Christian Huygens and the Development of Science in the Seventeenth Century

Bell, A. E.

Published by Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1950

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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Biography of the Dutch scientist and account of his widely-varied studies; the author notes he was too much influenced by Descartes and his main influence on Newton may have been to spur him to consolidate & publish his ideas, yet he was still the greatest European man of science between the death of Galileo and the rise of Newton. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the second printing, 1950 - first published three years earlier. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor silverfishing to the spine, two tiny spots to front panel. Text clean, no names or marks; 220 pages; index, short bibliography, brief notes on persons mentioned, figures, equations, a few b/w plates. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # w0450

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Title: Christian Huygens and the Development of ...

Publisher: Edward Arnold & Co., London

Publication Date: 1950

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: Second Printing.

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