dampier william cecil sir 1867 1952 (7 résultats)

Softcover. x, [1], 275 p.; 20 cm. (Harper torchbooks. Science library ; TB 512) [Orig. title: Cambridge readings., 1924] VG lightly edgeworn (not creased) orig. orange on black wrapper.

Hardcover. x, 149, [1] p.; 8 pl.; 22 cm. `The slow revival in Europe began in Byzantium and passed to Italy, while a separate movement appeared in northern countries. In the thirteenth century the works of Aristotle were rediscovered and translated into Latin, first from Arabic versions and then directly from the Greek. A second philosophic synthesis was put together by Albertus Magnus and St. Thomas Aquinas, and Christian doctrines were combined with Aristotelian science and philosophy in the great system of Scholasticism. Aristotle's modified Platonism was nearer a belief in the reality of individuals or "nominalism" than was Plato's theory that reality was only found in ideas or classes, and nominalism was a better philosophic background for the beginnings, if not for the modern depths of science, than Plato's idealistic realism. Most men of science talk nominalism without knowing it, as Monsieur Jourdain talked prose.' (p. 119 f.) VG orig. light green boards in blue dj. Edges & jacket lt. foxed.

Hardcover. 2nd printing. xxi, [1: errata], 514 p.; 23.5 cm. [First printed in 1929] Fair rubbed and spotted brick cloth. Rear hinge separating.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 215 pages; Physical desc. : x, 215 p. : diagrs. ; 20 cm. Subject: Land tenure - Great Britain. 1 Kg.

Second Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 275 p. ; 8º. Subject: Science - History. Scientific literature. Science - Addresses, essays, lectures. Cosmogony; the structure of the universe. Atomic theories; the nature of matter. Evolution: the development of life. The Book of Genesis. Aristarchus / Archimedes. Telescope / laboratory. Scientific theories. Other names: Whetham, Margaret Dampier. Genre: Illustrated, text. 1 Kg.

Second Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 190 pages; Physical desc. : pp. Viii. 190. 8vo. Subject: Eugenics. Heredity. Genetics. Society - influence - of - genetic factors. 1 Kg.

4th edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked leatherette. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxvii, 527 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Philosophy. Science History. Religion and science. Philosophy and science History. Religion and science History. 1 Kg.