Chicago, Ilinois, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1974. CF4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of rubbing around the board edges plus there is some very, very light bumping of the right board corners plus there are the usual library labels, stamps, and marks on the front cover, front and back free endpapers, and dedication page plus there is a patch of glue staining with some light surface damage on the back fixed endpaper from a library pocket plus there is some light rubbing overall plus there is a tiny (less than 0.25") patch of board exposed at the back top right board corner plus there is a small (less than 0.25") nick in the center of the back board surface. A detailed study of an important eposide in the development of science that focuses on the philosophical questions concerning the scientific rationale. Endnotes, bibliography, indexed, 161p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

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Seller: Bookmarc's (US)
Seller's Inventory #: SCW09005
Title: Galileo: A Philosophical Study
Author: Shapere, Dudley
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0226750051
ISBN 13: 9780226750057
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication: Chicago, Ilinois, USA
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: Nonfiction Non-ficiton History Philosophy Science Galileo Intellectual History Principle Inertia Reason Experience Experiment Observation Empirical Method Experimental Method Scientific Method
Bookseller catalogs: Science / History of Science; Science / Philosophy of Science;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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