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Published by HarperCollins, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: WeBuyBooks 2, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.
Published by HarperCollins, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Illustrated (illustrator). The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Zondervan, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Zondervan, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by HarperCollins, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: Brit Books, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Illustrated (illustrator). ***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.
Published by HarperCollins, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. Illustrated (illustrator). Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: GfB, the Colchester Bookshop, Colchester, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated (illustrator). HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, ix,422pp, illust. A little bumped, spine binding defective. A fair copy. 0007149441/0.9uk.
Published by HarperCollins, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). A biography of a brilliant, largely forgotten, maverick - a major figure in the 17th - century cultural and scientific revolutions. Robert Hooke was an engineer, surveyor and scientist who was appointed London's Chief Surveyor after the Great Fire. He worked tirelessly with his great friend Sir Christopher Wren to rebuild London throughout the 1670s, personally creating some notable public and private buildings. Like his friends, Wren and Boyle, he was also a prominent experimentalist; he became the first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society in London; he was the propounder of Hooke's Law of elasticity, co-discoverer of Boyle's Law for gases, designer of an early balance-spring watch, and a virtuoso performer of gruesome public anatomical dissections of animals. As his intimate and confessional diary records, Hooke's life was rich with melodrama. He came to London, fatherless, aged 13 to seek his fortune. He never married but formed a long-running illicit relationship with his niece (his housekeeper). A dandy and a man of restless energy, a workaholic and an inveterate socialiser, he was a well-known man-about-town, an enthusiastic daily imbiber of the designer drugs of the time: coffee, tea, chocolate and tobacco; he took cannabis for his headaches, and worked late into the night fuelled by "poppy water" (opium). In later life he became unkempt and bedridden by illness, but maintained his social and intellectual activities. He argued with most of his peers, but his closest friendship, with Wren, remained unscathed. After violent rows with Sir Isaac Newton his name was wiped from the records of the Royal Society and his portrait destroyed after his death. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by HarperCollins, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: F/F/VG++. Illustrated (illustrator). y 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL. HarperCollins, 2003-09-15. 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL. F/F/VG++. Box X31 HARDBACK "FEATURED ON BBC RADIO 4," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date: 2003.* Pub: * Binding and cover condition: Dark maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine strip, not to face. No bumps or rubs, no other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a portrait by Mary Beale (1623-1699). Gilt & white titles to spine and face. (Spine slightly faded). Not Price clipped showing a shelf price of £25.00. No visible shelf wear. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper.VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Printed and coloured end papers showing London as a mass of buildings. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slightly dusty to top edge. FINE* Illustrations: 3 x 4pp blocks of b/w & colour photos with several additional b/w illustrations within text.* Pages: 323 pp. text. 99 pp. notes, acknowledgements index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The curious life of Robert Hooke, the "Man who Measured London." The brilliant, largely forgotten maverick Robert Hooke was an engineer, surveyor, architect and inventor who was appointed London's Chief Surveyor after the Great Fire of 1666. Throughout the 1670's he worked tirelessly with his intimate friend Christopher Wren to rebuild London. He was the first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society, and author and illustrator of Micrographia, a lavishly illustrated volume of fascinating engravings of natural phenomena as seen under the new "microscope." He designed and early balance spring watch, was a virtuoso performer of public anatomical dissections of animals, and kept himself going with liberal doses of cannabis and poppy water (laudanum).* A VIRTUALLY FINE copy of the 1st./1st. fnl. with slight spine fade reducing it to VG++. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper.* 0 422 pp. 2003-09-15. n.
Published by HarperCollins, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: Douglas Books, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Brown cloth with gilt sp. lettering, pristine. ix + 422, numerous text ills and ex-pagination plates (many coloured) all un-numbered, illustrated end-papers; virtually pristine. Illustrated unclipped jacket also as new, will add protective sleeve when ordered. A major contribution to the history of 17th century 'scientific revolution' by an acclaimed scholar. 16 cm x 24 cm.
Published by harper collins, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
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Hardback. Illustrated (illustrator). NOV03. 2003, First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked and unread copy in a fine, unclipped d/w. Scans available if required.
Published by London, Harper Collins., 2003
ISBN 10: 0007149441ISBN 13: 9780007149445
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
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Illustrated (illustrator). 16 cm x 24 cm. IX, 422 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector's - Mylar. Excellent condition. Robert Hooke FRS (18 July] 1635 3 March 1703) was an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath. His adult life comprised three distinct periods: as a scientific inquirer lacking money; achieving great wealth and standing through his reputation for hard work and scrupulous honesty following the great fire of 1666, but eventually becoming ill and party to jealous intellectual disputes. These issues may have contributed to his relative historical obscurity. Hooke studied at Wadham College, Oxford during the Protectorate where he became one of a tightly knit group of ardent Royalists led by John Wilkins. Here he was employed as an assistant to Thomas Willis and to Robert Boyle, for whom he built the vacuum pumps used in Boyle's gas law experiments. He built some of the earliest Gregorian telescopes and observed the rotations of Mars and Jupiter. In 1665 he inspired the use of microscopes for scientific exploration with his book, Micrographia. Based on his microscopic observations of fossils, Hooke was an early proponent of biological evolution. He investigated the phenomenon of refraction, deducing the wave theory of light, and was the first to suggest that matter expands when heated and that air is made of small particles separated by relatively large distances. He performed pioneering work in the field of surveying and map-making and was involved in the work that led to the first modern plan-form map, though his plan for London on a grid system was rejected in favour of rebuilding along the existing routes. He also came near to an experimental proof that gravity follows an inverse square law, and hypothesised that such a relation governs the motions of the planets, an idea which was subsequently developed by Isaac Newton. Much of Hooke's scientific work was conducted in his capacity as curator of experiments of the Royal Society, a post he held from 1662, or as part of the household of Robert Boyle. (Wikipedia). Sprache: english.