Books on History of Science
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The Idea of Progress.
xi 241p paperback in like new condition, blue cover with white title, little to no wear, binding ...
£36.00
£28.00
A History of Biochemistry. Selected Topics in the History of Biochemistry. Personal Recollections 1.
xviii 404p large hardback, green dustjacket, well preserved copy, a few pencil traces, includes ...
£28.00
£16.00
Technicians. Special Issue of Notes and Records of the Royal Society.
148p paperback, fresh clean copy, special issue of journal
£16.00
£128.00
Uncertain Knowledge. Scepticism, Relativism, and Doubt in the Middle Ages. First Edition.
vi 345p large sturdy hardback, smooth blue boards with colour artwork, like new condition, tight ...
£128.00
£12.00
Of Clouds and Statistics. Inferring Causal Structures from the Data.
50p grey card cover, clean and fresh copy, very good, with illustrations
£12.00
£40.00
The Qur'an First Commandment. Seek Knowledge.
x 281p sturdy hardback, bright green laminated boards, like new condition, free from wear, pages ...
£40.00
£32.00
Justus von Liebig und August Wilhelm Hofmann in ihren Briefen (1841 - 1873).
262p hardback in sturdy yellow cloth, like new, free from wear and marks, no notes or stamps, ...
£32.00
£14.00
Dr John Lee of Hartwell, 1783 - 1866.
34p stapled booklet, brown cover with portrait, very good condition, spine sunned, otherwise free ...
£14.00
£8.00
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bulletin 1975-76. Summer Session Catalogue Issue.
42p stapled booklet with white and green cover, very good condition, cover a bit tanned and with ...
£8.00
Investigacâo Cientifica e Tecnológica. Discursos Proferidos no Acto de Posse do Presidente da Junta Nacional, Prof Eng Fransisco de Paula Leite Pinto, no Palacio de S Bento, em 22 de Julho de 1967.
22p thread-bound booklet with tanned cover, a little light wear but still in good condition, ...
£16.00
£8.00
The International Union of Crystallography: Its Formation and Early Development. (Acta Crystallographica, 1989).
581-601p stapled booklet, greyish-green card covers, a little tanning around edges, pages clear and ...
£8.00
£12.00
Address to the Botanical Section, British Association for the Advancement of Science. Bristol, 1898.
20p threadbound booklet in earth-brown card covers, light wear to edges, handwritten title label to ...
£12.00
£12.00
Address to the Botanical Section. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Liverpool, 1896.
20p threadbound booklet in earth-brown card covers, light wear to edges, handwritten title label to ...
£12.00
£10.00
The Making of Newton's Principia, 1664 - 1687. An Exhibition in the University Library
12p stapled booklet, no cover, as issued, uncommon
£10.00
£36.00
Milton and Science.
viii 304p hardback in terracotta cloth, sharp black lettering to spine, firm binding, a bit of ...
£36.00
£12.00
Science and Religion in Dialogue. (The Boyle Lecture 2013)
24p booklet, white cover with colour illustration to front, a fresh and clean copy, with a vote of ...
£12.00
£12.00
Is the World Unfinished? On Interactions between Science and Theology in the Concepts of Nature, Time and Future. (The Boyle Lecture 2011)
24p booklet, white cover with colour illustration to front, a fresh and clean copy, with a response ...
£12.00
£12.00
The Legacy of Robert Boyle: Then and Now. (The Boyle Lecture 2010)
32p booklet, illustration to front, a fresh and clean copy, with a response by Geoffrey Cantor, no ...
£12.00
£12.00
Biografische Bijdragen over Achttiende-Eeuwers. Fragmenten van Jaarredes Hollandsche Mij. der Wetenschappen 1979 - 1985.
175p small neat hardback, grey cloth with brown titles, a fresh copy, tight binding, pages clean ...
£12.00
£10.00
Biology and the Nature of Man. University of Durham Riddell Memorial Lectures.
xii 122p small neat hardback, sky-blue cloth with bright red jacket, good condition, jacket tanned ...
£10.00
£32.00
The Meaning of Man. The Foundations of Scientific Knowledge.
455p large heavy paperback with curved corners, glossy grey cover, firm binding, a little wear to ...
£32.00
£44.00
Science And Technology in the Industrial Revolution.
xi 534p large paperback, brown covers with gilt titles, a little light wear to corners, spine not ...
£44.00
£72.00
Die Erfindung der Organtransplantation. Erfolg und Scheitern des Chirurgischen Organersatzes (1880 - 1930).
390p paperback in navy cover, like new condition, no noticeable wear, firm binding, pages clean and ...
£72.00
£72.00
Establishing the New Science. The Experience of the Early Royal Society.
xiv 382p large heavy hardback, crimson cloth boards and jacket, strong binding, a little light wear ...
