Heralds of Science

illustration of two cherubs holding a crown over the title of the book Dialogo di Galileo Galilei

In 1955 Bern Dibner, the noted science book collector and founder of the Burndy Library, published Heralds of Science as Represented by Two Hundred Epochal Books and Pamphlets Selected from the Burndy Library.  To construct the list, Dibner selected two hundred items he owned that “proclaimed new truths or hypotheses in science.” Two hundred titles, he felt, was an adequate number to represent the great achievements while not being too many to overwhelm the average layperson interested in science.  More...

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Cover of Nova scientia

Nova scientia

Tartaglia, Niccolò
S. da Sabio
1537

Cover of On a new law of electric conduction ; On conducting power generally

On a new law of electric conduction ; On conducting power generally

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1833]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On a new law of electric conduction ; On conducting power generally

On a new law of electric conduction ; On conducting power generally

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1833]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On electro-chemical decomposition

On electro-chemical decomposition

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1833]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On electro-chemical decomposition

On electro-chemical decomposition

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1833]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On electro-chemical decomposition, continued

On electro-chemical decomposition, continued

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1834]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On electro-chemical decomposition, continued

On electro-chemical decomposition, continued

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1834]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On induction

On induction

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1838]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On induction

On induction

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1838]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On induction, continued

On induction, continued

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1838]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On induction, continued

On induction, continued

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1838]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On induction, continued ; Nature of the electrical current

On induction, continued ; Nature of the electrical current

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1838]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On induction, continued ; Nature of the electrical current

On induction, continued ; Nature of the electrical current

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1838]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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