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Classics in Science: A Course of Selected Reading by Authorities (Essay and general literature index reprint series)

By: Andrade, Edward Neville Da Costa

Price: $9.39

Publisher: Associated Faculty Pr Inc: 1971

Seller ID: 107724

ISBN: 0804613567

Condition: Very Good

Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. 322 pages. View more info

Draper Laboratory: 40 Years as an Independant R&D Institution, 80 Years of Outstanding Innovations

By: Babcock, Phil

Price: $81.17

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory: 2013

Edition: First Edition. 1st Printing.

Seller ID: 116056

ISBN: B01MUFIVL2

Condition: Very Fine

Nice Firm Clean copy ! 80 pages. Contents: Introduction. Origins: Charles Stark Draper. Inertial Navigation Becomes a Reality. Guiding U.S. Air Force Ballistic Missiles. The Navy's Guiding Star. From Apollo to the International Space Station. Developing Autonomous Systems. Mems to Vanishingly Small Systems. Technical Education in the National Interest. Looking Ahead. View more info

The Practice of Physick by Alexander Gordon: On Being a Physician - and a Patient - in the 18th Century

By: Bennett, Peter

Price: $9.07

Publisher: AuthorHouse: 2011

Seller ID: 102186

ISBN: 1456775057

Condition: Very Fine

Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. 416 pages. View more info

Da Galileo Alle Stelle ( From Galileo to the Stars ) Italian / English Edition

By: Bertola, Francesco; Danesin, Francesco

Price: $49.80

Publisher: Cittadella, Italy, Biblos Edizioni: 1992

Edition: First Edition.

Seller ID: 86682

ISBN: B005D1PJD4

Condition: Fine

Essays in English and Italian. 1st Printing. Nice Firm Clean copy ! No handwriting, no markings. 106 pages. A celebration of the achievements of Galileo in essays and full folio page color photos and illustrations. Seven centuries of Astronomy at Padua. The Galileo chronology. Galileo: exploration and discovery of the Heavens. The theory of the tides. The impact of Galileo on the history of scientific thought. The private Galileo. View more info

Transformation of Knowledge: Early Manuscripts from the Collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg

By: Black, Crofton (Editor)

Price: $77.16

Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing: 2011

Seller ID: 112754

ISBN: 1903470501

Condition: Fine

Nice Firm Clean copy ! 160 pages. View more info

Darwin

By: Bradford, Gamaliel

Price: $11.86

Publisher: Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin: 1926

Edition: 2nd Printing.

Seller ID: 115107

ISBN: B01N0O6SIE

Condition: Very Good

Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. 315 pages. View more info

The History of the Self-Winding Watch, 1770-1931

By: Chapuis, Alfred; Eugene Jaquet; R. Savare Grandvoinet; Donald De Carl

Price: $36.48

Publisher: Neuchatel, France, Editions Du Griffon: 1956

Edition: First Edition. 1st Printing.

Seller ID: 124456

ISBN: B009ZYVDRQ

Condition: Very Good

Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. View more info

La Grande Chirurgie de Guy de Chauliac: Chirurgien, Maistre en Medecine de L'Universite de Montpellier Composee en L'an 1363

By: Chauliac, Guy De; E. Nicaise (Editor)

Price: $501.60

Publisher: Paris, France, Ancienne Librairie Germer Bailliere: 1890

Seller ID: 102695

ISBN: B00MDYJ2SC

Condition: Very Good

In French. Red leather spine, faux marble (French Curl) boards, faux marble endpapers, gold topstain. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Small dent made in leather spine. CIC + 747 pages. Chauliac's seminal work on surgery, Chirurgia magna, was finished in 1363 in Avignon. In seven volumes, the treatise covers anatomy, bloodletting, cauterization, drugs, anesthetics, wounds, fractures, ulcers, special diseases, and antidotes. Among de Chaulic's treatments he described the use of bandages and he also believed pus from an infection was beneficial to the healing process. He describes surg... View more info

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: Historical Notes from 1505 to 1905.

By: Creswell, Clarendon Hyde

Price: $15.02

Publisher: Oliver and Boyd: 1926

Seller ID: 102170

ISBN: B001NGW1O8

Condition: Very Good

Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Foxing on endpapers. Previous owner gift notation. 315 pages. View more info

Number, The Language of Science

By: Dantzig, Tobias

Price: $9.07

Publisher: The Macmillan Company: 1930

Seller ID: 107730

ISBN: B004VHC23Q

Condition: Good+

Crimson cloth, gold text. Moderate general wear. Spine top + bottom frayed. Previous owner name. Hinges okay, pages clean. 260 pages. View more info

Pasteur: The History of a Mind

By: Duclaux, Emile

Price: $16.29

Publisher: W.B. Saunders company: 1920

Seller ID: 108333

ISBN: B0006AIAEM

Condition: Good

Ex-Library, Usual Markings. Moderate general wear. 363 pages. View more info

A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown and Other Essays for a Scientific Age

By: Editor, Robert A. Baker and Illustrator Stanley Wyatt

Price: $9.07

Publisher: Prentice Hall: 1963

Seller ID: 99564

ISBN: B000H5A3F0

Condition: Good+

Moderate general wear. Jacket has edge wear, short tears. Previous owner name. 192 pages. View more info

The History of the Boston Medical Library.

