Item #000010920 The Edge of Objectivity; An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas. Charles Coulston Gillispie.

The Edge of Objectivity; An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 4-562, [4] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering blocked in brown on the spine. Illustrated with several in-text diagrams. An essay on objectivity in science: Gillispie begins his writing with an examination of Galileo's work on the motion of the planets, and analyzes the role objectivity plays in science throughout its history and throughout the ensuing history of ideas. Very Good+ / Very Good. Item #000010920

A name on the front flyleaf and toning to the top textblock and part of the fore-edge; jacket has its front flap clipped and shows traces of rubbing.

Price: $60.00

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