Galileo and the Scientific Revolution
by Laura Fermi & Gilberto Bernardini
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bradford, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Premier, 1965. 1st. Good. Mass market pb, Good condition. Some fading on front cover and spine, creases on back cover, spine tight, pages clean and clear, previous owner's name written on first page. Fawcett Premier Book R269. Part of the Science&Discovery series. Written by the wife of Enrico Fermi, who she worked with at the Institute for Nuclear Studies in Los Alamos, NM and the equally illustrious man who founded the National Institute for Nuclear Physics. This book by two illustrious physicists examines Galileo, his physics, and the development of the Scientific Revolution. First published by Basic Books in 1961, this pb by Premier is the first pb printing, May 1965. Rare because of its authors and written during the period of the beginning of the Atomic Age. Indexed. Bibliography. 128 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Star Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 733
- Title
- Galileo and the Scientific Revolution
- Author
- Laura Fermi & Gilberto Bernardini
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Fawcett Premier
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, CT
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Science, physics, fermi
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Bradford, Vermont
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