John Rader Platt (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Standard-sized.

hardcover. Condition: LikeNew. Looks hardly used. Missing dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Ex-Libris. A Good copy. Light soiling to brown boards. Soiling to page edges. The usual library stamps, stickers, and marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Red & white lettering on tan cloth covered boards. 8vo, 216pp.

Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 239 S. Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 340.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardbound book , clean an unmarked and binding tight and square ; ; 178 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 178 pp, previous owner's rubber stamp on ffep, else Fine / HC in Near Fine price clipped DJ. 6.4" x 9.2" black cloth baords, gilt spine letters. 7 essay under two headings; Seeing (4 esssays); and Shaping (3 essays). A biophysicist's thoughts on humanism and science. No index. Size: Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. In brown cloth. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, no jacket, in Very Good condition, there are no stamps writing or marks, solid binding, clean unmarked pages, covers and spine look nice,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Jacket is marked, edge-worn and nicked. Hardcover leading corners and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Page block and a few pages are lightly marked. Text is clear throughout. HCW. Used.

Platt, John Rader, 1918-. The step to man. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1966, 216pp., good dust-jacket, a few words rubbed off with price label removal, with light wear around edges and small tear at bottom of spine, very good brown cloth, light foxing on top foredge. If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one. Galsworthy // Is man moving toward a new kind of life? Will the near future witness a unique transformation in the human condition, a transformation that will enable man to understand his destiny and to shape it? These questions, and their vital and absorbing answers, lie at the heart of The Step to Man. This fascinating new book is the work of a biophysicist who is, at present, Associate Director of the Mental Health Research Institute at the University of Michigan. In it, he has drawn together a series of original, related essays on the evolving social and intellectual nature of man. The essays are concerned with what man is - and what he may become - and they touch upon almost every branch of human endeavor: science, education, history, social progress, philosophy, and literature. Offering us a fresh, dynamic overview of today's complex technological society, The Step to Man is a book that should be read by everyone interested in our changing evolutionary development.

Hardcover. Reprint edition. Good/No Jacket (23869) No Jacket Hardcover, good condition,w. ltly rubbed boards. Ltly compressed, slanted spine. Ltly bumped top corners, bumped bottom corners. Tanned page edges, ltly tanned eps. Clean, tight, unmarked. 216.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Red & white lettering on tan cloth covered boards in pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 216pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Later printing. Near Fine hardcover, no DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; light dust spotting on text block top edge; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. 8vo, 216 pp; index.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. Second Printing of 1966. A striking collection of visionary essays on the evolving social and intellectual nature of man. 216 pages ; 22 cm. OCLC Number: 615485204. Interior of the book is bright and clean, pages white and belaying its age. Binding is tight and square. No wear to the cloth boards. The unclipped dustjacket is a little age-dusty.Closed2cm tear to front panel at head of spine. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 410g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates are based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correct and either additional, or reduced postage may be required, particularly for Canadian and Overseas shipments, but not usually to the USA. In case of doubt please email. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 216 pages; This book is concerned with the evolving nature of man, social and intellectual, what he is and what he may become. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in little chipped nicked ring-stained dust jacket. Science.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 216 pages; This book is concerned with the evolving nature of man, social and intellectual, what he is and what he may become. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. 1966. Hardback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. No Jacket.

Condition: Very Good. 1966. Hardback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. N. Y. . New York USA. 1966. 1. Aufl. 216 S. 15*22cm. -3)Bibl. Bibliotheksexemplar/Library copy.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. A very accessible and readable book by this an American physicist and biophysicist, professor at the University of Chicago, who was noted for his pioneering work in the 1940s and later in the field of molecular biophysics and biophysics. This book, described as a "fresh look at man confronting his scientific destiny," reflects his shift in the 1960s to philosophy of science, vision and perception, and social trends. It is an optimistic view of man's ability to use science to make a more secure life, to promote a greater prosperity and a mastery of himself and the world. A book worth reading even now, but unfortunately quite hard to find. vii, 174 pp. Very good in a good dust jacket (some light creasing to the outer margins of a few leaves, minor edgewear to the dust jacket a bit of bleeding from the red cloth spine to the interior of the dj ).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. 1st Edition. Viii, 174 Pp. Red Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black. Near New, Just A Touch Of Rubbing To Book.Light Wear At Edges Of Dj Which Is Not Price-Clipped. No Names Or Marks. John Rader Platt (1918 - 1992) Was An American Physicist And Biophysicist, Noted For His Pioneering Work On Strong Inference In The 1960S And His Analysis Of Social Science In The 1970S. Platt Was Born In Jacksonville, Florida. He Received A B.A. From Northwestern University In 1936, And A Phd In Physics From The University Of Michigan In 1941. From 1945 To 1965 He Was Assistant Professor At The University Of Chicago. In The 1940S He Supervised The Lab Work Of Benjamin Drake Wright. He Also Taught At The Marine Biological Laboratory And At Stanford Medical School. From 1965 To 1977 He Was Professor Of Physics At The University Of Michigan And Associate Director Of The Mental Health Research Institute. He Was Also Visiting Professor At Harvard, M.I.T., The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem And At The Salk Institute For Biological Studies. His Research Interests Since The 1940S Were In The Field Of Molecular Biophysics And Biophysics, And In The 1960S Shifted To Philosophy Of Science, Vision And Perception, And Social Trends . In The 1970S He Participated In The Club Of Rome.