Books on History of Science
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The Possible and the Actual.
viii 71p cream paperback with pensive skeleton by Vesalius to front cover, very light signs of use, ...
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Modern Mathematics in the Light of the Fields Medals.
xv 160p small neat paperback, bright scarlet cover, like new condition, no significant wear, pages ...
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How to Write & Illustrate a Scientific Paper.
viii 171p neat slim paperback, glossy blue cover, no noticeable wear, all pages neat and bright, a ...
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Historical Notes on the Wet-Processing Industry.
178p large format paperback, A4 format, white cover illustrated, letter inserted, with illustrations
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From Galileo to Newton.
380p paperback with green and white cover, white lettering and yellow sun design, firm binding, ...
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Grammatical Man. Information, Entropy, Language and Life.
319p paperback, white cover with colour illustration, very good condition, minimal wear, spine a ...
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Sir Isaac Newton: A Biographical Sketch.
80p slim paperback booklet with orange card cover well preserved, no names or stamps, second ...
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The Quintessence of Irving Langmuir.
viii 369p well preserved paperback, purple cover, clean and tight, edges a little dusty, no traces ...
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A History of the Royal Society, with Memoirs of the Presidents. Two Volumes.
xx 527p viii 611p two large volumes in original cloth, spines are absent, "Nullius in Verba" emblem ...
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Medico-Physical Works: A Translation of the Tractatus Quinque Medico-Physici Printed in 1674.
xxiii 331p original paperback, paper cover with loss along spine, exposing sections, text clean, ...
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Heroes of Science: Chemists.
vii 332p original petrol cloth with gilt and black decor to front and spine, binding tight, names ...
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Was Tycho Brahe as Influential as he Thought?
30p essay in the British Journal for the History of science, for sale is the entire issue, ...
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From Ram Yard to Milton Hilton. A History of Cambridge Consultants 1960 - 1979.
36p large stapled booklet, very good condition, beige cover with line drawing illustrations, ...
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The Great Chain of History: William Buckland and the English School of Geology, 1814 - 1849.
xii 322p hardback, fresh dustjacket with tiny nick, owner initials in ink to endpaper, a few ...
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The Ministry of Technology, 1964 - 1969.
75p blue card cover, fresh and clean copy, press release inserted, uncommon title
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La Capitaine Nemo et la Science.
174p paperback with publisher's advertising band, a fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, no ...
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Faraday Rediscovered: Essays on the Life and Work of Michael Faraday, 1791 - 1867.
xiv 258p large format paperback, light blue cover, with portrait, fresh clean copy, with ...
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The Contributions of Faraday and Maxwell to Electrical Science.
ix 289p first edition blue and white paperback with illustrated front cover, spine square, binding ...
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Un Homme et les Microbes - Une Vie de Pasteur pour la Jeunesse.
94p very fresh and well preserved paperback, illustrated cover, woodcuts by Robert Gibbings, ...
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Giambattista della Porta. Mago e Scienziato. In Appendice l'Indice della Taumatologia.
222p paperback with prink and orange design, review copy stamp, a few ink marks to initial pages, a ...
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A Pearl in an Oyster. Scientific and Technical Illustrations in the Old Collection of the Royal Institute of Technology Library.
32p square stapled booklet, like new condition, no noticeable wear, binding firm, pages very clean ...
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Ibn Rochd (Averroès)
281p paperback privately rebound as a blue hardback with titles cut from the paperback cover laid ...
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Letteratura e Scienza.
234p paperback with "bed of type" illustration to front, nice fresh copy, no names or stamps, spine ...
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Nicoll's Iron Making in the Forest of Dean.
82p red paperback, fresh and clean copy, facsimile of the 1866 edition
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Ivan Pavlov.
x 369p decorative hardback imitating a leather binding with gilt decor to spine and front, with ...
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Storia Universale della Natura e Teoria del Cielo.
174p fresh hardback with excellent dustjacket, no names, no stamps, no traces of use, as new, ...
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The Starship and the Canoe.
270p paperback, colourfully illustrated cover, very good condition, a little light wear to cover ...
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La Magia Naturale del Rinascimento. Testi di Agrippa, Cardano, Fludd.
134p hardback, blue dustjacket, fresh, as new, in its slipcase, with colour plates, publishers ...
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John Ray, FRS (1627 - 1705).
6p memoir obiturary offprint, blue cover, well preserved, author note, fresh and clean
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The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London and the Evolution of the Family Doctor.
stapled booklet, blue illustrated cover, contains the history of the worshipful company in ...
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The Cambridge Companion to Galileo.
xii 462p blue paperback, solid and clean copy, no names or stamps, no traces of use, excellent
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Dialogues Concerning two New Sciences.
xvii 230p large paperback, excellent copy, as new
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The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science.
501p large format hardback, fresh dustjacket, first edition, clean and tight copy without names or ...
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Galileo: His Life and Work. Reprint of the 1903 Edition.
xvi 461p bright yellow paperback, with illustrations, well preserved, no names or stamps
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Eye and Instruments: Nineteenth-Century Ophthalmological Instruments in the Netherlands.
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The Essential Galileo.
viii 379p fresh paperback bright black cover with GG portrait, as new copy, without names or stamps ...
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De Probetas, Computadoras y Ratones: La Construcción de una Mirada Sociológica sobre la Ciencia.
261p large paperback, grey cover, as new, no names or stamps
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La Nuca de Houssay. La Ciencia Argentina entre Billiken y el Exilio.
163p paperback, grey cover, fresh clean copy, address sticker to endpaper of Nobel Laureate Cesar ...
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Segundo Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Historia de las Ciencias.
xxvi 383p large format paperback, map design to cover, a fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, ...
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The Nobel Prize Annual for 1990.
xvii 102p hardback, fresh dustjacket, as new, excellent copy, no names or stamps
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The Nobel Prize Annual for 1992.
xvii 102p hardback, fresh dustjacket, as new, excellent copy, no names or stamps
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Cincuenta Años de Cultura e Investigación en España: La Fundación Juan March (1955 - 2005)
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Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England.
xxxii 265p original grey paper covered boards, spine holding but its paper surface is mostly gone, ...
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Sound Authorities. Scientific and Musical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Britain.
x 320p sturdy hardback, black boards with illustrated blue jacket, like new condition, no ...
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Le Macchine Cifrate di Giovanni Fontana. Il Bellicorum Instrumentorum Liber.
167p large format hardback, white dustjacket, in its simple slipcase, gift card inserted, excellent ...
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Vom Hintereingang zum Hauptportal? Lise Meitner und ihre Kolleginnen an der Berliner Universitat und in der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft.
550p first edition hardback with portrait to front board, Woudhuysen ex libris, East Asian seal to ...
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Für die Zukunft des deutschen Volkes. Das bundesdeutsche Atom- und Forschungsministerium zwischen Vergangenheit und Neubeginn, 1955 - 1972.
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Leibniz Discovers Asia. Social Networking in the Republic of Letters.
xvi 323p hardback, sky-blue cloth with yellow and white jacket, binding firm, pages very clean and ...
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Che cos'è questa Scienza? La sua Natura e i suoi Metodi.
160p paperback with illustrated cover, pages clean and unmarked, very good copy, translated by Aldo ...
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