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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Later Printing. First UK Edition Paperback Superstrings and the search for the theory of everything by F. David Peat. Superstrings and the search for the theory of everything by F. David PeatTitle: Superstrings and the search for the theory of everything Format.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 5th or later Edition. 8th edition ; xvi, 159 pp. ; illustrated with numerous black and white photos, color frontispiece ; fold out maps and plans ; pale blue cloth with dark red lettering ; no dustjacket ; much foxed ; a small spot on front cover ; edge wear to spine ; bookplate of Marinet B. Lewis on front endpaper ; "Miss Gertrude Jekyll has passed away but her work lives on as is shown by the demand for a further edition of this one of her most important books and contributions to horticultural knowledge. Who o f us that are gardeners have not profited by her experience and teaching? Not only did she turn the eye of all gardeners to the virtues of an abundance of beautiful hardy plants, many of them rescued from oblivion, but she stressed the importance of their right use and placing in the garden with a view to securing more picturesque incidents which are one of the greatest charms of any garden. She pointed the way to the infinite possibilities of the herbaceaous border, of the woodland garden and glade, and to the proper use of plants, so that they should form beautiful garden pictures.Here are her theories of arrangement and colour clearly presented, and sound practical teaching that will stand the test of all time, and be of inestimable value to generations of garden lovers in the future.--Preface ; G. Book. …