Cambridge, MA: Helix Books, Perseus Books, 1999. Fourth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvi, [2], 270 pages Foreword by Freeman Dyson. Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as his work in particle physics. For contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichir Tomonaga. Feynman developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions describing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. During his lifetime, Feynman became one of the best-known scientists in the world. In a 1999 poll of 130 leading physicists worldwide by the British journal Physics World, he was ranked the seventh-greatest physicist of all time. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and became known to a wide public in the 1980s as a member of the Rogers Commission, the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Along with his work in theoretical physics, Feynman helped pioneer the field of quantum computing and introducing the concept of nanotechnology. Feynman was a keen popularizer of physics through both books and lectures, including a 1959 talk on top-down nanotechnology called There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom and the three-volume publication of his undergraduate lectures, The Feynman Lectures on Physics. More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [12], 260 pages. DJ has some wear and soiling. Autographed copy sticker is on the front of the DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. Includes Acknowledgments, Prologue, 33 chapters, and an Epilogue. Jane McBride is starting over. Leaving bad memories in Boston, she has come to the Alaskan Island of Sitka to take a job as finance director for the Native-controlled Kamale Shee corporation, only to find that the position no longer exists and that she is expected to leave. The harsh, magnificent land is compelling, however, and Jane is is determined to make a success of her new life. Ignoring the somewhat sinister incidents occurring around her, Jane finds work teaching two business courses at the local college and befriends some of the townspeople, including psychiatrist Michael Benoit, reporter Bob Denson, her landlady Francesca LaQuestion, and Francesca's troubled son Bojack. Ignoring the somewhat sinister incidents occurring around her, Jane finds work teaching two business courses at the local college and befriends some of the townspeople, including psychiatrist Michael Benoit, reporter Bob Denson, her landlady Francesca LaQuestion, and Francesca's troubled son Bojack. Then a young woman is killed and Jane lands in the middle of a dangerous situation--with no one to trust but herself. A former resident of Sitka, first-time novelist Susan Froetschel has used her insight to produce an atmospheric, suspenseful mystery with authenticity and flare. More

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. vii, [3], 278 pages. Minor DJ wear and soiling. Tables. Maps. Figures. Notes. Key Milestones in the Develoopment of the Eurpoean Gas Industry. Index. Corner of one page creased. Published for the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Contributores include ali Aissaoui, Ulrich Bartsch, Malcolm Peebles and Jonathan Stern as well as one of the Editors (Ian Wybrew-Bond). This book analyses the strategies of four major national companies, Gazprom, Sonatrach, Statoil, and Gasunie, that supply the expanding European gas market. The strategies of these giant corporations are examined in the relevant historical perspective. The analysis concludes by considering future developments of the market and of the supply policies of these main players. Robert Emile Mabro CBE (26 December 1934 – 2 August 2016) was an academic who specialized in oil and energy issues. He founded the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and in the late 1990s brokered a historic production cut between OPEC and its rivals in the wake of a slump in the price of oil. This initiative led to joint production cuts in late 1998 and early 1999, the effect of which was that by mid-2000 the price of crude oil had recovered to more than $30 a barrel. Lajous later recalled, "Robert Mabro played a key, if unaccredited, role in the secret negotiations that brought together these three countries." Mabro himself later suggested that OPEC should change its logo to a tea-bag “because it only works in hot water.” After a career in Shell, principally in its international natural gas business, Ian Wybrew-Bond became a gas adviser to the Institute. More

Washington DC: United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 540 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. NASA Organization Charts. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Minor edge soiling. . This is Volume V of a multi-volume series providing a 20-year compilation of summary statistical and other data descriptive of NASA's programs in aeronautics and manned and unmanned spaceflight. This series is an important component of NASA published historical reference works, used by NASA personnel, managers, external researchers, and other government agencies. In 1973, NASA published the first volume of the NASA Historical Data Book, a hefty tome containing mostly tabular data on the resources of the space agency between 1958 and 1968. There, broken into detailed tables, were the facts and figures associated with the budget, facilities, procurement, installations, and personnel of NASA during that formative decade. In 1988, NASA reissued that first volume of the data book and added two additional volumes on the agency's programs and projects, one each for 1958-1968 and 1969-1978. NASA published a fourth volume in 1994 that addressed NASA resources for the period between 1969 and 1978. This fifth volume of the NASA Historical Data Book is a continuation of those earlier efforts. The compiler was a frequent author and/or contributor to NASA publications. More

