Crisp, bright, clean pages; square, tight binding, the hard cover showing only a small tap and wrinkle at the bottom right front corner and light shelfwear at spine ends; the unclipped jacket has three small, dark spots at the bottom front edge and a little light crimping at spine ends and corners, otherwise excellent, now protected in a removable, clear sleeve.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Single Lens: The Story of the Simple Microscope

Publisher

Harper & Row

Publication Date

1985

Language

English

ISBN 10

0060153660

ISBN 13

9780060153663

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First American Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Science & Mathematics

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Synopsis

Traces the history of the microscope, looks at how the first specimens were prepared by Antony van Leeuwenhoek in the seventeenth century, and describes how the microscope has shaped the development of science

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