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Introducing Science
by Isaacs, Alan
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1963. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1963. First Edition . Fine/Very Good. Clean hardcover book in original unclipped dust jacket. Bright orange cloth boards with crisp black lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Foreword by Isaac Asimov. Illustrated with drawings. 244 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has light surface rubbing and one 1" closed tear with associated light crease. Photo and brief bio of author on rear inside flap, reviews of book on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Organized around two central concepts--matter and energy--this book uses no "scientific" word without first explaining it and requires no prior knowledge of mathematics. A lucid introduction to science with the final section surveying the boundaries of human knowledge..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028043
- Title
- Introducing Science
- Author
- Isaacs, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Basic Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- SCIENCE, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, MATTER AND ENERGY, ALAN ISAACS, ISAAC ASIMOV, FIRST EDITION
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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