WHAT IS SCIENCE? TWELVE EMINENT SCIENTISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS EXPLAIN THEIR VARIOUS FIELDS TO THE LAYMAN
by Newman, James R. [editor]
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 493pp. Contents include essays on human life, mathematics and logic, astronomy, physics, chemistry, bioloby, evolution and genetics, psychology, anthropology, psychoanalysis. Among the contributors are Bertrand Russell, Julian Husley, Erich Fromm. Each topic is prefaced with biographical notes on the author. Prev. owner's signature on ff end paper, otherwise tight and clean. Jacket has minor rubs at edges. [loc=sci.]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7902
- Title
- WHAT IS SCIENCE? TWELVE EMINENT SCIENTISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS EXPLAIN THEIR VARIOUS FIELDS TO THE LAYMAN
- Author
- Newman, James R. [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Science, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, logic, chemistry, genetics, psychology, anthropology
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