Here are the books in the Science category. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1933


 

Airways of America
Title page and copyright page both say 1933 with no mention of subsequent  (more...)

Last: Lobeck
First: A.K.

GeographicalPress
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 207

1938


 

The Evolution of Physics (U.S.)
This book was published simultaneously in the U.S. (by Simon and Schuster),  (more...)

Last: Einstein
First: Albert

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 319

1962


 

Silent Spring
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket carries a price  (more...)

Last: Carson
First: Rachel

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 368

1968


 

The Double Helix
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Dust Jacket back has photo of  (more...)

Last: Watson
First: James

Atheneum
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 226

1969


 

The Andromeda Strain
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Crichton
First: Michael

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 295

1979


 

Godel, Escher, Bach
Copyright page has the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Binding is brown  (more...)

Last: Hofstadter
First: Douglas

Pulitzer Prize

Basic Books
Original Price: $18.50
Pages: 777

1980


 

Cosmos
First Edition is stated on the copyright page below Random House full number  (more...)

Last: Sagan
First: Carl

Random House
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 365

1988


 

A Brief History of Time
The true first edition is the UK issue. The copyright page says Published  (more...)

Last: Hawking
First: Stephen

Bantam
Original Price: £14.95
Pages: 198

1994


 

The Hot Zone
First Edition is stated below Random House number line "9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2".  (more...)

Last: Preston
First: Richard

Random House
Original Price: $23.00
Pages: 300

1995


 

Being Digital
First Edition is stated on the bottom of the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Negroponte
First: Nicholas

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $23.00
Pages: 243

1995


 

The Road Ahead
"First published in 1995 by Viking Penguin," is stated on the copyright page  (more...)

Last: Gates
First: Bill

Viking
Original Price: $29.95
Pages: 286

1998


 

A Beautiful Mind
Copyright page has the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. (more...)

Last: Nasar
First: Sylvia

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 459

2002


 

A New Kind of Science
"First edition. First printing" is stated on the bottom of the copyright  (more...)

Last: Wolfram
First: Stephen

Wolfram Media
Original Price: 44.95
Pages: 1197

2010


 

The Emperor Of All Maladies
Copyright page has full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". Boards are cream  (more...)

Last: Mukherjee
First: Siddhartha

Pulitzer Prize

Scribner
Original Price: $30.00
Pages: 571