Andrade, E.N. da C.

Newton

Taylor & Francis 1943 17, 4 b/w photos, text figs. . PB. Rear leaf lightly soiled and cockled, some wear to spine. Good.. Reprinted from Proc. of the Physical Society, vol. LV: 129-145. Newton Tercentenary Lecture, delivered in London & Cambridge, Dec. 1942..

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Book number: R33919

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Andrewes, W.J.H.

The Quest for Longitude

Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments 1998 437, col + b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Some light spotting to top edge.. Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. 2nd edition.. [9780964432901]

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Book number: S47575

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Appleby, J.

Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination

Norton 2013 [xi], 308, text figs. . HB. Fine in d/w.. . [9780393239515]

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Book number: S53744

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: History of Science; New World

Ashworth, W.; Agar, J.; Hughes, J.

On Time: History, Science, and Commemoration

Cambridge University Press 2000 130, b/w photos. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. British Journal for the History of Science Vol. 33(4), No. 119 - Special issue. A collection of papers on the subject of time, with essays on the scientific past, remembrance and scientific heritage, and the invention of time and temporal frameworks of early modern natural philosophy..

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Book number: S59731

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: History of Science; Time

Ball, P.

Curiosity: How Science became interested in everything

Bodley Head 2012 viii, 465, text figs. . HB. Fine.. . [9781847921727]

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Book number: S53660

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Ben-Chaim, M.

The Discovery of Natural Goods: Newton's Vocation as an 'Experimental Philosopher' [and] Hidden Truths of Creation: Newton's Methods of Fluxions

Cambridge University Press 2001 22; 22, text figs. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. British Journal for the History of Science Vol. 34(4), No. 123: 395-416; 417-438 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

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Book number: S59798

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: History of Science; Isaac Newton

Bremer, T.; Wegener, P.

Alligators and Astrolabes: Treasures of University Collections in Europe

Academic Heritage and Universities: Responsibility and Public Access 2001 62, . . PB. Vg.. This catalogue was first published on the occasion of the first 'European Month of the Academic Heritage', November 2001, by the partner institutions of the European Union Project 'Academic Heritage and Universities: Responsibility and Public Access'. Includes contributions from the Universities of Amsterdam, Humboldt, Bologna, Cambridge, Groningen, Mart-Luther, Leipzig, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Oxford and Pavia..

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Book number: S49392

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: Museum collection

Consolmagno, Guy

Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist

McGraw-Hill 2000 vi, 229, . . HB. Vg in d/w.. Ever since Galileo was forced to recant his proofs of a sun-centered solar system, the Roman Catholic Church has been considered hostile toward science. Not quite true, argues Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno in his moving and intellectually playful memoir of a life lived in the active interplay of science and religion. Blending memoir, science, history, and theology, Consolmagno takes us on a grand adventure. We revisit the infamous 'Galileo affair' and see that it didn't unfold in quite the way we thought. We get a rare glimpse into the world of working scientists and see how scientific discoveries are proposed and advanced. We learn the inside story of the 'Mars meteorite': how can we be sure it's really from Mars, and why can't scientists agree on whether or not it contains evidence of life? Brother Astronomer memorably sets forth one scientist's conviction that the universe may be worth study only if it is the work of a Creator God.. [9780071354288]

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Book number: S58981

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: Astronomy; The Vatican; Vatican City

Cooper, P.M.

The Bauer Brothers

Natural History Museum 2015 111, col illus. . PB. NEW. . This beautiful collection of artworks from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries celebrates the work of Franz and Ferdinand Bauer, two of the most accomplished natural history artists of all time. The art of Franz and Ferdinand Bauer was praised by the poet and botanist Johann Goethe as the perfect expression of the aims of botanical illustration. This book examines the contrasting lives of Franz (1758-1840), for 50 years the resident artist at Kew Gardens, and Ferdinand (1760-1826) who led a life of travel and adventure as a natural history artist including participating in the historic voyage to Australia of HMS Investigator in the early nineteenth century. It is illustrated with images from the superb archive of Bauer drawings at the Natural History Museum Library, many of which have never been published before. These include beautiful and finely detailed watercolours of flowering plants collected from across the world, pioneering microscopical drawings of plant anatomy and pictures of the newly discovered animals from the coasts of Australia. The book is published to tie-in with a new art exhibition opening at the Natural History Museum in November 2015.. [9780565093594]

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Book number: N30727

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Costa, J.T.

Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace

Princeton University Press 2025 515, 32 col + 62 b/w illus, 3 maps. . PB. NEW. . A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveller, humanitarian, and co-discoverer of natural selection.Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and Southeast Asia were the stuff of legend. A collector of thousands of species new to science, he shared in the discovery of natural selection and founded the discipline of evolutionary biogeography.This book tells the story of Wallace’s epic life and achievements, from his stellar rise from humble origins to his complicated friendship with Charles Darwin and other leading scientific lights of Britain to his devotion to social causes and movements that threatened to alienate him from scientific society.James Costa draws on letters, notebooks, and journals to provide a multifaceted account of a revolutionary life in science as well as Wallace’s family life. He shows how the self-taught Wallace doggedly pursued bold, even radical ideas that caused a seismic shift in the natural sciences, and how he also courted controversy with nonscientific pursuits such as spiritualism and socialism. Costa describes Wallace’s courageous social advocacy of women’s rights, labour reform, and other important issues. He also sheds light on Wallace’s complex relationship with Darwin, describing how Wallace graciously applauded his friend and rival, becoming one of his most ardent defenders.Weaving a revelatory narrative with the latest scholarship, Radical by Nature paints a mesmerizing portrait of a multifaceted thinker driven by a singular passion for science, a commitment to social justice, and a lifelong sense of wonder.. [9780691233802]

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Book number: N61908

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: Alfred Russel Wallace; Biography

Daum, A.W.

Alexander von Humboldt: A Concise Biography

Princeton University Press 2025 224, 10 b/w illus, 4 maps.. . HB. NEW. . Translated by Robert Savage. An engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von HumboldtIn this lucid biography, Andreas Daum offers a succinct and novel interpretation of the life and oeuvre of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859). A Prussian nobleman born into the age of European Enlightenment, Humboldt was a contemporary of Napoleon, Simón Bolívar, and Charles Darwin. As a naturalist and scholar, he travelled the world, from the Americas to Central Asia, and recorded his observations in multiple volumes. Humboldt is still admired today for his interdisciplinary outreach and ecological awareness.Moving beyond the conventional views of Humboldt as either an intellectual superhero or gentleman colonizer, Daum’s incisive account focuses on Humboldt in the context of the tumultuous period of history in which he lived. Humboldt embodied the contradictions that marked the age of Atlantic Revolutions. He became a critic of slavery and embraced the emerging civil society but remained close to authoritarian rulers. He dedicated his life to scientific research yet was driven by emotional impulses and pleaded for an aesthetic appreciation of nature. Daum introduces a man passionately striving to establish a “cosmic” understanding of nature while grappling with the era’s explosion of knowledge.This book provides the first concise biography of Humboldt, covering all periods of his life, exploring his personality, the vast range of his works, and his intellectual networks. Daum helps us understand Humboldt as a seminal historical figure and illuminates the role of science at the dawn of the global world.. [9780691247366]

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Book number: N61576

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: 18th century; Biography; Natural History; Exploration; Travel; History of Natural Science

Eddy, M.D.

Scottish chemistry, classification and the late mineralogical career of the 'ingenious' Professor John Walker (1779-1803)

Cambridge University Press 2004 27, . . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. British Journal for the History of Science Vol. 37(4), No. 135: 373-399 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

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Book number: S59801

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: Geology; History of Science; Mineralogy

Ford, B.J.

Images of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration

British Library 1992 viii, 208, col frontis, col + b/w illus. 300x230mm. HB. Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded).. 1st edition.. [9780712302678]

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Book number: S53409

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Garrett, B.

Vitalism and teleology in the natural philosophy of Nehemiah Grew

Cambridge University Press 2003 19, . . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. British Journal for the History of Science Vol. 36(1), No. 128: 63-81 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

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Book number: S59799

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: History of Science; Philosophy

Gingerich, O.

The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus.

William Heinemann 2004 xii, 306, 8 col plates, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. Name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. After three decades of investigation, and after traveling hundreds of thousands of miles across the globe-from Melbourne to Moscow, Boston to Beijing - Gingerich has written a book built on his experience and the remarkable insights gleaned from examining some 600 copies of De Revolutionibus. He found the books owned and annotated by Galileo, Kepler and many other lesser-known astronomers whom he brings back to life, which illuminate the long, reluctant process of accepting the Sun-centred cosmos and highlight the historic tensions between science and the Catholic Church. He traced the ownership of individual copies through the hands of saints, heretics, scalawags, and bibliomaniacs. He was called as the expert witness in the theft of one copy, witnessed the dramatic auction of another, and proves conclusively that De Revolutionibus was as inspirational as it was revolutionary. Part biography of a book, part scientific exploration, part bibliographic detective story, The Book Nobody Read recolours the history of cosmology and offers new appreciation of the enduring power of an extraordinary book and its ideas.. [9780434013159]

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Book number: S59038

Catalogue: History of Science,History of Science

Keywords: Astronomy; Nicolaus Copernicus