Arthur m squires (16 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Nice condition, with some shelf-wear of the cover, clean pages, no missing pages *** Soft-bound ***.

Hardcover. Etat : UsedGood. Hardcover; symposium of the Committee on Environmental Alteration, American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 28, 1969; surplus lib rary copy with the usual stampings; reference number written on the dust ja cket spine; otherwise in good condition with clean text and tight binding. Dust jacket shows fading and shelf wear and is protected by a Mylar cover.…

Etat : Good. 1986th Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Etat : Good. 1986th Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. dj. First printing. Octavo, xix, 247 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is pink with white print. Boards in purple cloth; slight bump to spine head. Illustrated: b&w graphs, diagrams. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K (ND-K). 1417176. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Text in English. 247 pp. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear to exterior. Faded spine. Arthur Squires tells stories of governmental successes and failures in managing technological change ? of Sweden's Vasa, a "tender ship" that sank minutes away from dockside on her maiden voyage in 1628; ? of Oak Ridge's K-25, the brilliantly engineered gaseous diffusion plant that enriched Uranium-235 for the bomb dropped over Hiroshima; ? of the U.S. Army's M-16 rifle, whose failures in combat put names on the Vietnam memorial wall; and other stories illustrating ? how large enterprise fares well when managed by maestros of technology working in an atmosphere of trust, and ? how badly enterprise can go when managed by distant, untrusting bureaucrats who assume tasks according to signs on their doors. Squires proposes drastic changes in the U.S. Government's practices in managing technology, Will readers agree with his suggestions? Perhaps not in detail. Squires invites a debate: he calls urgently for the righting of our ship of state. Top-heavy with a sterile, obstructive bureaucracy, it is The Tender Ship -as tender as Sweden's Vasa. …

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hardback in near fine condition with very good + condition dust jacket.

Etat : New. Print on Demand.

Etat : New. Num Pages: 268 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 610. . 1985. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986. Paperback. . . . .

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Boston, Birkhauser, 1986. Octavo; cloth; a fine copy with the dustwrapper a little sunned on the spine. A Pro Scientia Viva title.

Etat : New. Num Pages: 268 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 610. . 1985. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

8vo (24x16cm), hardback, xxii + 247pp. Good condition in good dustwrapper (bumped, spine faded, lightly creased). Bumped at lower corners, faint crease down spine, boards very slightly bowed. Pictures available on request.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 464 pages. 8.98x5.98x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Paperback / softback. Etat : New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1946 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 18 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English. …

LeatherBound. Etat : New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1968 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 44 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English. …