Books on History of Science
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John William Draper and the Religion of Science.
ix 205p hardback, white dustjacket, fresh clean copy with frontispiece, very good
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Francis Bacon's Natural Philosophy: A New Source. A Transcription of Manuscript Hardwick 72A with Translation and Commentary.
vii 197p large paperback, brown cover, text reproduced from typescript, includes facsimile ...
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Unassuming Instruments: Tracing the Tachistoscope in Experimental Psychology.
239p large paperback, illustrated cover, author note inserted, fresh and clean copy, Proefschrift
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Transformation and Tradition in the Sciences: Essays in Honour of I Bernard Cohen.
xiv 577p large format paperback, black cover, a new and unused copy, tight and clean, no names or ...
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The Elusive Science: Origins of Experimental Psychical Research.
xvi 368p hardback, fresh dustjacket, clean and tight copy of the first edition, no names or stamps, ...
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Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology. From Metaphor to Theory.
xix 247p terracotta cloth very tight and square, with illustrations, excellent copy, as new, no ...
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The Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg.
9 large volumes in their original dustjacket, a nice clean set, no names or stamps noted, no traces ...
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1900: The New Age. A Guide to the Exhibition.
101p spiral bound, fresh copy, many illustrations, uncommon title
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Going to the Fair. Readings in the Culture of Nineteenth Century Exhibitions.
198p spiral bound, fresh copy, many illustrations, uncommon title
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Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire and other papers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics by Clapeyron and Clausius.
xxii 152p orange cloth fresh, frontispiece, nice clean copy, many illustrations
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Essay on the Theory of Electricity and Magnetism. Introductory Monograph and Notes by R W Home.
xv 514p hardback, fresh dustjacket, spine sunned, this copy without names or stamps, never used, ...
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Patient's Progress. Doctors and Doctoring in Eighteenth-Century England.
viii 305p hardback with fresh dustjacket, a clean and tight copy, no names or stamps, never used, ...
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The Sciences in Enlightened Europe.
xi 566p thick paperback, brown illustrated cover, excellent fresh copy, tight and clean, no names ...
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Almost a Man of Genius: Clemence Royer, Feminism, and Nineteenth-Century Science.
xv 274p hardback, red cloth very fresh, gilt lettering to front and spine, excellent, as new, no ...
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La Pluie, le Metro et l'Ingenieur - Contribution a l'Histoire de l'Assainissement et des Transports.
217p paperback, fresh clean copy, with illustrations, excellent, no names or stamps
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The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900.
xviii 270p hardback, fresh dustjacket, excellent copy, as new, never used
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Metapher und Experiment. Von der Virusforschung zum genetischen Code.
thick paperback, new, still shrink-wrapped, no flaws
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Holland & Holland: Gun and Rifle Manufacturers. 93 Bond Street, London.
44p stapled booklet, A4 format, illustrated throughout, originally published 1887 / 1890, this is a ...
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The Planispheric Astrolabe.
56p A4 format, brown cover, illustrated throughout, excellent copy, introduction by D W Waters, ...
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Who Do You Say Ignatius Is? Jesuit Fundamentalism and Beyond. (Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, Volume 19, No. 5, November 1987)
53p booklet, purple cover with white lettering, a clean copy, uncommon title, very good, corner a ...
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Priesthood Today and the Jesuit Vocation. (Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, Volume 19, No. 3, May 1987)
84p booklet, brown cover with green lettering, a clean copy, uncommon title, very good
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United States Technology and Adult Commitment. (Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, Volume 19, No. 1, January 1987)
iv 37p booklet, ivory cover with red lettering, a clean copy, uncommon title, very good, cover a ...
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Palgrave Advances in Intellectual History.
ix 239p paperback, bright yellow cover, very good condition, minimal wear to cover edges and ...
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The Responsibility of the Scientist to Science and Society. Offprints, Science and Public Policy, Vol 17, No 2, and Academia Europaea Inaugural Symposium.
