Wightman William (186 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. ASIN: B000QA2AIY Hardcover; shelf wear and fading to cover; corners bumped; former owner's name written on front endpaper; small amount of underlinin g; fading to pages; otherwise in good condition with tight binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of two novelets and six short stories. Featured are Strongbow by R Garcia Y Robertson (novelet), The Attack of the Ignoroids by Wayne Wightman (novelet), Hooking up by Michael Kandel (short story), The Beastly Red Lurker by Michael Nethercott (short story), The Girl Who Ate Butterflies by M Rickert (short story), Total Conversion by Marc Laidlaw (short story), Jennifer, Just Before Midnight by William Sanders (short story) and Salvage Efforts by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (short story) Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Rough w/ Protective Cover. Good condition. There is an ownership mark on the FEP. The d.j is in rough condition. There is a chip on the front cover up to 1 1/2" deep by 3 3/4" long. The d.j also has rubbing and edge wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Paperback. Reprint edition. Good/Wraps (31652) . Trade paperback, good condition, w. lsmwht rubbed wraps, marks and sm scuffs. Reading crease, sme wear at sp edges. Ltly concave sp, v. lt sp creases. Tanned p. edges, soil/soil foxing. Ltly tanned ins wraps, sme pp. O/w cln, tight, unmarked. 495.

Condition: Very Good. Yale University Press New Haven, CT 1953 red cloth boards. text block crisp. dust jacket rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Edge wear to jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good William P. D. Wightman's wide-ranging history of the development of scientific thought, tracing several of the dominant ideas that shaped science from antiquity through the modern period. Rather than presenting discovery as a simple procession of dates and famous names, Wightman examines how scientific concepts emerged, interacted, and gradually changed humanity's understanding of the natural world. Illustrated throughout in black and white, including a reproduced title page from Giovanni Alfonso Borelli's seventeenth-century De Motu Animalium. The volume comprises x, 495 pages. Wightman was a historian and philosopher of science whose work became part of the developing academic discipline of the history of science during the mid-twentieth century. The book is described bibliographically as a guide to the development of scientific thought through selected dominant ideas. Condition: Good. Original red cloth boards with black lettering and Yale University Press device to the spine. Cloth shows moderate rubbing, faint mottling and uneven discoloration, with light wear and softening at the corners and spine ends. Top edge is darkened and dust-soiled; remaining text-block edges show general age toning. Interior pages are moderately toned but appear clean and legible in the areas examined. No ownership inscriptions, underlining, or extensive annotations were observed in the photographed pages. Binding remains intact. Lacking the dust jacket. Please review all photographs for the most accurate representation of condition. An accessible mid-century survey of the history and philosophy of science, suitable for readers interested in scientific methodology, intellectual history, ancient and early-modern science, and the evolution of major scientific concepts. This 1953 Yale printing is not particularly scarce, but it remains a substantial and useful reference work. Carefully packed and shipped by KC Midwest Books. Domestic orders generally ship by USPS Media Mail unless another service is requested. International shipping is available; additional postage may be required for overseas orders. Returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks' return policy. SCI 2b.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. DJ: Good. 495 pp. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2. Maroon cloth covered boards, stamped in black on spine.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 191 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Renaissance. Science and civilization. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Spine has some fading. Corners are beginning to chip.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in very good condition with very good condition dust jacket. Dust jacket is in mylar sleeve. Name plate on inside of front cover.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 191 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Renaissance. Science and civilization. 1 Kg.

1953, History of Science, Yale University, 495 p., very good cloth and good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked text. Some wear around the edges. Topics include matter and motion, the telescope, nature and life, electricity, the Darwinian Revolution and more. Bibliography, Chronology, Indices. 495p. Relativity is briefly mentioned in this mid-twentieth century publication, but it appears that quantum theory is omitted.…

Condition: Good. 1953 EDITION. DJ IS TATTERED ALONG THE EDGES. RED COVER HAS A LITTLE SHELF WEAR. NAME AND YEAR ON FLY-LEAF. 495 PAGE TEXT HAS LIGHT WEAR. SCIENCE. 6'' X 8.5''. WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. The photos in the listing are of the actual book you will receive. #110/1000. Fine as new condition. See photos clphE.

Condition: New. Chattock, Richard S (illustrator).

Condition: New. Chattock, Richard S (illustrator).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Illustrated. 495pp. 8vo, printed boards. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953. Very good.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Near Fine. Vol. 97, No. 2 (whole #576). Edited by Gordon Van Gelder. Cover art by Bob Eggleton for "Strongbow" (novelet) by R. Garcia y Robertson. Includes "The Attack of the Ignoroids" (novelet) by Wayne Wightman; "Hooking Up" by Michael Kandel; "The Beastly Red Lurker" by Michael Nethercott; "The Girl Who Ate Butterflies" by M. Rickert; "Total Conversion" by Marc Laidlaw; "Jennifer, Just before Midnight" by William Sanders; "Salvage Efforts" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Departments: "Books to Look for" by Charles de Lint; "Musing on Books" by Michelle West; "Science: The Shadow Knows" by Paul Dogerty and Pat Murphy; "Coming Attractions"; "Curiosities" by Ruth Berman. Minor handling wear and edge tanning. No label, never was. Book.…

Condition: New. In English.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Life Of William Capers, D.d. Book.