Author/ Publisher

Description

Price £

Aughton, Peter

The Transit of Venus: the Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy, publ. Phoenix, London, 2005. 242pp. PB, as new.

£4

Bibby, Cyril

Scientist Extraordinairy; the Life and Scientific Work of Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825-1895, publ. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1972, 1^st edition. 208pp. HB, clean, sound binding, in very good condition. General wear to dustjacket, in good condition. In his lifetime, TH Huxley was a legend for his brilliance, his subtlety as an interpreter of the world of living things and has a vociferous debater. Bibby focuses on the range and depth of his scientific achievements.

£14

Brown, Chandos

Benjamin Silliman; a Life in the Young Republic, publ. Princeton UP, 1989, 1^st edition. 377pp. HB with dustjacket in new condition. Silliman (1799-1864), founder of the American Journal of Science, was geologist, chemist, educator and entrepreneur. His story is set in the context of his age in the new USA.

£12

Clark, DH & Clark,SP

Newton’s Tyranny: the Suppressed Scientific Discoveries of Stephen Gray and John Flamsteed, publ. WH Freeman, New York, 2001, 1^st edition. 188pp. HB, as new. This fascinating study of a forgotten piece of science history exposes the dark side of a flawed genius and celebrates the ultimate triumph of two unsung heroes.

£8

Colquhoun,Kate

A Thing in Disguise: the Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton, publ. Harper, 2004. 307pp. PB, as new. Creator of the Crystal Palace.

£4

Cunningham, Frank

James David Forbes; Pioneer Scottish Glaciologist, publ. Scottish Academic Press, 1^st edition, 1990. 329pp. HB with dustjacket in very good condition.

£15

Graig, GY, Hull, JH (eds)

James Hutton – Present and Future, publ. Geological Society, special publ’n 150, 1999. HB in original shrink wrap, but dent in front cover. Otherwise fine. This book provides a partial record of events at the Hutton section of the Hutton-Lyell bicentennial conference held in August 1997.

£15

Gleick, James

Isaac Newton, publ. Fourth Estate, London, 2003, 1^st edition. 289pp. HB, as new, minor tear to dustjacket.

£9

Herbart-Gustar, LK and Nott, PA

John Milne; Father of Modern Seismology, publ. Norbury, Tenderden, UK. 1^st edition, 1980. 199pp. HB, in fine condition. Dustjacket indicates this copy was sold through the Scientific Book Club. Milne became professor of and established the Mining and Geology Dept at the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo in 1876. There he experience his first earthquake and determined to put the study of earthquakes on a firm scientific footing. He developed the seismograph.

£9

Huxley, Leonard

Thomas Henry Huxley; a character sketch, publ. Watts and Co, London, 1920, 1^st edition. 120pp. Slightly bumped, binding sound, slight age toning, otherwise in very good condition. No dustjacket. This is a personal approach by the son, also an eminent biologist, to a major figure in the controversy that surrounded the subject of evolution. One in a series of Life-Stories of Famous Men.

£14

Niechcial, Judith

A Particle of Clay; the biography of Alec Skempton, Civil Engineer, publ. Whittles, Caithness, 2002, 1^st edition. 208pp. HB with dustjacket in as new condition. Skempton effectively established soil mechanics in the UK in the mid 20^th century and is a major figure in engineering geology. Written by his daughter while he was alive and involved, it covers the scientific and engineering achievements very well.

£10

Lenard, Philipp

Great Men of Science; a History of Scientific Progress, publ. Bell, London, 1954. Translated from German by HS Hatfield. 389pp. HB, slight age-toning and corners bumped, no dustjacket, otherwise, in good condition. 44 essays from a paragraph to 25pages in length. From ancient Greece to the end of the 19^th century. Introduces many European scientists, not well known in the UK.

£12

McCabe, Joseph

Edward Clodd; a Memoir, publ. Bodley Head, London, 1932,1^st edition. 219pp. HB, bumped corners, age toning of pages and foxing of page edges and end papers. Clodd (1840-1930) was a self made man in the City, who became a prolific writer and populariser of evolution. He wrote biographies of Darwin, Wallace and Huxley. This books strays into hagiography.

£6

Lurie, Edward

Louis Agassiz; a Life in Science, publ. U.Chicago Press, first edition, 1960. 449pp. HB in very good condition, with minor tears and wear to dustjacket.

£19

O’Brian, Patrick

Joseph Banks; a Life, publ DR Godine, Boston, 1^st US edition, 1993. 328pp. Ex-library with stamps on front end-paper, HB, slight wear. Dust jacket in excellent condition protected by Library plastic cover.

£9

Phillips, John

Memoirs of William Smith, LLD; author of the “Map of the Strata of England and Wales, facsimile edition of 1844 publication with additional material by Hugh Torrens. Publ. the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 2003. Facsimile of original 150 pp. plus introduction, 38pp, lecture Timeless Order, 40pp, references, indices, subscribers, 38pp. HB, Limited Edition in new condition.

£25

Repcheck, Jack

The Man who Found Time; James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth’s Antiquity, publ. Simon and Schuster, 1^st edition, 2003. 247pp. HB, new, with dustjacket.

£10

Robertson, Heather

Measuring Mother Earth, publ, McLelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2007, 1^st edition. 348pp. HB, as new with dustjacket. The career of the geologist JosephTyrell (1858-1957) spanned the opening of the Canadian West, the Klondike Goldrush and the development of the mining industry of Ontario. He discovered Albertosaurus and the Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology, a world class museum, is named after him.

£10

Vaughan, Adrian

Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant, publ. John Murray, 1997. 285pp. PB, in as new condition.

£8

Wilson, Leonard

Lyell in America; trans-Atlantic Geology, 1841 – 1853, publ. John Hopkins UP, first edition,1998. 429pp. HB, new, with dustjacket.

£12