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A Logical Analysis of The Theory of Relativity
by Tornebohm, Hakan
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- Used - Very good overall
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- 1952
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 102.69
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Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1952. Hardcover. Very good overall. A philosophical investigation into the study of physics as material for a logical analysis of scientific method. Tall 8vo, 273pp, green cloth covers with gilt title on spine and front, original tan dj with title in black on spine, orange on cover. Book in fine condition, dj in good-… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
Scientific Papers Presented to Max Born
by Gottingen, Dr. Phil et al.
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- 1953
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 130.07
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London: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. Hardcover. Very good condition. On his retirement from the Taith Chair of National Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, with a Bibliography. "A volume of essays written by ... friends ... and sponsored by colleagues ... in Edinburgh ... is offered as a tribute to Max Born..." Contributing authors include: Albert Einstein, Sir… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 130.07
The Facts of Life
by Miller, Jonathan and David Pelham
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- First edition
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670304653
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 34.23
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New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Intricate three-dimensional illustrations depict[ing] all the wonders of human reproduction." With movable parts showing development of a baby from conception to birth. 4to, 12pp, full color, spine tips bumped. All pop-ups complete and in working order. Item Price
SGD 34.23
Boston Journal of Chemistry. Devoted to the Science of Home Life, the Arts, Agriculture and Medicine, 5 issues
by Nichols, James R. (ed)
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- 1874
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 164.30
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Boston, 1874. Good + overall. An incomplete run of the Boston Journal of Chemistry dating January, March, May, June, July of 1874, (Volume VIII No. 7, 9, 11,12; VIX No. 1).
A sampling of articles: Chemical Examination of Urine; Why Teeth Decay; Effect of Electricity on Plants; Peat Bogs; Milk Adulteration; Pork Packing; Nitrogen in Soil; Medical… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 164.30
The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Including aids to identification, notes on their physiology and bionomics, and instructions for the collection and preservation of specimens under tropical conditions
by Corbet, A. S & Pendlebury, H. M.
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- First edition
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- 1934
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Kuala Lumpur: Kyle, Palmer & Co, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. A nontechnical handbook in three parts: a detailed introduction, structure, characteristics and life history of butterflies; various species illustrated on photographic plates; a list of 801 species known to occur in Malaya.
Small 4to, v, 252pp, 2 color plates and 2 maps in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
Retarded Action At A Distance. The Change of Force With Motion
by Burniston Brown, G.
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- 1982
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 47.92
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London: Cortney Publications, 1982. Hardcover. Very good overall. An examination of physics from the perspective of "causes of sensible effects".
8vo, 145pp, printed in text diagrams throughout. Blue gilt covers, in the original blue and white dust jacket, with the dust jacket wrapper slip quoting Thomas G. Barnes Professor Emeritus, University of Texas. Dust jacket very… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Discourse of The Roman Foot and Denarius from Whence, as from Two Principles, the Measures and Weights Used by the Ancients, may be Deduced By John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford
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- 1703
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 130.07
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London: Printed for Awnsham & John Churchill, 1703. Wraps. Very good condition. Folio, 48pp, numbered 738 - 786. Bound together between marbled stiff paper wrappers, from Churchill's 1703 Collection of Voyages and Travels. Bright and clean, pristine. Item Price
SGD 130.07
Ye Sundial Booke
by Henslow, T. Geoffrey W.
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- 1914
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 68.46
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London: Edward Arnold, 1914. Hardcover. Includes many engravings of European sundials, as well as American ones (Dutch Reform Church, New York; Sundial of Mary Washington). With an extract from the 'Rhodesian Agricultural Journal', titled "The Time, and how to Find it", loosely inserted. Large 8vo, 422pp, ads. Bound in white imitation vellum, gold gilt title front cover and spine.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.46
Kosmos Handweiser fur Naturfreunde
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- 1915
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 27.38
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Stuttgart, 1915. Hardcover. Good condition but damage to spine.. This popular German science weekly, known by its devoted readers as Der Handweiser, was first published in 1903. This is a bound edition of Volume 12. One issue shows a photo of a scientist holding what appears to be the end of a broom to a young man's head,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.38
A History of Antarctic Science
by Fogg, Professor G. E.
