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THE PARTICLE PLAY
Written by J.C. Polkinghorne.
Stock no. 2119117
Published by W.H. Freeman and Company. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An Account of the Ultimate Constituents of Matter. ISBN: 071671177X.

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THE GEOMETRY OF DETERMINANTAL LOCI
Written by T.G. Room.
Stock no. 2119041
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1938. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. The book contains 3 parts. Part I - Looks at Manifolds Defined by Matrices of General Form; Part II: Manifolds Defined by Matrices of Special Forms; Part III: Determinantal Quartic Primals In Space of Four Dimensions. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is browned. Some marks and scuffing to covers. Light page browning and some foxing.

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DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIGURES
Written by I. Pal. Illustrated by I. Pal.
Stock no. 2119039
Published by Hungarian Technical Publishers. 1962. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Many diagrams that will 'come to life' using the 3D glasses in pocket at rear of book. Foxing and marks to covers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little surface paper lifting to front board. Page browning; a little foxing. 3D glasses are still present to pocket in rear.

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GEOMETRICAL INVESTIGATIONS ILLUSTRATING THE ART OF DISCOVERY IN THE MATHEMATICAL FIELD
Written by John Pottage; Stillman Drake.
Stock no. 2119037
Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc.. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An age-old dialogue resumes when the author resurrects Galileo's characters Salviati, Sagredo and Simplicio to dramatize the often imperfect but ever creative world of mathematical thought. ISBN: 0201057336. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THEORY OF RECONSTRUCTION FROM IMAGE MOTION
Written by Stephen Maybank.
Stock no. 2118967
Published by Springer-Verlag. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Springer Series in Information Sciences. This book presents the mathematics underlying the reconstruction of camera motion from the movements of points in the camera image. It describes recent work employing mathematical methods drawn from linear algebra, projective geometry, algebraic geometry, the theory of transversality and the theory of least-squares approximation. This book is a good starting point for anyone interested in the application of different mathematical techniques to the rapidly expanding field of computer vision, especially in the areas of vehicle guidance, robotics and remote sensing. ISBN: 0387555374. Light wear to corners. Foxing to outer page edges.

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STUDIES IN GEOMETRY
Written by Leonard Blumenthal; Karl Menger.
Stock no. 2118966
Published by W.H. Freeman and Company. 1st USA 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Written for graduate students in mathematics and for professional mathematicians, this book deals with four related geometric theories rather than presenting a survey of geometry. ISBN: 0716704374. Browning to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is fadeed to spine, with edge-creasing and a few closed tears and chips.

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GAME THEORY
Written by Guillermo Owen.
Stock no. 2118867
Published by Academic Press. 2nd 1982. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Second edition. ISBN: 0125311508. Still in original shrink wrap - unopened!

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RESOLUTION OF SINGULARITIES OF EMBEDDED ALGEBRAIC SURFACES
Written by Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar.
Stock no. 2118857
Published by Academic Press. Circa 1966. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pure and Applied Mathematics; A Series of Monographs and Textbooks. This book will be valuable as an introduction to certain fundamental aspects of algebraic geometry. The primary aim of the monograph is to give a self-contained exposition of Zariski's famous memoir. A secondary aim is to partially expand some of the results to nonzero characteristic. A basic knowledge of commutative algebra is the only prerequisite for understanding the book. A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips and nicks.

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SIR SAMUEL MORLAND
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1713586
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1970. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Diplomat and Inventor 1625-1695. Green cloth. 9 x 7". xvi + 133pp. 12 b/w plates. The life and inventions of a public servant in England. ISBN: 085270061X.

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INTRODUCTION TO VETERINARY GENETICS
Written by F.W. Nicholas.
Stock no. 1810919
Published by Blackwell Science. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

A general introduction to basic and molecular genetics followed by chapters on single-gene disorders, chromosomal aberrations, immunogenetics, pharmacogenetics, parasites and pathogens, and control of inherited disorders. Cardwraps. ISBN: 0632056398. Covers lightly scuffed, corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean, no marking.

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ON THE EXAMINATION OF A HYBRID DIGITALIS 1831
Written by J.S. Henslow; S.M. Walters; V.H. Heywood.
Stock no. 1810912
Published by University Botanic Garden Cambridge. 1981. Fine condition.

Facsimile of the 1831 edition. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Volume 4, pp. 257-278. Blue cardwraps. 4 plates including one folded.

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GUIDELINES FOR DRINKING-WATER QUALITY VOLUME 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 1810900
Published by World Health Organization. 1992. Very good condition.

Health Criteria and Other Supporting Information. This book is intended for use by countries as a basis for the development of standards which, if properly implemented, will ensure the safety of drinking-water supplies. Blue cardwraps. ISBN: 9241541695. Covers marked and lightly creased. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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