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Date sent:      Tue, 3 Aug 1999 15:52:27 +0100
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From:           Kirsten Robertson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:        The Philosophy and History of Science Series
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We are a small publisher in Bristol, UK, specialising in providing primary
source material in the history of ideas for the academic communities.

We are looking for ideas and proposals for our new series: _The Philosophy
and History of Science_.  This series will reprint classic works within the
philosophy and history of science.

_Helmholtz's Treatise on Physiological Optics_ will be the first collection
in the series.
A reprint of the definitive 1924/5 edition of Helmholtz's classic work on
the psychology and physics of vision, originally published in German between
1856 and 1866.  Contains an Introduction by Nicholas Wade, Professor of
Visual Psychology, University of Dundee.

We will also be reprinting _The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements_
translated by Sir Thomas Little Heath (1908).
A monumental three-volume translation of the _Elements_ by one of the
world's leading authorities on Greek mathematics.

- Are there any other major figures within the philosophy and history of
science whose major works would benefit from a reprint collection?

- Does anybody have any ideas about new multi-volume collections on specific
themes within the subject areas?

- We recently published with Routledge a twelve-volume set entitled Works in
the Philosophy of Science 1830-1914, which includes classic works such as
_Matter and Motion_ by James Clerk Maxwell and _Principles of Science_ by
Stanley Jevons.  Would a similar collection containing classic works in the
history of science be beneficial to the modern scholar?

We would be very grateful for any suggestions/proposals concerning the above
ideas.

Further information about Thoemmes Press can be found on our web-site:
http://www.thoemmes.com
I would be pleased to send a catalogue to anyone interested.
Thank you, and I look forward to your comments.

Kirsten Robertson
Thoemmes Press


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