Winston Brill (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Very slight soiling in a few places on the covers. Pages lightly toned. Very little wear otherwise inside or out. Will be backed with cardboard and carefully packed in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: Superphenix: A Full-Scale Breeder Reactor: The 250-megawatt Phenix has worked well. Superphenix will be its 1,200-megawatt successor by George A. Vendryes; Waves in the Solar Wind: As the tenuous atmosphere of the sun expands, waves form in it that break like waves on a beach by J. T. Gosling and A. J. Hundhausen; Opiate Receptors and Internal Opiates: Morphine exerts its effects by binding to specific receptor sites in the brain and the spinal cord by Solomon H. Snyder; Biological Nitrogen Fixation: Only a few bacteria and simple algae can fix atmospheric nitrogen by converting it into ammonia by Winston J. Brill; The Acoustics of the Singing Voice: Like other musical instruments the voice has a power supply, an oscillator and a resonator by Johan Sundberg; The Oldest Rocks and the Growth of Contients: Greenland rocks 3.75 billion years old suggest the contients have grown since they were formed by Stephen Moorbath; Flashlight Fishes: These odd fish light up the water with an organ under each eye containing luminescent bacteria by John E. McCosker; The Earliest Maya: Excavations in Belize (formerly British Honduras) push the origin of the Maya back to 2500 B.C. by Norman Hammond; plus Letters; 50 and 100 Years Ago; The Authors; Science and the Citizen; Mathematical Games; Books and Bibliography.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Book is clean and tight with no marks or stamps. Jacket has light soiling to the backcover, mild cornerwear and a small crease in the front flap. First edition, first printing. 120 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Xx, 120 Pp. Blue Cloth, Rose Boards. First Edition Stated, Hardcover. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Representative Of The Academic Emphasis On Intellectual Analysis Of Academic Thought, Neglecting The Other 99% Of Humanity Which Needs To Think About Responsible Everyday Technology, Especially As Mankind Begins To Turn Design And Economic Decision-Making Over To Artificial Intelligence.