Simon & Schuster, Date: 1977. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1977. Simon & Schuster ISBN 0684150646 9780684150642 [US]

Scribner's, Date: 1983-08-01. Paperback. Good. 1983. Scribner's ISBN 0684150646 9780684150642 [US]

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. ISBN 0684150646 9780684150642 [US]

ISBN10: 0684150646, ISBN13: 9780684150642, [publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, NY] Softcover First Edition Old price label on fep, age toning throughout, else textblock is clean and tight; Many reading creases down the spine, shelf worn edges, surface scuffing or scratching, creased corners. 317pp., including index. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall
[Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]
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ISBN10: 0684150646, ISBN13: 9780684150642, [publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York] Softcover 317 pp., xiii. First published in 1976; this copy with 1983 Preface by author: First US paperback printing with '1' in number line. 22 pages of illustrations, mostly black and white photo-illustrations, between pp. 138 and 139. CONTENTS divided into four Parts: Part I: "Becoming a Mathematician in Poland"; Part II: "A Working Mathematician in America"; Part III: "Life among the Physicists"; Part IV: "The Past Fifteen Years"; Selected Bibliography, pp. 307-308; Index, pp. 309-317. Glossy dark blue wrappers with author name lettering large gold letters across top front cover, above title lettering in white letters across upper middle front cover; publicity bullet points listed in small white letters over dark blue on bottom half front cover, 7 light creases on the diagonal (beginning at 5" and successively diminished to 5/8", leading toward the top right front cover corner): cover remains FLAT, not floppy at any point; 1 1/2" crease on the diagonal at rear cover lower left corner (Again,NOT floppy, cover remaining flat and strong): describes worse than it is, but there you have it.Strong binding (NO cracks); square corners (NO bumps or curls); No remainder marks. Clean text. Previous owner name written on lower middle half-title page/ffep; "I. Liebson 3/84" [Ira A. Liebson], who has a long ...

Scribner's 1983 paperback Good Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.