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Timber Press. Very Good. 5.02 x 0.52 x 8 inches. Paperback. 2012. 164 pages. <br>Why do you garden? For fun? Work? Food? The reason s to garden are as unique as the gardener. The R… More...

Timber Press. Very Good. 5.02 x 0.52 x 8 inches. Paperback. 2012. 164 pages. <br>Why do you garden? For fun? Work? Food? The reason s to garden are as unique as the gardener. The Roots of My Obses sion features thirty essays from the most vital voices in gardeni ng, exploring the myriad motives and impulses that cause a person to become a gardener. For some, it's the quest to achieve a pers onal vision of ultimate beauty; for others, it's a mission to hea l the earth, or to grow a perfect peach. The essays are as distin ct as their authors, and yet each one is direct, engaging, and fr om the heart. For Doug Tallamy, a love of plants is rooted first in a love of animals: animals with two legs (birds), four legs ( box turtles, salamanders, and foxes), six legs (butterflies and b eetles), eight legs (spiders), dozens of legs (centipedes), hundr eds of legs (millipedes), and even animals with no legs (snakes a nd pollywogs). For Rosalind Creasy, it's not the plant itself; it 's how you use it in the garden. And for Sydney Eddison, the reas on has changed throughout the years. Now, she gardens for the mom ent. As you read, you may find yourself nodding your head in agr eement, or gasping in disbelief. What you're sure to encounter is some of the best writing about the gardener's soul ever to appea r. For anyone who cherishes the miracle of bringing forth life fr om the soil, The Roots of My Obsession is essential inspiration. Editorial Reviews Review In revealing, deeply personal and hig hly reflective essays, the joys, challenges, and rewards of garde ns are limned by the finest hands in the field. --Booklist This charming, simple book makes a great gift for gardening friends, w ho can curl up with it on a rainy day and reflect on their own ob session. --Publishers Weekly After finishing the book, you may e ven feel a bit better about your own all-consuming horticulture h obby. --Country Living This is a wonderful book because you can leave it by your bed and open it to any short essay and find your self relating, laughing, or learning. --Winston-Salem Journal A visual feast of inspiration combined with practical advice on how to put together a garden that shines throughout the year. A grea t winter read. --Pacific Northwest Magazine From the Back Cover Delve into soul of gardening with Tony Avent, Thomas Christopher , Rosalind Creasy, William Cullina, Rick Darke, Page Dickey, Hele n Dillon, Ken Druse, Sydney Eddison, Fergus Garrett, Nancy Goodwi n, Susan Heeger, Daniel J. Hinkley, Thomas Hobbs, Penelope Hobhou se, Panayoti Kelaidis, Roy Lancaster, Tovah Martin, Julie Moir Me sservy, Stephen Orr, Anna Pavord, Anne Raver, Margaret Roach, Mar ty Ross, Claire Sawyers, Amy Stewart, Roger B. Swain, Douglas W. Tallamy, Richard G. Turner, Jr., and David Wheeler. A portion of the profits from this book will be donated to the Global Strateg y for Plant Conservation. From the Back Cover Delve into soul of gardening with Tony Avent, Thomas Christopher, Rosalind Creasy, William Cullina, Rick Darke, Page Dickey, Helen Dillon, Ken Druse , Sydney Eddison, Fergus Garrett, Nancy Goodwin, Susan Heeger, Da niel J. Hinkley, Thomas Hobbs, Penelope Hobhouse, Panayoti Kelaid is, Roy Lancaster, Tovah Martin, Julie Moir Messervy, Stephen Orr , Anna Pavord, Anne Raver, Margaret Roach, Marty Ross, Claire Saw yers, Amy Stewart, Roger B. Swain, Douglas W. Tallamy, Richard G. Turner, Jr., and David Wheeler. A portion of the profits from t his book will be donated to the Global Strategy for Plant Conserv ation. About the Author Thomas C. Cooper is senior editor at Bos ton College Magazine. He is also the former editor of Horticultur e magazine and The Gardener. He has written for the New York Time s and the Atlantic and is the author of Odds Lots. He lives in Wa tertown, Massachusetts. Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction by Thomas C. Cooper There are at le ast thirty reasons that people end up as gardeners. The essays th at follow are proof of that. In fact, the motivations are far mor e numerous. A few folks seem born with a seed clutched in their f ists; others make the choice deliberately, having ruled out banki ng or triathlons. But for most people, including the authors of t his book, their transformation into gardeners is evolutionary, th e result of years, often generations, of small unnoticed actions, the way a piece of land is shaped by wind, rain, sunshine, and t he antics of man, until it has been changed entirely. The account s in the pages beyond, by many of today's finest garden writers, are portraits of that metamorphosis. I was raised on a strain of gardening that combined the minor virtues of engineering, math, Cold War chemistry, and internal combustion. My parents were a pa rt of the victory garden generation, raised in an era when farmin g touched most recent family histories and those who had some lan d naturally grew food and flowers as part of their genetic makeup , not as an exercise