Books on History of Science
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Switched Off: The Science Education of Girls. (Developing the Curriculum for a Changing World)
56p large paperback A4 format, bibliography, tables, a well preserved copy from a Cambridge college ...
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Technological Progress and the Industrial Revolution 1700 - 1914. (The Fontana Economic History of Europe, Volume 3, Section 3).
69p stapled booklet, blue cover fresh, pages clean, very good
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The Architect and Technology. Three Bossom Lectures (The Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. September 1969, Volume 97, No 5158)
pp693 - 758 journal with green illustrated card cover, front 2 pages (689-692) torn out but article ...
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The Biochemical Society: Its History and Activities, 1911-1969.
160p green paperback, fresh clean copy, plates, binding (glue) failing
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The British Association Granada Lectures: 'Dons or Crooners?'
111p paperback, illustrations, bookplate, very good: Three Lectures given London in October 1959 on ...
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The Century of Science.
277p yellow hardback, numerous black and white plates, text clean and bright, spine firm, appears ...
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The Challenge of Atomic Energy.
x 137p small light blue hardback, index, ink underlinings, cover marked, still a useful copy
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The Earth Generated and Anatomized. An Early Eighteenth Century View of the Earth.
158p brown hardback in new condition, MS of the early 18C theory of the earth discovered in 1973, a ...
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The Element of Fire. Science, Art and the Human World.
178p hardback, black dustjacket, near fine, dustjacket a little marked, otherwise as new
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The Forseeable Future. First Edition.
vii 166p hardback, predictions for the future of science - "the future is not forseeable!", a clean ...
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The Future of a Troubled World.
220p hardback with original dustjacket, a very good copy from a Cambridge college library with ...
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The Growth of Scientific Ideas.
xii 495p burgundy cloth, maps in endpapers, frontispiece, plates, bibliography, indices, very good ...
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The History of Scientific Ideas. A Teacher's Guide.
279p red paperback with illustrated laminated cover, as new, pages clean with appendix and index, ...
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The International Union of Crystallograpy: Its Formation and Early Development.
20p offprint, large format, with plates, erratum inserted, very good
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The Jargon of the Professions.
146p paperback, bibliography, index, very good with light library markings
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The Laws of Motion: A Dialogue. Reprint from the Mathematical Gazette December 1927.
6p sewn pamphlet, card wrapper, imagined dialogue between Newton and a confused student, inscribed ...
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The Living Body.
222p red hardback, ex school copy with stamps and tape to endpapers, text clean and bright, binding ...
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The Making of Modern Science.
54p grey pamphlet, from a Cambridge college library with label to front and bookplate, pages ...
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'The Most Extraordinary District in the World': Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale.
125p hardback with dustjacket, many figures in text, index, clean, from a Cambridge college library
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The Mysterious Universe.
viii 142p blue hardback, spine faded, text very fresh, appears unread
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The Nature of Science: The History of Science in Western Culture Since 1600.
215p hardback with dustjacket, bibliography, index, hardly used, very good
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The New Conceptions of Matter.
viii 192p cloth (a bit worn & soft), index, from a Cambridge college library, frontispiece and ...
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The Organization of Research Establishments.
275p cloth, dustjacket (short), index, plates, very clean copy from a Cambridge college library, ...
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The Organization of Research Establishments.
275p black cloth, index, plates, first edition: covers Harwell, NPL, Babraham, Glaxco, Bell, ...
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The Origins of Modern Science, 1300 - 1800.
x 217p hardback, blue cloth with blue jacket, jacket poor, boards and binding in good condition, ...
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The Renaissance and Reformation in Germany. An Introduction.
230p cloth with white dustjacket, pages as new, chronology, index, very good
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The Role of Scientific Research; The Modern University; Religious Belief and Logical Analysis. (= University: A Journal of Enquiry. Vol 1, No 2, Spring 1951.)
pp 53 - 98, stapled booklet, card cover, various contributors, clean pages, very good
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The Science of Animal Breeding in Britain. A Short History.
24p blue paper cover, faint library stamp, plates and illustrations, fresh and well preserved copy
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The Scientific Attitude. Revised Edition
xi 174p blue period paperback, plates, nice copy
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The Scientific Revolution, 1500 - 1800. The Formation of the Modern Scientific Attitude.
394p blue paperback, a fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, with frontispiece, very good
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The Strange Story of the Quantum.
238p blue paperback, spine a little creased, still well preserved copy, no names or stamps
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The Stream of Life.
56p red hardback, first edition, text clean and bright, binding tight, well cared for, occasional ...
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The Svedberg, 1884 - 1944.
30p offprint, grey paper cover, plate, bibliography, from the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of ...
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To Catch a Sunbeam. Victorian Reality through the Magic Lantern.
144p hardback, dustjacket, illustrated throughout, many in colour, original text, emphasis on ...
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Über die Untersuchung und Begutachtung von Brauselimonaden. (= Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Nahrungs- und Genussmittel, Vol 12, 15 Juli 1906)
approx 15p essay removed from binding, very good
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Über Steinobstkerne und Steinobstkernöl. (= Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Nahrungs- und Genussmittel, Vol 34, Heft 11, 1 Dec 1917)
20p essay removed from binding, tables, very good
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Valuable Printed Books including Natural History, Science and Medicine. The Property of a European Nobleman etc.
214 items, green paperback, many illustrations, price list inserted, very good
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Valuable Printed Books relating to Science and Medicine, Comprising the Property of W O Skeat.
51p green paperback, many illustrations, price list inserted, 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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Women Pioneers in Science.
hardback with yellow dustjacket, clean and useful, minimal library markings
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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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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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Your Humble Servant, John Flamsteed: Letters and Writings of the first Astronomer Royal.
20p A4 format, catalogue of an exhibition
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A Pox on the Provinces. Proceedings of the 1. Annual Congress of the British Society for the History of Medicine.
222p hardback with dustjacket, index, illustrations, very good
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Astronomy in Canada: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
vi [128]p large paperback, gloss paper, reprint of nine articles from Society's Journal, plates, ...
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Britain's Scientific and Technological Manpower.
xiii 466p red cloth, silver lettering to spine, tables, appendices, bibliography, index, a well ...
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Business and Financial Papers 1780 - 1939. Series 2: The Economic Impact of Scientific and Technical Change. A Listing and Guide to Parts 1 and 2.
63p grey booklet with laminated card cover, little use, pages clean with chronology, very good
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Carnegie Institution: Annual Report of the Director, Geophysical Laboratory, 1979 - 1980. (Reprint from Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book 79)
[204]p large paperback, 50 papers on subjects from geology to palaeobotany and liquid mechanics, ...
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