Books on History of Science
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How to find out in Mathematics: A Guide to Sources of Mathematical Information arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification.
x 158p paperback, cover slightly worn, exercises, appendices, index, text clean, very good
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The Extension of Man: A History of Physics before 1900.
317p green hardback, dustjacket with tear, text clean, very good copy, minor flaws
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Documents of the Early Industrial Revolution.
112p large format, stapled, paper cover, spine and cover torn, tables, collection of essays, clean ...
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North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders: Transactions, Vol 29, twenty-ninth Session, 1912 - 1913.
445p 20p large heavy cloth, cover rather dusty, many photographic plates, folding tables, index, ...
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The Japanese Electronics Challenge.
xii 163p hardback with dustjacket, tables, diagrams, overview of the Japanese technology industry, ...
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Introduction to Communication Theory.
xiv 272p grey cloth, green jacket, diagrams, appendices, index, jacket a bit worn with age, well ...
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In Pursuit of Technological Excellence: Engineering Leadership, Technological Change, and Economic Development.
xv 178p brown cloth, appendices, bibliography, index, fresh clean copy
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London and the Advancement of Science.
321p brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine & cover, centenary publication, index, nice fresh copy
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Physics in the Sixties.
vii 112p red cloth, jacket, figures in text, articles include Rosenfeld: "Matter and Force after ...
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Progress in Science.
viii 184p blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, emblem to cover, halftone plates, diagrams, cover ...
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Science in Perspective: Passages of Contemporary Writing selected and introduced by D Thompson.
xiv 163p white hardback, points for discussion, slightly dusty, very good
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Reports of the Chemistry Research Board for 1934 - 1951.
8 issues bound into one volume, approx 100p each, large heavy black cloth, folding tables, ...
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Science Museum: 50 Things to see.
approx 50p booklet with photographic plates and explanations, slightly weak inner hinges, very good
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Guide to Science and Technology in the UK: A Reference Guide to Science and Technology in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. First Edition.
431p large format cloth, cover dusty, tables, hardly used, very good
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Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life.
viii 423p large cloth fresh jacket, index, notes, bibliography, photographic plates, almost as new, ...
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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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Learning from Industry.
182p paperback, appendices, photographic plates, hardly used, very good copy from a Cambridge ...
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Automation: Its Uses and Consequences.
vii 123p paperback, red and black cover, very good condition, minimal wear, pages all clean and ...
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Cambridge Scientific Minds.
viii 343p paperback, various contributors, bibliography, as new, very good
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Conceptions of Inquiry.
xv 334p card cover, indices, illustrations, very good copy from a Cambridge college library, hardly ...
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The Advancement of Science: 1932. Address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (102nd Year), York, Aug 31 - Sep 7, 1932.
256p red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, folding table, contributors include A O Rankine, P G ...
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Energy, Force and Matter: The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics.
ix 182p black paperback, index, illustrations, bibliography, hardly used, nice fresh copy
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Vision Research: Flying and Space Travel. Proceedings of Spring Meeting, 1964, Armed Forces, NRC Committee on Vision.
197p large paperback, light blue card cover, illustrations, various contributors, hardly used, ...
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Evidence and Explanation in Social Science. An Interdisciplinary Approach.
246p cloth, dustjacket, index, notes, 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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Structures, or Why Things don't fall down.
395p paperback, blue cover, good condition, light wear to cover, binding firm, pages all clean and ...
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Possibilities of Economic Progress.
x 325p cloth, dustjacket clean and intact, index, first edition, clean, excellent copy, without ...
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Rock Pressure in Mines. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition.
x 260p red cloth, index, frontispiece, illustrations, appendices, tables, a very good copy from a ...
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British Marine Gas Turbines. (13th Parsons Memorial Lecture delivered 10 Dec 1948, Excerpt from the Institution Transactions, Vol 65)
[pp117 - 192] large stapled paper cover, spine a bit torn, photographic plates, many folding ...
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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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Reason in Action: Hector Hawton, Archibald Robertson, J B Coates, Donald Ford, H J Blackham.
116p small format green cloth, dustjacket laid in, clean pages, very good
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Human Ecology in the Commonwealth: Conference Proceedings.
xiv 192p large format hardback, cloth firm, blue dustjacket present, with tables and graphs, ...
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Right to Challenge: People and Power in the Steelworkers Union.
xi 415p heavy cloth, dustjacket, index, appendices, hardly used, very good
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Das Liebesleben in der Natur: Eine Entwicklungsgeschichte der Liebe, Folge 2. Mit Buchschmuck von Müller-Schönefeld.
x 394p limp cloth, light hurts to spine, cover a little dusty, weak inner hinges, illustrations, ...
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Soviet Education for Science and Technology.
xxv 513p heavy hardback with cloth spine, appendices, indices, bibliography, sections on Mass ...
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Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists. Second Edition.
x 734p heavy paperback, index, answers, very good copy
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The Ivory Sundials of Nuremberg.
144p A4 format, red cover fresh, many illustrations throughout, indices, bibliography, catalogue, ...
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A Scientific Theory of Culture and other Essays. With a Preface by Huntington Cairns.
ix 228p blue cloth, index, well preserved copy from a Cambridge college library, loss to free front ...
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Enclosure and the Small Farmer in the Age of the Industrial Revolution.
47p stapled paperback, index, bibliography, maps, very good
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Science and Human Welfare: The Proceedings of a Conference held in London on 15th - 17th Feb 1946.
72p stapled paper cover, various contributors, in excellent condition
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Questioning the Millennium.
190p this is a virtually a new copy without any traces of use.
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The Royal Society of Literature: A Portrait.
102p paperback, illustrations, very good copy from a Cambridge college library
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Econonmic and Social Consequences of Nuclear Energy.
v 91p hardback, index, tables, from a Cambridge college library, very good
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Operations Technology: Systems and Evolution.
xv 252p cloth, index, illustrations, tables, very good copy from a Cambridge college library, ...
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A Continuous Record of Atmospheric Nucleation.
large format, xvi 226p original paper cover with tape along spine: Rain making science, many ...
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Handbook of the Collections illustrating Aeronautics, 1: Heavier-Than-Air Aircraft. A Brief Outline of the History and Development of Mechanical Flight with Reference to the National Aeronautical Collection, and a Catalogue of the Exhibits.
125p large format, paper cover, index, bibliography, photographic plates, very well preserved copy, ...
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Machines in Motion.
192p large cloth, dustjacket A4 format, many illustrations, index, on Gathering Momentum; Fluids ...
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A Short History of Medicine.
277p paperback, from a Cambridge college library, hardly used, very good
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The Logic of Scientific Inference - An Introduction.
144p paperback, from a Cambridge college library, very good, foreword Peter Medawar
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Hilbert. With an Appreciation of Hilbert's Mathematical Work by Hermann Weyl.
XI 290p large sturdy hardback, mustard-yellow cloth and jacket, good used condition, general wear ...
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