Isbn: 9780907628798 - Science, Optics and Music in Medieval and Early Modern Thought (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xxii, 474pp. Rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle rubbing and bumps to corners and edges of boards. Faint toning to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, square, and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A.C. Crombie is one of the best known writers on the history of Science. Science, Optics and Music in Medieval and Early Modern Thought brings together a coherent body of essays that complement his books and are of independent value. A.C. Crombie traces general themes in the development of Science: the Aristotelian inheritance and the importance of the search for logical explanation in the middle ages; the ambitions and limitations of experiment and quantification; changing attitudes to scientific progress; the relations between Science and the Arts, and between Mathematics, Music and Medical Science; and the study of the senses. In particular he shows how the mechanistic hypothesis stimulated the experimental and philosophical study of vision.(Publisher).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very Good.

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Schutzumschlag. London, Hambledon (1990). gr.8°. Some figs. XXII, 474 p. Hardbound with dust jacket. Incl. Bibliography of Crombie.- Slightly browned, otherwise in very good condition.

Hardbound Clothbinding. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. 474 pp. Flawless book and dj.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:0907628796. …

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:0907628796.