Malcom Hughes (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Ray Theobald (illustrator). 1st Edition. The Green Mandarin Mystery by Grant Malcom (Dennis Talbot Hughes), 1950, Curtis Warren with cover art by Ray Theobald. Harbottle & Holland A266. Front cover has some minor edge wear; small piece of paper tape; letter"M" inked on. Spine is nice. Rear cover has minor soiling. Overall, a nice copy of a scarce British SF digest-sized book.

Condition: Nuevo. La investigación es una de las tareas más importantes en la carrera universitaria. Puede ser una actividad grata y apasionante o bien convertirse en un infierno. ¿Qué tema escoger? ¿Dónde comenzar? ¿Dónde encontrar las informaciones? ¿Cómo plantear las preguntas? ¿Cómo organizar los argumentos para presentar los resultados? La presente obra se dirige muy especialmente a estudiantes que se encuentran ante su primer trabajo de investigación. Paso a paso muestra cómo proceder en trabajos individuales o en grupos, ofrece criterios para escoger la bibliografía más valiosa y enseña las técnicas de lectura y redacción más eficaces. Los autores atienden todos los aspectos de la metodología del trabajo científico, ejemplificado en abundantes ejercicios prácticos y en un lenguaje muy accesible. Se trata de una guía ideal para desarrollar un trabajo de investigación que ayuda a controlar en todo momento su eficacia y coherencia para no irse por las ramas.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age are widely considered to have been the major features of the Earth's climate over the past 1000 years. In this volume the issue of whether there really was a Medieval Warm Period, and if so, where and when, is addressed. The types of evidence examined include historical documents, tree rings, ice cores, glacial-geological records, borehole temperature, paleoecological data and records of solar receipts inferred from cosmogenic isotopes. Growth in the availability of several of these types of data in recent years, and technical advances in their derivation and use, warrant this state-of-the-art re-examination of Medieval Warm Period. The book will be of value to all those with an interest in the natural variability of the climate system, for example those concerned with anticipating and detecting anthropogenic climate change.

Condition: Bueno. GEDISA EDITORIAL, 2000, Barcelona, 17x23,5cm, 351pp, Rústica con solapa forrada con plástico transparente. Como nuevo, con alguna frase subrayada a lápiz. Español.

Octavo, cover by Ray Theobald, pictorial wrappers. First edition. The Green Mandarin plans to take over the world and breed a more perfect human race. "Unlike the hackneyed space operas which comprised most of Hughes's work in 1950-1951, THE GREEN MANDARIN MYSTERY is a scientific detective story . A somewhat clichéd but fast-moving story, superior to anything else that Hughes wrote during this period." - Harbottle and Holland. Reginald 09585. Harbottle and Holland A266. Title leaf stuck to cover near gutter margin by a dribble of errant binder's glue, else a fine copy. Scarce. (#151328).

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age are widely considered to have been the major features of the Earth's climate over the past 1000 years. In this volume the issue of whether there really was a Medieval Warm Period, and if so, where and when, is addressed. The types of evidence examined include historical documents, tree rings, ice cores, glacial-geological records, borehole temperature, paleoecological data and records of solar receipts inferred from cosmogenic isotopes. Growth in the availability of several of these types of data in recent years, and technical advances in their derivation and use, warrant this state-of-the-art re-examination of Medieval Warm Period. The book will be of value to all those with an interest in the natural variability of the climate system, for example those concerned with anticipating and detecting anthropogenic climate change. 244 pp. Englisch.