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- First edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780521361132
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 89.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to, xxi, 483pp, ills, index, references, endnotes. original pictorial hard boards, with title in white on pale lavender spine. As new. Item Price
SGD 89.00
The great South Sea Caterpillar, transform'd into a Bath Butterfly
by [Banks, Joseph] Gillray, James
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- 1850
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 1,300.74
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London: H. Humphrey No. 37 New Bond Street, 1850. Satirical cartoon spoofing the social elevation of Joseph Banks, who accompanied Cook. Banks' head is transposed on a butterfly arising out of the mud, gazing upwards towards the Crown, depicted as the center of the sun, with the Order of Bath pinned to his coat. Banks rapid ascension in social… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mach's Philosophy of Science
by Bradley, J.
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- First edition
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- 1971
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 68.46
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Athlone Press of Univ of London, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo, 226pp, orig. blue publishers cloth, green printed dj very slt. edge ruffled o/w fine in vg+ dj. Item Price
SGD 68.46
Talking About Relativity
by Synge, J L.
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- 1970
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 123.23
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Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company, 1970. Hardcover. Very good in slt. marked dj. Small 8to, 193 pp, b&w illus throughout. Pale blue cloth cover, red title on spine. Original blue dj with white title; white title on spine; rubbed at edges and esp at top of spine. Inside very good. Item Price
SGD 123.23
The Doppler Effect An Introduction to the Theory of the Effect
by Gill, T P.
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- 1965
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 68.46
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London: Logos Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very good in marked dj. 8to, Introduction (x), 149 pp, index, b&w diagrams throughout. Black cloth cover with gilt title on spine. Original pale blue dj with title in white on front cover; title in white on spine. Dj is chipped, upper right of front cover missing large section. Interior very clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Social Life of Monkeys and Apes
by Zuckerman, S.
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- First U. S. edition
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- 1932
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 239.61
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New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1932. First U. S. edition. Fine in fine dj. The author was the Anatomist to the London Zoological Garden and conducted this hugely respected study at Monkey Hill over many years. Part of the International Library of Psychology. 8vo, 356 pp, 24 b&w plates, 23 pp bibliography. Dark green publishers cloth, gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 239.61
The Personal Experience of Time
by Gorman, Bernard S, editor
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- 1977
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 68.46
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New York: Plenum Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very good in slt. marked dj. 8to, 296 pp, b&w diagrams throughout. Dark green cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Pale green pictorial dj with drop out type; drop out title on spine. DJ is dusty and slightly rippled on back cover from damp, front has 2 closed tears. Item Price
SGD 68.46
Time, Science and Society in China and the West
by Fraser, J.T., N. Lawrence, and F.C. Haber
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- 9780870234958
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SGD 20.54
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Fraser, J.T., N. Lawrence, and F.C. Haber. Time, Science and Society in China and the West. Univ. of Mass Press, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1986, 1st edition. Lge. 8vo. (xvii) 262 pp, some illus. Orig. green cloth, blue-green dj, fine/fine. Essays attempt to account for establish cultural reasons for differences in scientific progress between the West and the East. ISBN:0870234951. Item Price
SGD 20.54
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Die Technik im Zwanzigsten Jahrhundert. 6 Volumes
by Miethe, A.
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- First edition
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- 1911
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 116.38
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Braunschweig: George Westermann, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Original blue covers with decorative embossed gilt title. Gilt title on blue spine. First Edition. Braunschweig: George Westermann, 1911. All six volumes available. Lightly sunned at edges of front boards, a bit rubbed at cloth spines & rubbed edges lower corners, few inner hinges loose but holding, rear… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 116.38
Science Versus Dogma
by Sprading, Charles T.
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- 1925
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 41.08
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Los Angeles: Libertarian Publishing Co., 1925. Hardcover. A defense and explanation of evolution and its teaching; including a chapter "The Christian War on Science". Small 8vo, 212 pp, ads. Dark red cloth covers with title in black at front cover and at spine. Covers are gently rubbed at corners and top and base of spine; rear corner is bumped.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 41.08
Space and Time
by Swinburne, Richard
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- 1968
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 61.61
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New York: Macmillan, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo, publisher blue hardboard fine, red printed dj slt. edge ruffle o/w vg. Item Price
SGD 61.61
