Robert Hooke and the English renaissance / edited by Paul Kent and Allan Chapman
by Chapman, Allan
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0852445873
- ISBN 13
- 9780852445877
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Leominster, Herefordshire : Gracewing, 2005. 1st edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 191 pages: illustrations, portraits. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Robert Hooke: London's Leonardo / Edward C. Hambly -- Robert Hooke: the man and his ideas / Allan Chapman -- Hooke's early life at Oxford / Paul W. Kent -- Hooke and the Royal Society / John Enderby -- Hooke's concepts of the earth in space / Ellen Tan Drake -- Hooke's telescopic observations of solar system bodies / Allan Chapman -- The impact of Hooke's Micrographia and its influence on microscopy / Gerard L'E. Turner -- Springs, and Hooke's mechanical genius / Allan A. Mills -- The civic virtue of Robert Hooke / Michael A.R. Cooper. Subjects: Hooke, Robert 1635-1703. Science England History 17th century. Science history. Architects England London; Biography. Scientists Great Britain; Biography. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. History. Illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
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- Title
- Robert Hooke and the English renaissance / edited by Paul Kent and Allan Chapman
- Author
- Chapman, Allan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0852445873
- ISBN 13
- 9780852445877
- Publisher
- Leominster, Herefordshire : Gracewing
- Place of Publication
- Leominster
- Date Published
- 2005
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