Unity Universe by Sciama (22 results)

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. CODES AND SUPPLEMENTS MAY NOT BE INCLUDED. STOCK PHOTO USED. Disc and case in good condition with average wear. May contain ex-library markings. Ships via USPS and may take up to fourteen days to arrive.

Paperback. 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!

Condition: acceptable. Book is considered to be in acceptable condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Book may have one or more of the following defects: noticeable wear on the cover dust jacket or spine; curved, dog eared or creased page s ; writing or highlighting inside or on the edges; sticker s or other adhesive on cover; CD DVD may not be included; and book may be a former library copy.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Republication of the 1959 edition. Lightly read if read at all. No markings in book. Binding is fine. 213pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Wedge, Joan (illustrator). First Edition. 228 pages. Ex-university library marks, light wear to the edges; pages yellowed; a solid binding. No jacket. The two parts of the book are The Universe in Observation and The Universe in Theory. Illustrator: Wedge, Joan. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Nature; Inventory No: 219834.

Condition: Good. 1959. First Edition. 186 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Dust jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Front panel detached from spine. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. JOAN WEDGE (illustrator). * PUBLISHER : FABER AND FABER * YEAR : 1959 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 186 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: THE DUSTWRAPPER IS HEAVILY WORN WITH CREASING AND TEARS ALONG THE EDGES AND CORNERS. THE BLUE COVER BOARDS ARE RUBBED WITH BUMPING AND FADING ALONG THE EDGES AND SPINE. THE BINDING IS FIRM. THERE IS FOXING ALONG THE TOP FOR-EDGE. THE PAGES AND DIAGRAMS ARE CLEAR AND CRISP. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

1st ed. thus softback with stiff wrappers New book tall octavo xix + 213pp., b/w plates, text ills., index, Originally published 1959.

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Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:

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 good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated First Edition. This book is in very good condition. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. There is a name written on the inside of the front cover. The cover has bumps and scuffs. The dust jacket has bumps scuffs and edge chips.

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,500grams, ISBN:

Hardback. Condition: Good. Joan Wedge (illustrator). 1st. First edition hardback, 1959, with no jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards rubbed to to edges and slightly soiled - an excellent reading or study copy of this scarce text. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no inscriptions but some neat annotation and underling to several pages; slight toning to page-ends but text, diagrams and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

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. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 228 Pp. Black Cloth. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, No Marks, Bumping To Upper Front Tip, Ownership/Gift Label. . Dust Jacket Priced $3.95, Wear, Small Losses At Ends Of Spine. Per Wikipedia, Dennis William Siahou Sciama, Frs (1926 -1999) Was A British Physicist Who, Through His Own Work And That Of His Students, Played A Major Role In Developing British Physics After The Second World War, And He Is Considered One Of The Fathers Of Modern Cosmology. Sciama Earned His Phd In 1953 At The University Of Cambridge Supervised By Paul Dirac With A Dissertation On Mach's Principle And Inertia. His Work Later Influenced The Formulation Of Scalar-Tensor Theories Of Gravity. Sciama Taught At Cornell University, King's College London, Harvard University And The University Of Texas At Austin, But Spent Most Of His Career At The University Of Cambridge (1950S And 1960S) And The University Of Oxford As A Senior Research Fellow In All Souls College, Oxford (1970S And Early 1980S). In 1983, He Moved From Oxford To Trieste, Becoming Professor Of Astrophysics At The International School For Advanced Studies (Sissa), And A Consultant With The International Centre For Theoretical Physics. He Also Taught At The Scuola Normale Superiore Of Pisa. From 1972 To 1973 He Was The Donegall Lecturer In Mathematics At Trinity College Dublin. Sciama Made Connections Among Some Topics In Astronomy And Astrophysics. He Wrote On Radio Astronomy, X-Ray Astronomy, Quasars, The Anisotropies Of The Cosmic Microwave Radiation, The Interstellar And Intergalactic Medium, Astroparticle Physics And The Nature Of Dark Matter. Most Significant Was His Work In General Relativity, With And Without Quantum Theory, And Black Holes. He Helped Revitalize The Classical Relativistic Extension To General Relativity Known As Einstein-Cartan Gravity. Early In His Career, He Supported Fred Hoyle's Steady State Cosmology, And Interacted With Hoyle, Hermann Bondi, And Thomas Gold. When Evidence Against The Steady State Theory, E.G., The Cosmic Microwave Radiation, Mounted In The 1960S, Sciama Abandoned It And Worked On The Big Bang Cosmology; He Was Perhaps The Only Prominent Steady-State Supporter To Switch Sides (Hoyle Continued To Work On Modifications Of Steady-State For The Rest Of His Life, While Bondi And Gold Moved Away From Cosmology During The 1960S). During His Last Years, Sciama Became Interested In The Issue Of Dark Matter In Galaxies. Among Other Aspects He Pursued A Theory Of Dark Matter That Consists Of A Heavy Neutrino, Certainly Disfavored In His Realization, But Still Possible In A More Complicated Scenario. Several Leading Astrophysicists And Cosmologists Of The Modern Era Completed Their Doctorates Under Sciama's Supervision, Notably:George Ellis (1964), Stephen Hawking (1966) Brandon Carter (1967) Martin Rees (1967) Gary Gibbons (1973) James Binney (1975) John D. Barrow (1977) Philip Candelas (1977) David Deutsch (1978) Adrian Melott (1981) Antony Valentini (1992). Sciama Also Strongly Influenced Roger Penrose, Who Dedicated His The Road To Reality To Sciama's Memory. The 1960S Group He Led In Cambridge (Which Included Ellis, Hawking, Rees, And Carter), Has Proved Of Lasting Influence.

rilegato. Condition: Good. 0. Legatura editoriale. Copertina tutta tela, leggero segno d'usura nelle parti inferiore e superiore del dorso, titolo in caratteri dorati sul dorso. Sovraccoperta plastificata in condizioni discrete, alette informative, usurata ai margini, tagli, strappetti e piccole mancanze. I diagrammi sono stati realizzati da Joan Wedge. Buono (Good) . Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With dust jacket, and some interesting newspaper clippings. Unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Creasing\/wear to the edges and corners and slight discoloration to the cover. DJ has wear and tear. Writing on the first page, old price, 1st Ed, 1959.