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The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London
by Jardine, Lisa
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 006053897X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060538972
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. First American Edition. Large Octavo. ix (i), 422 pp, preface, introduction,, 8 titled chapters with b&w illustrations, notes, illustrations acknowledgments, bibliography, index. stated First American Edition, 2004. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.25". Illustrated glossy laminated boards. "Robert Hooke (1635-1703)] was an English polymath active as a scientist and architect, who, using a microscope, was the first to visualize a micro-organism. An impoverished scientific inquirer in young adulthood, he found wealth and esteem by performing over half of the architectural surveys after London's great fire of 1666.".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8043
- Title
- The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London
- Author
- Jardine, Lisa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 006053897X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060538972
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- SCIENCE 17TH-CENTURY ENGLISH SCIENTISTS HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- BRITISH HISTORY; SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY;
- Size
- Large Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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