Yale University Press, Date: 1976 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear. Owner signature on inside front cover. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xvi, 215 pp. . 1976. Yale University Press ISBN 0300017987 9780300017984 [CA]

Yale University Press, Date: 1975-09-10. Enlarged. Paperback. Used:Good. 1975. Yale University Press ISBN 0300017987 9780300017984 [US]

Paperback / softback. New. ISBN 0300017987 9780300017984 [GB]

Yale University Press, New Haven & London 1975-09-10 Enl ed. Paperback New Size: 128x80x8; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

ISBN10: 0300017987, ISBN13: 9780300017984, [publisher: Yale University Press, New haven] Softcover Paperback. An eye-opening work for anyone concerned with the humanistic understanding of science "Enlightening reading for the scientist and non-scientist alike."Times Educational Supplement"Provides the opportunity to read, or re-read, some of Price's most noteworthy essays and to once more reflect on the urgencies of a reasoned science policy for the U.S."IntellectThis timely classic investigates the circumstances and consequences of certain vital decisions relating to scientific crises that have brought the world to its present state of scientific and technological development. It calls for a completely new range of studies to take its place in the territory between the humanities and the sciences. Derek deSolla Price documents his study with accounts of his own researches in his specific fields of interest, relating them to the crises which he believes to be of paramount importance. This enlarged edition offers a broad range of material, from ancient automata, talismans and symbols, to the differences of modern science and technology. Professor Price has enlarged his widely known and influential study of science and the humanities to include much new material, extraordinarily broad in its range: from ancient automata, talismans and symbols, to the differences of modern science and technology. Science since Babylon is now more fascinating ...