Scientific Biography and Memoirs

[000090] Born,Max. My Life & My Views. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth. Very Good / Fair. Clean, unmarked copy in fine condition; dust jacket is worn and missing pieces along the bottom. $10.00 
 
 
 

[000035] Curie, Eve. Madame Curie, A Biography. New York: Literary Guild of America, Inc, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. Hard Cover. Very Good / . Clean and unmarked copy. Many b&w illustrations, 393 pages; tan cloth. $9.00 
 
 
 

[000491] Clark, Ronald W.. Einstein: The Life and Times.. New York and Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1971. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Large Octavo. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good /in a Very Good dust jacket. Gray cloth hard bound in clean and unmarked condition. Dust Jacket has a small amount of edge wear and one small closed tear on back lower edge. BOMC pamphlet loosely inserted. 718 pages with extensive notes and index and b&w illustrations. $10.00 
 
 

[000092] Fermi, Laura. Atoms in the Family. My Life with Enrico Fermi, Architect of the Atomic Age. . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1954. Third Before Printing. Octavo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 267 pages, numerous b&w illustrations and photographs. Dust Jacket is chipped along the top edge. $10.00 
 
 

[000036] Goldsmith, Maurice. Frederic Joliot-Curie: A Biography. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. Hard Cover. . Fine / Fine. Dust jacket is price clipped.. 260pp, b&w photographs. Clean and unmarked copy $10.00

 
 

[000037] Hachiya, Michihiko. Translated By Warner Wells. Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6 - September 30, 1945.. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1955. First Edition. Quarto. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. The text is clean and unmarked, the dust jacket has minor edge ware and with a mylar protective cover. $15.00

 

[000002] Hahn, Otto. A Scientific Autobiography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. First Thus. Octavo. Cloth. Fine / Fine. Clean, unmarked copy. 296 pages with many b&w photographs and illustrations. Biography of Nobel Prize winning scientist. $15.00

 
 

[000603] Nasar, Sylvia. A Beautiful Mind. New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2001. First Paperback Edition. Large Octavo. Trade Paperback. Fine The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash. Very minimal shelf wear. 461 pages, with notes and index and b&w photos.     $7.50

 
 

[000034] Posin, Daniel Q.. Mendeleyev; the Story of a Great Scientist. New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, 1948. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Clean and unmarked copy. 345 pages with b&w illustrations and Appendix of Principal published works by Mendeleyev. $20.00

   

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