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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1972. (new, revised edition). Hardbound. FINE / Good+. Book - as new except for faint softening of spine ends - navy cloth with blue title block, gilt lettering and trim. DJ - intact and unclipped but has sunned spine, light age soil, wear to spine ends and three 1" rips on edge (tape repaired on inside). "Biographical entries are arranged in chronological order ( Imhotep-2980 B.C. to Sagan-1934)...numbered from 1 to 1195." Extensive index (Abacus to Zuider Zee) keyed to biography number, as are cross-references within biographies. Table of contents is an alphabetical list of the scientists listed (Abano to Zworykin).

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1981. (3rd printing). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint wear to exterior corners. "How did George Washington Carver, whose concrete accomplishments on paper did not amount to much more than 'doing something' with peanuts, sweet potatoes, homemade paint and recipes, come to be known as a great man who made brilliant inventions? How was it that his more significant contributions were lost in the myth-making that surrounded him?" 367 indexed and annotated pages. ISBN: 0195032055.

NY: Collier (#AS77), 1961. (1st thus). Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new, unread. But with faint age toning to exterior. "the famous portrait of the great German poet who rivaled Da Vinci in the versatility of his achievements." Appears unread. 187 indexed pages.