Books on History of Science
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21 offprints Concerning Insecticides DDT etc mostly Studied at Rothamsted Experimental Station. (The Annals of Applied Biology, The Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Pyrethrum Post, Chemistry and Industry etc)
21 offprints of varying sizes and lengths, all with white cover, many references, diagrams and ...
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1957 - 1962, Progreso y Destruccion del Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia.
334p large paperback, newspaper clippings inserted, also correspondence about the author inserted, ...
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100 Years of Textiles at MIT.
64p paperback, large slim volume with white and colour cover, very good condition, a few very light ...
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100 Jahre Röntgenstrahlen. Ausstellung aus Anlaß der Entdeckung der Röntgenstrahlen in Würzburg.
large paperback, many illustrations, excellent copy, as new German language
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Zur Vergegenwärtigung vergangener philologischer Nächte.
397p thick paperback with owl to cover, very good, unused copy
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Zur Veränderung der physikalischen Arbeitsweise durch die Verwendung von Computern. (Dissertation)
253p paperback, well preserved copy, tight and clean, with illustrations, includes a case study on ...
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Zur Struktur wissenschaftlicher Kontroversen.
451p paperback, Habilitationsschrift from Universität Mainz, cover as title page, reproduced from ...
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Zur Rolle der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften bei der Entwicklung der Physik in Göttingen (1880 - 1930)
16p pamphlet, stapled, clean and fresh copy, blue card cover, very good
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Zur Geschichte der Astronomie im 17. Jht.
18p large format, paper cover, offprint from academy proceedings
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Zinkfolie als Ersatz der Zinnfolie. (= Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Nahrungs- und Genussmittel, Vol 31, 15. Mai 1916)
6p essay removed from binding, tables, very good
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Ziele vulkanologischer Forschung. Eine Begründung des Antrages der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften auf Internationalisierung der vulkanologischen Forschung.
46p large paperback, orange paper cover, excellent fresh copy, clean and tight, folding map, very ...
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Zentralblatt für die gesamte Ophthalmologie und ihre Grenzgebiete. Zugleich Referatenteil zu Albrecht von Graefes Archiv für Ophthalologie und Archiv für Augenheilkunde. Achtundzwanzigster Band.
890p black cloth, lettering to spine fading, one chip at bottom of spine and some soiling at back ...
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Zenith Distances Observed with the Mural Circle and Calculation of Geocentric South Polar Distances.
145p large paperback, removed from binding, spine and cover missing but pages solid, some dust ...
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Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Nahrungs und Genussmittel, sowie der Gebrauchsgegenstände. Vol 39, 1920.
bound in 2 parts, each approx 360p, nice condition, half cloth gilt, very good
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Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Nahrungs und Genussmittel, sowie der Gebrauchsgegenstände. Vol 38, 1919.
bound in 2 parts, each approx 360p, nice condition, half cloth gilt, very good
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Your Humble Servant, John Flamsteed: Letters and Writings of the first Astronomer Royal.
20p A4 format, catalogue of an exhibition
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Wrinkles in Time. The Imprint of Creation.
321p paperback with dark green cover, good condition, some light wear to edges and sides, spine a ...
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World Sea Fisheries.
xiv 307p light blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, halftone plates, diagrams, appendix, index, ...
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Woodward Carbon Folder: "Ensures evenness of impression and preserves the platen".
large red single sheet, British made ribbons and carbons "Ensures evenness of impression and ...
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Women Pioneers in Science.
hardback with yellow dustjacket, clean and useful, minimal library markings
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Women in the History of Mathematics From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century.
26p white oblong card cover, stapled, pages unmarked with b&w plates, binding firm, very good
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Women and the Scientific Professions: The MIT Symposium on American Women in Science and Engineering.
xvii 250p paperback, cover a bit dusty, index, clean pages, various contributors, very good copy ...
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Witch Hunting, Magic and the New Philosophy: An Introduction to Debates of the Scientific Revolution 1450 - 1750.
xii 283p large paperback, red lettering to front, a clean copy without names or stamps but "Fellows ...
