Chasing The Rainbow

Hardcover

GREENLER, BOB
This book describes the Quaker author's experience in the process of moving from child to physicist. Hardcover at paperback price.

Elton Wolf 2000 225 PP. Cloth

$16.00 (in stock)

The Eddington Enigma (533)

BY DAVID STANLEY EVANS
SECONDHAND, paperback in OK condition for reading. n the Thirties and Forties, Eddington's name was a household word as a result of his publication of semi-popular books of science and philosophy -- often controversial. He was also revered for his contributions to astronomy and physics.

XLibris 1998 200 PP. Paper

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Faith Hope And Doubt In Times Of Uncertainty

Combining The Realms Of Scientific And Spiritual Inquiry

BY GEORGE ELLIS
George Ellis, the South African Quaker astronomer posits a moral reality centered in love that exists as well as the physical and mathematical realities we can measure and he suggests that true spirituality lies in seeing the integral whole. The 2008 James Backhouse lecture.

Australia Yearly Meeting 2008 57 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

The Gilded Dinosaur

The Fossil War Between Cpe And Marsh And The Rise Of American Science

BY MARK JAFFE
The second half of the 19th century - the so-called Gilded Age -was also when scientists began finding dinosaur fossils across the western half of the nation. Could the answer to the history of life and the proof of evolution be found in these bones? That was the question two young American paleontologists - Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh - set out to answer. But what began as a friendly contestsoon turned into a bitter rivalry that would spill over into American science and politics and rage relentlessly for three decades. And despite his Quakerism, Edward Drinker Cope, like many of his colleagues, would prove to be ruthlessly competitive.

Three Rivers Press 2000 424 PP Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

The Hidden Heart Of The Cosmos

Humanity And The New Story

BY BRIAN SWIMME
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos opens up not only the exhilarating truths that science reveals of the birth of the universe, but how these truths can transform our lives. In such a view the cosmos appears as awesome and meaningful, its dynamics revelatory, and in this revelation can be found the wisdom humanity needs to face and overcome its present crises, particularly the soul-numbing consumerism that threatens to overwhelm not only individuals, families or societies, but the Earth itself.

Orbis 1999 115 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)

Humphry Davy Poet And Philosopher (99)

BY T E THORPE
This is a modern edition of a biography from the late 1890's of Humphry Davy, renowned chemist and accomplished poet,who is famous primarilly for his role in the isolation of iodine and discovery of the Davy Lamp. Throughout his life he used poetry to express his emotional landscape, demonstrating a romantic spirit that was evident in his vision of science as well. Davy acquired his taste for experimental science as a youth , mainly due to his mentor, a Quaker named Robert Dunkin, a saddler and a man of original mind and of the most varied accomplishments. SECONDHAND BOOK in good condition, I think bought from us and returned unread.

Nonesuch Books_ 1896 190 PP. Paper

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Living With Nature's Extremes

The Life Of Gilbert Fowler White.

BY ROBERT HINSHAW
Quaker Gilbert White has been called the most internallionally renown geographer of the twentieth century, and one who personified the ideal of a natural resources scientist committed to stewardship of our planet. He has educated the nation and the world on how to change the ways we manage water resources, mitigate natural hazards, and assess the environment. What was less obvioius was Gilbert's very human approach to life. He worked best at resolving differences behing the scenes, holding a deep belief in the dignity and worth of each individual. This book is both biography and memoir - it s a tribute to a scientist who changed the scientific community and the world.

Johnson Books 2006 338 PP. Paper

$7.50 (in stock)

The Lunar Men

Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed The World

BY JENNY UGLOW
In the 1760s a group of amateur scientists met and made friends in the English Midlands. Together they would change the world. Among them were the toymaker Matthew Boulton and his partner James Watt, of steam-engine fame; the potter and Quaker Josiah Wedgwood; Erasmus Darwin, physician, poet, inventor,. Later came Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen and a radical. With a small band of allies they formed the Lunar Society (so called because it met at each full moon) and kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Many Quaker connections.

FSG 2002 588 PP. Paper

$22.00 (in stock)

Maria Mitchell And The Sexing Of Science

An Astronomer Among The American Romantics

BY RENEE BERGER
Born and raised on Nantucket, Quaker Maria Mitchell apprenticed with her father, an amateur astronomer. In 1847, thanks to her diligent "sweeps" of the sky, Mitchell discovered the eponymous comet that would catapult her to international fame. Soon she was hired as the "computer of Venus," a sort of human calculator, for the U.S. Nautical Almanac. Mitchell later joined the founding faculty at Vassar, where she sadly watched opportunities for her students vanish as science morphed from a private pursuit to a public profession, and the increasingly male scientific establishment closed ranks.

Beacon Press 2008 320 PP. Cloth

$29.95 (in stock)

Our Final Hour (933)

A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error, And Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future In This Century--on Earth And Beyond

BY MARTIN REES
SECONDHAND hardback with nice jacket, if alittle garrish. A scientist known for unraveling the complexities of the universe over millions of years, Sir Rees now warns that humankind is potentially the maker of its own demise--and that of the cosmos. With clarity and precision, he maps out the ways technology could destroy the species and foreclose the potential of a living universe whose evolution has just begun.

