Man and His Universe
by Langdon-Davies, John
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/None
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1930, hardcover, xxi-341 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Fair condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, boards rubbed, chipping to backstrip, corners and board edges, text block age-toned. Langdon-Davies attempts to place Man in his proper place in the Universe to date based upon that which has gone before. Cited and discussed are such ideas as; God, science, the Bible, the universe itself, sun worship, the Medieval outlook, the first Renaissance, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Blake, Darwin, Einstein, and the New Renaissance. Illustrated with 14 black-&-white plates from drawings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8192
- Title
- Man and His Universe
- Author
- Langdon-Davies, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition stated, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cosmology; Evolution; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Relativity; Science
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About the Seller
West of Eden Books
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- Chipping
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- Text Block
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- Fair
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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