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The Glacial Period and Drayson's Hypothesis.

MILLIS, JOHN. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

1945. Pp 16, slight toning and creasing to pages, name to verso front cover. P/b, inkstamp to front cover "This book is sent to you in Lieu of one issue of Doubt", slight toning to covers. G+.

Alternating Current Measurements at Audio and Radio Frequencies.

OWEN, DAVID. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1957. Rep. An account of the methods and procedure used in the measurement. 17cms. x 11cms. Pp. 7/120, 80 figures, school bookplate to verso front board. Dark blue cloth, motif to front board. G+.

Caring for the Earth. (A Grail Paper).

MOORE, LIZ. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Alvaston: The Grail. 1978. "This pamphlet is based on a talk Liz gave to Grail members about responsibility for the earth's resources". Pp 12. P/b. VG.

Wildflowers. The Pacific Coast.

HORN, ELIZABETH. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Oregon: Beautiful America Pub. Co. 1980. "A guide to selected wildflowers and flowering shrubs from British Columbia to northern California". Pp 141, full of colour illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

The Californian Wildlife Region. (2nd Revised ed).

BROWN, VINSON AND LAWRENCE, GEORGE. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

California: Naturegraph. 1965. "Wildlife regions, such as the Californian Wildlife Region, are distinctive natural geographic areas of similar climate and topography, which tend to have certain typical animals and plants". Pp 125, many b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover...

Alpines I Have Grown. (Wood engravings by the author.)

LESLIE, RUSSELL. · 1940 · Chilton Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London: Lindsay Drummond, nd. (c. 1940). nd. "It is a book which will strongly appeal not only to the grower of Alpines, but also to the lover of flowers." 25cms. x 19cms. Pp. 63, 54 wood engravings. Green cloth, illustrated d/w has edge tears and small losses. G+/G.

Searching for Truth. A Scientist Looks at the Bible.

POLKINGHORNE, JOHN. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Oxford: The Bible Reading Fellowship. 1996. 1st ed. "John Polkinghorne is the only Anglican priest who is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, whose members are all distinguished scientists". Pp 156. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Fossil Birds.

SWINTON, W.E. · 1958 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

London: Trustees of the British Museum.1958. Contents Include:- Jurassic Birds: Cretaceous Birds: Tertiary Birds: Origin of Ratites: Geological Chart: History of Flight. Pp 63, many b/w illustrations, and 1 colour to frontis. P/b, scuffing to spine, ink marks to rear cover, il...

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its consequences.

PAULOS, JOHN ALLEN. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1990. "In this lively and witty book the author brings together many intriguing and practical examples to make accessible the sheer beauty and power of mathematics - and to put the fun back into facts and figures". Pp 135. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

The Creative Use of Calculators.

KILLINGBECK, K.P. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1981. 1st ed. "Playing about with numbers has always been a way to develop an interest in mathematics and modern pocket calculators, by freeing you from the chore of 'sums', give unprecedented scope for this".Pp 220, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustr...

More Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions.

GARDNER, MARTIN. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1980. "From Diophantine brain-teasers to diabolic squares, these arithmetical, geometrical, logical, topological, mechanical, and probability problems are designed to beguile the weary leisure-hours and sharpen blunted wits". Pp 186, some b/w illustrati...

Mathematical Circus.

GARDNER, MARTIN. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1981. "Here are puzzles and paradoxes, games and entertainments of every kind, ranging from the swift and simple (including a few that are pure tease) to the mind-boggling". Pp 272, some b/w illustrations, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover....

Let Newton Be! A New Perspective on his Life and Works.

FAUVEL, JOHN. FLOOD, RAYMOND. SHORTLAND, MICHAEL AND WILSON, ROBIN. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1990. "This lucidly written and richly illustrated book explores the many facets of Newton's life and labours and assesses how he came to influence posterity so profoundly". 24.5cms x 18.5cms. Pp 272, many b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated co...

East Anglian Forests. Forrestry Commission Guide.

EDLIN, HERBERT L. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1972. 0117100323. "Aims to show you how to gain the fullest enjoyment from these thriving forests and their fascinating surrounding countryside". Pp.80, many b/w illustrations, 2 sketch maps. Paperback. VG.

Mathematics: The New Golden Age.

DEVLIN, KEITH. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1988 (rep). "Offers a glimpse of the extraordinary vistas and bizarre universes opened up by contemporary mathematicians: the theory of knots and secret codes, Hitler's Tenth Problem and the Four-Colour Theorem, business planning techniques and strange ...

Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions (Unabridged).

ABBOTT, EDWIN A. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Dover Publications, 1992. 048627263X. "The work of English clergyman, educator and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A Abbott (1836-1926), it describes the journeys of A.Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women - thin, straight line...

Time to Change. Challenge for an Endangered Planet.

MONTEFIORE, HUGH. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Oxford: The Bible Reading Fellowship. 1997. 1st ed. "This book is about the vital environmental issues of our day. Global warming, the pollution of the world's oceans and rivers, pesticides, the alleged falling of sperm count in many parts of the world, and the thinning of the...

Failure Mechanisms in Semiconductor Devices.

AMERASEKERA, E.A., & CAMPBELL, D.S. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1987. 1st ed. "All the major aspects of semiconductor device reliability receive coverage in this text." Pp. 13/205, figures and diagrams throughout, fep top corner clipped. Illustrated laminated boards. G+.

The Friction and Lubrication of Solids.

BOWDEN, F.P. AND TABOR, D. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Oxford:Clarendon Press,1950. "This monograph describes an experimental study of the physical and, to a lesser extent, of the chemical processes that occur during the sliding of solids - particularly of metals - and an investigation into the mechanism of friction and boundary l...

Quarks Chaos and Christianity. Questions to Science and Religion.

POLKINGHORNE, JOHN. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: SPCK, 1997. 0281047790. 2nd impression. "Is science fact and religion just opinion? Is there the mind of a Creator behind the universe? Can a scientist pray? The author has spent many years thinking and writing about such questions. Now he distils that insight and expe...