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The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London
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Hardcover
from Harpercollins (February 1, 2004)
9780060538972 | details & prices | 432 pages | 6.50 × 10.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.76 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Traces the career of the seventeenth-century Chief Surveyor, noting his work for London's rebuilding after the fire of 1666, his role in the emergence of modern science, and his place in the scientific revolution of the period.
About: Traces the career of the seventeenth-century Chief Surveyor, noting his work for London's rebuilding after the fire of 1666, his role in the emergence of modern science, and his place in the scientific revolution of the period.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Perennial (February 1, 2005)
9780060538989 | details & prices | 422 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $15.99
About: Traces the career of the seventeenth-century Chief Surveyor, noting his work for London's rebuilding after the fire of 1666, his role in the emergence of modern science, and his place in the scientific revolution of the period.
About: Traces the career of the seventeenth-century Chief Surveyor, noting his work for London's rebuilding after the fire of 1666, his role in the emergence of modern science, and his place in the scientific revolution of the period.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (May 29, 2008)
9781435291829 | details & prices | 422 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.34 lbs | List price $24.95