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Galileo Galilei: Two New Sciences Including Centers of Gravity & Force of Percussion
by Galilei, Galileo; Stillman Drake, [Tr.]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
[Madison, WI]: The University of Wisconsin Press (1974), 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 8vo. [4], v-xxxix, [5], 6-323, [3] pp. Brown cloth with black lettering on the spine. Illustrated with in-text diagrams. Translated and with notes from Stillman Drake, the famous historian of science and at one time, the world's leading Galileo scholar. With the bookplate of a physicist on the front pastedown, a few of his pencil marginalia throughout; jacket with some edge wear to its spine panel.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000013928
- Title
- Galileo Galilei: Two New Sciences Including Centers of Gravity & Force of Percussion
- Author
- Galilei, Galileo; Stillman Drake, [Tr.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The University of Wisconsin Press (1974)
- Place of Publication
- [Madison, WI]
- Date Published
- 1974
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