36p stapled booklet with white cover, a collection of offprint essays, very good condition, minimal ...
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Publications of A S V Burgen, 1947 - 1962.
300?p large format hardback, red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, bound collection of fifty ...
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Constraints on the Advance of Medicine. Programme, Symposium of the Royal Society of Medicine 1974.
8p stapled booklet, brown cover, very good condition, minimal wear, slightly bent down the middle, ...
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The Polymerisation of Cyanamide. Offprint, Transactions of the Chemical Society, Vol 105.
16p thread-bound offprint, very good condition, a little light wear to edges, binding intact, pages ...
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The United Kingdom and The Reconstruction of German Science: The Rebirth of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft. Offprint, Technology in Society 23.
10p offprint, stapled booklet in like new condition, no significant wear, pages clean and neat, a ...
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Le Scientifique et Le Guerrier.
160p paperback, beige cover with black lettering, like new condition, no noticeable wear, tight ...
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Meeting the Challenges of the Future. A Discussion Between 'The Two Cultures'. Balzan Symposium 2002.
xviii 209p sturdy hardback, blue cloth with gilt lettering, like new condition, no noticeable wear, ...
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Science in Sweden. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1739 - 1989.
vi 291p large hardback, navy cloth with gilt cloth and glossy bright blue jacket, firm binding and ...
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A History of the Physiology of the Secretion of Saliva, to 1975.
ix 300?p large format ring-bound dissertation, canary-yellow cover with a light marks to cover, ...
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Volume 52.
497p large format hardback, smooth navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine, like new condition, no ...
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Society, the Endless Frontier. A European Vision of Research and Innovation Policies for the 21st Century.
202p large format paperback in very good condition, blue and white covers, tight binding, minimal ...
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Scientific Progress. A Philosophical Essay on the Economics of Research in Natural Science.
xiv 278p small neat hardback, blue cloth with glossy purple jacket, very good condition, minimal ...
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Il passato prossimo. La scienza dell'antichità alle origini della cultura moderna.
203p white paperback, scarce title in very good condition
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Scientists and their Responsibility.
xii 348p large hardback, black cloth with shiny grey and red jacket, very good condition, minimal ...
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The Royal Society and the Promotion of Science since 1960.
xxi 333p hardback, black cloth cover with steel-blue jacket, like new condition, minimal wear to ...
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William Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood.
xiii 269p large hardback, very good condition, green cloth with white and red jacket, a little wear ...
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Ceremony to Mark the Nomination of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina to the National Academy of Sciences. Nova Acta Leopoldiana. Volume 98, Number 362. German and English.
76p paperback in like new condition, blue and yellow covers, minimal wear, tight binding, clear and ...
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Yearbook of the Royal Society 2012.
468p paperback, maroon cover with white lettering, minimal wear to cover edges and surfaces, tight ...
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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 ...
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Life. The Unfinished Experiment.
168p paperback, canary-yellow cover with white spine, very good condition, a little light wear to ...
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Growing Up with Science. Developing Early Understanding of Science.
295p paperback, glossy white cover with blue and yellow design, like new condition, no significant ...
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George Francis Fitzgerald.
vii 148p paperback, pale yellow cover with b&w portrait, very good condition, minimal wear to ...
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Highlights of British Science.
viii 240p large format hardback, very good condition, blue cloth cover with minimal wear, gilt ...
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Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. Neugewählte Mitglieder.
56p paperback in shiny purple cover, like new condition, no significant wear, all pages clean and ...
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Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. Struktur und Mitglieder. Structure and Members.
358p paperback in terracotta cover, like new condition, no significant wear, all pages clean and ...
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Wissenschaften im interkulturellen Dialog. Sciences in the Intercultural Dialogue.
239p large hardback in like-new condition, bright blue cloth with blue and yellow jacket, no ...
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The Scientific Revolution. A Historiographical Inquiry.
xviii 662p large paperback in grass-green cover, like new condition, no significant wear, binding ...
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