Matematica e fisica

KNOWLEDGE AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST 1575-1725

KELLER Vera · 2017 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Cambridge University Press, 2017. 9781107526013 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (light wear at head of spine - otherwise near Fine). Pp. x + 350, illus with figures (previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper and light pencil marks in margins of ...

THE DISUNITY OF SCIENCE Boundaries Contexts and Power

GALISON Peter, STUMP David J. · 1996 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Stanford University Press, 1996. 9780804724364 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (boards lightly bowed - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xiv + 567 (no inscriptions).

WHITE LIGHT The Essential Element that Changed the World

LOHMANN Jack · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Oneworld, 2025. 9781836430872 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered white cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 273, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

PHYSICS IN MINERVA'S ACADEMY Early to Mid-Eighteenth-Century Appropriations of Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy at the University of Leiden and in the Dutch Republic at Large 1687 - c. 1750 (Learned Cultures and Their Institutions Volume 37)

DUCHEYNE Steffen · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Leiden: Brill, 2025. 9789004716155 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (top corners of upper and lower boards bumped - otherwise near Fine). Pp. xv + 460, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

DISPLAYS OF LEARNING Studies in Early Modern Art and Science

SODERLUND Inga Elmqvist, GILLGREN Peter, LAINE Merit, SNICKARE Marten · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, 2024. 9789188763501 Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 191, illus with coloured and b&w plates and photos (no inscriptions).

THE PATTERN OF CHANGE A Mathematical and Philosophical Study of How We See the World

MOODY Robert V., MING-DAO Deng · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Cambridge University Press, 2025. 9781009546539 Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xvi + 584, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

ASPECTS OF VAGUENESS

SKALA Heinz J., TERMINI S., TRILLAS E. · 1984 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1984 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (spine and edges of boards faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. vii + 304, illus with b&w figures (ex academic library with usual stamps and marks; previous owner's neat inscription on front endp...

COME LET'S PLAY Scenario-Based Programming Using LSCs and the Play-Engine

HAREL David, MARELLY Rami · 2003 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Springer, 2003 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG. Pp. xviii + 382, illus with coloured and b&w figures (lacks CD; no inscriptions).

MATHEMATICAL RECREATIONS AND ESSAYS

ROUSE BALL W.W., COXETER H.S.M. · 1959 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Macmillan and Co., 1959 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (light spotting on page edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 418, illus with b&w figures in text (no inscriptions).

THE MATHEMAGICIAN AND PIED PUZZLER A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner

BERLEKAMP Elwyn, RODGERS Tom · 1999 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Natick MA: A K Peters, 1999. 9781568810751 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. x + 266, illus with b&w figures in text (no inscriptions).

HOMAGE TO A PIED PUZZLER

PEGG Ed, SCHOEN Alan H., RODGERS Tom · 2009 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Wellesley MA: A K Peters, 2009. 9781568813158 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. xxviii + 285, illus with b&w photos and figures in text (no inscriptions).

TRIBUTE TO A MATHEMAGICIAN

CIPRA Barry, DEMAINE Erik D., DEMAINE Martin L., RODGERS Tom · 2005 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Wellesley MA: A K Peters, 2005. 9781568812045 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. xli + 262, illus with b&w photos and figures in text (no inscriptions).

MARTIN GARDNER 4 Volumes Knotted Doughnuts, Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers, Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments, Fractal Music Hypercards and More

GARDNER Martin · 1986 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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New York: W.H. Freeman & Co., 1986-1991 4 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softbacks) (near Fine). Pp. various, illus with b&w figures in text (no inscriptions). Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments (1986), Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers and the...

HEX STRATEGY Making the Right Connections

BROWNE Cameron · 2000 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Natick MA: A K Peters, 2000 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. xiii + 363, illus with b&w figures in text (no inscriptions).

FROM PAST TO FUTURE Grassmann's Work in Context Grassmann Bicentennial Conference September 2009

GRASSMANN Hermann, PETSCHE Hans-Joachim, LEWIS Albert C., LIESEN Jorg, RUSS Steve [Editors] · 2011 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Basel: Birkhäuser, 2011. 9783034604048 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (small mark on fore-edge - otherwise near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xx + 580, illus with coloured and b&w photos, tables and figures (previous owner's neat inscription on fro...

CRITICIZING SCIENCE Stephen Jay Gould and the Struggle for American Democracy

PEREZ Myrna · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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John Hopkins University Press, 2024. 9781421450155 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original white lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xii + 248 (no inscriptions).

HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS Volume I General Survey of the History of Elementary Mathematics [&] Volume II. Special Topics of Elementary Mathematics

SMITH David Eugene · 2003 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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New York: Dover Publications, c. 2003 2 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softbacks) (small crease at fore-edge of upper cover of vol I - otherwise VG). Pp. xxii + 596 [&] xii + 725, with b&w illus (previous owner's neat inscription on title pages).

SODA SCIENCE Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola

GREENHALGH Susan · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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University of Chicago Press, 2024. 9780226834733 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. x + 354, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

A TREATISE OF MECHANICS Theoretical Practical and Descriptive Volume I [&] Volume II

GREGORY Olinthus · 1806 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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George Kearsley, 1806 2 vols only. 8vo (9¼ x 6 ins). Rebound in recent gilt lettered quarter calf on marbled paper-laid boards with new endpapers (near Fine). Pp. xx + iv + [4] + 547 + [1] errata [&] vii + [1] + 514 + [2] publisher's catalogue (lacks plates; pages rather toned...

A TREATISE OF ALGEBRA With the Application of It to a Variety of Problems in Arithmetic to Geometry Trigonometry and Conic Sections with the Several Methods of Solving and Constructing Equations of the Higher Kind

WOLFIUS Christian [Christian Freiherr von Wolff], HANNA John [Translator] · 1739 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1739 1st edn. 8vo (8 x 4¾ ins). Contemporary polished calf, spine and part of lower board replaced in modern calf, with new gilt lettered label, red sprinkled edges (corners rather worn). Pp. (lacks prelims prior to title) xii + 340, il...