Asimov on Science: A 30-Year Retrospective
New York: Doubleday, 1989. First Edition. 393, minor soiling to top edge. More
New York: Doubleday, 1989. First Edition. 393, minor soiling to top edge. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1982. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. xxxv, [1], 941, [5] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Parts of DJ pasted to end papers. Cover has some wear and soiling. This revised edition has added 310 additional biographies. Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. First Printing. 22 cm, 201, DJ torn at top of spine, ink notation and pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Crest, 1957. Pocket paperbk, 208, wraps, text somewhat darkened, covers somewhat scuffed and worn, some paper adhering to front cover, rear cover creased. More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1982. First Edition. First Printing. 339, index, library stamps (one crossed out in marker), small stains ins flylves & rear bd, DJ in plastic sleeve (soiled & scratched) library stickers on DJ and plastic sleeve (some crossed out in marker). How people have learned, and continue to learn, about their world, from the great migrations of prehistory to the space probes of today. Chapters discuss discoveries in astronomy, biology, geography, mathematics, geology, and physics. More
New York: Dell Yearling, 1990. First Printing. Wraps. quarto/ 32 pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrations (many in color). Glossary. Index. Covers soiled. Some wear to cover and spine edges. Book for young readers. Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920[a] – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification. "Unidentified Flying Objects" is one volume from a lengthy series of more than 25 books that Isaac Asimov wrote to explain astronomy to children called Library of the Universe. Each volume has full-color photographs on every page. More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd, 1974. First Printing. Oversized, 176, profusely illus. (many in color), some wear and small creases to DJ edges, small tear in front DJ. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. First Edition. 178, index, library stamps, rough spot inside rear flylf, lib pocket ins rear bd, bds scuffed & edges worn, lib sticker on spine. More
Boston and Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, and The Riverside Press, 1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. The format is approximately 6.875 inches by 10.25 inches. [10], 274, [4] pages. Illustrations/decorations. Index of Names. Index of Places. Gift inscription, NOT FROM AUTHOR, on half-title page. DJ has substantial edge wear and some other wear, soiling, chips and small tears. "Brief essays, in alphabetical order, on the derivation of some two hundred fifty place names. All of the states and cities of the United States are covered, as well as most of the major cities and countries of the world."--Library Journal. In this book of language, Professor Asimov ranges over the whole world digging up the roots and histories of hundreds of place names from Aachen (derived from the Latin "Hot Springs") to Zanzibar ("land of the Zenj"). The words on our maps are, after all , but a kaleidoscopic reflection of human history and the book is overflowing with a thousand surprising and fascinating bits of information. The Roman Caesars, for example, have left their mark on many cities, but who would suspect that New Jersey is names for them, or that the Canary Islands are names not for the birds, but for the wild dogs that lived there. Residents of Iowa may be surprised to learn that the name presumably means a place of :the sleepy one," while New Yorkers commemorate the yew tree. The book is divided into 250 one-page essays, in which over 1500 names are discussed. More
Oak Ridge, TN: U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Office of Information Services, 1972. Wraps. 3 Volumes. Volume 1, [2], 63, [1] pages; Volume 2, 65-111,[3], and Volume 3,[2], 113-173, [2] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Reading List. Volume 3 is a 1975 printing from the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (a successor to the Atomic Energy Commission). Ex-library with usual markings, and some blacked out. The Story of Nuclear Energy: Worlds Within Worlds covers the entire story of nuclear energy from a basic explanation of atomic weights, energy and electricity to nuclear fission, fusion - beyond. First coming to public consciousness as The Bomb that ended World War II, it is now the forefront of our attention as a source of peacetime energy, whether from nuclear power plants or from the sun. More
New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition. First Printing. 242, illus. (including one fold-out), footnotes, glossary, related reading material, index, some wear and soiling to DJ. More