in outdoor decorating. People were comfortab le with the land and the tools for working it. Families had Ball jars on their shelves and big freezers in the basement. A power o utage meant more than losing an unsaved email; it put the summer' s beet crop, stored in neatly stacked white cartons, at risk. Gar dening was a tangible and often essential part of life, which was lived closer to the ground. My father was the gardener in our f amily (my mother was the freezer, canner, and cook), and he was a n active one. I don't know where he acquired the urge, although t here was a family farm (with a water wheel and an Indian farmhand --he lived in a teepee, we were told) in Monsey, New York, some t hirty-five miles northwest of Manhattan. It was a rolling, open l andscape in the early days of the twentieth century, when lime wa s just gaining popularity. Whatever the instigating factors, by t he time I was born my dad had developed a lifelong interest in ti nkering with nature. Before moving from New York City to Vermont, my home ground, he had absorbed night courses in agriculture at Columbia University, owned and run an apple orchard upstate in Re d Hook, and collected many of the USDA's yearbooks as well as a g oodly library of their instructive bulletins (Vegetable Gardener' s Handbook on Insects and Diseases, Potatoes in Popular Ways, Mul ches for Your Garden, and Root Vegetables for Everyday Meals amon g them). His copy of Maurice Kains's classic 1940 back-to-the-lan d primer, Five Acres and Independence, sat on a bookshelf behind his desk, ready for consultation and an inexhaustible source of i nspiration. With schooling as an engineer and a farmer, my fathe r envisioned a garden as something carried out on well-tilled, ro ck-free ground (to the degree that condition can be achieved in n orthern New England, where stones rise up endlessly), rows aligne d with all the precision a theodolite could impart, and seeds pla nted at exact intervals according to a notched sugar maple yardst ick. A garden could contain many crops, but it ought to be square and true. Its supports should be tall and strong. Ours were made of oak shafts rejected for use in the construction of surveyors' tripods. We set their holes with a crowbar and drove them home w ith a five-pound sledge. The rows of beans and peas ran straight, the chicken wire taut. There were actually two gardeners in my household. The other was James Underwood Crockett, the kindly gen tleman who gained fame (among gardeners) in the mid-1970s as the down-to-earth host of PBS's Crockett's Victory Garden, as the sho w was originally called. Whether on TV or in his several gardenin g books, what Crockett said went, from how deep to plant an aspar agus root (eight inches) to when to apply the diazinon (he was a firm believer in better living through chemistry). When he switch ed tomato varieties, we did too. His books sat on the bookshelf i n the kitchen for ready reference. Well after his death, when my wife and I moved to our current home, my father built us one of C rockett's three-bin Brown Gold Cadillac composters as a housewarm ing present. My role in our family's gardens was as a farmhand, picking out rocks and tossing them into the black plastic buckets stationed at the row ends, harvesting peas or corn to take in to my mother for processing, pulling weeds. As my brother and I gre w we took on mowing duties, wrestling a massive two-winged Locke reel mower around the lawn as it threw up a spray of clippings th at released the fresh scent of summer and turned your sneaker toe s green. The mowing was followed by trimming work with the hand c lippers (a fiendish device that I could only manage with two hand s for a number of years). Sometime in high school I took on the T roy-Bilt rototiller, helping to keep the edges of the asparagus b ed fluffed and weed-free. I still admire a crisply cut edge or a well-weeded stretch of soil almost as much as I do a tapestry of perennials in full flight. Some thirty years working among garde ners as an editor added new tools and new approaches to my work o n the land. I discovered a world often without straight lines, ge nerally without chemicals, one where flowers and vegetables share d equal billing. Any plant was fair game in achieving one's priva te paradise. The place where I grew up and still garden is overru n with lilac cultivars (my father's doing), but there is a heptac odium, a weeping katsura, and a Swiss stone pine. Marketers have tried for decades to identify what makes a gardener in hopes of brewing up a large batch of it and sowing it, through advertising , across the land. It has never worked, and many who dreamed of g etting rich by making gardeners have lost their shirts. Gardeners are a blend of family and geography, of childhood wonder and eve n sometimes the independence born of the parental neglect that al lows a child to get lost in the woods, tracing the source of a sp ringtime rivulet. They rise from trauma and travel. People come t o gardening for the refuge of a personal Eden, endlessly complex in its makeup, gloriously simple in its demands. The world of th e small family farm and neat vegetable gardens carved into every backyard