Chernobyl: Insight from the Inside
Berlin: Springer, 1991. 124 illustrations, 47 tables. xxiii + 367pp., 8vo, illustrated boards. Berlin: Springer, (1991). A fine copy. More
RADIATION
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Sur le Poids Atomique du Radium
Comptes Rendus, 1907. 4 pages (422-425) in Comptes Rendus Des Seances de L'Adademie Des Sciences Volume 145, No. 8, 8vo, modern paper wrappers. Comptes Rendus, 1907. A near fine copy. Footnote makes reference to her paper of July 21, 1902. More
Sur la radio-activite unduite provoquee par les sels de radium.
Paris: Comptes Rendus, 1902. 4 pages (pp. 548-551) IN: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances, de l'Academie des Sciences, vol. 132, no. 9. Several illustrations. Paris, 1902. Disbound, now in modern wrappers. Overall a very good copy with mostly unopened pages. Curie and Debierne worked on the phenomenon of the persistance of induced radioactivity; their experiments could be explained by Rutherford's theory of emanation (radon), a radioactive gas emitted by radium. DSB, III, pp. 506-8. More
Action du Champ Magnetique sur les Rayonds de Becquerel. Rayons Devies et Rayons non Devies.; ALSO: CURIE, Marie. Sur la Penetration des Rayons de Becquerel non Deviables par le Champ Magnetique.
Comptes Rendus, 1900. 4 pages (73-76) in: Comptes Rendus des Seances de L'Adademie des Sciences Volume 130, No. 2. IN THE SAME ISSUE: SKLODOWSKA-CURIE, Marie. Sur la Penetration des Rayons de Becquerel non Deviables par le Champ Magnetique. 4 pages (76-79). Slim 8vo, modern printed wrappers. Paris: Comptes Rendus des Seances de L'Academie des Sciences, 1900. A very good(+) copy "Pierre Curie had just demonstrated that there are at least two different kinds of rays, subsequently known as A and..... More
Nuclear Witnesses: Insiders Speak Out.
New York: Norton, 1981. Black & white illustrations. 330pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper; d.w. price-clipped. New York: W.W. Norton, (1981). First Edition. Near fine. More
Sourcebook on Atomic Energy
Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1950. Illustrated in black and white and with in text figures. 546 pages, large 8vo, two tone tan and red cloth (spine a bit worn and with some foxing in the outer gutter). Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Company , (1950). A very good(-) copy. Written by the Consultant to the United States Atomic Energy Commission. More
A.L.S., German-born British Astronomer
1807. German-born British astronomer who discovered Uranus on March 13th 1781 and later, pioneered the use of astronomical spectrophotometry and infrared radiation. Rare A.L.S. signed %u201CWm. Herschel%u201D, 4to. 1 page, May 6th, 1807, Slough, to an unidentified inventor of microscope magnification, in full: "Your agreeable letter and papers arrived at Slough just as I was getting out for London where I have been a few days. On looking over the calculations contained in the papers I find them perfectly correct;..... More
The Cosmos of Arthur Holly Compton
New York: Knopf, 1967. 468 pages, index. 8vo, blue cloth, top edge blue (spotty). First edition. New York: Knopf, 1967. A very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
Radiation and Health: the Biological Effects of Low-level Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
Chichester: John Wiley, 1987. Tables, graphs, and maps. xv + 292pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, (1987). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Legacy of Chernobyl
New York: Norton, 1990. Illustrated in black and white. 352 pages, 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper (adhesive from label on back of wrapper). New York: Norton, (1990). A fine copy in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Radiations from Radioactive Substances.
Cambridge: University Press, 1930. Profusely illustrated with tables, charts, drawings, and equations, plus 12 photographic plates. xi + 588 pages, thick 8vo, green cloth; some penciling, primarily in the margins, covers worn at spine ends and corners. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1930. First edition. A very good copy. "Rutherford, more than any other, formed the views now held concerning the nature of matter. (He has been) called the greatest experimental physicist of his day" (DSB). This is one of..... More
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