Author: Singer, Charles.
Title: A Short History of Scientific Ideas to 1900.
Description: New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1959. 1959. - 8-7/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are slightly soiled. 525 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece and textual illustrations. There are a couple of small stains to the book's fore edge. Very good.

First edition.

From George L. Trigg's library with his name stamped on the top edge of the book.

The assistant editor and subsequently editor of the "Physical Review Letters" [PRL] from 1958 to 1988, George L. Trigg (1925-2014) played an important role in establishing the periodical's character, making it one of the world's preeminent physics journals. Very good .

Keywords: SCIENCE; A SHORT HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC IDEAS TO 1900; ASSOCIATION COPY; CHARLES SINGER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; FIRST EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FRONTISPIECE; GEORGE L. TRIGG.

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