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Witch Hunting, Magic and the New Philosophy: An Introduction to Debates of the Scientific Revolution 1450 - 1750.
xii 283p large hardback with jacket, notes, indices, very good
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Wissenschaft zum Nutzen der Gesellschaft: Informationen aus der DDR.
62p brown paperback booklet, photographic plates, documents, tables, very good
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Wissenschaft in der Maschinenstadt: Emil du Bois-Reymond und seine Laboratorien in Berlin.
303p paperback, a tight copy, with illustrations, initial pages with some ink underlining, a very ...
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Wissenschaft im Medium der Typographie: Collected Papers aus Cambridge, 1880 - 1910. Offprint.
22p offprint, very good
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Wirtschaft, Technik und Geschichte. Beiträge zur Erforschung der Kulturbeziehungen in Deutschland und Osteuropa. Festschrift für Albrecht Timm.
392p blue cloth, frontispiece shows Timm on a bicycle, nice fresh copy
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Who Got Einstein's Office? Eccentricty and Genius at the Institute for Advanced Study.
316p black paperback with pictorial laminated cover, little use, paper browning but clean, very good
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Wetten van het Leven. Historische Grondslagen van de Biologie 1750 - 1950.
378p thick paperback, colour illustrated cover, with illustrations in the text, very good
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Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Algemeen Belang. De Chemie van H R Kruyt (1882 - 1959)
ix 239p large paperback, photographic illustration to pink cover, text clean, dissertation, ...
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Wetenschap en Literatuur. (Special Issue of Gewina, Volume 29, No 4)
120p large format paperback, well preserved: Atoombom, Dick Hillenius, Krol & Hermans, ...
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Wendell Stanley's Dream of a Free-Standing Biochemistry Department at Berkeley / What Blood Told Dr Cohn.
two offprints, stapled, very well preserved
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Wellcome Museum of Medical Science.
39p blue cloth hardback, no dustjacket, gilt caduceus symbol on cover, cover is sunfaded, one ...
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Weighing the Risks: Stalemate in the Classical / Balance Controvesy.
30p stapled offprint, very good: Dobzhanzky vs Muller
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Weather Map. An Introduction to Weather Forecasting. 4th Edition.
105p blue cloth, corrigenda to prelims, very good copy, with a special mimeographed memo pasted to ...
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We have here for Sale an Extensive Quantity of Photocopies from the Bundesarchiv relating to the Notgemeinschaft.
We estimate a quantity of more than 1000 pages, a pile of paper approx 20 centimeters high, ...
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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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Was ist Materie? Sechs gemeinverständliche Vorträge, gehalten in der Royal Institution. Autorisierte Übersetzung von Dr Finkelstein.
v 190p paperback, original dustjacket torn on spine, photographic plates, illustrations, clean ...
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Was Einstein Right? Putting General Relativity to the Test.
paperback, very good, hardly used
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Walther Nernst und seine Zeit. Aufstieg und Niedergang der deutschen Naturwissenschaften.
253p large format hardback with dustjacket, nice clean copy with pencil markings to many pages, ...
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Walter B Cannon: The Life and Times of a Young Scientist.
xiv 520p large format hardback, grey cloth, light markings from a Cambridge library, very good, ...
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Vorschläge des Ausschusses zur Abänderung des Abschnittes Kakao und Schokolade der 'Vereinbarungen'. (= Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Nahrungs- und Genussmittel, Vol 12, 15 Juli 1906)
50p essay removed from binding, very good
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Vorlesungen über theorethische Spektroskopie. Mit 65 Figuren und einer Tafel im Text.
viii 256p large buckram cloth, rebound, diagrams, sections on mechanische, elektromagnetische and ...
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Vorlesungen über Differentialgeometrie. Autorisierte Deutsche Ubersetzung. Zweite, Vermehrte und Verbesserte Auflage. (German)
721p quarter calf with calf corners, spine in terrible condition but title labels still present, ...
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Vorlesungen über Bildung und Spaltung von Doppelsalzen. Deutsch bearbeitet von T Paul mit 54 Figuren im Text.
95p first edition, olive green pebbled boards still fresh very small paper shelfmarks to spine, ...
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