Books - "technology"
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Babies by Design: The Ethics of Genetic Choice
8vo hardcover (VG-), segment cut to ffep, in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: medical genetics moral ethical reproductive technology genetic
Religion and the Technological Future: An Introduction to Biohacking, Artifical Intelligence, and Transhumanism
8vo softcover (VG), pen underlining; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan n/d
KEYWORDS: religion religious technology science future
The Day After Midnight: The Effects of Nuclear War
Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Prism Press 1982
KEYWORDS: nuclear war speculation current affairs technology assessments atomic warfare survival
Future Contingencies 4. Nuclear Disaster: A Report to the Commission for the Future
Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Not Stated (1982)
KEYWORDS: nuclear war speculation current affairs technology assessments atomic warfare disasters survival New Zealand
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1858-1986 (6 vols)
Complete, mixed set. Super 8vo, pp. 216, 240, 240, 232, 226, 192; blue heavy card bds (vols 1, 2, 4 & 5), black heavy card bds (vols 3 & 6), spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate staining to top edge; adhesive markings to top & bottom edges, esp present to prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate tanning, scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; prev bookseller's sticker to front fold (vols 3 & 4; some foxing; price clipped at front fold to vols 1, 2, 3 & 5).
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1975-1986
KEYWORDS: passenger ships world 19th 20th century history boat ocean sea ship technology travelling journey voyage
Foundations of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Engineering
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 550pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light soiling to spine & board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1996
KEYWORDS: computer science expert systems neural networks fuzzy AI artificial intelligence technology computers
Why Buildings Fall Down
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 1992
KEYWORDS: building construction structural failures technology history historical
Maeda & Media
Heavy square super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2000
KEYWORDS: art John Maeda technology contemporary visual culture
The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses, Volune One: The Basic Technology
Octavo, illus light card covers, red & white lettering to spine, (6) + 178pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, light to moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: American Eagle Publications 1991
KEYWORDS: technology computers viruses
Dynamos and Virgins Revisited: Women and Technological Change in History
Octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1979
KEYWORDS: women women's studies employment technology essays lectures anthologies industry
Babymaking: The Technology and Ethics
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1988
KEYWORDS: science ivf fertility reproduction ethics technology test-tube babies infertility surrogates surrogacy
The Electromagnetic Field in its Engineering Aspects
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 360pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with tape repairs & loss also, moderate chafing & surface loss, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1954
KEYWORDS: first editions science electromagnetic fields engineering technology energy
The Fundamentals of Electro-Magnetism
FIRST REPRINT WITH CORRECTIONS, ocatvo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvi + 327pp, illus/diagrams, VG (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor creasing to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional underlining in pencil) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- some archival tape repairs & loss, light tanning/soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions science electromagnetic fields engineering technology energy electricity
Fire Pumps and Hydraulics
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 158pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Newnes 1942
KEYWORDS: science technology fire pumps hydraulics petrol engines
The Illusion of Technique: A Search for Meaning in a Technological Civilization
First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 359; black heavy card bds, black cl spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind to front board; fore edge sl deckled; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; annotations in pencil to rfep); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Anchor Press 1978
KEYWORDS: 20th century philosophy Ludwig Wittgenstein Martin Heidegger William James technology civilisation civilization freedom liberty first edition
Electron Microscopy: Fifth International Congress for Electron Microscopy Held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 29th to September 5th, 1962 (2 vols)
Two volume set. Imp. 8vo, pp. xxviii + 276 ll. + 6 (index), xxvi + 339 ll. + 6 (index); red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus. VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; lg insect hole to front cover extrem (volume 1); moderate tanning & foxing; moderate water damage).
PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1962
KEYWORDS: electron microscope microscopy science technology conference 20th century
Wireless Coils Chokes & Transformers (Sixth Edition)
Octavo hardcover (VG-) child pencil scribbles; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: George Newnes 1943
KEYWORDS: electrical technology electrics wireless coils transformers chokes
Future Histories
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Verso 2019
KEYWORDS: digital technology computer science philosophy automation communications
Low-Cost Power Generating Technology for Small-Scale Stand-Alone Applications
ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED THESIS, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 161pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 1983
KEYWORDS: unpublished thesis theses academic academia J M Elder electrical engineering power generating technology
Public Works Vol. II: November, 1903-February, 1904
This volume only. Imp. 8vo, pp. viii + 376; blue buckram boards;, spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; heavy chipping to head spine extrem; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation plate to front pastedown; library stamp in purple ink to tp; light to moderate cracking to front hinge; lg segments cut out of pp. 87/88, 229/230 & 275/276; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: The St. Bride's Press [1904]
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand public records office public works technology industry manufacture jobs 20th century