Pemberley Natural History Books

How To Think About AI: A Guide For The Perplexed

Susskind, R. · 2025

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Oxford University Press 224, . . HB. As new.. Revealing the unfolding story of Artificial Intelligence, Richard Susskind presents a short non-technical guide that challenges us to think differently about AI. Susskind brings AI out of computing laboratories, big tech companies,...

A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist

Fortey, Richard · 2021

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

William Collins London x, 338, text illus. 240x159mm. HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. What makes a scientist? Charming, funny and wise, in this memoir Richard Fortey shows how restless curiosity about the natural world led him to become a lead...

Outline Guide to the Exhibits: Science Museum, London

1959

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HMSO London 36, 6 b/w plates, map. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers, lightly soiled. Good.. Reprint (first published 1953)..

Dictionary of British Scientific Instruments

1976

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Interbook International B.V. Schiedam xii, 334, frontis, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Jim Green (1928-2016), Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary College, University of London, with his name to endpaper.. Unchanged reprint of 1921 edition..

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

Watson, J.D. · 1968

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Atheneum New York xvi, 226, b/w photos, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Very faint tape marks to endpaper. Good in worn d/w (price-clipped; tears to head of spine and top fore-corner of rear panel neatly repaired; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition, second pri...

Instructions for Collectors No. 13: Alcohol and Alcoholometers

Harmer, S.F. · 1916

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

BM(NH) London 8, . . PB. Owner's name to front wrapper. Vg.. .

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science (The International Scientific Series Vol. XIII)

Draper, J.W. · 1875

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Henry S. King & Co. London xxii, 373, 2 + 36, . . HB. 8vo, orig. maroon, black and gilt-stamped cloth, minor wear, lightly speckled. From an institutional library with bookplate of the Herbert Lister Bowman Library, Laboratory of Mineralogy, University of Oxford. Good.. First ...

The Anscühtz Gyro-Compass History. Description. Theory. Practical Use

Elliott Brothers · 1910

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Elliott 109, ii, . . HB. From an institutional library. Book-plate of the Herbert Lister Bowman Library, Laboratory of Mineralogy, University of Oxford. Bowman (1874-1942) was Waynflete Professor of Mineralogy and Crystallography. Also with small book-plate of James Walker (C...

Lectures on the Method of Science

Strong, T.B. (Ed.) · 1906

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Clarendon Press vi, 249, 16 figs. . HB. Ex-lib. Vg.. .

Observations of the International Polar Expeditions 1882-83 Fort Rae

1886

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Truebner & Co. xiv, 326, 32 plates. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth, lacks spine, small loss to front board, joints broken only attached by cords. Internally clean. Fair.. Fort Rae was first established on the north shore Great Slave Lake, Canada in 1852 as a provision post for the Hud...

Meteorology: Catalogue of the Collections in the Science Museum South Kensington

HMSO · 1922

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HMSO 107, 5 b/w plates. . PB. Orig. wrappers, wear to spine ends with tape repair to top of spine; creasing to corner of a few rear pages. Bookplate of Herbert Lister Bowman Library, University of Oxford.. With descriptive and historical notes and illustrations..

Essays upon some Controverted Questions

Huxley, T.H. · 1892

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

MacMillan & Co. London vii, 626 + 6 (publisher's ads), . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, worn, several small stains, spine faded. Some pages unopened. Good. From the library of K.G.V. Smith (1929-2017).. First edition. A large proportion of the essays included in this book had previou...

Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science

Barrow, J.D. · 2008

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Bodley Head London xv, 608, col + b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. A tour through the most influential images in science.. [9780224075237]

The Culture Demanded by Modern Life: A Series of Addresses and Arguments on the Claims of Scientific Education

Tyndall, John · 0

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Werner Company Akron, Ohio x, 473, . . HB. 8vo, orig. publisher's half leather, gt, teg, marbled boards, some wear, spine ends chipped.. With contributions 'On the Importance of the Study of Physics' by John Tyndall, 'On the Method of Studying Zoology' by Thomas Huxley, 'On th...

Science with a smile

Weber, R. L. · 1992

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Institute of Physics Bristol xii, 452, b+w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Contains a selection of humorous and irreverent science quotes and stories.. [9780750302111]

Power Unseen: How Microbes Rule the World

Dixon, B. · 1994

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

W.H. Freeman Oxford xvii, 237, 12 b+w photos. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Text English.. [9780716745044]

The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: A Selection of Scientific Quotations

Mackay, A.; Ebison, A.L. · 1981

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Institute of Physics Bristol xii, 192, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. First published 1977.. [9780854980314]

Science in its ContextA symposium with special reference to sixth-form students

Brierley, J. · 1964

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Heinemann Educational Books London vii, 372, text figs, 1 folding table. . HB. Fine in d/w.. .

Colour and Design in the Natural and Man-made Worlds

Harkness, N.; Greated, C.; Cutler, D.; Collins, M. (Eds) · 2006

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Elsevier 203-485, Col illus.. . PB. Fine. Optics & Laser Technology Vol. 38 (4-6) Special Issue papers drawn from The Colour and Design Conference organised by the Linnean Society of London and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London November 2003..

Einleitung in die Psychologie nach kritischer Methode

Natorp, P. · 1888

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

J.C.B. Mohr Freiburg iv, 129, . 8vo. HB. Cont. maroon cloth, patterned endpapers. Ex-lib.: stamps to endpapers/title page. Good.. Text German. Paul Gerhard Natorp (1854-1924) was one of the most prominent philosophers in Germany at the turn of the last century. He was consider...