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Science in the Sixteenth Century

Nature volume 199, pages 2–3 (1963)Cite this article

Science and the Renaissance

By W. P. D. Wightman. Vol. 1: An Introduction to the Study of the Emergence of the Sciences in the Sixteenth Century. Pp. xv + 327 + 8 plates. Vol. 2: An Annotated Bibliography of the Sixteenth-Century Books relating to the Sciences in the Library of the University of Aberdeen. Pp. xix + 293 + 8 plates. (Aberdeen University Studies Nos. 143 and 144.) (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, Ltd., 1962. Published for the University of Aberdeen.) 42s. net each volume.

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