History of science books

An exhilarating scientific journey, Why Are We Like This? takes us behind the scenes of the evolutionary paradoxes...  Read More >>

The Collective Spirit (1925) lays down a rough outline of what science can tell us as to the progress of evolution,...  Read More >>

The third volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash Sunday Times number-one...  Read More >>

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An illuminating biography of one of the greatest geometers of the twentieth century Driven by a profound love of...  Read More >>

"""A delightful meta-biography--playful indeed--of a brilliant iconoclast."" --James Gleick, author of The Information"...  Read More >>

A century ago, thoughtful people questioned how reality could agree with physical theories that keep changing, from...  Read More >>

Culinary Technology of the Ancient Near East discusses the technical aspects of meal preparation, cooking, and baking...  Read More >>

Using the ""Parallel Lives"" approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William...  Read More >>

This edited collection explores Dante Alighieri’s contribution to medical, scientific, and spiritual thought in...  Read More >>

What is design in modern China? And what are the ecological stakes in understanding how modern Chinese design encourages...  Read More >>

Culinary Technology of the Ancient Near East discusses the technical aspects of meal preparation, cooking, and baking...  Read More >>

concludes with a review of tantalizing unsolved mysteries in cryptology, such as the Voynich Manuscript, the Beale...  Read More >>

An in-depth look at the hidden power of the mistral wind and its effect on modern French history. Every year,...  Read More >>

As seismic risks on Earth escalate and humanity extends its reach into space, these challenges become pivotal for...  Read More >>

Experiences of magic and witchcraft in the early modern period have often been presented as extraordinary occurrences,...  Read More >>

There is no current work that offers such a broad survey of Ramus and Ramism, or that looks at him in such an interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Taking up the historical evolution of Darwin and his theories and the cultural responses they have inspired, this...  Read More >>

Early Modern Englishwomen Testing Ideas explores how women in England participated in the considerable intellectual...  Read More >>

In the early 1690s Roger North was preparing to remove from London to Rougham, Norfolk, where he planned to continue...  Read More >>

Robert Boyle’s role as the most influential English scientist in the generation before Newton is now acknowledged,...  Read More >>

Gregor Reisch's The Philosophic pearl (Margarita Philosophica), first published in 1503, was the first extensive...  Read More >>

The book is an account of instrument making in a modern Indian scientific laboratory. It uses qualitative research...  Read More >>

Offering provocative readings of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, Clough's Amours...  Read More >>

This edition provides the first complete, modern version of John Norden's The Surveyor's Dialogue, a text remarkable...  Read More >>