Basic Books 2003 225 PP. Cloth

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Practical Mystic

Science, Religion And A. S. Eddington

BY MATTHEW STANLEY
A. S. Eddington (1882-1944) was a scientific pioneer and a devout Quaker. As a leading astrophysicist he still maintained his religious belief throughout his scientific career and also defended the interrelation of science and religion while drawing inspiration from both. For instance, at a time when a strict adherence to deductive principles of physics had proved fruitless for understanding the nature of stars, insights from Quaker mysticism led Eddington to argue that an outlook less concerned with certainty and more concerned with further exploration was necessary to overcome the obstacles of incomplete and uncertain knowledge.

University of Chicago 2007 320 PP. Cloth

$37.50 (in stock)

The Price Of Altruism

George Price And The Search For The Origins Of Kindness

BY OREN HARMAN
A pioneer of mathmatical biology, and the discoverer of an equation that could help account for altruism in evolutionary terms. An American, he travelled to London and convinced Quaker mathmatician Cedric Smith of his genius and started his brilliant but troubbled career.

Norton 2011 451 PP. Paper

$18.95 (in stock)

Rethinking Human Nature (942)

A Christian Materialist Alternative To The Soul

BY KEVIN CORCORAN
SECONDHAND BOOK-probably unread. in good condition. Fascinating philosophy - What are we as human persons? Are we immaterial souls capable of disembodied existence or merely animals destined to dust? For centuries, scholars have debated this issue, and that debate continues today. But the question of human nature can no longer remain a topic for discussion within the hallowed halls of the academy. End-of-life ethical decisions, human cloning, fetal tissue transplants, and stem cell research all reveal the urgency and the importance of the question for ordinary people.

Baker academic 2006 153 PP. Paper

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Revealing God

A New Theology From Science And Jesus

BY PATRICIA WILLIAMS
In the first part of this book, Patricia Williams describes Barclay's theology, the theology of early Quakerism. In doing so, she also depicts the theology underlying contemporary unprogrammed Quaker worship. Part two demonstrates that modern biblical criticism supports and even enhances early Quaker theology. The third part shows that contemporary science also upholds and enhances early Quaker theology.

Infinity Publishing 2008 190 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

Rosalind Franklin And Dna (4190)

BY ANNE SAYRE
SECONDHAND. Hardback with dustjacket, not pristine but quite a nice copy. British pioneer x ray crystallographer who probed Fine structure of coal and graphite, and was not sufficiently acknowledged in the discovery of the structure of DNA. No Quaker connection.

WW Norton 1975 221 PP. Cloth

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Science And The Unseen World

BY ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTON
George Ellis has written a new introduction to the Swarthmore lecture from 1929. Quaker astronomer Eddington contends that when we ask the question "What are we to think of it all? What is it all about?" that the answer must embrace, but not be limited to, the scientific answer. His lecture explores this in a delightful way, that remains fully relevant today.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2007 48 PP. Paper

$12.50 (in stock)

Science In Faith And Hope

An Interaction

BY GEORGE ELLIS
In May 2004, the South African cosmologist George was awarded the Templeton Prize for progress toward research or discoveries about spiritual realities. On his visit to London to receive the prize, he gave a talk about the interaction of science and religion, at an event organised by Quaker Quest at Friends House. This pamphlet is an edited version of the talk. Physics alone cannot account for intentional factors in everyday life. So how do theories of the universe relate to human ethics and values, to faith and hope? "His is an open and expanding vision rather than a closed and final one" -John Cornwell, The Tablet

Britain YM 2004 44 PP. Paper

$2.50 (in stock)

Seven Life Lessons Of Chaos

Spiritual Wisdom From The Science Of Change

BY JOHN BRIGGS, DAVID PEAT_
John Briggs and David Peat unfold seven lessons for embracing chaos in daily life: 1. Be Creative: how to engage with chaos to find imaginative new solutions and live more dynamically. 2. Use Butterfly Power: how to let chaos grow local efforts into global results. 3. Go with the Flow: how to use chaos to work collectively with others. 4. Explore what's between: how to discover life's rich subtleties and avoid the traps of stereotypes 5. See the Art of the World: how to appreciate the beauty of life's chaos. 6. Live Within Time: how to utilize time's hidden depths. 7. Rejoin the Whole: how to realize our fractal connectedness to each other and the world.

Harper 2000 224 PP. Paper

$13.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Spiritual Evolution

Scientists Discuss Their Beliefs

EDITED BY JOHN MARKS TEMPLETON AND KENNETH SEEMAN GINIGER
Spiritual Evolution: Scientists Discuss Their Beliefs describes the intellectual and emotional journeys traveled by prominent scientists worldwide. Includes birthright Quaker, astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Also Larry Dossey, Owen Gingerich, Peter Hodgson, Arthur Peacocke, John Polkinghorne, Russell Stannard and others

Templeton Foundation press 1998 136 PP. Cloth

$18.95 (in stock)

The Wetherills

Friends Of Mesa Verde

BY FRED BLACKBURN
The Wetherill family became the earliest students of Mesa Verde. Their careful excavations and record-keeping helped preserve key information, leading to a deeper understanding of the people who built and occupied the cliff dwellings. As devout Quakers, they felt they were predestined to protect the historic sites from wanton destruction - a role that would not be assumed by the government or other institutions until years later. Based on decades of meticulous research, author Fred Blackburn sets the record straight on these early protectors of Mesa Verde.

Durango Herald Small Press 2006 209 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)