Biography: science, technology & engineering books

""Three Months of My Life"" offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of 19th-century medicine through the personal...  Read More >>

Owing to the lapse of centuries, very little is known with certainty of the life of Hippocrates, who was called...  Read More >>

A nineteenth-century love letter to nature is rediscovered by Brooke Williams and Terry Tempest Williams.  Read More >>

Journey to the heart of South Africa's untamed landscapes with William Charles Scully's ""Lodges in the Wilderness,""...  Read More >>

Explore the life and work of Percival Lowell, the visionary astronomer whose observations of Mars captivated the...  Read More >>

Experience 19th-century mental health care through the eyes of a man committed to an asylum in Herman Charles Merivale's...  Read More >>

Famous men of science by Sarah Knowles Bolton. Learn about the works, discoveries, and lives of the various scientists...  Read More >>

Delve into the mind of Alfred Russel Wallace, the celebrated naturalist and co-discoverer of evolution by natural...  Read More >>

""A Hermit's Wild Friends: or, Eighteen Years in the Woods"" by Mason Augustus Walton offers a captivating glimpse...  Read More >>

Delve into the fascinating world of medicine in Great Britain with ""Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work,...  Read More >>

Explore the groundbreaking work of Andreas Vesalius, the pivotal figure who revolutionized the study of anatomy...  Read More >>

Discover the life and legacy of Pierre Curie through the eyes of his esteemed wife and scientific partner, Marie...  Read More >>

Explore the life and work of Joseph Priestley, the celebrated 18th-century chemist and scientist, in this meticulously...  Read More >>

Delve into the life and times of John James Audubon, the famed 19th-century naturalist and ornithologist, in this...  Read More >>

""H. G. Hawker, airman, his life and work"" is a compelling biography chronicling the life and achievements of a...  Read More >>

Delve into the remarkable life of Sir Humphry Davy, a pivotal figure in the history of chemistry and scientific...  Read More >>

Delve into the life and groundbreaking scientific contributions of Sir Humphry Davy in ""The Life of Sir Humphrey...  Read More >>

Explore the remarkable scientific life and work of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, in this compelling biography by...  Read More >>

""Ten Years and Ten Months in Lunatic Asylums in Different States"" offers a firsthand account of life inside psychiatric...  Read More >>

Discover the captivating story of ingenuity and perseverance in ""The Wright Brothers"" by Fred Charters Kelly....  Read More >>

The mathematician and engineer Charles Babbage (1791–1871) is best remembered for his automatic 'calculating machines',...  Read More >>

""The Herschels and Modern Astronomy"" recounts the remarkable story of William and Caroline Herschel, pioneers...  Read More >>

Delve into the intellectual world of the 19th century through ""Letters of Alexander von Humboldt to Varnhagen von...  Read More >>

""Reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer"" offers a compelling first-hand account of Victorian era poverty...  Read More >>

Experience a world redefined in Herbert Winslow Collingwood's ""Adventures in Silence,"" a compelling personal narrative...  Read More >>