is fading rapidly. Some people lament this decline. Yet if one looks beyond the dense thicket of McMansions, there are pl enty of gardeners carrying on with fruits and vegetables, trees, shrubs, and flowers. Their roots stretch back to Mr. Crockett and beyond--to plant hunters like E. H. Wilson, gardeners like Thoma s Jefferson and Vita Sackville-West, layouts like the courtyards of Persia. Each story, like the ones in this volume, is different in its particulars--the disconcerting discoveries of an Irish ch ildhood leading to the sanctuary of the greenhouse; love affairs with colchicums, alpines, orchids, or trees; a return to vegetabl e-growing; a lifetime raising fruit--but each is familiar in its goals and appreciations of a greener world. ., Timber Press, 2012, 3, VG/NONE. Hardcover. 0306304104 . Covers clean, bright; previous owners' names and price stamp on front free endpaper. Pgs tight, clean, unmarked. No DJ. ; ., 3, Springer, 1982. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Tuesday, Dec. 26 (holiday sale item)* 206 pp., Hardcover, ex library, covers slightly bowed else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country., Springer, 1982, 0, Princeton Review, 2016-10-18. Paperback. Used: Good., Princeton Review, 2016-10-18, 2.5, United States Government Printing Office., 1965. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1965 PUBLICATION; softcover; ex-library; in very good condition.., United States Government Printing Office., 1965, 3, United States Government Printing Office. , 1987. Book. Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1987 PUBLICATION; softcovers; ex-library; spine reinforced with tape; chip on lower corner of rear wrap; creasing of lower corner of wraps and leaves; o/w in good condition. ., United States Government Printing Office., 1987, 2.5, Oxford University Press. Good. 5.82(w) x 8.72(h) x 0.71(d). Hardcover. 2011. 200 pages. Ex-library.<br>Illustrated with remarkable new full-co lor images-indeed, one or more on every page-and written by one o f the world's leading authorities on the subject, Reactions offer s a compact, pain-free tour of the inner workings of chemistry. Reactions begins with the chemical formula almost everyone knows -the formula for water, H2O-a molecule with an almost laughably s imple chemical composition. But Atkins shows that water is also r ather miraculous-it is the only substance whose solid form is les s dense than its liquid (hence ice floats in water)-and incredibl y central to many chemical reactions, as it is an excellent solve nt, being able to dissolve gases and many solids. Moreover, Atkin s tells us that water is actually chemically aggressive, and can react with and destroy the compounds dissolved in it, and he show s us what happens at the molecular level when water turns to ice- and when it melts. Moving beyond water, Atkins slowly builds up a toolkit of basic chemical processes, including precipitation (p erhaps the simplest of all chemical reactions), combustion, reduc tion, corrosion, electrolysis, and catalysis. He then shows how t hese fundamental tools can be brought together in more complex pr ocesses such as photosynthesis, radical polymerization, vision, e nzyme control, and synthesis. Peter Atkins is the world-renowne d author of numerous best-selling chemistry textbooks for student s. In this crystal-clear, attractively illustrated, and insightfu l volume, he provides a fantastic introductory tour-in just a few hundred colorful and lively pages - for anyone with a passing or serious interest in chemistry. ., Oxford University Press, 2011, 2.5, New York, NY: Springer Verlag, 2006. Cloth. Very Good/Printed Boards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 211 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Note: The word "USED" is neatly stamped on top fore-edge. Text is Free of Markings., Springer Verlag, 2006, 3, London: The Royal Society Of Chemistry, 1994. Very good, almost as-new condition; printed boards showing light shelfwear only; contents clean, sound, bright. TPW. hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used., The Royal Society Of Chemistry, 1994, 3, Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., 2.5, Academic Journal Offprint from - Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section B - Biological, Geological and Chemical Science, Vol. 65, B, No. 14, 1967 13pp, 5 figs, 1 b/w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC, 0, Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews Inc.,U.S., 1990. Ex-Library but hardly used. Stamp to FEP and page block, otherwise in perfect condition. Whither Biophysics? (G Weber) The Proton-Translocating ATPase of Escherichia Coli (A E Senior) NMR Studies of Metabolism (S Cerdan, and , J Seelig) Molecular Structure and Vaccine Design (S Vajda, , R Kataoka, , C DeLisi, , H Margalit, , J A Berzofsky, and , J L Cornette) Electrical Modulation of Membrane Proteins: Enforced Conformational Oscillations and Biological Energy and Signal Transductions (T Y Tsong) Crystallography of Biological Macromolecules at Ultra-Low Temperature (H Hope) Gramicidin Channels and Pores (B A Wallace) Calorimetrically Determined Dynamics of Complex