Selig Hecht (53 results)
Language: English
Published by Amer Naturalist, 1930
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
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Add to basketPamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 64, No 692, May, 1930, pp. 193-219, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, last page in facsimile else VG.
Language: English
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Beautiful Tomes, Moscow, ID, U.S.A.Beautiful Tomes
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. "Second Printing Before Publication" on copyright page. Blue covers with silver printing; soiled;, with an area on the front that is discolored; spine is quite faded, including the printing. Endpapers contain the periodic table of the elements; previous owner's name on front endpaper. 205 p…p. including index, b/w illustrations; clean, unmarked.
More imagesPublished by The Viking Press, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.Southampton Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Later Printing. Published by The Viking Press, 1954. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.
Published by The Viking Press, USA, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ABOXABOOKS, Bristol, VT, U.S.A.ABOXABOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Assumed first edition. No jacket. Cover edges scuffed and corners bumped. Especially worn top and bottom of spine. Owner's name inside. Otherwise in good condition.
Published by The Viking Press, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.Library House Internet Sales
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.
Published by Harvard University Press, 1931
- Softcover
Seller: RogerCoyBooks, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.RogerCoyBooks
Contact seller4-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Used: Good. Good, no marks in text; ex-medical library with limited markings as such.viii + 88 p., includes extensive bibliography, 100 entries. No marks in text. the paper cover is going at spine and is loose, too; paperback; 10 oz.
Language: English
Published by Viking, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: BookDepart, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.BookDepart
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover; fading and edge wear to exterior; fading to pages; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.
Published by Viking, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: very good. Illustrated. xiii + 205 pages, 8vo, cloth. New York: The Viking Press, 1949. A very good copy lacking dust wrapper.
EXPLAINING THE ATOM. (Dust jacket title: "Explaining the Atom; A remarkable book which actually makes the atom and its energy comprehensible to the intelligent layman, even though he has no scientific background.")
Hecht, Selig, 1892-1947. Matthew Leibowitz (dust jacket designer).
Published by New York: The Viking Press, 1947., 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerSecond printing (as stated upon copyright page). xiv, 205 pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket with colorful front panel illustration; 2.75cm deep chipping at front panel's lower right; various tears with old tape repairs along with lesser chips and creasing; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top righ…t. Blue cloth; light bumping to spine ends and to boards' top fore-edge corners. Some toning to text block edges. Endpapers toned; past owner's personal bookplate affixed to front flyleaf verso with image transfer onto opposing half-title; interior leaves mostly remain clean. Binding is firm.
Language: English
Published by The Viking Press, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Name of the previous owner. Publication of 205 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Offprint, 1920
- Softcover
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. Offprint with blue stapled card cover, little use, pages clean with charts, very good Language: English.
Published by Offprint, 1921
- Softcover
Seller: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, United KingdomPlurabelle Books Ltd
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. Offprint with grey stapled card cover, little use, pages clean with charts, very good Language: English.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 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.
More imagesPublished by The Viking Press
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Bending and bumping to upper corner of boards and page block. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good.… This copy is the Revised Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
- Softcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Viking, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.Austin Book Shop LLC
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Frayed DJ. First Edition. 205pp Illus ".actually makes the atom and it's energy comprehensible to the intelligent layman.".
Published by Viking, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, pages very age toned else good in blue boards with red lettering and decorations. First published in 1947, this revised edition from 1955 has 4 additional chapters by Eugene Rabinowitch. 237 pp. preface to first and revised editions; prologue; then 12 chapters explaining the…atom with many drawings and illustrations. Book is unmarked. Book.
Published by Ediciones Betis, 1957
- Hardcover
Seller: Libros Tobal, Ajalvir, M, SpainLibros Tobal
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Add to basketTapa dura. Condition: Bien. Ediciones Betis 1957 Tapa dura con sobrecubierta de editorial ilustrada 242 paginas. Buen estado de conservacion. 21 x 15 Cm. Libro.
Published by Viking Press, 1964
- Softcover
Seller: POQUETTE'S BOOKS, DEWITT, MI, U.S.A.POQUETTE'S BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Good. DISCHARGED LIBRARY USED. Paperback, CLEAR PLASTIC COVER OVER(good condition), Paperback, outside cover shows age related minimum too tolerable signs of use, binder is in good condition. Main Text and Pages of Main Text in good to very good condition. No signs of water damages, no writing, no underlini…ng, no markings, and no highlighting. Standard Library Markings. THANK YOU!!.
