SCIENTIFIC TYPES
by CROWTHER, J.G
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About This Item
London: Barrie & Rockcliff Cresset Press, 1968. 1st ed. . Black Cloth. VG/VG-. 14.5 Cm x 22.5 Cm. 408 pp, 11 portrait plates ex.pag. (none for James Dewar, though no indication of removal so presume never included); internally clean, tight & unmarked in clean unworn covers, unclipped wrapper, thin dark strip along edges, a few minor dust marks, fr.wraparound has crease along text-edge. Brief biographical accounts of three representatives of each of 4 'types': 'Individual Investigators', Teachers, Scientific Inventors, Organizers. Rayleigh, Thomas Young, T.H.Huxley, Tyndall, De Morgan, Babbage & Airy among those covered. Crowther was an extremely prolific popular science writer of the mid-20th century.
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- Bookseller
- Douglas Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004872
- Title
- SCIENTIFIC TYPES
- Author
- CROWTHER, J.G
- Format/Binding
- Black Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Barrie & Rockcliff Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 14.5 Cm x 22.5 Cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY
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