History of science books

Albert the Great created a new programme of science in the thirteenth-century Latin world by extensively commenting...  Read More >>

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a grand vision project to build the most sensitive radio telescope in the world....  Read More >>

This volume offers a new interpretation of the genesis of the idea of scientific progress in early modern science...  Read More >>

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Carbon is much more than a chemical element: it is a polymorphic entity with many faces, at once natural, cultural...  Read More >>

The 21st Century in 100 Games is an interactive public history of the contemporary world. It creates a ludological...  Read More >>

From the eighteenth century until as recently as World War II, the natural scientist was depicted as a kind of moral...  Read More >>

Albert Einstein, ein Name, der unauslöschlich in den Annalen der Wissenschaft verankert ist. Seine Entdeckungen...  Read More >>

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"""The Bold Theories"" is a comprehensive exploration of some of the most intriguing and controversial concepts...  Read More >>

How risk, disasters and pollution were managed and made acceptable during the Industrial Revolution  Read More >>

A book showing a theme of friendship throughout many lived experiences. Social class differences, school, university,...  Read More >>

Step inside the dazzling world of the sixteenth-century scientist.  Read More >>

Frontier Science explores the shadowy world of military research and the consequences of employing science to conquer...  Read More >>

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"What exactly made the earth round? How do boomerangs turn around mid-air? And why do cats always land on their...  Read More >>

This concise, accessible and engaging collection debunks the myths and corrects the falsehoods surrounding one of...  Read More >>

Winning the war of the air and airwaves helped the Allies win World War II. This is the thrilling story of the maverick...  Read More >>

This concise, accessible and engaging collection debunks the myths and corrects the falsehoods surrounding one of...  Read More >>

An immersive exploration of the nightly presence that has captured our imagination for the entirety of human history....  Read More >>

From the creators of the A Brief History of Stuff podcast and inspired by the Science Museum Group Collection, discover...  Read More >>

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The author explains why evolution is like a network, not a family tree--and why it matters for understanding the...  Read More >>

From the Big Bang and the evolution of the genetic code to the birth of consciousness, this is the extraordinary...  Read More >>

Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939 will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training as well as academics...  Read More >>