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Try the Used Market

Like all books ever published, The Curve of Binding Energy by John McPhee should be available on the used market. If you're lucky, it hasn't become a collector's item (with the corresponding price inflation).

There are a number of useful sources for used books on the net, including:

Bookfinder Search Bookfinder, a meta-searcher for used books
Advanced Book Exchange

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Amazon.com Search for author