Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown And Other Essays For A Scientific Age

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1963. First edition of this compilation. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 192pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black and white paper over boards. Rubbed at the head of the spine and the top fore-edge corner of the front board. Endpapers darkened. In the dust jacket, with two small closed and open tears, and a prominent chipped tear to the head of the spine. Humorous essays about science edited by Robert Baker, American psychologist and professor of psychology emeritus of the University of Kentucky. Major contributors include John Updike, Robery Nathan, John Masters, Leo Szilard, frank Getlein, and C. Northcote Parkinson, among others.