An Introduction to the History of Science
by Walter Libby
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company 1917
ISBN/ASIN: B005GAGXBE
Number of pages: 289
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This book is intended as a simple introduction, taking advantage of the interests of youth of from seventeen to twenty-two years of age (and their intellectual compeers) in order to direct their attention to the story of the development of the sciences.
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