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Creative Evolution by: Bergson, Henri Transl. Mitchell, Arthur
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Creative Evolution by: Bergson, Henri Transl. Mitchell, ArthurCreative Evolution by: Bergson, Henri Transl. Mitchell, Arthur

Creative Evolution by: Bergson, Henri Transl. Mitchell, Arthur

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Company, 1st thus, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 407 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth boards are in very good condition, despite some light bumping to the corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that evolution is motivated by an elan vital, a "vital impetus" that can also be understood as humanity's natural creative impulse. Bergson suggests that the experience of time as "duration" can best be understood through creative intuition, not through intellect. Clean copy. Record # 34358
Price: $22.00 

Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History by: Gould, Stephen Jay

Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History by: Gould, Stephen Jay

Hardcover. New York, Harmony, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 409 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear on dust jacket top edge, otherwise clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Record # 468203
Price: $12.00 

DNA and the I Ching: The Tao of Life by: Yan, Johnson F.
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DNA and the I Ching: The Tao of Life by: Yan, Johnson F.

Softcover. Berkeley, California, North Atlantic Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book extrapolates on a startling correlation between ancient knowledge and ultramodern science. Dr. Yan did postdoctoral research on the computational chemistry of biopolymers at Cornell University. His current interest is in the interpretation of DNA and protein sequences. Clean copy. Record # 34036
Price: $12.00 

Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience by: Editor: Platek, Steven, Editor: Shackelford, Todd, Editor: Keenan, Julian

Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience by: Editor: Platek, Steven, Editor: Shackelford, Todd, Editor: Keenan, Julian

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 616 pages, hardcover. Exterior pictorial board and interior pages and binding are in great condition. This is an essential reference for the new discipline of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience that defines the field's approach of applying evolutionary theory to guide brain-behavior investigations. Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience covers all areas of cognitive neuroscience, from non human brain-behavior relationships to human cognition and consciousness, and each section of 'Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience' addresses a different adaptive problem. Clean copy. Record # 33601
Price: $35.00 

Fifth Miracle, The: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life by: Davies, Paul

Fifth Miracle, The: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life by: Davies, Paul

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 304 pages. Hardcover. Silver gilt titles on spine. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468154
Price: $12.00 

First Steps in Scientific Knowledge: Complete in Seven Parts by: Bert, Paul

First Steps in Scientific Knowledge: Complete in Seven Parts by: Bert, Paul

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott , Early Reprint, 1887, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pagination restarts at each of the 7 parts, and they're approximately 100 pages each. Hardcover. Covers are bumped, with significant edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout. This book aimed to provide a comprehensive introduction to various scientific fields, including animal and plant biology, geology, physics, chemistry, and physiology, all divided into seven distinct sections. Clean copy. Record # 33945
Price: $15.00 

Flora and plant Communities of Maine Peatlands - Technical Bulletin 170 - December 1998 by: Anderson, Dennis S./Ronald B. Davis

Flora and plant Communities of Maine Peatlands - Technical Bulletin 170 - December 1998 by: Anderson, Dennis S./Ronald B. Davis

Softcover. Orono, University of Maine, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 98 pages. Softcover. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy. Record # 612915
Price: $12.00 

Fundamentals of Clinical Hematology by: Leavell, Byrd S. And Oscar A. Thorup

Fundamentals of Clinical Hematology by: Leavell, Byrd S. And Oscar A. Thorup

Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, black & white illust. 503 pages. Previous owner's name on fore-edge of pages, internally clean & tight. Like new cond. Record # 67245
Price: $12.00 

Gene Wars, The: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome by: Cook-Deegan, Robert

Gene Wars, The: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome by: Cook-Deegan, Robert

Softcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, reprint, 1996, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Softcover. B&w photographs throughout. Some slight curling to front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468303
Price: $12.00 

General Microbiology by: Walter, William G. and Richard McBee

General Microbiology by: Walter, William G. and Richard McBee

reprint, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, No publisher, appears to be pirated edition. 345 pages, b&w illustrations. Record # 601166
Price: $12.00 

Genome: The Story of the Most Astonishing Scientific Adventure of Our Time-The Attempt to Map All the Genes in the Human Body by: Waldholz, Michael

Genome: The Story of the Most Astonishing Scientific Adventure of Our Time-The Attempt to Map All the Genes in the Human Body by: Waldholz, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468304
Price: $12.00 

Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War by: Miller, Judith

Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War by: Miller, Judith

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 382 pages. Hardcover. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468162
Price: $12.00 

Healing the Planet: Strategies for Resolving the Environmental Crisis by: Ehrlich, Paul R.

