For the Sake of Argument por Jardine, Lisa

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

HarperCollins, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Zondervan. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

HarperCollins, 2003-09-15. Hardcover. Very Good. 4.1968 in x 24.3815 in x 16.3875 in.

HarperCollins, 2003-09-15. 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.. Hardcover. F/F/VG++. Box X31 HARDBACK ""FEATURED ON BBC RADIO 4,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date: 2003.* Pub: HarperCollins.* Binding and cover condition: Dark maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine strip, not to face. No bumps or rubs, no other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a portrait by Mary Beale (1623-1699). Gilt & white titles to spine and face. (Spine slightly faded). Not Price clipped showing a shelf price of £25.00. No visible shelf wear. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper.VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Printed and coloured end papers showing London as a mass of buildings. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slightly dusty to top edge. FINE* Illustrations: 3 x 4pp blocks of b/w & colour photos with several additional b/w illustrations… Ler mais

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: HarperCollins, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Brown cloth with gilt sp. lettering, pristine. ix + 422, numerous text ills and ex-pagination plates (many coloured) all un-numbered, illustrated end-papers; virtually pristine. Illustrated unclipped jacket also as new, will add protective sleeve when ordered. A major contribution to the history of 17th century 'scientific revolution' by an acclaimed scholar. 16 cm x 24 cm

2003. London, Harper Collins, 2003. 16 cm x 24 cm. IX, 422 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector's - Mylar. Excellent condition. Robert Hooke FRS (18 July] 1635 – 3 March 1703) was an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath. His adult life comprised three distinct periods: as a scientific inquirer lacking money; achieving great wealth and standing through his reputation for hard work and scrupulous honesty following the great fire of 1666, but eventually becoming ill and party to jealous intellectual disputes. These issues may have contributed to his relative historical obscurity. Hooke studied at Wadham College, Oxford during the Protectorate where he became one of a tightly knit group of ardent Royalists led by John Wilkins. Here he was employed as an assistant to Thomas Willis and to Robert Boyle, for whom he built the vacuum pumps used in Boyle's gas law experiments. He built some of the earliest Gregorian telescopes and observed the rotations of Mars and… Ler mais