S keith runcorn (4 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. 122 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This collection of essays contains: The Origin of Cosmic Radiation: The Name of the Problem; The Composition of Primary Radiation; Super Novae as a Source of Cosmic Rays; How Cosmic Rays Acquire Their Great Strength by Prof. C. F. Powell; How Rough Is the Moon by V. A. Hughes; Why the Continents Move by Prof. S. Keith Runcorn; The Generation of Electricity in Thuderstorms and the Origin of Lightning by Prof B. J. Mason; Why Solids Melt by Prof. A. R. Ubbelohde; Towards High Temperatures in Research by Prof. A. R. Ubbelohde; Man-made Conductors of Electricity by Prof. A. R. Ubbelohde; The Coming of Modern Plastics by Prof. C. E. H. Bawn; How to Classify at the Borderline of Life by Dr P. D. Cooper; How Living Organisms Regulate Their Metabolism by Prof. Sir Hans Krebs; Biological Clocks by Prof. G. P. Wells; The Slow Life of the Sea by Dr D. M. Ross; Vision in Deep Sea Fish and Squid by Dr Eric J. Denton; Bees Moths and Memory by Dr A. D. Blest; Mind Matter and Machines by Dr Grey Walter; How Much Sleep Do We Need by Dr R. T. Wilkinson; On Making Up Your Mind by D. E. Broadbent; How the Eyes Deceive by Richard L. Gregory; and What Gives the Salt Its Savour by Prof G. M. Wyburn. Size: 12mo. Book.…

Hardcover. 471pp. Foxing to top edge else very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / lightly soiled chipped dust jacket.

Couverture rigide. Etat : bon. R260269721: 1972. In-8. Relié. Très bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 471 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc dans texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

orig. cloth. 26x17cm, 692 pages., Weighs 1.8 kilos. Name inked on flyleaf. Consists of 47 papers from a conference organized by the School of Physics,at the University of New Castle upon Tyne, England. 29 March - 4 April, 19 67. Some wear. Good. In a worn & frayed dustwrapper., dustwrapper.