Galileo

HARDBACK, ?NOT COMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1974* Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated laminated boards, black title to spine & white to face. No bumps, some rubs, shelf wear to upper & lower edges and particularly to head and tail of spine. GOOD* Jacket condition: No separate dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Ex-library copy with usual stamps, no labels. Library re-bind with linen re-inforced hinges. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with only light reading wear, a few marks to text, slight marks to end-papers. Top & fore-edge slightly grubby, otherwise no visible faults. GOOD.* Illustrations: A number of colour & b/w photos, line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 253 pp. text. xii pp., notes, further reading list, chronology, index & blank page at rear.* Description: Galileo studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the principle of relativity, inertia, projectile motion and also worked in applied science and technology, describing the properties of pendulums and "hydrostatic balances", inventing the thermoscope and various military compasses, and using the telescope for scientific observations of celestial objects. This fascinating book is imaginative and sets his achievements in the historical and social framework of his age.* A GD++ ex-library text copy of the 1st thus with some age and wear in laminated colour illustrated boards.*