By: Farlow, John W.

Price: $9.07

Publisher: Norwood, MA, The Plimpton Press: 1918

Edition: First Edition.

Seller ID: 110450

ISBN: B000J2W2F0

Condition: Good+

1st Printing. Moderate general wear. 240 pages. View more info

Medical Education in the United States and Canada. The Classics of Medicine Library

By: Flexner, Abraham

Price: $32.60

Publisher: The Classics of Medicine Library: 1990

Seller ID: 108519

ISBN: B00HXB3VF0

Condition: Very Fine

Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. 346 pages. View more info

Chirurgie de Pierre Franco de Turriers en Provence Composee en 1561

By: Franco, Pierre; E. Nicaise (Editor)

Price: $501.60

Publisher: Ancienne Librairie Germer Bailliere: 1895

Seller ID: 102694

ISBN: B00MDXSW8O

Condition: Near Fine

In French. Nouvelle edition Avec Une Introduction Historique Une Biographie et L'Histoire du College de Chirurgie. Red leather spine, faux marble (French Curl) boards, faux marble endpapers, gold topstain, green ribbon. Nice Firm Clean copy ! CLXIV + 382 pages. In the 16th century, Pierre Franco (1505û1578) was a pioneer in the suprapubic lithotomy method. View more info

The Freud/Jung Letters: The Correspondence between Sigmund Freud and C. G. Jung

By: Freud, Sigmund; McGuire, William (Editor); Manheim, Ralph (Translator); Hull, R. F. C. (Translator)

Price: $11.81

Publisher: Harvard University Press: 1988

Seller ID: 93558

ISBN: 0674323300

Condition: Very Good

Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. Light general wear. 736 pages. View more info

Benjamin Silliman 1779-1864. Pathfinder in American Science

By: Fulton, John F. and Elizabeth H. Thomson.

Price: $9.07

Publisher: New York, NY, Henry Schuman: 1947

Edition: First Edition.

Seller ID: 112432

ISBN: B000GTG4U0

Condition: Very Good

1st Printing. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. 294 pages. View more info

Science as a Commodity Threats to the Open Community of Scholars

By: Gibbons, M.; Wittrock, B.

Price: $44.65

Publisher: Cartermill International: 1985

Seller ID: 113558

ISBN: 0582902045

Condition: Very Good

Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. 173 pages. View more info

Redefining Reality: The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science [CD] Audiobook

By: Gimbel, Professor Steven

Price: $91.20

Publisher: The Great Courses: 2015

Seller ID: 120593

ISBN: 1629971308

Condition: Very Good

Disc Quality: Excellent. Includes Course guidebook. View more info

Understanding the Science for Tomorrow: Myth and Reality [DVD]

By: Grossman, Jeffrey C.

Price: $44.69

Publisher: The Great Courses The Teaching Company: 2011

Seller ID: 121700

ISBN: 1598038079

Condition: New

Excellent condition. Still in shrinkwrap. View more info

Perception and Discovery: An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry

By: Hanson, Norwood Russell

Price: $86.59

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co: 1970

Seller ID: 104190

ISBN: 0877355096

Condition: Near Fine

Nice Firm Clean copy ! 435 pages. View more info

Studies in the History of Mediaeval Science

By: Haskins, Charles Homer

Price: $45.55

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ. Press: 1924

Edition: First Edition. 1st Printing.

Seller ID: 122536

ISBN: B0021MC5CQ

Condition: Very Good

Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Previous owner name. 411 pages. View more info

The Counter-Revolution of Science

By: HAYEK, F A

Price: $30.05

Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.: 2010

Seller ID: 124644

ISBN: 0913966673

Condition: New

Crisp Firm Clean copy ! 415 pages. View more info

The Genuine Works of Hippocrates. Translated from the Greek with a Preliminary Discourse and Annotations.

By: Hippocrates; Francis Adams

Price: $19.09

Publisher: William Wood & Co: 1929

Seller ID: 104677

ISBN: B015CZQWYK

Condition: Very Good

In English. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. 759 pages. View more info

Michelangelo Draftsman, Michelangelo Architect, A Dictionary of Michelangelo's Watermarks

By: Hirst, Michael; Henry A Millon And Craig Hug

Price: $91.15

Publisher: Olivetti: 1988

Seller ID: 110609

ISBN: B0006ESBK6

Condition: Very Fine

Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. In slipcase. Michelangelo Draftsman, Michelangelo Architect, A Dictionary of Michelangelo's Watermarks. View more info