Books on History of Science

Radar: A Report on Science at War.

50p stapled booklet, very well preserved, some foxing to cover

The Mercurial Chemist: A Life of Sir Humphry Davy.

xvi 264p hardback, dustjacket, first edition, excellent copy, private bookplate

Nobels. Nobel Laureates photographed by Peter Badge.

620p enormous hardback, very good purple dustjacket with the lightest signes of use, almost as new, ...

Nicolas-Antoine Boulanger et la Science de son Temps.

205p large grey paperback, original printed card cover very well preserved, pages unread and uncut, ...

A Dictionary of Science.

192p red and white vintage paperback, slight wear to top of spine, otherwise remarkably fresh copy, ...

La Paz de Calias: Testimonios e Interpretacion.

xv 217p large format paperback, excellent condition, text in Spanish, English epilogue, a bright ...

Malachite. Volume 1: Poetika Kamnia / Poetics of Stone. Volume 2: Khronika, Dokumenty, Lomentarii / Chronicles, Documents, Commentaries.

2 large hardback volumes, illustrated in colour throughout, in slipcase, text in Russian, excellent ...

The Scientific Attitude. Second and Revised Edition

xi 174p blue period paperback, plates, many plates, some pencil notes, faint tape repair to spine, ...

Von Daten zu Wissen. From Data to Knowledge. Theoretische und praktische Aspekte von Klassifikation, Datenanalyse und Wissensverarbeitung. Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization.

247p blue paperback abstract volume, collation of the proceedings of the 18. Jahrestagung 18th ...

Science, Medicine and Dissent: Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804) Papers celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Priestley.

105p large purple paperback, very good condition, little used

Species of Origin: A Bibliographic Exposition of the Works of Charles Darwin at the University of Toronto.

20p pamphlet, large format, olive card cover, fresh and clean copy

The Meaning of Science.

Camping with the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa.

xv 304p hardback with colourful dustjacket, as new, never used

Six Wings. Men of Science in the Renaissance.

xiv 318p hardback, illustrated, moss-green jacket with some wear to top edge, clean and fresh ...

Brunonianism in Britain and Europe. Medical History Supplement No. 8. 1988.

x 104p slim hardback, terracotta cloth, includes essays by Christopher Lawrence and Guenter Risse, ...

Selecta e Praescriptis: Selections from Physicians Prescriptions. To which is Added a Key, Containing the Prescriptions in an Unabbreviated Form, with a Literal Translation; For the Use of Medical and Pharmaceutical Students.

vii 352p original cloth worn with loss to spine, bookblock cleanly detached from binding, sewing ...

Images of the Earth. Essays in the History of Environmental Sciences.

xx 282p large paperback, brown cover, text reproduced from typescript, with plates, first edition, ...

The Life and Selections from the Correspondence of William Whewell by Mrs Stair Douglas.

xv 591p green cloth fresh, gilt lettering to front and spine, binding expertly repaired with new ...

Lessons in Elementary Physics.

x 372p blue cloth with blindstamped lettering to front, binding expertly repaired with new ...

A Treatise on Chemistry. Volume 1: The Non-Metallic Elements.

931p original burgundy cloth, Dalton frontispiece with tissue-guard, many woodcut illustrations of ...

The Gyroscope: Its Practical Construction and Application Treating of the Physics and Experimental Mechanics of the Gyroscope, and Explaining the Method of its Application to the Stabilization of Monorailways, Ships, Aeroplanes, Marine Guns, etc.

224p hardback, brown cloth with black titles and ruled border to front board and head and foot of ...

The Revolution in Science, 1500 to 1750.

viii 373p large format paperback with illustrated cover, pages fresh, a well preserved copy, sixth ...

Limitations of Science.

192p paperback with gilt illustrated cover, well preserved, period paperback

Pepys' Diary and the New Science.

x 198p hardback with dustjacket, a fresh and clean copy, first edition

The Progress of Science. An Account of Recent Fundamental Researches in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

vii 319p blue cloth, frontispiece and additional plates, very good, first edition, a few light ...

