Doubt and Certainty in Science by J Z Young (24 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Has seen very little use -clean and crisp pages with tight binding. Cover yellowed. A little grazing to edges of the spine and an inconspicuous 1cm split at top left-hand corner. Name and date in front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The B.B.C. Reith Lectures 1950. Price clipped.Clean tight copy with numerous figures and photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Published by at the Clarendon Press. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1951. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 168 pages. Dj worn. Text foxed. Name on ffep.

Octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Condition: Good. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 168 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. BBC Reith Lectures 1950. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Heavier tanning to endpapers. Pen inscription annotation to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Paper cover has slight edge wear with minor marks and slight creases. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear.

Condition: Very Good. 1951. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.48.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.48.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. price-clipped dust jacket has some minor shelf-wear, otherwise great condition/.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition||Dust Jacket||Illustrated. Doubt and Certainty in Science by J.Z. Young (1951, 1st Ed.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 18mo. Orig. blue cloth. vi, 168 pp. [12] B&W plates. Boards sunned to extremities. Spine sunned and tilted. Red damp stain to top edge of text block. Interior age toned. Dust jacket is age toned, chipped to spine ends, rubbed to extremities. The thesis of Professor Young's Reith Lecture is that we can usefully describe the higher activities of man, for instance those of the scientist, by considering the brain processes that produce them.

Pencil sc. on 3 pp.; minor edge stain; G+ HB; no DJ. (22.50).

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Young's thesis concludes that the higher activities of humans can be illuminated through an examination of the actual brain functions that produce them, and that these processes can be closely compared to those of a calculating machine. Young's thesis concludes that the higher activities of humans can be illuminated through an examination of the actual brain functions that produce them, and that these processes can be closely compared to those of a calculating machine. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

[viii] 168p., b/w illus., original blue cloth (The B.B.C. Reith Lectures 1950).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5". vi, 168pp. Rubbing, toning, creasing, and shallow chipping to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine backed in gilt. Gentle rubbing and light toning to covers and edges of boards. Boards are slightly warped. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to gutters of endpapers. A few instances of inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Young's thesis concludes that the "higher activities" of humans can be illuminated through an examination of the actual brain functions that produce them, and that these processes can be closely compared to those of a calculating machine.(Publisher).