Harman Peter Michael (3 results)

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The covers and pages are clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by Dominic Harman. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Harman, Dominic (illustrator).

First edition. 8vo. xvi, 168 pp. Printer's device on title, bibliography, index. Gilt-stamped blue cloth, dust-jacket. Near fine. [br] Harman was Professor of the History of Science at Lancaster University. ISBN: 0710804512.

Condition: Minor rubbing. VG. orig.wrappers Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, viii,343 pp, PAPERBACK. "Since the 'scientific revolution' of the seventeenth century, a great number of distinguished scientists and mathematicians have been associated with the University of Cambridge. Cambridge Scientific Minds provides a portrait of some of the most eminent scientists associated with the University over the past 400 years, including accounts of the work of three of the greatest figures in the entire history of science, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and James Clerk Maxwell. The chronological balance reflects the increasing importance of science in the recent history of the University. The book comprises personal memoirs and historical essays, including contributions by leading Cambridge scientists. Cambridge Scientific Minds will be of interest not only to graduates of the University, science students and historians of science, but to anyone wishing to gain an insight into some of the greatest scientific minds in history" - Publisher's description.…