Walter Orr Roberts (49 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. This first edition hardcover is in good condition with a dust jacket that shows noticeable wear, including a tear on the top edge. The binding is strong, and the pages are clean and unmarked, making it a well-preserved copy for its age. Fair, with noticeable wear and a tear on the top edge.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo, 197 pages, wrappers We believe it is critically important for as many people as possible to understand and accept the fact that the quality and character of human life over the coming decades will be determined largely by three closely related influences: climatic variation, food production, and population growth - Preface.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. A View of Century 21 (Claremont Annual Lectures). Roberts, Walter Orr. Claremont Colleges, 1969 85p. hardcover with dust jacket, dust jacket bumped/scuffed/small tears/chipping, boards bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean--3.50.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. The Cold and the Dark is the record of the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 to November 1, 1983. The conference involved over 200 scientists from many nations and drew together the best available scientific information. Its central finding was the phenomenon of nuclear winter: a much more profound and long-lasting devastation of the earth and atmosphere than had been believed possible before. In the two principal papers, Carl Sagan presents the atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war and Paul Ehrlich summarizes its biological implications. Also included is the text of the "Moscow Link" -a dialogue between Soviet and American scientists on nuclear winter-and the technical papers providing the scientific evidence for the book's conclusions.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 65, No 6, pp. 1645-1659, Photos, Extracted from orig vol, then Recased in Orig Journal Covers, VG.

Paperback. Condition: New. The Cold and the Dark is the record of the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 to November 1, 1983. The conference involved over 200 scientists from many nations and drew together the best available scientific information. Its central finding was the phenomenon of nuclear winter: a much more profound and long-lasting devastation of the earth and atmosphere than had been believed possible before. In the two principal papers, Carl Sagan presents the atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war and Paul Ehrlich summarizes its biological implications. Also included is the text of the "Moscow Link" -a dialogue between Soviet and American scientists on nuclear winter-and the technical papers providing the scientific evidence for the book's conclusions.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Stated First edition. Jacket in Fair condition with tear. Former library copy. No markings on text. Library stamp inside front cover and title page. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday. …

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. xxxv, [1], 229, [7] pages. Notes. Index. Edge tear in rear voce. Foreword by Lewis Thomas. The Cold and the Dark is the record of the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 to November 1, 1983. The conference involved over 200 scientists from many nations and drew together the best available scientific information. Its central finding was the phenomenon of nuclear winter: a much more profound and long-lasting devastation of the earth and atmosphere than had been believed possible before. In the two principal papers, Carl Sagan presents the atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war and Paul Ehrlich summarizes its biological implications. Also included is the text of the "Moscow Link" ?a dialogue between Soviet and American scientists on nuclear winter and the technical papers providing the scientific evidence for the book's conclusions. This work makes dramatic long lasting climate predictions of the effect a nuclear winter would have on the Earth, an event that is suggested by the authors to follow both a city countervalue strike during a nuclear war, and especially following strikes on oil refineries and fuel depots. Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 - December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. Sagan's deep concern regarding the potential destruction of human civilization in a nuclear holocaust was conveyed in a memorable cinematic sequence in the final episode of Cosmos, called "Who Speaks for Earth?" Sagan resigned from the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board's Condon Committee and surrendered his top secret clearance in protest. Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29, 1932) is an American biologist, best known for his warnings about the consequences of population growth and limited resources. He is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population Studies of the Department of Biology of Stanford University and President of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. Ehrlich has acknowledged that some of what he predicted has not occurred, but maintains that his predictions about disease and climate change were essentially correct and that human overpopulation is a major problem. Donald Kennedy (August 18, 1931 - April 21, 2020) was an American scientist, public administrator, and academic. He served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (1977-1979), President of Stanford University (1980-1992), and Editor-in-Chief of Science (2000-2008). Following this, he was named president emeritus of Stanford University; Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, emeritus; and senior fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Walter Orr Roberts (August 20, 1915 - March 12, 1990) was an American astronomer and atmospheric physicist, as well as an educator, philanthropist, and builder.[3] He founded the National Center for Atmospheric Research and took a personal research interest for many years in the study of influences of the Sun on weather and climate. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. "The scientific discoveries described in this book may turn out . . . to have been the most important research findings in the long history of science." -Lewis Thomas, from the Foreward The Cold and the Dark is the record of the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 to November 1, 1983. The conference involved over 200 scientists from many nations and drew together the best available scientific information. Its central finding was the phenomenon of nuclear winter: a much more profound and long-lasting devastation of the earth and atmosphere than had been believed possible before. In the two principal papers, Carl Sagan presents the atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war and Paul Ehrlich summarizes its biological implications. Also included is the text of the "Moscow Link" -a dialogue between Soviet and American scientists on nuclear winter-and the technical papers providing the scientific evidence for the book's conclusions. DJ, ex_defence Library. 268 pages.…

dj. First Edition. First Edition. Fine book in a Near Fine dustjacket. Advance Review Copy with slip included.

