Scienza e natura

The View from the Centre of the Universe.

PRIMACK, JOEL AND ABRAMS, NANCY ELLEN. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.96 | $19.84 | ¥3,172)

London: Fourth Estate, 2006. 0007193521. Discovering our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos. "Emerging cosmology explains how the universe operates, what it is made of, where it may have come fron, how it is evolving and why it makes sense that humans are on Earth at all. We ar...

The Framework of Astronomy.

ALLEN, C.W. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.97 | $13.23 | ¥2,115)

London: H.K.Lewis & Co. Ltd, 1952. 0. An Inaugural Lecture delivered at University College London by Perren Professor of Astronomy in the University of London, C.W.Allen. Pp.17, minor spotting to title page. Grey card covers, spotted and darkened to edges. G+.

Drug Design: Fact or Fantasy?

JOLLES, G AND WOOLDRIDGE, K.R.H. (EDITORS). · 1984 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.55 | $23.81 | ¥3,806)

London: Academic Press, 1984. 0123881803. Based on the Proceedings of the Third Rhône-Poulenc Round Table Conference entitled "Drug Design: Fact or Fantasy?" held in Eastbourne from 3-5 November, 1982. Pp.268, 7 colour plates + numerous black & white figure illustrations throu...

Remarkable Comets : A brief survey of the most interesting facts in the history of cometan astronomy By William Thynne Lynn.

LYNN, WILLIAM THYNNE ( 1835-1911) . · 1904 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.94 | $26.46 | ¥4,229)

London : Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited, 1904. 0. Small booklet. Beige linen over card covers, rubbed and soiled. 6.5" x 4" . pp.46 . Endpapers soiled, otherwise quite clean, with just rubbed and creased corners. ** "William Thynne Lynn (1835-1911), Assistant at Green...

The Nature of Essex: The Wildlife and Ecology of the County. (With Paintings by Alan Harris).

CORKE, DAVID. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.94 | $26.46 | ¥4,229)

Buckingham: Barracuda Books Ltd, 1984. 0860232220. 26cms x 20cms. Signed limited edition no.263. "Looks at the county's origins and development, and describes its many facets and their natural inhabitants - saltmarsh and shingle, mudflat and estuary, seawall and island, forest...

Unmentionable Subjects: A Plain Man's Guide to the Strange World of Reality.

WALSBY, MICHAEL. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.96 | $19.84 | ¥3,172)

Hereford: Vanguard Books, 1986. 0951111507. "The author, Michael Walsby, a 43 year old ex-S.A.S. language teacher and interpreter, is convinced that the debate on reality today is where the debate on sex was in the mid-nineteenth century, and the sooner it is all brought out i...

The Age of Newton.

MCKIE, DOUGLAS. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,057)

Chichester: Chichester Press,nd (c.1951). 0. Reprinted from the "Scientific Journal of the Royal College of Science", Volume XXI. A lecture delivered at the 35th Annual Exhibition of the Physical Society at Imperial College on Monday, the 9th April, 1951, Prof.H.Dingle, S.Dc,A...

The New Atheism: 10 Arguments That Don't Hold Water?

POOLE, MICHAEL. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.59 | $3.97 | ¥634)

Oxford: Lion, 2009. 9780745953939. "Using the analogy put forward by the philosopher Professor Anthony Flew, Michael Poole examines whether the new atheists' assertions amount to the 'Ten-Leaky-Bucket-Tactic' of argumentation - presenting people with a sum of arguments that ar...

Wild Essex: A Guide to the Nature Reserves and Country Parks of Essex and East London.

GUNTON, TONY. · 2000 · Chilton Books

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Wimbish: Essex Wildlife Trust/Lopinga, 2000. 0953036227. "More than 30,000 acres, on over 170 sites, for you to explore and enjoy without entry charges..Over 130 detailed colour maps to help you find and explore each site; Colour photographs of the most interesting Essex anima...

Adam and the Ape. A Christian Approach to the Theory of Evolution.

