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Introduction to Physics and Chemistry

Design Category
Book design, 1969
Art director
John Horton
Collection
(1970) Fifty Books of the Year
Description

This book is a one year course in basic physics and basic chemistry. The contents are developed to show the students the interrelationships between the sciences.

Credits
Designer: Barbara Ellwood
Authors: Arthur Beiser, Konrad B. Krauskopf
Size: 7.5 x 9.25 inches
Pages: 704
Quantity printed: edition of 20,000
Price: $10.95
Typeface: Linofilm Optima, 9/12 with display in Linofilm Optima, Caledonia, and Trade Gothic Bold
Typesetter: Progressive Typographers
Printer: Newman-Rudolph Lithographing Company
Printing method: offset
Paper: Warren McGraw-Hill Matte
Paper supplies: Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation
Binder: Von Hoffmann Press, Inc.
Binding materials: bound in B-Pyroxylin White, on .088 binder’s board, printed by The Lehigh Press, Inc.
Binding method: Smythe-sewn, round-backed
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company (New York, New York)