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On the Shoulders of Giants. 2002
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Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
On the Shoulders of Giants. 2002
HAWKING, Stephen (1942-2018), editor. On the Shoulders of Giants; the great works of physics and astronomy. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2002.
Hawking selects his five most important scientific works in a single-volume, bringing together for the first time the breakthrough tracts by Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Issac Newton and Albert Einstein. Each are prefaced by a short introductory essay by Hawking, setting out the biographic and scientific context.
Octavo (228 x 152mm). Half-title. Text-illustrations (internally fine). Publisher's black cloth (faint dust-soiling to lower cover); pictorial dustjacket (a few minor minor creases). [Sold with:] – The Illustrated On the Shoulders of Giants (Philadelphia, 2004; dustjacket worn and frayed); [And:] Robert UHLIG. Genius of Britain (London, 2010). Provenance: Stephen Hawking (presentation copies of all three books with thumbprint on titles, to:) – Prof. David Howard (Hawking’s laryngologist).
On the Shoulders of Giants. 2002
HAWKING, Stephen (1942-2018), editor. On the Shoulders of Giants; the great works of physics and astronomy. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2002.
Hawking selects his five most important scientific works in a single-volume, bringing together for the first time the breakthrough tracts by Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Issac Newton and Albert Einstein. Each are prefaced by a short introductory essay by Hawking, setting out the biographic and scientific context.
Octavo (228 x 152mm). Half-title. Text-illustrations (internally fine). Publisher's black cloth (faint dust-soiling to lower cover); pictorial dustjacket (a few minor minor creases). [Sold with:] – The Illustrated On the Shoulders of Giants (Philadelphia, 2004; dustjacket worn and frayed); [And:] Robert UHLIG. Genius of Britain (London, 2010). Provenance: Stephen Hawking (presentation copies of all three books with thumbprint on titles, to:) – Prof. David Howard (Hawking’s laryngologist).
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