Unfolding Transitions in Proteins (E Freire, , W W Osdol, , O L Mayorga, and , J M Sanchez-Ruiz) The Structure and Function of the Aspartic Proteinases (D R Davies) Mechanisms of Cytoplasmic Hemoglobin and Myoglobin Function (J B Wittenberg, and , B A Wittenberg) Uniform and Selective Deuteration in Two-Dimensional NMR of Proteins (D M LeMaster) Mechanisms of Long-Distance Electron Transfer in Proteins: Lessons from Photosynthetic Reaction Centers (S G Boxer) Electrostatic Interactions in Macromolecules: Theory and Applications (K A Sharp, and , B Honig) Spectroscopic Analysis of Genetically Modified Photosynthetic Reaction Centers (W J Coleman, and , D C Youvan) On the Microassembly of Integral Membrane Proteins (J L Popot, and , C Vitry) Zinc Finger Domains: Hypotheses and Current Knowledge (J M Berg) Ion Distributions Around DNA and other Cylindrical Polyions: Theoretical Descriptions and Physical Implications (C F Anderson, and , M T Record, Jr). Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used., Annual Reviews Inc.,U.S., 1990, 3, Crescent, 1978. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 176 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Crescent, 1978. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Joe Beddington is president of the Jupiter Chemical Company, but a virtual slave of his scheming mother. They travel to India and Joe succumbs to the beauty of Amrita. A complex web is the pattern spun by the revolving wheel of karma. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; ISBN: 0427004233. ISBN/EAN: 9780427004232. Inventory No: 21050362.. 9780427004232, Crescent, 1978, 2.5, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1965. Book. Illus. by Tables, Figures. Very Good. Stapled Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG/none, used pb, 28pp. Apricot colored stiff paper wraps with black colored text on upper; slight edge wear; no chips or tears. Interior pages clean, unmarked. This is Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1667-D and includes information on Chemical reactions with organic acids which influence the behavior of manganese in natural water. Interior pages clean, unmarked. Binding is tight.., United States Government Printing Office, 1965, 3, Bantam. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. 0553403974 . Very nice condition, pages clean, tight and unmarked. Cover has slight wear at corners, light creasing on spine and minor scuffing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 546 pages; The Fragrant Pharmacy shows how each essential oil can offer many diverse benefits. One of the most holistic of all systems of medicine, the oils can alleviate symptoms, prevent many illnesses and disorders and help in thier healing process. But more than that, they can provide all of us--our families, our homes, even our pet--with the protection and pleasures we need...without the chemical pollution of our bodies or our environment. This illuminating and imaginative book of aromatherapy is the household manual of the future. It is a treasury of information about precious life-and health-enhancing liquids that work in complex harmony with people and planet alike. Here is a comprehensive encyclopaedia of 'medicines out of the earth', those miracles of creation which revitalise and rejuvenate, enhance our emotions and help our work and play. It charts out for all of us a fragrant way to family health and home delights. (435noto) ., Bantam, 1997, 4, Trade paperback. Has some highlighting inside (will help you study!), and some questions have been completed. Otherwise, clean cover and smooth pages., Princeton Review, 2016, 3, Oak Ridge, TN: United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, 2016. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. For page oversized visitors guide. Map in color on back page. Illustrated. One of America's newest national parks, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, is an intriguingly unique place that tells the story of the people, events, and science that led to the creation of the atomic bomb, brought an end to World War II, and ushered in the atomic era. President Franklin D. Roosevelt granted federal funding for uranium research in 1939, shortly after receiving a fearful letter from Albert Einstein, who warned of the potential for an "extremely powerful bomb." By 1942, U.S. scientists concluded that developing an atomic bomb was indeed possible, but were divided over whether the path to its creation lay in the uranium-235 isotope, which makes up a tiny fraction of naturally occurring uranium, or in the newly discovered element plutonium, which was created in a controlled chain reaction using uranium.From 1942 to 1945, scientists pursued both options, carrying out testing and research at three unique, top-secret locations in far-flung corners of the country. The enrichment of uranium took place at an enormous industrial complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This newly built facility also included a pilot reactor and chemical separation plant to create and purify the plutonium., United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, 2016, 3, U.S.A.: The