colour, and of plates in black-and-white." Original edition issued in 1859. Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.