Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NJ, 1928
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Adolph Treidler, Oscar Cesare (illustrator). Slightly cocked, sound binding. Wrappers pulling away a bit but still attached. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. Wrappers have edge wear with overall shelf wear, some tattering at spine. ; Contents: Palmer, Which Way, America? Kelly, The Abuses of Alcohol as Medicine. Champion, Tiger! Graves, New Tales about Lawrence of Arabia. Frost, The Masked Politics of the Klan. Tittle, Is It Art? (on Epstein's sculptures). Stelzle, Can the Church Remain a Power? Holt, An Adventure in Common-Sense Education (Rollins College). Norton, Hunger as a Cause of War. Crowther, Are We Imperialists? (on Latin America). Allnut, Who Owns the Air? Ottinger, Safeguards for Investment Trusts. Reviews. Many black and white advertisements for railroad equipment, automobiles and other items. ; Cover art, frontispiece; 9.5" tall; 210 pages.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Brand New. 362 pages. 9.45x6.30x0.86 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1997
ISBN 10: 0792346505 ISBN 13: 9780792346500
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Presumed first edition/first printing. xiii, [1], 362 p. Illustrations. References. Index. This is one of the NATO ASI Series, 1. Disarmament Technologies, Vol. 15. This volume presents the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Advanced Nuclear Systems Consuming Excess Plutonium, Moscow, Russia, 13-16 October 1996. This is a survey of current developments in the field of plutonium disposal by the application of advanced nuclear systems, both critical and subcritical. National research and development plans are also summarized. The actinide-fuelled critical reactors are associated with control problems, since they tend to have a small delayed neutron fraction coupled with a small Doppler effect and a positive void coefficient. Current thinking is turning to accelerator-driven subcritical systems for the transmutation of actinides. The volume draws the conclusion that the various systems proposed are technically feasible, even though not yet technically mature. The book presents a summary and evaluation of all relevant possibilities for burning surplus plutonium, presented by experts from a variety of different disciplines and interests, including the defence establishment. The obvious issue-the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons-is vital, but the matter represents a complex technological challenge that also requires an assessment in economic terms.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Brand New. 361 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1996
ISBN 10: 0792338413 ISBN 13: 9780792338413
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Presumed first edition/first printing. xv, [1], 339, [1] p. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. This is part of the NATO ASI Series, 1. Disarmament Technologies, Vol. 4. This was published in cooperation with the NATO Scientific Affairs Division. This volume presents the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Disposal of Weapons Plutonium--Approaches and Prospects, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 14-17, 1995. In the immediate term, plutonium recovered from dismantled nuclear warheads will have to be stored securely, under international safeguards where possible. One of the principal alternatives for the disposition of this plutonium is to blend it with high-level waste as it is vitrified for final disposal in a geologic repository. The high radioactivity of the resulting product provides self-shielding and ensures that the Pu cannot be separated without the development of highly sophisticated technology. This third NATO ARW on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium discusses the non-reactor disposition option, presenting a thorough evaluation of the pros and cons. In broad terms, the workshop presents an exchange of information on waste vitrification, including technical feasibility as well as the necessary stringent safeguards. It discusses the different approaches to the optimum techniques and credible alternatives for immobilizing transuranics and fission products for disposal. It introduces new disposal techniques, in particular matrix immobilization followed by deep borehole disposal. It assesses the implications of safeguarding requirements. And it identifies common areas in which defined research tasks can be initiated in cooperative partnership. Carl E. Walter was associated with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Language: English
Published by Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1938
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. Ansel Adams, John Muir, David R. Brower, Marion R. Parsons, Norman Clyde, Ervin P. McEvoy, Leland Curtis, W.B. Wheeler, Francis P. Farquhar, Walter Starr, Arthur Blake, Howard Gates, Charles Webber,Albert J. Adams,Howard Koster,George Shochat (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1938. First Edition. April, 1938 [Vol XXIII, No. 2]. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Photographs. Near Fine - and in this case, the near fine is just about as near to fine as it can get. No salient flaws. Very, very high grade example. Binding is, of course, sturdy. 124 numbered pp. + 41 B&W Plates, most of them photographs but some sketches & maps, three 16th-17th century engravings, + ads. Eight photographs are by the great Ansel Adams. Other serious contributors from the army of photographic and illustrative talent in this issue were: John Muir, David R. Brower, Marion R. Parsons, Norman Clyde, Ervin P. McEvoy, Leland Curtis, W.B. Wheeler, Francis P. Farquhar, Walter A. Starr, Arthur H. Blake, Howard S. Gates, Charles S. Webber, Albert J. Adams, Howard Koster, and George Shochat. Articles (see scan of contents page) by Merrill Moores, Francois E. Matthes, William E.Colby, Walter A. Starr, Carl P. Jensen, Norman Clyde, David R. Brower, W. Kenneth Davis, Elmo A. Robinson, Vernon Bailey, Joseph Grinnell and Arthur H. Blake. And as always a variety of regular and special departments. Please review all scans. l-sc2.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 339 pages. 10.00x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.