The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1960
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
AbeBooks seller since November 23, 1999
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 35.00
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Popular though technical history of the importance of the idea of objectivity in the formation of science from Galileo through Einstein, including the thought of Newton, Lavoisier, Darwin, Maxwell, Diderot, Goethe. Stout hardcover, as pictured; the first edition (first printing) with same date on title & copyright pages, noting no later printings. Light wear to book, spine ends & corners bumped; jacket rubbed & faded with some edgewear, short tears, chips; ink name crossed out, minor pencil marginalia noted & erased; some pages lightly tanned, others not. Text clean; [10], 562 pages; bibliographical essay, index, a few figures & equations. Size: Octavo.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
- Author
- Gillispie, Charles Coulston
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Publication year
- 1960
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- History of Science, Physics
Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
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Established in 1991, Bookworks has had an on-line presence since 1999, shipping thousands of books to, well, dozens of countries. We have several thousand books on display at Angela's Attic and the Best of Beloit antique malls on Highway 75/Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois, and at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We have thousands of uncatalogued books, though we're trying very hard to get them listed; please feel free to email or call with any enquiries. Member MWABA (MidWest Antiquarian Booksellers' Association) and IOBA (International Online Bookseller's Association).…
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