Pemberley Natural History Books

The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future

Moore, Peter · 2015

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Chatto & Windus London xvi, 395, illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. An engaging history of the pioneering scientists and inventors who sought to understand and predict the weather. Examines the work of Luke Howard, Francis Beaufort, James Glaisher, Samuel Morse and Admiral Robert FitzRo...

A History of Chemistry

Bensaude-Vincent, B.; Stengers, I. · 1996

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Harvard University Press 305, . . HB. Vg in d/w.. Translated by Deborah van Dam.. [9780674396593]

Seeing Further: The Story of Science and The Royal Society

Bryson, B. (Ed.) · 2010

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Harper Press [vi], 490, col + b/w illus. . HB. Fine in d/w - as new.. First edition. Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson among...

Butterfly cooing like a Dove

Rothschild, Miriam · 1991

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Doubleday London xv, 215, col illus. . HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. In this informal autobiographical anthology, the author follows the trail of wings through history, art, science, and literature.. [9780385269155]

Scottish chemistry, classification and the late mineralogical career of the 'ingenious' Professor John Walker (1779-1803)

Eddy, M.D. · 2004

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Cambridge University Press 27, . . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 37(4), No. 135: 373-399 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

Vitalism and teleology in the natural philosophy of Nehemiah Grew

Garrett, B. · 2003

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Cambridge University Press 19, . . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 36(1), No. 128: 63-81 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

The Discovery of Natural Goods: Newton's Vocation as an 'Experimental Philosopher' [and] Hidden Truths of Creation: Newton's Methods of Fluxions

Ben-Chaim, M. · 2001

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Cambridge University Press 22; 22, text figs. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 34(4), No. 123: 395-416; 417-438 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

Unpacking Goethe's Collections: the public and the private in natural-history collecting

Hamm, E.P. · 2001

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Cambridge University Press 25, 4 text figs. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 34(3), No. 122: 275-300 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

On Time: History, Science, and Commemoration

Ashworth, W.; Agar, J.; Hughes, J. · 2000

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Cambridge University Press 130, b/w photos. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 33(4), No. 119 - Special issue. A collection of papers on the subject of time, with essays on the scientific past, remembrance and scientific heri...

Encyclopedia of Antique Scientific Instruments

Mills, John Fitzmaurice · 1983

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Aurum Press London 255, 16 col plates, b/w photos. . HB. Vg in d/w.. First truly comprehensive record of antique scientific instruments. More than 700 entries arranged in alphabetical order, covering not only the objects themselves but also the famous inventors and instrument-...

The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus.

Gingerich, O. · 2004

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

William Heinemann London xii, 306, 8 col plates, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. Name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. After three decades of investigation, and after traveling hundreds of thousands of miles across the globe-from Melbourne to Moscow, Boston to Beijing - Gingerich...

Butterfly Cooing like a Dove

Rothschild, Miriam · 1991

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Doubleday London xv, 215, col illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Foot of spine bumped with corresponding small tear to d/w.. In this informal autobiographical anthology, the author follows the trail of wings through history, art, science, and literature.. [9780385269155]

The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke 1635-1703

Inwood, S. · 2002

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

MacMillan xxix, 497, 37 b/w photos, 2 maps. . HB. Vg in d/w. Previous owner's name and ink ownership stamp to endpaper.. . [9780333782866]

Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist

Consolmagno, Guy · 2000

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

McGraw-Hill vi, 229, . . HB. Vg in d/w.. Ever since Galileo was forced to recant his proofs of a sun-centered solar system, the Roman Catholic Church has been considered hostile toward science. Not quite true, argues Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno in his moving and intellectua...

Renaissance Genius: Galileo Galilei and His Legacy to Modern Science

Whitehouse, David · 2009

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Sterling Publishing Co 256, col photos. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and inscription to endpaper.. Four hundred years ago, Galileo Galilei first used the telescope to gaze at the heavens. In honour of that annivers...

Galileo, Science, and the Church

Langford, J.J. · 1992

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

University of Michigan Press xv, 225, text figs. . PB. Vg. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ink ownership stamp to flyleaf.. Third edition. A penetrating account of the confrontation between Galileo and the Church of Rome.. [978047...

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

Watson, J.D. · 1968

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Atheneum New York xvi, 226, b/w photos, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Very faint tape marks to endpaper. Good in worn d/w (price-clipped; tears to head of spine and top fore-corner of rear panel neatly repaired; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition, second pri...

Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination

Appleby, J. · 2013

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Norton New York [xi], 308, text figs. . HB. Fine in d/w.. . [9780393239515]

Curiosity: How Science became interested in everything

Ball, P. · 2012

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Bodley Head London viii, 465, text figs. . HB. Fine.. . [9781847921727]

The Nature of Science: The History of Science in Western Culture since 1600

Knight, D. · 1976

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Andre Deutsch London 215, . . HB. Vg in d/w.. First edition.. [9780233968148]