And Hecht Eugene (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gift inscription on inside of front cover. Scuffing to back cover. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. B/w And Color Photographs (illustrator).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Creasing at the bottom right corner of the front cover and to the first few pages but the covers and pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover illustration from David Brin's novel 'Infinity's Shore' by Fred Gambino. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Gambino, Fred (illustrator).…

Softcover. Condition: VG. Sepia & illustrated wraps. 41 pp. 101 color plates, numerous bw photos. Considers the life and work of George Ohr (1857-1918), a potter based in Biloxi, Mississippi, whose creations were hidden in crates in a junkyard until the 1970s. Accompanies the exhibition held at Kurland-Zabar in association with David Rago Arts & Crafts. Includes bibliographical references. B/w And Color Photographs (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean slim softcover book. Barely wear on cover. 41pp. DAILY SHIPPING. B/w And Color Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xviii, 237, [1] pages. Periodic Table illustrated on endpapers. Illustrations. Some footnotes. Index. Some pencil marks and erasure residue. Cover has noticable wear and soiling. Selig Hecht (1892 - 1947) was an American physiologist who studied photochemistry in photoreceptor cells. Hecht was born in Austria, and immigrated to the USA at an early age. His studies and talents led to Columbia University making him professor of biophysics in 1928. Hecht began his study into light sensitivity with clams (Mya arenaria) and insects. His specialty was photochemistry, the kinetics of the reactions initiated by light in the receptors. He made contributions to the knowledge of dark adaptation, visual acuity, brightness discrimination, color vision, and the mechanism of the visual threshold. According to biographer Pirenne, Hecht was a "brilliant lecturer and expositor." When World War II ended with the use of atomic weapons which had been developed in secret by the Manhattan Project, Hecht was concerned that the American public was uninformed about the development of this new source of energy. He wrote a book Explaining the Atom (1947), to educate the public. He wrote, "So long as one supposes this business is mysterious and secret, one cannot have a just evaluation of our possessions and security. Only by understanding the basis and development of atomic energy can one judge the legislation and foreign policy that concern it." In a review in the New York Times (4/27/1947), Stephen Wheeler wrote that it was "by all odds the best book on atomic energy so far to be published for the ordinary reader." Similarly, James J. Jelinek wrote that it was an "invaluable contribution to the layman." He credits Hecht with "conveying to the layman the intellectual drama" of the development. Jelinek asserts that the book is "profoundly provocative in its political and sociological implications." After Hecht died, a second edition was issued in 1959 by Eugene Rabinowitch. Eugene Rabinowitch (1901-1973) was a Russian-born American biophysicist who is best known for his work in relation to nuclear weapons, especially as a co-author of the Franck Report and a co-founder in 1945 of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a global security and public policy magazine, which he edited until his death. When Rabinowitch arrived in New York City, he was assisted by Selig Hecht. During World War II, Rabinowitch worked in the Metallurgical Laboratory (or "Met Lab"), the Manhattan Project's division at the University of Chicago. At that time he was a member of the Committee on Political and Social Problems, chaired by James Franck. Rabinowitch wrote (with help from Leó Szilárd) what became known as the Franck Report. The report recommended that nuclear energy be brought under civilian rather than military control and argued that the United States should demonstrate the atomic bomb to world leaders in an uninhabited desert or barren island before using it in combat. The social and ethical concerns expressed in the Franck Report translated into the guiding principles of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, founded by Rabinowitch and fellow physicist Hyman Goldsmith. Over the years, Rabinowitch wrote more than 100 articles for the magazine, most of them editorials. Before the war, Rabinowitch passionately pursued research in photosynthesis, a field in which he was to become a leader. After World War II, Rabinowitch taught and researched botany as a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, continuing his photosynthesis work and publishing the three-volume Photosynthesis and Related Processes, as well as many other books. Revised and Enlarged Edition, with Four Additional Chapters.…

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. CAVALIER Men Adventure Magazine Volume 3, #22 (April /1955; Fawcett Publications;) Painted Front Cover 100 pages including covers; Writers: Bob Kesten; Rex Lardner; George Blackwell Carpen; Carl Rosner and Ivan Cameron; David Landman; Thomas Medlicott and Joe Brennan; Andrew Hecht; Eugene Jaderquist; Joseph Millard; Walt Wiggins; Grantland Rice; Henry Glaesner; John Flagg; Interior Artists: Hamilton Greene; John Floherty Jr; Bob Doares; Ken Fagg; WOMAN OF CAIRO by John Flagg; Meggan Myles of Dragnet; How Tunney slaked Dempsey; *** Book Order # ADV264; Condition= VG/FN (5.0) = VERY GOOD to FINE; (Above Average Used Condition) Price=US$35.00); Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Interior Artists: Hamilton Greene; John Floherty Jr; Bob Doares; Ken Fagg; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover with dustjacket, 192 pages, very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Condition: Fine/Fine. 1st. 4to. 192pp. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Stated 1st.

Hardcover. 4to. Pp: 192. First edition. Publisher's brown cloth boards with gilt debossing to front and spine. Black and white and colour illustrated dust jacket with black, yellow, and pink lettering. Black and white illustrations and colour illustrations throughout, including colour illustrated frontispiece, with photography by John White. Receipt loosely inserted. Heavy book, may require additional postage.ISBN: 0896599272 Very good in very good dust jacket. Some white speckled marks at top corner of page 7 and black ink mark at bottom edge of page 8. Small dint at bottom edge of front board, approx. 1cm. Faint creasing at dust jacket spine and at dust jacket fore edges. Slight creasing and shelf wear at dust jacket corners, with 0.5cm of loss at rear top corner.…

Third printing of the first edition (as stated upon copyright page). 192 pages. Hardcover: H 31cm x L 26cm. Dust jacket. Dark maroon cloth. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. With frontispiece, Foreword, color and b/w photographs, two appendices, Notes, Selected Bibliography, and Index. Excellent monograph on the pottery and life of George E. Ohr (1857-1918), the "Mad Potter of Biloxi" Mississippi, whose bold experimentation with clay forms have led to his attribution as the father of the American Abstract-Expressionism movement. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 5 pounds (2.26 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0896599272.…