Source Book Medieval Science (22 results)

Condition: Very Good. Reissue. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Reissue. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Good-. GOOD-. Black cloth-bound boards, no jacket. Approx. 7'' x 10'' x 2''. Bumps and fraying to spine edges and corners of covers. Moderate rub wear to spine hinges and edges of boards. Very light acid wear to inside covers and end pages. Annotations and underlining in pencil to some pages. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with some loss. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xviii, 864 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. "This Source Book explores a millennium of European scientific thought accompanied by critical commentary and annotation; nearly half the selections appear for the first time in the vernacular. Representing 'science' in the medieval sense, selections include alchemy, astrology, logic, and theology as well as mathematics, physics, and biology." From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine.

Condition: new.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New. Reissue. Modern scholarship has exposed the intrinsic importance of medieval science and confirmed its role in preserving and transmitting Greek and Arabic achievements. This Source Book offers a rare opportunity to explore more than ten centuries of European scientific thought. In it are approximately 190 selections by about 85 authors, most of them from the Latin West. Nearly half of the selections appear here for the first time in any vernacular translation.The readings, a number of them complete treatises, have been chosen to represent "science" in a medieval rather than a modern sense. Thus, insofar as they are relevant to medieval science, selections have been drawn from works on alchemy, astrology, logic, and theology. Most of the book, however, reflects medieval understanding of, and achievements in, the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences. Critical commentary and annotation accompany the selections. An appendix contains brief biographies of all authors.This book will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars in the history of science.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 884 pages, 165 line illustrations, 22 tables. BIC Classification: HBLC1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1770. . 1974. Hardback. . . . .

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 884 pages, 165 line illustrations, 22 tables. BIC Classification: HBLC1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1770. . 1974. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardback. Condition: New. Reissue. Modern scholarship has exposed the intrinsic importance of medieval science and confirmed its role in preserving and transmitting Greek and Arabic achievements. This Source Book offers a rare opportunity to explore more than ten centuries of European scientific thought. In it are approximately 190 selections by about 85 authors, most of them from the Latin West. Nearly half of the selections appear here for the first time in any vernacular translation.The readings, a number of them complete treatises, have been chosen to represent "science" in a medieval rather than a modern sense. Thus, insofar as they are relevant to medieval science, selections have been drawn from works on alchemy, astrology, logic, and theology. Most of the book, however, reflects medieval understanding of, and achievements in, the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences. Critical commentary and annotation accompany the selections. An appendix contains brief biographies of all authors.This book will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars in the history of science.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover, 10 by 7 inches, 864 pages, index. Covers have very slight wear, hinges tight. Some pages had slight pencil underling which I erased. I may have missed a few lines.

Condition: Buono (Good). XVIII, 864 p.; 26 cm. Legatura edit. in tela con sovraccoperta. Qualche leggera traccia d'uso alla sovraccoperta, minime fioriture ai tagli ma molto buono internamente. Buono (Good).

Series: Source Books in the History of the Sciences. Thick 8vo. xviii, 864 pp. Index. Black cloth, gilt-stamped spine; corners slightly bumped, spine faded. Bookplate. Very good. Scarce.

Gr.-8°. XVIII, 864 Pages. Original Cloth-Volume (gilt Lettering on the Spine). No Dust-jacket. Ex-Library-Copy. Rests of a Library-Sticker on the Spine. Library-Stamp [dropped out] on Title and Cutting. No Markings in the Text! No Underlinings! No private Owner's Note! Volume bound in transparent, selfadhesive Foil. (Source Books in the History of the Sciences). …

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