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Gentlemen of Science: Early Years of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

Gentlemen of Science: Early Years of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

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Gentlemen of Science: Early Years of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

by Morrell, Jack & Arnold Thackray

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Account of the role in society of the BAAS, for whose members the name 'scientist' was coined; and various questions, as addressed in the Victorian period, of the nature and scope of 'science'. Paperback reprint, first published in hardcover the previous year. Light wear, minor rubbing, one corner bumped. Text clean; xxi, [3], 592 pages; index, bibliography, appendices, a few portraits.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 6" by 9".

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Gentlemen of Science: Early Years of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Author
Morrell, Jack & Arnold Thackray
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Edition
ISBN 10
0195203968
ISBN 13
9780195203967
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Place of Publication
Oxford
Date Published
1982
Keywords
History of Science, Sociology, Great Britain, England, United Kingdom
Size
6" by 9"

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