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The Sacred Beetle and Other Great Essays in Science
by Gardner, Martin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0879752572
- ISBN 13
- 9780879752576
- Seller
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Silverdale, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0879752572 . Hardcover with dustjacket, book is in excellent condition, the former owner's name on the first blank page is the only remarkable flaw, the beige jacket is sunned to an off-white shade on the spine and a small portion of the front and rear panels, the jacket is clean and bright with no other flaws and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, this title is a revised edition of "Great Essays in Science" which was published in 1957, this edition contains "thirty-four brilliant essays by eminent philosophers, scientists and writers that deal with fundamental aspects of modern science, the authors include Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Isaac Asimov, H. G. Wells, William James, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jean Henri Fabre, Sigmund Freud and others ; 427 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mainly Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053680
- Title
- The Sacred Beetle and Other Great Essays in Science
- Author
- Gardner, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0879752572
- ISBN 13
- 9780879752576
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo, New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0879752572, Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
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