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10 unusual facts about Dover Publications


Apicius

It was published in 1936 and is still in print, having been reprinted in 1977 by Dover Publications.

George C. Schatz

He authored over 350 scientific papers, and co-authored two books with his next-door colleague Mark A. Ratner: "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry" and "Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry" (recently reissued as a Dover paperback).

Hans G. Hornung

Hans G. Hornung, Dimensional Analysis: Examples of the Use of Symmetry, Dover Publications (2006)

Julian Coolidge

L. Coolidge (1949) The Mathematics Of Great Amateurs, Oxford University Press (Dover Publications 1963).

L. Coolidge (1931) A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves, Oxford University Press (Dover Publications 2004).

Rudolf Koch

Koch wrote a book containing 493 old-world symbols, monograms and runes entitled The Book of Signs (reprinted in 1955, in the Dover Pictorial Archive Series).

The Gothic Earth Gazetteer

The cover artist was Robh Ruppel, with interior art courtesy of and used with permission of Dover Publications, Inc.

The Guide for the Perplexed

The second edition is still in use today, sold through Dover Publications.

Walking the plank

Don Carlos Seitz, Under The Black Flag, Dail Press, 1925 (republished by Dover Publications in 2002, ISBN 0-486-42131-7)

Witmer Stone

Dover Publications (1965) and Stackpole Books (2000) have both published editions of BSOCM; however, both editions are now out of print.