MIT Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 0262201240 A nice, sturdy copy. No internal markings found. Pandora's Poison presents a solution to one of the most insidious environmental problems of our time: the global build-up of toxic chemicals. Everywhere on the planet, hundreds of industrial chemicals called organochlorines are accumulating in the environment, the food supply, and our bodies. These substances--such infamous pollutants as dioxins, PCBs, and DDT, along with thousands of lesser-known hazards--are produced when chlorine gas is used to make plastics, paper, pesticides, and many industrial chemicals. In a thorough and accessible analysis, biologist Joe Thornton shows how global organochlorine pollution is already contributing to infertility, immune suppression, cancer, and developmental disorders in humans and wildlife.Thornton proposes a major shift in environmental science and policy. He shows that the current framework radically overestimates the ability of science and technology to address the complex global hazards of chemical mixtures. And he reveals how the "sound science" that dominates environmental regulations disguises political biases that protect polluters and gamble with public health.Articulating principles for a new environmental strategy, Thornton shows that the only practical solution is to take global action on broad classes of hazardous chemicals and the processes that produce them, starting with organochlorines. He lays out a democratically controlled program to replace the production and use of chlorine gas and its derivatives with safer, effective, and economically feasible alternatives, which are already available for the majority of chlorine uses. With an innovative interdisiciplinary approach, Pandora's Poison promises to revolutionize the debate over pollution, health, and the role of science in public policy.., The MIT Press, 2000, 3, Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., 2.5, Bloomsbury. Very Good. 198mm / 129mm. Paperback. 2009. 406 pages. <br>In 1925, six of Germany's leading chemical compani es banded together in a cartel to protect their business from inc reasing international competition. Twenty years later the directo rs found themselves on trial at Nuremberg, accused of being 'the magicians who made the fantasies of Mein Kampf come true'. How ha d this group of leading companies, whose knowledge and expertise were the envy of the world, become Hitler's creature, directly in volved in the Holocaust with their experimental IG Monowitz plant at Auschwitz? In this brilliantly researched and compelling book , Diarmuid Jeffreys shines a bright light on IG Farben's Faustian pact with the Third Reich to reveal in shocking detail the story of the original military-industrial complex. ., Bloomsbury, 2009, 3, W.A. Benjamin, Inc., 1964. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., W.A. Benjamin, Inc., 1964, 2.5, W.A. Benjamin, Inc., 1964. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., W.A. Benjamin, Inc., 1964, 2.5, W.A. Benjamin, Inc., 1964. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., W.A. Benjamin, Inc., 1964, 2.5, Prentice Hall PTR. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects., Prentice Hall PTR, 3, W.A.Benjamin, 1964. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:, W.A.Benjamin, 1964, 0, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 2.5, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 2.5, United States Government Printing Office., 1946. Book. Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1946 PUBLICATION; includes 4 folded plates in rear pocket (complete for this publication); softcovers; spine reinforced w/ tape; light creasing of corners of covers and leaves; light tanning of leaves; bottom of plates w/ several tiny staple holes; o/w in good condition.., United States Government Printing Office., 1946, 2.5, United States Government Printing Office. , 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1975 PUBLICATION; Softcovers; spine reinforced with tape; o/w in very good condition. ., United States Government Printing Office., 1975, 3, United States Government Printing Office. , 1968. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1968 PUBLICATION; Softcovers; spine reinforced with tape; o/w in very good condition. ., United States Government Printing Office., 1968, 3, Elsevier. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Elsevier, 2.5, Wiley, 1973. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Tuesday, Dec. 26 (holiday sale item)* 428 pp., hardcover, ex library else text clean and binding tight (lacks dust jacket). - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country., Wiley, 1973, 0, Wellfleet Press, 2018. