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EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN IN SCIENCE & MEDICINE: FOUR CENTURIES OF ACHIEVEMENT.
Smeltzer, Ronald K., Robert J. Ruben, and Paulette Rose
Includes essays by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, and Randi Hutter Epstein.
Published to accompany the landmark exhibition Extraordinary Women in Science & Medicine, on show at the Grolier Club September 18-November 23, 2013, this catalogue explores the legacy of thirty-two remarkable women whose accomplishments in physics, chemistry, astronomy, mathematics, computing, and medicine contributed to the advancement of science. More than 150 original items are pictured and described, including books, manuscripts, periodicals, offprints, dissertations, and laboratory apparatus (such as that used by Marie Curie during her earliest work on radioactivity), providing a remarkable overview of the scientific contributions of this eminent group. Illustrated in color, duotone, and black and white.
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MONUMENTA A CHARTOGRAPHICA INDIANA
by Guillén Y Tato, Julio F.
Limited to 500 copies. Text in Spanish. Collection of maps and charts exploring the history of the mapping of the southern areas of South America from the 16th to the 19th centuries. With a prologue, introduction, vocabulary, list of maps, charts and plans of the region, an index of the atlas and 127 black-and-white and color plates. The cloth spine on the portfolio is loose at the head, and wrinkled at the front fore-edge. The boards on the portfolio are rubbed and show wear at the extremities and the corners. The interior leaves of text are mostly uncut and show some foxing and soiling.
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