Lorrin Wong, Bookseller: Science: history
| found: 5 books |
The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century
NY: Vintage Books, 2002. 5th printing., Fine trade paperback in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., New essays from 25 of the world's leading scientists.
Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 654045
USD 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2 | £UK 1.75 | JP¥ 311]
Catalogue: Science: history
Keywords: 375713425
Victorian Relativity: Radical Thought and Scientific Discovery
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. 1st edition., Fine trade hard cover book/ no dust jacket, as issued. (in original shrinkwrap).
Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 654119
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.75 | £UK 28 | JP¥ 5447]
Catalogue: Science: history
Keywords: 226327329
The Acceleration of History
NY: Knopf, 1972. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine trade hard cover book/ small closed tears on front dust jacket panel otherwise near fine dust jacket., Piel along with two colleagues founded the new Scientific American in 1948 and in this set of essays discusses a wide range of issues confronting humanity using as a backdrop the ethics of scientific investigation.
Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 650237
USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 | £UK 4 | JP¥ 778]
Catalogue: Science: history
Keywords: 394473124
Descartes Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason
NY: Doubleday, 2008. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., A multi-faceted examination of Descartes' influence on science, religion & philosophy; 299 pages.
Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 2020468
USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 | £UK 4 | JP¥ 778]
Catalogue: Science: history
Keywords: 9780385517539
Science, Race and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket., In the decades preceding the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina enjoyed recognition as the center of scientific activity in the South, particularly in natural history. John Bachman, a Lutheran clergyman and authority on North American mammals, was a leading voice in the Charleston circle of naturalists. Religion and race interacted sharply with and shaped their scientific beliefs.
Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 651225
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 28 | £UK 24 | JP¥ 4668]
Catalogue: Science: history
Keywords: 807825182
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