Books on History of Science
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Apples to Atoms: Portraits of Scientists from Newton to Rutherford.
88p large format paperback, many portraits, 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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Knowledge and Power. Essays on Science and Government.
x 502p burgundy cloth, a fresh and tight copy, text clean, very good indeed
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Edinburgh's Contribution to Medical Microbiology.
312p thick paperback, blue card cover, illustrations throughout, very good
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Materials for a Biography of Dr Thomas Sydenham, 1624 - 1689: A New Survey of Public and Private Archives.
viii 107p hardback, dustjacket, advert inserted, fresh and clean copy
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International Journal on the Unity of the Sciences. Volume 1, Number 2.
150p single issue of journal, essays by Weinberg, Badham, Fishel, Kegley etc
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International Journal on the Unity of the Sciences. Volume 1, Number 1.
150p single issue of journal, essays by Wigner, Jammer, Vollmer, Cappelletti, Rubenstein etc
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Emilio Veratti e la Scoperta del Reticolo Sarcoplasmatico. (Roma, 15 Maggio 2002)
approx 100p, green card cover, large paperback, many illustrations, all essays in English, includes ...
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Science under Control. The French Academy of Sciences, 1795 - 1914.
xx 454p large hardback with dustjacket, excellent copy, as new
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Instrumental Biology, or the Disunity of Science.
ix 193p large paperback, a fresh copy
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The Disunity of Science: Boundaries, Contexts and Power.
xiv 567p hardback, grey/purple dustjacket, a fresh copy, very good, no traces of use
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About the Granite Problem and some Masters of the Study of Granite.
12p offprint, grey paper cover, "best wishes for Christmas", plates, very good, one old pencil note
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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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A Miscellany Presented to John Macdonald Mackay, LL D, July 1914.
xvi 403p red cloth a little aged but holding well, frontispiece with tissueguard, nice copy, first ...
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Santiago Ramon y Cajal: El Asombro: Principio de Sabiduria.
approx 24p stapled pamphlet, many illustrations, very good
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British Medicine in an Age of Reform.
x 260p hardback with illustrated dustjacket, as new
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Essays of a Biologist.
306p burgundy hardback, first printing in series, cloth a little worn and dusty, text clean and ...
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Stratigraphical Geology and Palaeontology. (= Manual of Geology, Theoretical and Practical, Volume 2)
xxiv 712p burgundy cloth still firm, hinges rubbed but holding, front endpaper glued down, coloured ...
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Vegetable Staticks. Edited by M A Hoskin.
xxxii 214p faint green hardback, red dustjacket well preserved, many illustrations, a clean and ...
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Systematics: The Journal of the Institute for the Comparative Study of History, Philosophy and the Sciences. Volume 4, No 4. March 1967.
approx 120p, paperback, dark green card cover, very good, this is a special issue on "Systems ...
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Man and Nature in the Renaissance.
x 159p paperback, black illustrated cover, clean text, firm binding, an excellent copy, edges show ...
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The Construction of Modern Science. Mechanisms and Mechanics.
xiii 171p paperback, black illustrated cover, blue lettering to spine, clean, binding firm, an ...
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The Social Responsibilities of Scientists. Proceedings of a Joint Meeting.
50p stapled booklet, excellent condition, as new
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The Moon as an Abode of Life?
25p essay in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, with many plates, for sale is ...
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The Planet Venus: Past, Present, and Future. Papers read at the Autumn General Meeting, November 14, 1968.
special issue of the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, for sale is the complete ...
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The Structure of Proteins as Revealed by X-Ray Analysis: A Contribution of Physics to Biology. Penrose Memorial Lecture.
20p essay in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, for sale is the complete issue, ...
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Commemoration of the Publication of Gregor Mendel's Pioneer Experiments in Genetics.
special issue of the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, approx 80p, large format, ...
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Continental Manuscripts and Printed Books, Science and Medicine Including a Major Collection of Spanish Documents Tuesday 21st November 1989.
230p A4 format, black illustrated cover, many plates throughout, very good
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Darwinian Evolution.
150p paperback with red illustrated cover, a fresh and clean copy, very good indeed
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Discovering the Cosmos.
714p plus appendix, grey illustrated cloth, large and heavy book, a fresh and tight copy, ...
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Nec Corporation: The First 80 Years.
120p large format, burgundy cloth, colour plates and illustrations throughout, nice fresh copy, ...
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Eine Wissenschaft etabliert sich: 1810-1870.
340p orange paperback, nice clean copy, very good
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Discovery: The Magazine of Scientific Progress. April 1957.
complete issue of Discovery (April 1957) with numerous plates, Pearly Nautilus to cover, ...
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Discovery: The Magazine of Scientific Progress. February 1956.
complete issue of Discovery (February 1956) with numerous plates, Viking Rocket to cover, ...
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Discovery: The Magazine of Scientific Progress. July 1956.
complete issue of Discovery (July 1956) with numerous plates, Brussels Atomium to cover, ...
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A Planetarium for London (in Discovery: The Magazine of Scientific Progress)
10 page article, for sale is the complete issue of Discovery (December 1956) with numerous plates, ...
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Research Films in Biology, Anthropology, Psychology and Medicine.
xvi 490p heavy grey hardback with red titles to spine, well preserved copy with discreet college ...
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Embryology in its Relation to Genetics and Evolution: Experimental Analysis and Historical Perspectives.
vi 261p reproduced from typescript, printed on rectos only, bound in dark cloth, Cambridge ...
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The Polar Bear in the Zoo. A Speculation.
172p small blue paperback in new condition, excellent copy
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The Elephants in the Room. An Excavation.
247p small red paperback in new condition, excellent copy
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Sex Iulii Frontini Strategematicon Libri Quattuor Eiusdem de Aquae Ductibus Urbis Romae Liber.
xviii 155p private rebinding in faded purple cloth with simple gilt titles to spine, W H D Rouse ...
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Beijernck and the Delft School of Microbiology.
xxxv 220p paperback, illustrated beige cover, brown lettering to spine, some light pencil marks to ...
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Time Lord. The Remarkable Canadian Who Missed His Train, and Changed the World.
256p first Canadian edition, hardback with illustrated brown dustjacket, excellent condition, as new
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The First 60 Years. History and Publications of the MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit.
vii 196p paperback, silver and black illustrated cover, large format, black lettering to spine, a ...
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Köhlerglaube und Wissenschaft. Eine Streitschrift gegen Hofrath Rudolph Wagner in Göttingen.
lv 126p half calf binding, marbled paper a little aged, text clean, binding tight, text clean, ...
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Storia del Calendario: La Misurazione del Tempo, 1450 - 1800.
235p hardback with dustjacket, plates, index, bibliography, an excellent copy, almost as new, ...
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Greek Science: Its Meaning for Us.
320p blue and white vintage paperback, spine a little faded and some minor spotting to cover ...
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Into Thin Air. A History of Aviation Medicine in the RAF.
279p first edition signed copy with sunned white illustrated dustjacket, signed With Best Wishes ...
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Essays on the First Hundred Years of Anaesthesia. Volume 1 and Volume 2. First edition set.
171p 187p first edition set, excellent hardbacks with only very light wear to the edges of ...
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