Physical Chemistry. Development and Research until about 1950.

40p offprint, blue paper cover, with plates, very good

Report of a Joint Panel of the Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering and Technology Committees to the University Science and Technology Board.

approx 50p green card cover, stapled, cover letter inserted, mimeographed from typescript, very ...

The International Union of Crystallograpy: Its Formation and Early Development.

20p offprint, large format, with plates, erratum inserted, very good

The History of Dentistry. Technique and Demand.

34p spiral bound, oblong format, slightly aged but well preserved, uncommon title

Wetenschap en Literatuur. (Special Issue of Gewina, Volume 29, No 4)

120p large format paperback, well preserved: Atoombom, Dick Hillenius, Krol & Hermans, ...

A Science of Impurity: Water Analysis in Nineteenth Century Britain.

xiii 342p hardback, blue dustjacket fresh, many tables and illustrations, a few faint pencil marks ...

Formation of the American Scientific Community: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1848 - 1860.

xii 264p plus appendix, hardback with dustjacket, nice clean copy, reviews inserted, very good ...

Science Observed.

vii 376p black cloth, firm copy, very good

The Newtonian Revolution.

xv 404p hardback with blue/orange dustjacket, fresh clean copy, excellent condition

The Organization of Research Establishments.

275p black cloth, index, plates, first edition: covers Harwell, NPL, Babraham, Glaxco, Bell, ...

Michael Foster and the Cambridge School of Physiology: The Scientific Enterprise in Late Victorian Society.

xxi 401p hardback, dustjacket, frontispiece, very good copy, clean and tight, name/inscription to ...

Science for the Earth: Can Science Make the World a Better Place?

xx 320p hardback with laminateds boards, excellent copy

New Trends in the History of Science: Conference Proceedings.

293p thick paperback, brown card cover, very good indeed

Begründer der Experimentellen Physiologie: Founders of Experimental Physiology. (XXV International Congress of Physiological Sciences Munich 1971)

approx 260p hardback with dustjacket, reprints fundamental texts in facsimile from Descartes to ...

The Biochemical Society: Its History and Activities, 1911-1969.

160p green paperback, fresh clean copy, plates, binding (glue) failing

A Discourse on the Studies of the University.

26p vii 108p blue boards fresh with gilt monogram to front, bright and fresh copy, clean, name to ...

One Hundred Years of Congresses of Physiology.

60p stapled booklet, silver cover, excellent copy, very good uncommon title

Portrait of a Foundation: Brief History of the CIBA Foundation and Its Environment.

115p large format paperback, colour cover, excellent fresh copy, as new, note addressed to Andrew ...

Andrew Carnegie Sesquincentenary Gathering, Dunfermline, August 1985: Conference, Discussion Groups, Sesquincentenary Dinner.

138p white paperback, plates, very good, as new, ink lettering to spine

Otto Schmitt. His Life and Contributions to Biomedical Engineering. (Special Issue of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology)

80p magazine type publication, many illustrations, very good, uncommon title

Synopsis of the History of Japanese Medicine and Physiology.

37p stapled offprint, author inscription, very good, with illustrations

Through France with Berzelius. Live Scholars and Dead Volcanoes.

viii 199p large hardback, dustjacket, many polates, some in colour, author inscription addressed to ...

Selections and Reflections: The Legacy of Sir Lawrence Bragg.

308p large hardback with bright blue dustjacket, frontispiece, plates, fresh copy, clean and tight, ...

Fundamenta Medicinae.

xxvi 142p hardback with green illustrated dustjacket, nice clean copy, facsimile of original title ...

University Addresses, Being Addresses on Subjects of Academic Study Delivered to the University of Glasgow.

x 383p original blue cloth fresh and tight, gilt lettering to spine, old gift inscription, nice ...