£72.00
£40.00
The End of Science? Attack and Defense. Nobel Conference XXV.
xiii 88p sturdy hardback, grass-green jacket with shiny gilt titles, tight binding and no ...
£40.00
£12.00
Intellectual Revolution of the Seventeenth Century. First Edition.
x 445p large sturdy hardback, blue cloth with red and purple jacket, a little wear to flaps, ...
£12.00
£48.00
Scientific Medicine and the Medical Sciences at Cambridge, 1851 - 1939. (Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, May 1994.)
vi 238p very large hardback thesis, black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, like new condition, ...
£48.00
£32.00
Calendar of the Correspondence of Dr William Hunter 1740 - 1783.
xiv 124p paperback, beige cover with b&w portrait, minimal wear to cover surfaces, tight binding, ...
£32.00
£20.00
Beyond the Laboratory. Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America.
x 360p paperback, like new condition, glossy white cover with scarlet spine, firm binding, pages ...
£20.00
£40.00
Science, Hegemony and Violence. A Requiem for Modernity.
viii 301p sturdy paperback, blue cloth in glossy black jacket, minimal wear, free from marks and ...
£40.00
£32.00
William Hunter and the Eighteenth-Century Medical World. First Edition.
xi 424p large sturdy hardback, crimson with sunned white jacket, a little wear to jacket edges and ...
£32.00
£20.00
Resources and Human Well-Being. Inputs from Sciences and Technology. Address by the General President, 74th Session.
xxx 123p paperback, beige cover with orange and brown design, a little wear to cover corners, ...
£20.00
£10.00
Michael Faraday of the Royal Institution.
stapled booklet, with illustrations, very good
£10.00
£22.00
Les Hygiénistes. Enjeux, Modèles et Pratiques (XVIIIème-XXème Siècles).
540p thick paperback, while illustrated cover, fresh clean copy, no names or stamps, excellent
£22.00
£32.00
Biology, Medicine and Society, 1840 - 1940.
ix 344p hardback, well preserved dustjacket with minor tear, first edition, clean and tight copy, ...
£32.00
£16.00
In Search of Penicillin. First Edition.
298p hardback, beige cloth with sunned beige jacket, very good condition, a little light wear ...
£16.00
£52.00
Glory and Failure. The Difference Engines of Johann Müller, Charles Babbage and Georg and Edvard Scheutz. Second Edition.
414p large format hardback, dark cloth with lilac jacket, minimal wear, jacket a bit sunned, pages ...
£52.00
£44.00
Revolutions in Science. Their Meaning and Relevance.
xi 291p sturdy hardback, brown cloth with glossy brown jacket, a little light wear to jacket edges ...
£44.00
£30.00
Le Terrain des Sciences Humaines. (XVIII - XX Siècle)
404p large format paperback, window view to front cover, as new copy, no traces of use, no names or ...
£30.00
£48.00
A Manual of Surgery for Students and Practitioners. Fourth Edition.
xiv 1182p hardback, blood-red faux leather covers, gilt lettering to spine, scarlet edges and black ...
£48.00
£8.00
The Elements of Machine Design. Part 2. Chiefly on Engine Details. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
xiv 432p small sturdy hardback, black cloth with bright gilt lettering to spine, firm binding, ...
£8.00
£14.00
Civil Engineers' Commemorative Plaques: Biographical Notes on the Civil Engineers whose Names are Commemorated on the Facade of the Department of Civil Engineering Building.
32p stapled booklet, fresh clean copy, no traces of use, uncommon title
£14.00
£56.00
Wonders of World Engineering. Epics of Conquest in Story and Picture. Volume 1 and 2.
two large hardback volumes in green cloth blind-stamped, fresh set, binding firm, tight set, clean ...
£56.00
£10.00
Darwin to Einstein: Historical Studies on Science and Belief.
x 335p paperback, nice clean and tight copy, name to prelims, never used
£10.00
£36.00
Research Techniques in Nondestructive Testing. Volume 7.
x 376p black cloth with gilt lettering to front, green title panel to spine, hardback, a very good ...
£36.00
£24.00
Discorso Pronunziato da S E il Ministro della Pubblica Instruzione nella Solenne Inaugurazione del XII Congresso degli Orientalisti a Roma, 4, Ott 1899.
This is a single sheet, folded, title in red ink to front, the address itself is in Latin, single ...
£24.00
£12.00
Charles Darwin.
this is a short essay (20p), removed from binding, spine holding, clean copy, original extraction, ...
£12.00
£10.00
Recent Progress in Physics.
this is a short essay (p185 - p205), removed from binding, spine holding, clean copy, original ...
£10.00
£14.00
Extraterrestrial Life and our World View at the Turn of the Millennium.
vii 47p stapled booklet, fresh clean copy with Copernicus to front
£14.00