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- Used
Seller: KCMidwestbooks, Leawood, KS, U.S.A.KCMidwestbooks
AbeBooks seller since June 10, 2024
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 15.00
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Edited by Arthur Rook. Published by Penguin Books, Baltimore, Maryland, 1964 (Pelican Books A536). Based on Moments of Discovery, edited by George Schwartz and Philip W. Bishop (first published in the U.S.A. in 1958); first published in Pelican Books in 1964. With eight plates. Softcover, printed in Great Britain. A history of the science of life and the struggle against disease, from Hippocrates and Aristotle through Vesalius, Harvey, Linnaeus, Darwin, Mendel, Pasteur and Lister, with extracts from the writings of the great biologists and brief biographies. Cover design by Germano Facetti. Condition: Good. Paperback with creasing and chipping to the spine, the covers flaring slightly, rubbing and creasing to the covers, small chips at the edges and soiling to the back cover. Text block toned. See photographs. Carefully packed for shipment. Domestic shipping via USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. Expedited and international shipping available where permitted. Returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 6a.…
Seller Inventory # ABE-1792787872477
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Origins and Growth of Biology
- Author
- Rook, Arthur (editor)
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Baltimore
- Publication year
- 1964
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Item weight
- 1 pound
- Seller catalogs
- Anthologies, Biology, History of Science
KCMidwestbooks
Leawood, KS, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since June 10, 2024
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