Washington, D.C. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Policy and Plans, NASA History Office, 2004. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. VOLUME VI ONLY. xxxiv, 746 pages. 25 cm. Illustrations. Footnotes. List of Acronyms. Biographical Appendix. Index. Slight wear and soiling to DJ. Includes essays on Solar Physics, Space Physics, Life Sciences in Space, and The Evolution of Earth Science Research from Space. This is part of the NASA History Series. John M. Logsdon is Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum;. From 1987 to mid-2008, Logsdon was Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he is also Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs. Dr. Logsdon’s research interests focus on the policy and historical aspects of U.S. and international space activities. Dr. Logsdon is the author of The Decision to Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and the National Interest and is general editor of the eight-volume series Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program. He has written numerous articles and reports on space policy and history. He is frequently consulted by the electronic and print media for his views on space issues. This volume is the fifth in a series that had its origins in the 1990s. The individuals involved in initiating the series and producing the first two volumes have been acknowledged in those volumes. An exception must be made for NASA Chief Historian Roger D. Launius, who has become not only a strong supporter of this series but also an essential collaborator in its implementation. More

Chicago: Triumph Books, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.25 inches by 9.5 inches. xic, [2], 224 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. DJ has chip & small tears at bottom, and minor other wear and soiling. Foreword by Yogi Berra. Also has Preface, Introduction, Chapters entitled: Catcher, First Basemen, Second Baseman, Shortstop, Third Baseman, Left Fielder, Center Fielder, Right Fielder, Right-Handed Pitcher, Left-Handed Pitcher, Relief Pitcher, Manager, and Index. Whitey Ford, a Hall of Fame pitcher with the Yankees for 16 seasons, gives unique insight and takes on the challenge of selecting the five best players at each position in the franchise's history, which includes 26 World Series championships and 36 American League pennants. Featured players include Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Mize, and Enos Slaughter. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Ford's book offers his certainly eminent opinions about the all-time best Bronx Bombers at each position. He uncovers no explanations scientific, spiritual or otherwise for that elemental Yankee je ne sais quoi. Ford engagingly discusses his former teammates and coaches, divulging personal experiences and anecdotes. Charming anecdotes about his predecessors surface: once, Hall-of-Famer Tony Lazzeri secretly filled Babe Ruth's eyedrops bottle with water, then later complained of dry eyes and, borrowing Babe's "medicine," terrified his friend by drinking it. His down-to-earth, writing makes for a fun read. Sidebars by other Yankee greats break up the text with additional opinions about the players being discussed. A welcome addition to Yankee lore. More

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Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1992. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 327, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Radiation and its Victims--A Chronological Table. Publisher's ephemera laid in. Foreword by Robert J. Lifton. Introduction by Ogata Yukio. Appendix. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Some pages are 'off white'. A team of journalists from the Hiroshima-based newspaper interview victims exposed to radiation, investigate environmental dangers, and appeal for an end to nuclear testing. The Chugoku Shimbun ("Midland News") is a Japanese local daily newspaper based in Hiroshima. It serves the Ch goku region of Japan with a market share in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Shimane, Okayama and Tottori Prefectures. The newspaper publishes morning and evening editions. The morning paper has a daily circulation of 646,900. And the evening paper has a daily circulation of 40,600. The Daily Chugoku was established on May 5, 1892, in Hiroshima and was founded by its editor, Saburo Yamamoto. In 1908, the newspaper changed its name to The Chugoku Shimbun, which translates to "Middle Country Newspaper" (geographically, Hiroshima is near the center of the Japanese archipelago). The A-Bomb on August 6, 1945, killed 113 newspaper employees, and destroyed the building and equipment. The newspaper restarted publishing on August 9 by asking other newspapers for help. More

