History of science books

A leading astrobiologist argues that space travel is an evolutionary event at least as important as life's first...  Read More >>

How highly abstract quantum concepts were represented in language, and how these concepts were later taken up by...  Read More >>

Benoît Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal.  Read More >>

Using a range of examples of conducting polymers from the early 19th century onwards, this book shows that the history...  Read More >>

Drawing on a wide range of contemporary debates about deaf identity, the book considers how philosophers, teachers,...  Read More >>

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The universe was supposed to be all there was - the whole of existence. For centuries the size of the universe and...  Read More >>

What if psychology isn’t as liberal as we think? Psychology is often seen as a progressive discipline — a champion...  Read More >>

Ever since The Origin of Species appeared in 1859, Charles Darwin's followers have co-opted him as the patron saint...  Read More >>

Fully updated edition of the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century explaining the Earth, the...  Read More >>

Fully updated edition of the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century explaining the Earth, the...  Read More >>

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Artificially Intelligent places humans at the centre of AI's story, making a compelling case for the role we have...  Read More >>

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Reading Faces is the first book to discuss the historical contexts and theoretical underpinnings of the artificial...  Read More >>

Reading Faces is the first book to discuss the historical contexts and theoretical underpinnings of the artificial...  Read More >>

This personal account charts our understanding of the strong interactions in particle physics - culminating with...  Read More >>

Accompanying a new documentary series from the multi award-winning director James Bluemel, a lavishly illustrated...  Read More >>

How not to die in the Renaissance: the genius and horrors of early medicine and surgery.  Read More >>

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""The earth is not solid-it is hollow, and within it exists another world."" - Marshall B. Gardner Includes the...  Read More >>

يمثل هذا الكتاب محاولةً جادة لإحياء تراب ابن رشد، وإعادة إحياء نصوصٍ غابت عن أصلها العربي قرونًا طويلة، بعدما أضحت...  Read More >>

Electric wind offers an innovative history of modern Britain, told through the pursuit of wind energy.  Read More >>

""The aim of this book is to try to clarify what genomics can -and cannot- tell us about different levels of human...  Read More >>