Foundations of Science and Math 1960 Great Ideas Program series Britannica science math history books
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This is a very good hardcover. 1960 Great Ideas Program series from Britannica. This copy is very good inside and out. The inside pages are very good, clean and still crisp. The binding is tight and straight and bound w fine sewn binding, not glued, for durability. Hardcover boards are also very good with only a hint of shelf wear. Crown octavo book size or 5.5" x 8.5" with 233 pages.
In 1961, Encyclopedia Britannica launched The Great Ideas Today series of books. The series was designed as a supplement to the Great Books of the Western World set originally published in 1952. The books were designed to bridge timeless ideas with contemporary issues. Edited by Mortimer Adler and Robert Hutchins, these yearly volumes provided essays on current affairs, arts, and sciences. Each annual volume included essays from prominent intellectuals, discussions of current debates, and more. Each includes guide to the reading and self testing questions.
This is Foundations of Science and Mathematics. Contents include; Euclid - Elements, Archimedes - On the Equilibrium of Planes, Nicomachus - Intro to Arithmetic, Archimedes - On Floating Bodies, Ptolemy - the Almagest, Copernicus - On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres, Kepler - Epitome of Copernican Astronomy, Galileo - The Two New Sciences, Bacon - Ovum Organum, Pascal - Great Experiment on Euilibrium of Fluids, Newton - Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Newton - Optics and more.
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