Understanding Space-Time: The Philosophical Development of Physics from Newton to Einstein.
Cambridge, 2008. Third Printing. Paperback. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 173pp. More
ESTABLISHED IN 1965
Cambridge, 2008. Third Printing. Paperback. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 173pp. More
Berlin: Verlag von G. W. F. Müller, 1853. Hardcover. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. viii 292pp. German language text. Bound in dark green boards, gilt lettering and design to spine. Two double page plates of scientific instruments in rear. Lacking the frontispiece portrait.Two previous owner's bookplates on front fixed endpaper..... More
Independence Square, Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1982. Paperback. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. 60pp. Tan wrappers. Signed and inscribed by the author on the cover. More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1994. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 169pp. Bound in full brown leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 5 raised bands to spine. Silk moire endpapers and ribbon. Unused Easton Press bookplate laid-in. More
Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 2005. Paperback. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 350pp. French langauge text. Some light smudging to the foredges. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Perseus Publishing, 1997. First Edition thus. Hardcover. 22 x 14 cm. Octavo. xxix 144pp. xxvii 152pp. Hardcover copy in dust jacket. First edition thus of this edition which reprints two of Feynman's earlier books into one volume. Full numberline ending in 1. More
Reading, Massachusetts: W. A. Benjamin, Inc. / Advanced Book Program, 1972. Paperback. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 354pp. Graphs, equations, index. Previous owner's name on first page, else unmarked. Mild shelf wear. Part of the series Frontiers in Physics: A Lecture Note and Reprint Series. More
Reading, Massachusetts: The Advanced Book Program / Addison-Wesley, 1998. First Printing Thus. Paperback. 23 x 16 cm. Octavo. 354pp. Classic graduate lecturee note volume on statistical mechanics and the physics of condensed matter. More
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1966. Fourth Printing. Paperback. Complete three volume paperback set. 28 x 21.5 cm. Quarto. No markings. Some minor shelf wear and cover discoloration. Volumes 1 and 2 are 4th printings, volume 3 is a 3rd printing. Complete 3 volume set. Vol 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation and Heat..... More
Paris: Chez J. Klostermann Fils, Libraire de l'Ecole impériale Polytechnique, rue du Jardinet, n0. 13, quartier Saint=André-des-Ares, 1813. Deuxième Edition. Hardcover. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. xiv 484pp 9 plates in rear. French language text, translated from the German.Bound in half leather with marble boards and foredges. Previous owner's bookplate..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Book club edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. xvi 279pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. A few pages (~4) have some underlining and a name has been whited out on the front free endapper. Stamp on rear endpaper. More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921. Second Edition. Hardcover. 25 x 16 cm. 365pp. Figures, index. Previous owner's bookplate, a professor of physics, on front fixed endapper and an optician's stamp oin front and rear free endpaper. Toning to the spine. Some rubbing to the corners. More
Cambridge University Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 26 x 18 cm. Royal octavo. 195pp. Color plates. Blue cloth in dust jacket. There is some toning to the edges of the cloth and jacket flaps. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. More
Berlin: Springer, 2005. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. XIX 459pp. Illustrated boards. Translated into English from the German second edition by Ann M. Hentschel. More
Cambridge University Press, 1999. Hardcover. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Royal octavo. 285pp. Brown cloth in dust jacket. The corners are bumped. There are a few scattered pencil marks. More
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 26 x 21.5 cm. 447pp. Purple cloth in dust jacket. First printing with number line ending in 1. Small chip out of back of jacket. Crease to rear jacket flap. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 252pp. Green cloth in dust jacket. Light toning to the edges of jacket flaps. More
Oxford University Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 215pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. More
Cambridge University Press, 1998. Paperback. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 232pp. Index. More
Cambridge University Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 232pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Index, endnotes. Some scratching to the jacket. This book provides an introductory yet comprehensive account of James Clerk Maxwell's physics and worldview. More
Cambridge University Press, 2002. First Paperback edition. Paperback. 23.5 x 19.5 cm. Octavo. 531pp. Light edgewear. A collection of 20 original essays in the history of science and mathematics written in honour of D. T. Whiteside. The topics covereed embrace the main thmes of Whiteside's scholarly work, emphasizing Newtonian topics..... More
New York and London: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. 20.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. xxix 336pp. 8 fold-out plates in rear. Bound in blue cloth. With a new introduction by Duane H. D. Roller. The Sources of Science, No. 90. Facsimile of the second edition done in London..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1946. Second Edition, Twenty-Third Printing. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 756pp. Diagrams, charts, graphs, index. Green cloth in the uncommon dust jacket. All four corners of jacket are clipped, spine and back of jacket are sunned, back and spine of jacket shows..... More
Cambridge University Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 25.5 x 18 cm. 684pp. Black boards in dust jacket. First edition with first published 1987on copyright page. Toning to jacket flaps. Published to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. More
Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 606pp. Brown cloth in dust jacket. First edition with full numberline. Top corners are bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Some scuffing to the edges of the boards. Fading to jacket..... More