New York: Da Capo Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 278 pages. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Corners of several pages had been creased. Includes Author's Note, Illustrations, Part One, Part Two, and Part Three, as well as Epilogue; Acknowledgments, Notes, Selected Bibliography, and Index. A charming and painstakingly researched account of Jacqueline Kennedy's pivotal role in bringing the Mona Lisa to Washington. Mona Lisa's story is intertwined with the sunlight and shadows of the John F. Kennedy presidency, cut short before its promise could be fully realized. Margaret Leslie Davis is a graduate of Georgetown University and earned her master’s in professional writing at the University of Southern California. Her award-winning books have been featured on Good Morning America and in the London Sunday Times and Vanity Fair. She has appeared on C-SPAN’s Book TV and the History Channel’s Modern Marvels, as well as on the Discovery Channel and A&E’s Biography. An experienced and sought-after public speaker, Davis has delivered addresses at many prestigious forums, including the New York Public Library, the White House Historical Association, and the National Gallery of Art. This book has been showcased on ABC's Good Morning America, excerpted in Vanity Fair magazine and featured in the Sunday London Times. Columnist Liz Smith called the book “an engaging and dynamite story” and an important addition to American museum and art history. More

Joint publication of Aerospace Technology Working Group, The International Space University, and The International Institute of Space Commerce, 2012. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [6], xvi, 496, [2] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Foreword by Bruce McCandless II. This is an Aerospace Technology Working Group Book in partnership with The International Space University and The International Institute of Space Commerce. Among the topics covered are Space Law, Space Data, Spaceport, Space Exploration, Space Applications, Space Commerce, Starship, and International Cooperation. Langdon Morris, author of Foresight and Extreme Creativity has led the innovation consulting practice of InnovationLabs LLC since 2001, where he is a senior partner and co-founder. He is also a partner of FutureLab Consulting. He is recognized as one the world’s leading thinkers and consultants on innovation, and his original and ground-breaking work has been adopted by corporations and universities on every continent to help them improve their innovation processes and the results they achieve. His recent works Agile Innovation, The Innovation Master Plan and Permanent Innovation are recognized as three of the leading innovation books of the last 5 years. Ken Cox earned both a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and later completed his Ph.D. in Digital Flight Systems at Rice University. He spent the bulk of his career working for NASA at the LBJ Space Center in Houston, Texas. It was here that he found his passion working on the space program for over 40 years. He played a significant role in the Apollo and Shuttle programs, created and chaired the Avionics Technology Working Group (ATWG), and co-authored several books. More

Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Policy and Plans, NASA History Office, 2000. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 34, [2] pages, plus covers. Illustrated cover. Illustrations. Bibliography. Cover has some wear and soiling. This includes brief descriptions of each mission, most with an associated photograph. More

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 313, [1] pages. Illustrations. Contents include Acknowledgments; Introduction: A False Dichotomy; The Human/Robot Debate; Human Spaceflight as Utopia; Promoting the Human Dimension; Robotic Spaceflight in Popular Culture; The New Space Race; Interstellar Flight and the Human Future in Space; Homo sapiens, Transhumanism, and the Postbiological University; An Alternative Paradigm?; and Appendix: Inadequate Words; Notes, and Index. Roger D. Launius (born May 15, 1954) is an American historian and author and a former chief historian of NASA. He retired in 2016 as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. Launius is a consulting historian in air and space history. He has written many books on space flight. Howard E. McCurdy is professor of public affairs in the public administration and policy department at American University. McCurdy is considered an expert on space policy and NASA. In 1998, he was selected to be the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, a one-year fellowship at the National Air and Space Museum. McCurdy received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. More

Chicago: Translation World Publishers, 1960. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [2], xxx, [2], 158, [4] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Cover has some wear and soiling. Harold J. Berman (February 13, 1918 – November 13, 2007) was an American legal scholar who was an expert in comparative, international and Soviet/Russian law as well as legal history, philosophy of law and the intersection of law and religion. He was a law professor at Harvard Law School and Emory University School of Law for more than sixty years, and held the James Barr Ames Professorship of Law at Harvard before he was appointed as the first Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory. He has been described as "one of the great polymaths of American legal education." In 1948 he joined the faculty of the Harvard Law School (HLS), where he built a reputation as one of the world's best-known scholars of Soviet law, and held the Story Professorship of Law and later the Ames Professorship of Law. He was a frequent visitor to Russia as a guest scholar and lecturer, even during the height of the Joseph McCarthy era. In 1958, he represented the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle in Soviet courts, in an unsuccessful attempt to collect copyright royalties from the government of the USSR. A prolific scholar, Berman wrote 25 books and more than 400 scholarly articles, including Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition and The Nature and Functions of Law, which is in its 6th edition. The law journal Constitutional Commentary described Law And Revolution as "the standard point of departure for work in the field" [of Western legal history]. More