Giaever (156 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Jarrolds Publishers Ltd., London, 1958. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Tales of wild life in North-East Greenland.Very Good. 1st Edition. First English translated Edition, First Printing. Publisher's green cloth; Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve and has minor edge rubbing and some closed chipping. 8vo; 22 cm.; 191 pages with photo illustrations. ------ John Schjelderup Giaever (1901 - 1970) was a Norwegian author and polar researcher. This narrative closely looks at the surprising abundant flora and fauna of East Greenland. --- REF:

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Softcover. Condition: Bon. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 256 pages. Ex-library marks, light wear; pages yellowed; a sound binding; good shape. The jacket is creased, some discoloring and wear; wrapped and glued inside the covers. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; Inventory No: 230226.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. Previous owner name to ffep. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stated First Edition. The story of the expedition to the Antarctic in 1949-1952, which was the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists. The team members came from Norway, Sweden and the British Commonwealth of Nations. 256 pages, illustrated. Faded around the edges. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First reprint of the original. Brown cloth with wear to extremities. Bright gilt lettering to spine. Well bound with firm inner hinges. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Interior text bright, clean and unmarked. No dust jacket, if issued.

Condition: VG+/Good+. 1st. 8vo. 304pp. Bit of offsetting to end papers from flaps. Interior tape-. reinforcements to DJ tear, soiling to rear panel p/c DJ.

hardcover. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (paint on front cover and d.w.). N.Y.: Dutton, 1955.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 304 pages, frontispiece, 30 pages of plates, and 10 maps, hardback (blue cloth), a very good+ copy.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. 1st. "There is a plethora of anecdotes that provide fascinating insight into a person who has made the most of his life."CERN CourierA unique individual with a fascinating life story, Ivar Giaever is a scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Experimental Physics in 1973. In his own words, Giaever relates an absorbing tale of how important luck and good fortune have been in shaping his life. He narrates the story of an ordinary childhood in Norway and an unremarkable undergraduate career at university. After finishing his engineering degree, he served in the Norwegian army and married his childhood sweetheart, Inger Skramstad. His desire to make a better life for his new family led Ivar to Canada and then to the United States. Even without an advanced degree in a scientific field, Ivar was given the opportunity to work with cutting-edge scientific researchers at General Electric RandD in Schenectady, New York. While there, he completed his PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - one of the United States' oldest technological universities. His work on superconductivity led to worldwide recognition and the Nobel Prize. This memoire is more than the story of an accomplished, world-renowned scientist: it is an engaging reminiscence of an independent, highly creative thinker and problem solver who loves games and puzzles, skiing and windsurfing, and time with friends and family. Dr Ivar Giaever's fascinating story intertwines his views on the nature of science, scientific processes, contemporary issues such as global warming, and the great benefits the Nobel Prize has afforded him. Written with humor and often tongue-in-cheek, "I am the Smartest Man I know" is one man's meditation on science, intellectual inquiry, and life itself.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 394 pp.+ 30 Photo Plts, Maps, Blue Hardback, Gilt Title, ex lib "discard" stamped T & B edgepapers & title page, but spine number removed & little else marked, VG i& Crisp in chipped DJ with 1 x 2 inch chunk cut out back cover, masking tape on inside of DJ, 1st ed.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is an ink stamped previous owner's name and address on the front endpaper, and also on the bottom and foredge of the text block. (Valley Christian Academy - but not an Ex Library copy) The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing, wrinkling and wear. "He took his secondary education in Trondheim in 1920, and then moved back to Tromsø. He started a newspaper career, as sub-editor of Tromsø Stiftstidende from 1921 to 1922. He was editor-in-chief in Vesteraalens Avis from 1922 to 1928 and Tromsø Stiftstidende from 1928 to 1929. He lived as a trapper in north-eastern Greenland from 1929 to 1934. In 1935 he was hired as secretary for Norges Svalbard- og Ishavsundersøkelser, the Norwegian institution for exploration of Svalbard and the Arctic Sea, later renamed into the Norwegian Polar Institute." (from Wikipedia).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. 1954 First Edition. 304pp, 33 illusts, 10 maps, original blue cloth, ex education library, edge of boards worn, Fair, no dustwrapper. 1949-52 they established a base at Maudheim on Quarisen, Dronning Maud Land. A comprehensive programme of meteorological, geophysical, seismic and glaciological studies and surveys was undertaken. Sledge journeys established an advance base camp 300km inland and an extensive air photography programme was completed along the coast of Dronning Maud Land. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Condition: gut. 304 S., Abb., 31 Taf., 23 cm, Schutzumschlag leicht beschädigt, Vorblatt mit handschr. Widmung, erste und letzte Seiten stockfleckig. Sprache: Englisch.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'There is a plethora of anecdotes that provide fascinating insight into a person who has made the most of his life.'CERN CourierA unique individual with a fascinating life story, Ivar Giaever is a scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Experimental Physics in 1973. In his own words, Giaever relates an absorbing tale of how important luck and good fortune have been in shaping his life. He narrates the story of an ordinary childhood in Norway and an unremarkable undergraduate career at university. After finishing his engineering degree, he served in the Norwegian army and married his childhood sweetheart, Inger Skramstad. His desire to make a better life for his new family led Ivar to Canada and then to the United States. Even without an advanced degree in a scientific field, Ivar was given the opportunity to work with cutting-edge scientific researchers at General Electric R&D in Schenectady, New York. While there, he completed his PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - one of the United States' oldest technological universities. His work on superconductivity led to worldwide recognition and the Nobel Prize. This memoire is more than the story of an accomplished, world-renowned scientist: it is an engaging reminiscence of an independent, highly creative thinker and problem solver who loves games and puzzles, skiing and windsurfing, and time with friends and family. Dr Ivar Giaever's fascinating story intertwines his views on the nature of science, scientific processes, contemporary issues such as global warming, and the great benefits the Nobel Prize has afforded him. Written with humor and often tongue-in-cheek, 'I am the Smartest Man I know' is one man's meditation on science, intellectual inquiry, and life itself. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Captain John Giaever Of The Norwegian Polar Institute, Leader Of The Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition Of 1949-1952, Tells In This Graphic Book The Story Of The Expedition's Two Years Amid The Snows And Virgin Mountains Of Queen Maud Land In The Antarctic.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dutton, New York, 1955. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good . Dust Jacket Condition: Very good . 256 p., 31 photos, 10 maps The Official Account of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic expedition to study glaciology with the aid of ships and planes, 1949-52. 1st American edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Contributions by Gordon de Q. Robin, E.F. Roots, Valter Schytt and Brian Walford. Foreword by J.M. Wordie. Translated from the Norwegian by E.M. Huggard. Illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams. First edition. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. Very good clean paperback copy no creases on the spine looks and feels unread light scuffs to the outer edges of the covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The White Desert by John Giaever (First Edition) Minor bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Bright dust jacket with minor wear to edges and spine ends. Not price-clipped. Stated First Edition. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Translated from the Norwegian by E. M. Huggard. Stated first edition. Very good in a very good (moderate edge wear and rubbing) dust jacket. B000FMLDT0.

Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Library stamp to page edge. Tight, bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 23 cm. 381 pages. A chip missing from the spine of the dust jacket.