History of science books

""This work describes how pests have shaped the production of knowledge, in addition to their relationship with...  Read More >>

This volume is the last in a six volume collection that brings together primary sources on gardens and gardening...  Read More >>

A lively account of how Darwin’s work on natural selection transformed science and society and an investigation...  Read More >>

In 1927, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein began a debate about the interpretation and meaning of the new quantum theory....  Read More >>

In 1927, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein began a debate about the interpretation and meaning of the new quantum theory....  Read More >>

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A Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals biology's most transformative achievements in decades—a Double Helix for...  Read More >>

Peter Artedi of Sweden, the 'Father of Ichthyology', dead 1735, left behind one major manuscript on Ichthyology...  Read More >>

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Our current concept of matter, one of scientific research’s greatest successes, represents a long journey, from...  Read More >>

This book places the contemporary fear of climate change in historical perspective, showing that throughout human...  Read More >>

""Study of animal metaphor in particular and the literary representation of animals more generally in the Victorian...  Read More >>

Growing public interest in animal welfare issues in recent decades has prompted increased attention to the efforts...  Read More >>

A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of how chemists, physicians, and surgeons attempted to end the problem of urinary stones....  Read More >>

Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars....  Read More >>

Growing public interest in animal welfare issues in recent decades has prompted increased attention to the efforts...  Read More >>

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In Timothie Bright and the Origins of Early Modern Shorthand, J. D. Fleming brings together two areas of sixteenth-century...  Read More >>

Aus Anlass des 200. Todestages von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert wird dessen Lebensweg von Berlin uber Dessau und Halle...  Read More >>

Intensely spiritual, the Inca people attributed metaphysical powers to all manner of objects and places they considered...  Read More >>

"Tauchen Sie ein in die fesselnde Erz�hlung eines der ikonischsten Namen in der Automobilgeschichte mit ""Das Ferrari...  Read More >>

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"In ""Die Zukunft der Automobilindustrie: Auf dem Weg zu Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit"" werden die Leser auf eine...  Read More >>

Decadent Ecology illuminates the networks of nature, paganism, and desire in 19th- and early 20th-century decadent...  Read More >>