Edited by Silvers Robert B (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 9.10 X 5.59 X 0.75 inches.

Condition: Very Good. 1998. paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1998. paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

golden yellow 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP). iii+193p. b&w illustrations. notes on contributors. notes on the illustrations. history of science. biology. psychology. ~ In this collection of original essays, five world~renowned writers explore forgotten and neglected aspects of the history of science. Jonathan Miller, Oliver Sacks, and Daniel Kevles show how some scientific ideas emerge with great promise, only to be dismissed or forgotten, and then, in different form, become accepted as important years later. Richard Lewontin and Stephen Jay Gould discuss the way words and images used by scientists and popularizers alike, from the murals on the walls of natural history museums to such ubiquitous terms as "adaptation" and "environment," reflect deep and largely unacknowledged distortions in the way we conceive both individual organisms and the natural history of the world. Together, these five essays show that science is, in the words of Oliver Sacks, "a human enterprise through and through, an organic, evolving, human growth, with sudden spurts and arrests, and strange deviations, too. It grows out of its past, but never outgrows it, any more than we outgrow our childhood.". …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket. CD is missing. 2000. Bright and attractive copy.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 298pp. Pictorial wrappers. Tiny tear at the crown, else near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. 298pp. Slightly cocked spine else near fine in a fine dust jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. viii, 119 pp. Pictorial wrappers. Topedge and foredge lightly bumped, spine modestly sunned, very good. Reviews from W.H. Auden, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Robert Lowell and more.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First paperback issue. Near fine with owner label inside front cover. Includes articles by Budd Schulberg, Frank Yerby, C.P. Snow, Kingsley Amis, and others.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. 290 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. David Levine (Ilustrations); Andrea Barash (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. ix, 107 pp. Pictorial wrappers. Wraps lightly rubbed, near fine. Reviews from W.H. Auden, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Robert Lowell and more.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Small octavo. ix, 107 pp. Pictorial wrappers. Wraps moderately rubbed, very good. Reviews from W.H. Auden, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Robert Lowell and more.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in jacket 2001. 23x14cm. x+120 pages. Clean & tight. Flat pages. No inscriptions. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref RTBJ.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 178pp. Binding slightly cocked, tiny nick at the crown, about near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small nicks and tears, creases, and toning. Includes articles by Budd Schulberg, Frank Yerby, C.P. Snow, Kingsley Amis, and others. …