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Charles Gillispie (1918–2015)

Author of The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas

35+ Works 467 Members 4 Reviews

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Includes the names: Charles Gillispie, Charles C. Gillipsie, Charles C. Gillispie, C. C. Gillispie (ed), Charles Coulston Gillespie

Works by Charles Gillispie

The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas (1960) 140 copies

The Monuments of Ancient Egypt: As Commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte (1987) 111 copies

Genesis and Geology: A Study in the Relations of Scientific Thought, Natural Theology, and Social Opinion in Great… (1942) 88 copies

The Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784 : with a word on the importance of ballooning for the… (1983) 21 copies

Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827 (1997) 18 copies

Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime (1980) 15 copies

Dictionary of scientific biography (1970) 14 copies

Science and Polity in France: The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Years (2004) 9 copies

Dictionary of Scientific Biography: Vol. XII (12) (1975) 5 copies

Lazare and Sadi Carnot : a scientific and filial relationship (2012) 5 copies

Dictionary of scientific biography (1970) 3 copies

Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. 4 (1971) 3 copies

Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. VI. Jean Hachette - Joseph Hyrtl (1972) 3 copies

Στην κόψη της αλήθειας 2 copies

Dictionary of scientific biography Vols 1 & 2 (Dictionary of Scientific Biography Compact Edition) (1981) 2 copies

Dictionary of Scientific Biography: Volumes 11 & 12 (DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY COMPACT EDITION) (1981) 2 copies

Dictionary of Scientific Biography (8 Vol. Set) 2 copies

Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. 12: Ibn Rushd- Jean-Servais Stas (1975) 2 copies

Dictionary of Scientific Biography : Volume 15 & Volume 16 (1981) 2 copies

Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. 10 (1974) 2 copies

Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Vol 5 & 6) (1981) 2 copies

Essays and Reviews in History and History of Science (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society) (2007) 2 copies

A Diderot pictorial encyclopedia of trades and industry : manufacturing and the technical arts in plates selected from… 2 copies

Dicionário de Biografias Científicas, Vol. II 1 copy

Dictionary of Scientific Biography: Volumes 3 and 4 in One (DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY COMPACT EDITION) (1981) 1 copy

Il criterio dell'oggettività: un'interpretazione della storia del pensiero scientifico 1 copy

Dictionary of Scientific Biography 16 Volume Set (1970) 1 copy

Dictionary of Scientific Biography: v. 10 (1975) 1 copy

Dictionary of scientific biography v. I Pierre Abailard-L.S. Berg (1970) 1 copy

Dictionary of scientific biography. 9, A. T. Macrobius - K. F. Naumann (1974) 1 copy

Dictionary of scientific biography v. II Hans Berger-Christoph Buys Ballot (1970) 1 copy

Dictionary of Scientific Biography: Volumes 9 & 10 (DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY COMPACT EDITION) (1981) 1 copy

Dictionary of Scientific Biography: v. 7 1 copy

Dictionary of scientific biography v. III Pierre Cabanis-Heinrich von Dechen 1 copy

Il criterio dell'oggettivita' - Un'interpretazione della storia del pensiero scientifico 1 copy

Associated Works

A Diderot Pictoral Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry, Volume 1 (1959) — Editor — 52 copies

A Diderot pictorial encyclopedia of trades and industry (1959) — Editor — 48 copies

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Canonical name: Gillispie, Charles Coulston
Legal name: Gillispie, Charles Coulston
Other names: Gillispie, Charles
Birthdate: 1918-08-06
Date of death: 2015-10-06
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Places of residence: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: Wesleyan University (1940)
Harvard University (PhD|1949)
Occupations: historian
historian of science
Organizations: History of Science Society
Awards and honors: George Sarton Medal (1984)
Dartmouth Medal (1981)
Pfizer Award (1981)
Balzan Prize (1997)

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A Diderot pictorial encyclopedia of trades and… by Charles Coulston Gillispie, ed.

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The edge of objectivity : an essay in the history… by Charles Coulston Gillispie

This is a library contrived hardcover imposed on a paperback edition.

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LanternLibrary | Nov 4, 2017 |

Genesis and Geology: A Study of the Relations of… by Charles Gillispie

Excellent! A must read for evolutionists trying to understand the current evolution-intelligent design debate.

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Pfizer Prize of the History of Science Society

Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime (1981)

Dartmouth Medal

Dictionary of scientific biography (Winner – 1981)

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Members: 467
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Reviews: 4
ISBNs: 48
Languages: 2

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