Healing the Planet: Strategies for Resolving the Environmental Crisis by: Ehrlich, Paul R.

Softcover. Canada, HarperCollins Canada / Perseus Books, reprint , 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Canada, HarperCollins Canada / Perseus Books, reprint , 1998, Book: Good, Dust jacket: None, Light edge wear to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 366 pages. Record # 467702 Record # 467702
Price: $12.00 

Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes by: Armitage, Allan M.

Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes by: Armitage, Allan M.

Hardcover. Athens, GA, Varsity Press, Inc., 2nd Pr., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 646 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color photography. This book provides easy-to-read information for over 500 genera, species and cultivars used in the gardening and landscape trade. Clean copy. Record # 34500
Price: $18.00 

Humanistic Botany [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Tippo, Oswald Stern, William Louis, Illust. by: Tangerini, Alice R.
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Humanistic Botany [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Tippo, Oswald Stern, William Louis, Illust. by: Tangerini, Alice R.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 605 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to multiple chips and closed tears. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book was created for use in undergraduate courses in botany, as taken by students in non-science majors. Its emphasis is on the interrelationships between plants and people in society and culture. Author's inscription to the previous owner reads: "January 11, 1978 with thanks for his interest in and help with species - Bill Stern." Clean copy. Record # 34219
Price: $25.00 

Hydroponics Plus: The Bentley System, A New Approach to Intensified Farming [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Bentley, Maxwell
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Hydroponics Plus: The Bentley System, A New Approach to Intensified Farming [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Bentley, MaxwellHydroponics Plus: The Bentley System, A New Approach to Intensified Farming [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Bentley, Maxwell

Hydroponics Plus: The Bentley System, A New Approach to Intensified Farming [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Bentley, Maxwell

Hardcover. Sioux Falls, SD, O'Connor Printers, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 232 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is worn, with chipping along the top and bottom edges. Green cloth covers are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. Author's inscription to the previous owner on the title page reads: "With best wishes, Maxwell" dated Jan 17th, 1979. This book presents a simplified system of hydroponics, intended to enable any reader to have fun growing vegetables, herbs, or flowers on any scale. Clean copy. Record # 34391
Price: $26.00 

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought by: Degler, Carl N.

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought by: Degler, Carl N.

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 400 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Some holes in dust jacket spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 468150
Price: $12.00 

International Review of Connective Tissue Research Volume 6 by: Hall, David A. (ed)
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International Review of Connective Tissue Research Volume 6 by: Hall, David A. (ed)

Hardcover. New York, Academic Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 326 pages. black & white photographs and diagrams. Record # 203963
Price: $12.00 

Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell by: Rensberger, Boyce, Illust. by: Nigel Orme

Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell by: Rensberger, Boyce, Illust. by: Nigel Orme

Hardcover. Oxford , Oxford University Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 290 pages. Hardcover. b&w illustrations by Nigel Orme throughout. Record # 468183
Price: $12.00 

Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth by: Fortey, Richard

Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth by: Fortey, Richard

Softcover. New York, Vintage, reprint, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 346 pages. Paperback. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 468211
Price: $12.00 

Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth by: Fortey, Richard

Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth by: Fortey, Richard

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, reprint, 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 346 pages. Hardcover. Some edge wear to dust jacket. Some stains to front cover. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 468310
Price: $12.00 

Lifelines: Biology Beyond Determinism by: Rose, Steven

Lifelines: Biology Beyond Determinism by: Rose, Steven

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages. Hardcover. B&w illustrations and diagrams throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 468139
Price: $12.00 

Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color by: Jablonski, Nina G.
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Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color by: Jablonski, Nina G.

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 260 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to a few bumps and closed tears by the rear flap. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, and a bind-in with full-color photography halfway through. This is the first book to investigate the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible trait influences our social interactions in profound and complex ways. Clean copy. Record # 34108
Price: $12.00 

Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by: Damasio, Antonio

Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by: Damasio, Antonio

Hardcover. New York, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 355 pages. Hardcover. B&w illustrations throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Creasing and shelf wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468157
Price: $12.00 


  
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