Bernard R Goldstein (127 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: As New. : Este libro explora la vida y obra de Abraham Zacut, figura clave en la astronomía de la Península Ibérica durante el siglo XV. Analiza su contribución al campo de la astronomía y su impacto en la ciencia de la época. La obra incluye referencias bibliográficas y un índice detallado para facilitar la investigación. EAN: 9788478002320 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia|Ciencias Título: Abraham Zacut (1452-1515) y la astronomía en la Península Ibérica Autor: José Chabás| Bernard R. Goldstein Editorial: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca Idioma: es-ES Páginas: 215 Formato: tapa blanda.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Secord, Nature's fancy: Charles Darwin and the breeding of pigeons. Shapin, Of gods and kings: natural philosophy and politics in the Leibniz-Clarke disputes. Pickering, The hunting of the quark. Goldstein, The Hebrew astronomical tradition: new sources. Notes & correspondence. News of the profession. Essay reviews. Book reviews. Notes on contributors. 10.0" tall; 174 pages.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Offprint from the journal Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia Della Scienza, Vol XXXI, New Series, Issue 3. Signed on title page by co-author Alan Bowen as "Alan," with inscription to "Professor Pritchett," likely William Kendrick Pritchett, scholar of ancient Greek history. Uncommon as signed. Good, with tight binding. Light edge wear, marks, and rubs to covers, a few inked notations in margins of text. Printed yellow wraps (softcover), pp 689-729; 24 cm. [9].…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. x, 404 pp; illus. Original cloth. Fine, in dust jacket. This copy does NOT have any library markings. First Edition. Contains the Hebrew text. "Excellent edition" (D.S.B. 7: 364).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 404pp. Dustjacket has some shelfwear.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Astronomy in the Iberian Peninsula: Abraham Zacut and the Transition from Manuscript to Print Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 90. P. Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcovers journal; minor shelfwear; o/w in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Assumed Reprint. A nice clean tight book, previous owner's stamp on front verso otherwise unmarked. light green card covers with a little sunning to spine edge. Reprint not stated but 'new series ' is hence reprint assumed. Volume 57 Part 4 originally published June 1967.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 196 pp. Near Fine, in original wrappers.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1967. 408 pages. Red cloth hardcover with black titles and gilt decoration at spine, very good. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar, lightly edgeworn, scuffed to rear cover, and lightly sunned to spine. Small green design rubber-stamped at ffep. Interior else clean and unmarked.…

Condition: New. Idioma/Language: Español. Abraham Zacut (1452-1515), astrónomo natural de Salamanca, fue una destacada personalidad intelectual de la comunidad judía de la península en la época inmediatamente anterior a la expulsión de los judíos en 1492. *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla. …

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. 1. LIBRO.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing. 8vo. 307 pp. Near Fine. Subtle wear to boards.

Rústica. Condition: Nuevo. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. ZONUNIV.

TAPA BLANDA. Condition: New.

Hard cover. Added t.p. in Hebrew: Sepher be-taame luhoth al-Khvarizmi. Includes bibliographical references and index. Very good in very good dust jack.

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Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Description: A scholarly edition and English translation of two medieval Hebrew versions of Ibn al-Muthannâ's commentary on the astronomical tables of the influential Persian mathematician and astronomer al-Khwârizmî. Edited, translated, and supplied with an extensive astronomical commentary by historian of science Bernard R. Goldstein. The volume presents important source material concerning the transmission of Islamic mathematics and astronomy through Hebrew scholarship and into the European scientific tradition. Text in English and Hebrew, with astronomical tables, diagrams, notes, and commentary. Published as Volume 2 in the series Yale Studies in the History of Science and Medicine. x, 404 pages. Detailed Condition: Very Good hardcover in a Good dust jacket. Binding remains firm and the interior is generally clean. Several ink numbers, prices, and other brief notations appear on the front free endpaper. Page edges show mild age toning. Original orange-and-cream dust jacket is present and shows rubbing, scuffing, surface wear, edge creasing, and small chips and tears, most noticeably along the upper edge and at the spine ends and corners. The light-colored rear panel is soiled and rubbed. No institutional library markings are visible in the supplied photographs. Please consult the photographs for the most accurate representation of condition. Significance / Collector Appeal: A specialized primary-source study in the history of mathematics, Islamic astronomy, and medieval Jewish scholarship. Al-Khwârizmî's name is the source of the word "algorithm," and his mathematical and astronomical writings played a central role in the transmission of scientific knowledge from the Islamic world to medieval Europe. This first edition will appeal to collectors and scholars of astronomy, mathematics, Islamic science, Hebrew manuscripts, and the history of scientific ideas. Shipping and Returns: Carefully packed and shipped in a protective box. USPS Media Mail available within the United States. Expedited and international shipping available at additional cost. Thirty-day returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 4b. …

Wire-stitched. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). First Edition. Spine and surrounding area a little faded; 55p. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, vol 57, pt4] . Text in Arabic, Commentary in English. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. In English.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. x, 1 leaf, 307, [1] pp, 1 leaf; 68 figs. Original cloth. Very Good to Near Fine, without dust jacket (as issued). Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences 11.