mcgill queen's university press 1988 montreal (7 résultats)

First edition. xx, 305 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. White cloth with red stamped spine lettering. Interior pages are bright and clean. A near fine copy. ISBN 0773506446.

Queen's Quarterly. 8vo. 135 pp. Illus. Pictorial boards. Fine. ISBN: 0773506896 Based on lectures and papers given at a conference held at Queen's University, in 1987, and celebrating the tercentenary of the publication of Newton's Principia Mathematica--Cf. pref. "This lively collection of lectures presented at the symposium by prominent scholars was collected and edited by Marcia Stayer with the assistance of Boris Castel. The chapters outline the influence of the "Principia" on the work of Newton's contemporaries - such as Adam Smith - and on many areas of present-day science: particle physics, optics, astronomy, and non-mechanical fields such as computer theory. Contributors include A.P. French, Werner Israel, W.H. Newton-Smith, David Raphael, Stephen Smale, Steven Weinberg, Richard S. Westfall, and Denys Wilkinson. This book will be of interest to both general readers and students of science." CONTENTS: Newton and the Scientific Revolution; Science, Rationality, and Newton; Newton and Adam Smith; Isaac Newton, Explorer of the Real World; From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The History of a Revolutionary Idea; The Newtonian Contribution to Our Understanding of the Computer; Newton's Dream; Symmetry in Art and Nature; Contributors; Organizing Committee.

Etat : Fine. First paper bound printing. Paper bound. Fine condition.

8vo. pp. xii, 144. b/w illus. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.

oblong 4to. pp. xvii, 138. numerous full-page illus. cloth. dw. First Edition.

ix + 254pp., editor's hardcover in blue cloth, dustwrapper, 24cm., good condition, G88572.

8vo. 5 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Volumes 1-4 are published by Clarendon Press. Volume 5 is published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Volume 1 d/w faded otherwise all volumes are fine in fine d/ws. Fanny' Burneys earliest journals published for the first time in their original state, freed from the prudent afterthoughts of her old age. Several thousand lines heavily scored over have been deciphered. Volume 1. 1768-1773; volume 2. 1774-1777; volume 3. The Streatham Years Part I, 1778-1779; volume 4. The Streatham Years Part II, 1780-1781; volume 5. 1782-1783.