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1	The Revolution in Science, 1500-1750 more books like this by A. Rupert Hall add to wishlist see all copies from $3.56! new only from $88.27!
2	Science and Society 1600-1900 more books like this by Peter Mathias, Piyo Rattansi add to wishlist Most books on the history of science have been 'internal' in their scope and objectives - plotting progress within different branches of science as the frontiers of knowledge about formal scientific relationships get pushed back by intellectual advance. The history of science is thus seen primarily as a record of progressive intellectual discovery ... see all copies from $8.70! new only from $25.29! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought more books like this by A Rupert Hall add to wishlist In this elegant, absorbing biography of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Rupert Hall surveys the vast field of modern scholarship in order to interpret Newton's mathematical and experimental approach to nature. Mathematics was always the deepest, most innovative and productive of Newton's interests. However, he was also a historian, theologian, chemist, ... see all copies from $7.18! new only from $26.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	From Galileo to Newton more books like this by A Rupert Hall add to wishlist Tracing the revolution in physics initiated by Galileo and culminating in Newton's achievements, this book surveys the work of Huygens, Leeuwenhoek, Boyle, Descartes, and others. 34 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.15! \| first editions \| SVS
5	History of Technology Vol. 4: 1979 more books like this by A Rupert Hall (Editor), Norman Smith (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.85! new only from $14.40! \| first editions
6	The Scientific Revolution, 1500-1800: The Formation of the Modern Scientific Attitude more books like this by Alfred R. Hall add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
7	Henry More: And the Scientific Revolution more books like this by A Rupert Hall, David Knight (Preface by) add to wishlist Henry More (1614-87) was the greatest English metaphysical theologian and the most perplexing; he was also perhaps the most distinguished member of the group of divines known as the Cambridge Platonists. An admirer of Galileo, Descartes, and Boyle, he rejected their detailed applications of mechanical philosophy to the explanation of natural ... see all copies from $50.64! new only from $50.64! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Philosophers at War: The Quarrel Between Newton and Leibniz more books like this by A Rupert Hall add to wishlist Probably the most celebrated controversy in all of the history of science was that between Newton and Leibniz over the invention of the calculus. The argument ranged far beyond a mere priority dispute and took on the character of a war between two different philosophies of nature. Newton was the first to devise the methods of the calculus, but ... see all copies from $31.94! new only from $42.11! \| SVS
9	Isaac Newton: Eighteenth Century Perspectives more books like this by A. Rupert Hall add to wishlist This new work by one of this century's most eminent Newtonian scholars - Rupert Hall - brings together for the first time the early eighteenth century biographical notices of Sir Isaac Newton. The centrepiece of the book is a brand new translation of Paolo Frisi's biography, the first published on Newton in 1778. Also included are the biographies ... see all copies from $171.03! new only from $171.03! \| SVS
10	Newton, His Friends and His Foes more books like this by A Rupert Hall add to wishlist Over the last 40 years, Professor Hall has been a contributor to the "new view" of Newton, which has derived from the bringing to light and examination of Newton's vast but neglected array of manuscripts. The first studies in this volume illustrate the wealth of information these provide on the earliest phases of his discoveries in mathematics and ... see all copies from $110.00! new only from $124.72!
11	Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg: 1672-1673 by Henry Oldenburg, Rupert A Hall (Editor), Marie Boas Hall (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.10! first editions
12	Physic and Philanthropy: A History of the Wellcome Trust 1936-1986 more books like this by A Rupert Hall, B A Bembridge add to wishlist The Wellcome Trust is a charitable institution supporting medical and allied research throughout the world. This History of the Trust marks the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary in 1986. Professor A. Rupert Hall, a prominent science historian, long associated with the Trust, and B. A. Bembridge, a retired Trust scientist, have written this ... see all copies from $10.20! signed copies \| first editions
13	Science and Society: Historical Essays on the Relations of Science, Technology, and Medicine more books like this by A Rupert Hall add to wishlist This second selection of articles by Rupert Hall to be published by Variorum focuses on the interactions between "pure" science, "applied" science and craftsmanship, laying emphasis on the period from the 17th century to the Industrial Revolution. see all copies from $125.28! new only from $125.30!
14	Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg: 1670-1671 by Henry Oldenburg, Rupert A. Hall (Editor), Marie Boas Hall (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.83!
15	All Was Light: An Introduction to Newton's Opticks more books like this by Nancy Coffelt, A Rupert Hall add to wishlist "Opticks" is Sir Issac Newton's most popular book. It is a complex work, the fruit of 40 years of thought and investigation. Newton devoted various periods of experimentation to this final expression of his life's work and drew on the results of successive interactions with other scientists and thinkers. This introduction to his book seeks to ... see all copies from $100.29!
16	Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg: 1666-1667 by Henry Oldenburg, Rupert A Hall (Editor), Marie Boas Hall (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $75.00!
17	Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg: 1641-1662 by Henry Oldenburg, Rupert A Hall (Editor), Marie B Hall (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $45.00!
18	Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg: 1663-1665 by Henry Oldenburg, Rupert A Hall (Editor), Marie B Hall (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $174.00!
19	Brief History of Science-S& T-88 more books like this by A Rupert Hall add to wishlist see all copies from $6.16!
20	All Was Light: An Introduction to Newton's Opticks more books like this by A. Rupert Hall add to wishlist Following the popular hardback edition, this paperback provides a insight into a major part of Newton's work. This book is intended for students of history of science, history, philosophy. General readers in these subjects. see all copies from $108.61!
21	Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton more books like this by Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton, A Rupert Hall add to wishlist First published in 1962, this volume collects together some of Newton's most important scientific papers. Chosen primarily to illustrate Newton's ideas on the nature of matter, the papers afford valuable insights into Newton's development as a scientist and his ideas of the world that science explores. The six sections are entitled: Mathematics, ... see all copies from $25.64! new only from $33.89! \| first editions \| SVS
22	The Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg more books like this by Marie B Hall, Henry Oldenburg, A Rupert Hall add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
23	From Galileo to Newton, 1630-1720 more books like this by A. Rupert Hall add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! first editions
24	A brief history of science more books like this by A. Rupert Hall, Marie Boas Hall add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
25	Scientific literature in sixteenth & seventeenth century England more books like this by William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Charles Donald O'Malley, A. Rupert Hall add to wishlist see all copies from $6.30!

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