BERRY, R.J. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.59 | $3.97 | ¥634)

London: Falcon, 1975. 0854915621. The author "sets out to show that without losing his faith a Christian can accept natural selection as a fact 'with no more uncertainty than the law that an incoming tide washes away sandcastles'." Pp.80, owners name to front free endpaper. Pb...

Darwin's Demise.

WHITE, JOE AND COMNINELLIS, NICHOLAS. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.58 | ¥1,692)

Green Forest,AR: Master Books, 2001. 089051352X. Creation Science. "Although Darwin's efforts to attack Christianity have harmed society, creationists have solid evidence to expose evolution for the false philosophy that it is." Pp.186, owners name to half-title. Large format ...

The Answers Book. (Updated and Expanded).

BATTEN, DON.(EDITOR). · 2001 · Chilton Books

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Australia: Answers in Genesis Ltd, 2001. 0949906239. 3rd printing. The 20 Most-Asked Questions about Creation, Evolution, & the Book of Genesis Answered. Contributors include Ken Ham, Jonathan Sarfati and Carl Wieland. Pp.264,errata slip tipped in to front, scuff to half title...

Guardians of Creation: Nature in Theology and the Christian Life.

OSBORN, LAWRENCE. · 1993 · Chilton Books

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Leicester: Apollos, 1993. 0851109519. " investigates the current environmental crisis and looks at the background to western attitudes to the environment, particularly the theological traditions relating to creation. He discusses environmentalist objections to Christianity and...

Pastoral Psychology: A Study in the Care of Souls.

BERGSTEN, GOTE. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.97 | $13.23 | ¥2,115)

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1951. 0. "The author's foremost aim is to show that pastoral psychology should find its own techniques; even if it uses the experiences of psychotherapy, it is to be considered as an independent form of personality treatment." Pp.227, minor ...

Science Religion and Reality.

NEEDHAM, JOSEPH. (EDITOR). · 1925 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.96 | $19.84 | ¥3,172)

London: The Sheldon Press, 1925. 0. Essays include: Magic Science and Religion by Bronislaw Malinowski; Historical Relations of Religion and Science by Charles Singer; Science and Religion in the Nineteeth Century by Antonio Aliotta; The Domain of Physical Science by Arthur S....

Psychology's Defence of the Faith.

YELLOWLEES, DAVID. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.18 | $11.24 | ¥1,797)

London: SCM, 1930. 0. Chapters include: I. Psychology and Religion; II. Freud and Jung; III. The Analytical Point of View; IV. "Mental Mechanisms"; V. The Elements of Religious Experience; VI. Repression and Religion; VII. Psychological Criticisms; VIII. Suggestion and Religio...

Belief in God: Scientific Method Applied to Theology.

HENDERSON, R.B. · 1937 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.97 | $16.53 | ¥2,643)

London: Thomas Murby & Co, 1937. 0. Vol.1. The Interpreter series. 16cms x 11.5cms. Pp.6/8(ads), b/w frontispiece by P.(Paul?) Nash with quote from Pilgrim's Progress "Do you see yonder shining light?" below. Orange cloth, slight sunning to spine. G+.

The Theology of Evolution.

MACFIE, RONALD CAMPBELL. · 1933 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.76 | $18.52 | ¥2,961)

London: Unicorn Press, 1933. 0. "Maintains that the Darwinian theory of evolution by selection, pressure of heredity and changing environment only, no longer fits with the known facts nor represents the conclusions arrived at by many of the greatest minds of our day..they must...

Patterns of Human Motion: A Cinematographic Analysis.

PLAGENHOFF, STANLEY. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.49 | $50.26 | ¥8,036)

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1971. A kinetic analysis of human motion. "The human body is a link system of variable lengths, weights and shapes; by combining anatomical data, principles of mechanics, data-collecting equipment, and the computer, more specific and accurate data ca...

Creation and Evolution.: When Christians Disagree.

BURKE, DEREK. (EDITOR). · 1985 · Chilton Books

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Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1985. 0851107206. "Seven Christians, each highly respected in his own field of scientific research, and all convinced that the Bible is the revealed word of God to mankind, come to grips with these and related questions - and reach widely differ...