Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons. New York: (1956). (1956)., New York:, 1956
Anbieter: Biblioceros Books, Warrenville, IL, USA
Illustrated. (illustrator). Blue cloth binding Illustrated. Light shlfwr, o/w Very Good in moderately wrn DJ. Light shlfwr, o/w Very Good in moderately wrn DJ.
Verlag: Charles Scribner's, 1956
Anbieter: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. older book, some wear - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.
Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956
Anbieter: BookDepart, Shepherdstown, WV, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: UsedGood. Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; bumps to the lower corners and spine ends; in good condition with clean text and tight binding. ASIN: B001QQV29U.
Verlag: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1962
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1962. Second, Revised Edition. 275 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light marking to boards. Light tanning to spine and edges. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Dark rubbed marking to spine. Peeling to plastic film to jacket.
Verlag: Charles Scribners Sons, New York, 1956
Anbieter: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: G+. NO MARKINGS OF ANY KIND TO THE TEXT, DJ EDGE WORN.
Verlag: Charles Scribners, 1956
Anbieter: Kazoo Books LLC, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: good/no DJ. 2nd printing, 8.5x5.75 254 pages dark blue cloth covered boards with gold gilt text on spine. Exlibrary with usual markings.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, et al., 1973
Anbieter: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, USA
Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Diagram (Cover Design) (illustrator). 324 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing around edges of pages. Page 228 detatched from spine. Slight crease in front cover.
Verlag: NY Scribner (1956)., 1956
Anbieter: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, USA
VG in G DJ. Results of research by classical physicists & astrophysicists into structure of matter, universe. DJ price clipped & edge wear. Illustrated by Photos, graphs.
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition. DJ spine is torn. Front end paper is price-clipped. Text is crisp and clean.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Verlag: Charles Scribner's, Charles Scribner's, 1956
Anbieter: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, USA
hardcover. B031463; 254 pp, edge wear/tear hardcover, good contents & dustjacket, some wear & fading.
Verlag: Scribners, New York, 1956
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. Good in good dustwrapper. Pages evenly brown. Corners slightly rubbed. Edges of spine bumped. Clean cover. Dustwrapper price clipped. Small tears on edges of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper shelf rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Verlag: Penguin, 1973
ISBN 10: 0140215514 ISBN 13: 9780140215519
Anbieter: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Verlag: Scribner, New York, 1956
Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 277 pages. Illustrations. Index. DJ worn, soiled, several tears, and edge chipping. 252 pages. Prefatory Note by J. D. Cockcroft. Illustrations. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual markings. Cover has some wear and soiling. The aim of this book is to provide the general reader with a survey of modern physics extending from the smallest knows objects to the largest. to do this in a few hundred pages we much abandon one of the main characteristics of scientific method--its insistence upon rigor in argument and explanation--and simplify the discussion as far as possible without sacrificing essential truth. Gwyn Owain Jones CBE (often known as G. O. Jones) (29 March 1917 - 3 July 2006) was a Welsh physicist and academic, who moved from being a professor at the University of London to become director of the National Museum of Wales. Jones was born in Cardiff on 29 March 1917. He was educated at Port Talbot Grammar School and Monmouth School before winning a Meyricke scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford to study physics. He graduated in 1939 and became a Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, obtaining his Ph.D. on the physics of glass. (He published Glass in 1956.) He became a member of the secret British nuclear weapons research programme, code-name Tube Alloys, in 1942, moving back to Oxford in 1946 as a Nuffield Foundation Research Fellow at the Clarendon Laboratory before becoming Reader in Experimental Physics (1949) and then Professor of Physics (1953) at Queen Mary College in the University of London. As a physicist, Jones had a particular interest in work at very low temperatures (close to absolute zero). His department in London was one of the few places where experiments could be carried out within a couple of degrees of absolute zero, using helium as a refrigerant. Jones designed some equipment, made out of a motorcycle engine, to liquefy small amounts of helium for use by individual researchers, as opposed to the large-scale liquifiers used in other laboratories. Although it carried out research in various topics in physics, the department at Queen Mary College under Jones became known for its specialization in solid-state and low temperature physics, with Jones himself publishing many scientific papers in the field. He caused some surprise by leaving academia and becoming director of the National Museum of Wales in 1968, holding the post until 1977. He also served as chairman of the Welsh Academy, as a governor of the Commonwealth Institute, a member of the Atomic Scientists Association (of which he was a co-founder) and a member of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. He was awarded a CBE in 1978 for his service to Wales.
Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1956
Anbieter: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Drawings (illustrator). First American Edition. First American Edition, 1956. Book Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jcket Priced $4.50, 2" Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel, Very Large Chip At Bottom Of Rear Panel.
Verlag: Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1956
Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Second Printing [stated]. 252 pages. Prefatory Note by J. D. Cockcroft. Illustrations. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual markings. Cover has some wear and soiling. The aim of this book is to provide the general reader with a survey of modern physics extending from the smallest knows objects to the largest. to do this in a few hundred pages we much abandon one of the main characteristics of scientific method--its insistence upon rigor in argument and explanation--and simplify the discussion as far as possible without sacrificing essential truth. Gwyn Owain Jones CBE (often known as G. O. Jones) (29 March 1917 - 3 July 2006) was a Welsh physicist and academic, who moved from being a professor at the University of London to become director of the National Museum of Wales. Jones was born in Cardiff on 29 March 1917. He was educated at Port Talbot Grammar School and Monmouth School before winning a Meyricke scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford to study physics. He graduated in 1939 and became a Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, obtaining his Ph.D. on the physics of glass. (He published Glass in 1956.) He became a member of the secret British nuclear weapons research programme, code-name Tube Alloys, in 1942, moving back to Oxford in 1946 as a Nuffield Foundation Research Fellow at the Clarendon Laboratory before becoming Reader in Experimental Physics (1949) and then Professor of Physics (1953) at Queen Mary College in the University of London. As a physicist, Jones had a particular interest in work at very low temperatures (close to absolute zero). His department in London was one of the few places where experiments could be carried out within a couple of degrees of absolute zero, using helium as a refrigerant. Jones designed some equipment, made out of a motorcycle engine, to liquefy small amounts of helium for use by individual researchers, as opposed to the large-scale liquifiers used in other laboratories. Although it carried out research in various topics in physics, the department at Queen Mary College under Jones became known for its specialization in solid-state and low temperature physics, with Jones himself publishing many scientific papers in the field. He caused some surprise by leaving academia and becoming director of the National Museum of Wales in 1968, holding the post until 1977. He also served as chairman of the Welsh Academy, as a governor of the Commonwealth Institute, a member of the Atomic Scientists Association (of which he was a co-founder) and a member of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. He was awarded a CBE in 1978 for his service to Wales.
Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1956
Anbieter: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good + DJ. Drawings (illustrator). First American Edition. First American Edition. Book With Slight Wear At Corners Only. Dj With Wear At Corners, A Little Foxing In White Area At Top And Bottom Edges Of Flaps And Along Rear Flap Fold.
Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1956
Anbieter: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good- dust jacket. Chips and tears to jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1956
Anbieter: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Toning to pages. Scuffing, fading, and toning to front and rear panels. Edge wear to crown and heel. Chip to heel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Verlag: Eyre & Spottiswoode , London
Anbieter: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Photograph available on request.
Verlag: Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1956
Anbieter: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition, 2nd impression. Original blue cloth, gilt. With a mildly worn dustwrapper. Contents clean throughout. 254 pages, 31 plates, 31 figures in the text, 3 tables. Size: 14 x 21.5 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Atomic & Nuclear; Featured Items; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 371439. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 27 years selling on ABE; 27 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Zustand: Fine. Number of books: 1.
Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1956
Anbieter: Winding Road Books, Templeton, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956, New York. Hardback. First Eidtion/First Printing. Fine/Fine. Book is as new, very clean inside and out without any markings except for a minor light spot on front of text block. Minuscule tanning at edges throughout. Tight, straight spine, pointed tips and rigid boards. Jacket is not price clipped has a tiny tear at back cover top and minor wear to spine ends. A wonderful copy! Looks radiant in it's shiny new mylar cover. Not Signed.