[Rarebooks] FS: Three Books on Science

[Karen Howell]

Offered today:

3 books on science; 1 popular history of Bell Labs; 2 technical books on evolutionary biology and lasers.

1) BERNSTEIN, Jeremy (b.1929).

Three Degrees Above Zero: Bell Labs in the Information Age. 

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1984. 

8vo.  9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches.  xiii, 241 pp.  Figures, black-and-white photographic plates, bibliography, index; text clean, unmarked.  Silver-stamped cloth, dust-jacket; binding tight, jacket toned with shelf wear.  Very Good. 

$ 10

FIRST EDITION.  This book blends popular schience and history to tell the story of Bell Labos of AT&T, one of the world’s leading research centers, that has garnered seven Nobel Prizes in Physics, more than any other single institution. 

2) CIOCCI, F., et al. 

Insertion Devices for Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Laser. 

Singapore, etc.: World Scientific, 2000.  Series on Synchrotron Radiation Techniques and Applications, Vol. 6. 

8vo.  8 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches.  xix, 357 pp.  Figures and tables throughout, index; text clean, unmarked.  Gilt-stamped black cloth, dust-jacket; jacket with minor shelf wear.  Very Good. 

$ 50

FIRST EDITION.  This book describes the basic properties of charged beam transport and the theory of accelerators with radiative damping.

3) MacINTYRE, Ross J. and CLEGG, Michael T., editors. 

Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 33. 

New York, etc.: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, (2003). 

8vo.  9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches.  xi, 205 pp.  Figures, tables, index; text clean, unmarked.  Printed paper over boards; binding square and tight.  Ex library rubber stamps on top and bottom edges, bar code label inside rear cover, Withdrawn rubber stamp on half title.  A nice, unread copy.

$ 50

FIRST EDITION of the 33rd volume in this series, presenting 4 papers on the cutting edge of work in Evolutionary Biology. 

Terms of sale: Subject to prior sale.  Priced as indicated, or $45.00 for the lot.  $3.00 Media mail for individual titles, or free media mail shipping within the continental US.  International shipping at cost.  I can accept Paypal, checks (preferred) or credit card.  Please email or call to reserve.

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John Howell, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA

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