Science and Civilation
by Stauffer, Robert C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1949. Collection of addresses/essays on the relation between science & society through history; contributors are Richard P. McKeon, Lynn Thorndike, Max Black, Ernest Nagel, Philip E. LeCorbeiller, Farrington Daniels, Owsei Temkin, and William F. Ogburn. First edition. Hardcover, full brick cloth, brown titling. Light wear to book; jacket spine faded, missing about a half-inch at the head of the spine, rear panel badly creased, edges chipped; ink name on free endsheet. Text clean; xiii, [3], 212 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0107
- Title
- Science and Civilation
- Author
- Stauffer, Robert C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- History of Science, Aristotle, Medieval History, Scientific Method, Reduction, Physics, Sociology
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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