197pp. black & white photos 1st Printing Ex-library, covers sunned, o/w VG+ no dj.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover. Very good condition. The report of a major conference on the long-term biological consequences of nuclear war. Carl Sagan presents the atmospheric and climactic effects, while Paul Ehrlich summarizes the biological implications. The report concludes that even a relatively small nuclear war could trigger a nuclear winter, producing conditions much worse than previously anticipated; smoke, soot and damage to the ozone layer would blot out sunlight, producing severe and prolonged low temperatures. The report, as well as the conference, intentionally avoided drawing any policy implications from the findings. There may have been good reasons for this, but it nevertheless limits the usefulness of the report. "Consciousness raising" may be achieved, but it would be regrettable if such an important scientific undertaking on the world's most critical problem should not have an impact upon arms control policymakers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Gray hardback, blue spine with gold-color lettering, xxxv, 229 pp., 9 color illus, numerous b/w drawings, charts, tables, graphs, unclipped illustrated jacket. First Edition stated with 1 in print number line. Light bottom edge wear, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding, nice jacket. The Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War. "A work of science, not science fiction, revealing that even a comparatively small nuclear conflict might trigger a nuclear winter , producing conditions far more hostile to life than previously imagined.".…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. Gray paper boards with navy blue cloth backstrip and gilt lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket. Stains on top and bottom edges of boards, some rubbing / edge wear on edges of boards and joints, edges of text block / pages / end papers show various levels of toning. Jacket has edge wear, a few small closed tears, chipping on fore edge of back panel and toning on flaps. Now in protective mylar. Jacket not clipped, binding sound, text clean and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition stated with full number line 1-10. This book is not signed. In grey boards and blue spine cloth with gilt to type. Light dings to bottom corners, pale foxing to page and board ends with light wear at spine ends.Clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped ($12.95) with light edgewear and a couple nicks/short tears to top of rear panel. 1st Printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xxxv, [1], 229, [7] pages. illustrations (some in color). Notes. Index. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Some endpaper discoloration. Foreword by Lewis Thomas. The Cold and the Dark is the record of the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 to November 1, 1983. The conference involved over 200 scientists from many nations and drew together the best available scientific information. Its central finding was the phenomenon of nuclear winter: a much more profound and long-lasting devastation of the earth and atmosphere than had been believed possible before. In the two principal papers, Carl Sagan presents the atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war and Paul Ehrlich summarizes its biological implications. Also included is the text of the "Moscow Link" , a dialogue between Soviet and American scientists on nuclear winter and the technical papers providing the scientific evidence for the book's conclusions. This work makes dramatic long lasting climate predictions of the effect a nuclear winter would have on the Earth, an event that is suggested by the authors to follow both a city countervalue strike during a nuclear war, and especially following strikes on oil refineries and fuel depots. Two workshops were held during 22-6 April 1983 at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusettsâ"one to examine the long- term world-wide climatic consequences of nuclear war, and the other to assess the likely biological repercussions. Following the total of five days of intensive analyses at the workshops, the background papers were subjected to rigorous and widespread appraisal during the course of the summer, leading to various refinements. A summarized account of the main findings was then presented at a two-days' 'media conference' *, at which two principal papers were reviewedâ"the first by Professor Carl Sagan, of Cornell University, dealing with the atmospheric and climatic dimensions of the issue, and the second by Professor Paul R. Erhlich, of Stanford University, covering the biological repercussions. In support were several dozen other distinguished scientists, representing a broad spectrum of opinion, both within the United States and beyond. The aim of the gathering was to present the scientific findings to the media, and also to Congressional leaders and other key officials in the Federal Government. The climax of the conference was a 90-minutes' television hook-up with Moscow. The panel of Soviet scientists entered into dialogue with their American counterpartsâ"and indicated that their own research efforts have come up with a very similar set of conclusions. Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 - December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. Sagan's deep concern regarding the potential destruction of human civilization in a nuclear holocaust was conveyed in a memorable cinematic sequence in the final episode of Cosmos, called "Who Speaks for Earth?" Sagan resigned from the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board's Condon Committee and surrendered his top secret clearance in protest. Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29, 1932) is an American biologist, best known for his warnings about the consequences of population growth and limited resources. He is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population Studies of the Department of Biology of Stanford University and President of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. Ehrlich has acknowledged that some of what he predicted has not occurred, but maintains that his predictions about disease and climate change were essentially correct and that human overpopulation is a major problem. Donald Kennedy (August 18, 1931 - April 21, 2020) was an Ame.…