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2018 Wellfleet Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Who are we? What is it about our species that sets us apart from every other living creature, past and present, on this planet? These are perennially compelling questions about human evolution and development that continue to cudgel the best brains on earth. Know-It-All Anthropology seeks to understand the roots of our common humanity, the diversity of cultures and world-views, and the organization of social relations and practices. If you only have under a minute, that is enough time--by reading this book--to meet the ancestors and master the basic ideas, personalities, controversies, and future directions of the study of humankind. The Know It All takes a revolutionary approach to learning about the subjects you really feel you should understand but have never gotten around to studying. Each book selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in under a minute. Other titles in this series include: Know It All Chemistry, Know It All Classical Music, Know It All Energy, Know It All Fashion, Know It All Great Inventions, Know It All Jazz, Know It All Medicine, Know It All Shakespeare, Know It All Whiskey, Know It All Wine, Space In 30 Seconds, Sports in 30 Seconds., Wellfleet Press, 2018, 6, UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials., 0, New York. 1996. March 1996. Simon & Schuster. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0684810867. 319 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Julie Metz. keywords: Ants Science Nature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Uninvited guests at the world's picnics, ants inhabit a world all their own, a world that is fantastic, alien, yet at times oddly familiar. They plant underground gardens and harvest crops, raise other insects as livestock, build their own roadways and bridges, and communicate using a complex system of chemical and tactile messages. They also make war, stage bizarre tournaments, and display such feats of altruism and loyalty to their mates that when Darwin learned of ant behavior he thought his theory of evolution by natural selection was in trouble. In The Earth Dwellers, Erich Hoyt invites us to enter this world and to see it in a unique way - from the ant's point of view. Hoyt takes us along as two of the world's most renowned field biologists, Edward O. Wilson and William L. Brown, Jr., embark on their first expedition together in thirty years to go ‘ant treasure-hunting' in the tropical jungle. Set in the nature reserve of La Selva in Costa Rica, THE EARTH DWELLERS illuminates the lives of individual ants, allowing them to lead us into their vivid and complex world. There is the leafcutter scout whose daily journeys we follow until she sacrifices her life for the virgin leafcutter queen; the big swarm raider male ant who persuades an alien group of ants to accept him, through his scent, thereby granting him access to their queen; the giant bullet ant worker, who leads her sister to a food source only to die alone, high up in the rain forest canopy; and the little fire ants, washed out to sea on a log and carried thousands of miles on their mission to conquer the world. These stories alternative with Wilson and Brown's adventures as they identify new species of ants, pursue their quest for the rarely seen ‘miracle' ant, and share two lifetimes of wonder at their tiny subjects. inventory #21921 ISBN: 0684810867., 0, New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. David Knight covers the course of chemistry's intellectual and institutional history through carefully chosen episodes that display the complex mix of experiment, theory, application, social attitude, tradition, luck, and human quirkness that have shaped chemistry's changing character." 213 pages; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, Rutgers University Press, 1992, 4, Springer. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry., Springer, 2.5, W.A. Benjamin, Inc., 1964. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., W.A. Benjamin, Inc., 1964, 2.5, Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2008. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780198557500, Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2008, 0, Gateway Books, United Kingdom, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 168 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This volume contains a collection of pictorams, geometric patterns and complex mathematical constructions found in fields in Britain, Siberia, the Argentine and Saskatechwan. The author points to the well-documented accounts of UFOs being observed around the same time and in the same location as crop circle events. He reveals the results of laboratory experiments which have shown the presence of radioactivity in soil samples and definite chemical changes in the stalks of crops taken after the appearance of the strange markings. The book also includes many eye-witness accounts.; This book links together two mysterious phenomena of modern times - UFOs and crop circles - reckons the evidence adds up to the fact that extraterrestrials are involved in crop circles. They are using the extraordinary patterns to send messages of their existence to planet Earth.; No wonder governments have been so keen to support the hoaxers and hush up the reality of the cosmic connection. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Britain/UK; ISBN: 1858600170. ISBN/EAN: 9781858600178. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8527. . 