"H. L. OPERATION" [Rear Cover Title]
Stirring series of photographs captured by a skilled photographer documenting the many diverse aspects of an operation involving a probable heart-lung ("H.L.") bypass.
Stirring series of photographs captured by a skilled photographer documenting the many diverse aspects of an operation involving a probable heart-lung ("H.L.") bypass.
Elaborate sales sample book containing over 700 watch faces representing a wide variety of styles and sizes from Besançon, France, a world center for watch production. One of the most striking sales catalogues we've encountered.
Inscribed first printing of this groundbreaking work by a psychologist and Islamic scholar, presenting an "integrated theory of personality development that takes into account a universal understanding of both humankind and culture" (Knabb and Welsh).
Scarce first edition of the pioneering Chicago School economist's best-known work, on the importance of investing in one's workforce — a gorgeous copy.
Scarce early monograph on human subject research by the pioneering medical ethicist, whose work was foundational to the current understanding of informed consent.
First UK edition of these three essays on quantum theory and atomic structure, including Bohr's formulation and elucidation of the correspondence principle, published shortly after he was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.
First US edition of this popular science book by the influential physicist and Nobel Prize winner, retaining its scarce original dust jacket.
Catalogue of this experimental exhibition exploring the potential for telecommunication devices to redefine the "entire area of esthetic awareness," curated by Burnham shortly before the dawn of the 1970s microcomputer revolution.
Rare inscribed first edition of this long influential, but now discredited, early study of lesbian women.
Signed first edition of Chomsky's first book, a landmark of linguistics and cognitive science, containing the first appearance of his famous sentence "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."
First printing of Corliss's handbook to the geologic mysteries of this terrestrial globe.
First edition of this "essay about basic research" from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, exploring the ways in which biogeochemists apply their tools to questions of human prehistory.
First printing of the Nobel Laureate's reflections on the nature of consciousness — inscribed to plant geneticist Bernard Pollack.
Midcentury edition of this wildly amusing survey of mathematical and scientific paradoxes and paradoxers, the uncommon 1954 unabridged reprint of the 1915 second edition, with a new introduction by Ernest Nagel.
First edition of this deservedly controversial work on surgical, chemical, and electrical means of altering the brain, by a noted medical doctor, onetime Yale professor, and proud pioneer of spectacularly cruel animal research experiments.
First edition of these collected essays, papers, and letters on contraception and related scientific matters, by the research chemist responsible for the development of the first birth control pill.
First printing of Feynman's first volume of highly entertaining memoirs
Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir.
First US edition of Freud's exploration of the relationship of the individual to the group, in the scarce original dust jacket.
First edition in exceptional condition of Friedman's classic text on the role of economic capitalism in liberal society, expanded from a series of lectures originally delivered in 1956 at Wabash College.
First edition of Friedman's classic text on the role of economic capitalism in liberal society, expanded from a series of lectures originally delivered in 1956 at Wabash College.
Inscribed first printing of the book Colson Whitehead described as "[a] bleak, illuminating chronicle of racism in the name of 'science.'"
First edition of this scarce and important work on the geometrical consequences of Einstein's postulates, by the mathematician who famously solved Einstein's Unified Field Theory equations in 1953.
First edition of this iconic production, printed to accompany the museum's 1968 exhibition of the same name — an uncommonly fine example.
First edition of these collected essays, translated by Raymond Rosenthal and published shortly after Levi's death.