Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love & Fallout
New York: Harper, 2011. Illustrated extensively with the drawings of Lauren Redniss. 208 pages, 4to, pictorial boards. New York: Harper, 2011. A fine copy. More
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Genes, Radiation, and Society: The Life and Work of J. J. Muller
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1981. Frontis. Illustrated. xiv + 457pp., 8vo, black cloth; a few pages, and foredges spotted, glue residue on endpapers. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1981). A very good copy. Long inscription signed by the author on front free endpaper, title page also signed. More
Chernobyl: Insight from the Inside
Berlin: Springer, 1991. 124 illustrations, 47 tables. xxiii + 367pp., 8vo, illustrated boards. Berlin: Springer, (1991). A fine copy. More
Madame Curie: A Biography
Norwalk: Easton, 1989. Translated by Sheehan. Color frontispiece. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 412 pages, large 8vo, gilt stamped blue leather, pale peach silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, 1989. A fine copy aside for previous owner's name on verso of front free endpaper. A biography written by Marie Curie's daugher, Eve. More
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
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 his major contributions. More
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