Published by The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1938
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- First Edition
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.UHR Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Original Edition. These lectures were delivered under the auspices of the Harvey Society of New York and under the Patronage of the New York Academy of Medicine. The lectures included in this volume are on the nature of the visual process, the Pasteur-Meyerhof reaction in muscle meta…bolism, the functional significance of the lymphatic system, transfers of water and solutes in the body, studies on the cortical representation of somatic sensibility, the isolation and properties of tobacco mosaic and other virus proteins, the chemistry and biology of male sex hormones, and experimental hypertension induced by renal ischemia. Illustrated. Ex-Library.
Published by Ediciones Betis, 1957
Seller: Outlet Ex Libris, Bilbao, BI, SpainOutlet Ex Libris
Contact seller4-star seller242 pp. Tela con sobrecubierta. Buen estado. Ilustrado con 22 figuras.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.Sea Chest Books
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fourth Printing. Fourth printing, in October 1947, of a title first published in April of that same year. Very good condition in blue cloth with slightly tanned pages. The book is firm, square and unmarked in a very good dust jacket with a bit of edgewear and two sho…rt closed tears at the top edge of the front panel. In an archival protector. This book was written to make "the atom and its energy comprehensible to the layman, even though he has no scientific backround". xiv, 205 pp. Science, Atomic Energy, Education, History of Science. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by LONGANESI, MILANO, 1957
- Hardcover
Seller: Biblioteca di Babele, Tarquinia, VT, ItalyBiblioteca di Babele
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Condition: BUONO USATO. Panorami scientifici ITALIANO N.12 della collana, nuova edizione accresciuta e riveduta, traduzione dall'originale inglese di Gianna Germano, con 22 illustrazioni in nero nei testi, pagine brunite lungo i margini, rilegatura editoriale rigida, cartonata, con qualche macchia al posteriore, macchia scura an…che al piede ed alla cima. Numero pagine 273.
Language: English
Published by Scientific Book Club
- Hardcover
Seller: Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, United KingdomOptimon Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Hailed as the most lucid book on the subject at the time of original publication in 1947, proving that atomic energy could really be understood in everyday terms. Index. Blue boards with black lettering. Pictorial dust jacket (torn), price unclipped. Corners bumped. Owner inscription. Illustrated in b…&w. Edges spotted. Firm binding.
Published by Edition de la Paix, Paris - Bruxelles,, 1948
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Add to basket185x140mm, 220pages, Bel exemplaire. Envois Europe jusqu'à valeur du colis 150 EUR : TVA inclus dans montant final. Exceptions taxes postales locales à la charge de l'acheteur (~2 EUR). Contact via notre page d'accueil en cas de problème. / Shipments to Europe with a package value of up to 150 EUR : VAT included in total amount.… Local postal fees apply to buyers in Euroe (~2 EUR). Contact us via our homepage if needed.
Language: English
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1966
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Add to basketTrade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing Jan 1966. 237 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Rudolph De Harak (Cover Design) (illustrator).
Published by Milano, Longanesi 1949, 1949
Seller: Libreria Gullà, roma, RM, ItalyLibreria Gullà
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Language: English
Published by The Journal of General Physiology, Vol. i, 1919
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.Robinson Street Books, IOBA
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Add to basketPamphlet. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDOffprint. Offprint. In wrappers. Collectible, very good offprint with clean pages. Previous ownership stamp of Dr. E.N. Harvey to front page. Authors compliment stamp to top of front page. Reprinted from The Journal of General Physio…logy, Vol. I, No. 6. Pages 657-666.
Language: English
Published by The Journal of General Physiology, Vol. I, 1919
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Add to basketPamphlet. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDOffprint. Offprint. In wrappers. Collectible, very good offprint with clean pages. Author compliment stamp to top of front page. Previous ownership stamp from Dr. E.N. Harvey to front page. Light stains along edges. Reprinted from Th…e Journal of General Physiology, Vol. I, No. 5, May, 1919. Pages 545-558.
Language: English
Published by Science N.S. vol. LIII no. 1372, 1372
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.Robinson Street Books, IOBA
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Add to basketPamphlet. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDOffprint. Reprinted from the Science N.S. vol. LIII no. 1372, 1921. Stamped compliments of author. Stamp in ink (UNC Chapel Hill). First separate edition. Original wrappers. Offprint.*.