9781858600178, Gateway Books, 1996, 3, UK: W&N, 2007. Paperback. Good. The story of Alan Turing, the persecuted genius who helped break the Enigma code and create the modern computer. To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary programmable calculating machine. But the idea of actually producing a 'thinking machine' did not crystallise until he and his brilliant Bletchley Park colleagues built devices to crack the Nazis' Enigma code, thus ensuring the Allied victory in the Second World War. In so doing, Turing became a champion of artificial intelligence, formulating the famous (and still unbeaten) Turing test that challenges our ideas of human consciousness. But Turing's work was cut short when, as an openly gay man in a time when homosexuality was illegal in Britain, he was apprehended by the authorities and sentenced to a 'treatment' that amounted to chemical castration. Ultimately, it lead to his suicide, and it wasn't until 2013, after many years of campaigning, that he received a posthumous royal pardon. With a novelist's sensitivity, David Leavitt portrays Turing in all his humanity - his eccentricities, his brilliance, his fatal candour - while elegantly explaining his work and its implications. Review A sympathetic account of Turing's ultimately tragic life (Observer) Leavitt proovides fascinating insights into cryptography...he conveys both the ingenuity of Turing's creations and the complexity of the man (Daily Telegraph), W&N, 2007, 2.5<

2013, ISBN: 9780753822005

Paperback, Hardcover

Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1982, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. both book and jacket are very good++. jacket has the slightest fraying to the top of th… More...

Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1982, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. both book and jacket are very good++. jacket has the slightest fraying to the top of the spine, and the book has a previous owner's signature. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services., Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1982, 1982, 3, UK: W&N, 2007. Paperback. Good. The story of Alan Turing, the persecuted genius who helped break the Enigma code and create the modern computer. To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary programmable calculating machine. But the idea of actually producing a 'thinking machine' did not crystallise until he and his brilliant Bletchley Park colleagues built devices to crack the Nazis' Enigma code, thus ensuring the Allied victory in the Second World War. In so doing, Turing became a champion of artificial intelligence, formulating the famous (and still unbeaten) Turing test that challenges our ideas of human consciousness. But Turing's work was cut short when, as an openly gay man in a time when homosexuality was illegal in Britain, he was apprehended by the authorities and sentenced to a 'treatment' that amounted to chemical castration. Ultimately, it lead to his suicide, and it wasn't until 2013, after many years of campaigning, that he received a posthumous royal pardon. With a novelist's sensitivity, David Leavitt portrays Turing in all his humanity - his eccentricities, his brilliance, his fatal candour - while elegantly explaining his work and its implications. Review A sympathetic account of Turing's ultimately tragic life (Observer) Leavitt proovides fascinating insights into cryptography...he conveys both the ingenuity of Turing's creations and the complexity of the man (Daily Telegraph), W&N, 2007, 2.5<

2007, ISBN: 0753822008

[EAN: 9780753822005], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: W&N], The story of Alan Turing, the persecuted genius who helped break the Enigma code and create the modern computer. To solve one of… More...

[EAN: 9780753822005], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: W&N], The story of Alan Turing, the persecuted genius who helped break the Enigma code and create the modern computer. To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary programmable calculating machine. But the idea of actually producing a 'thinking machine' did not crystallise until he and his brilliant Bletchley Park colleagues built devices to crack the Nazis' Enigma code, thus ensuring the Allied victory in the Second World War. In so doing, Turing became a champion of artificial intelligence, formulating the famous (and still unbeaten) Turing test that challenges our ideas of human consciousness. But Turing's work was cut short when, as an openly gay man in a time when homosexuality was illegal in Britain, he was apprehended by the authorities and sentenced to a 'treatment' that amounted to chemical castration. Ultimately, it lead to his suicide, and it wasn't until 2013, after many years of campaigning, that he received a posthumous royal pardon. With a novelist's sensitivity, David Leavitt portrays Turing in all his humanity - his eccentricities, his brilliance, his fatal candour - while elegantly explaining his work and its implications. Review A sympathetic account of Turing's ultimately tragic life (Observer) Leavitt proovides fascinating insights into cryptography.he conveys both the ingenuity of Turing's creations and the complexity of the man (Daily Telegraph), Books<