History of science books

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Our Accidental Universe: Stories of Discovery from Asteroids to Aliens

Our Accidental Universe: Stories of Discovery from Asteroids...

Author: Chris Lintott
ISBN: 9781911709183
Format: Hardback
$50.00

An astonishing tour of the key astronomical events of the past century, and of all the accidents and human error...  Read More >>

Early Modern Medicine: An Introduction to Source Analysis

Early Modern Medicine: An Introduction to Source Analysis...

Author: Olivia Weisser
ISBN: 9780367557232
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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The Quickest Revolution

The Quickest Revolution

Author: Jacopo Pantaleoni
ISBN: 9788869774515
Format: Paperback
$69.84

Written by a leading expert who has played a key role in developing cutting-edge technologies, this book delves...  Read More >>

Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos, Magnetism, and the Universe

Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos,...

Author: Agustín Udías
ISBN: 9783031530074
Format: Hardback
$290.37

Athanasius Kircher, the eminent 17th-century German Jesuit professor of mathematics at the Roman College emerges...  Read More >>

Walking with Christiaan Huygens: From Archimedes' Influence to Unsung Contributions in Modern Science

Walking with Christiaan Huygens: From Archimedes' Influence...

Author: Tijmen Jan Moser ,  Enders Anthony Robinson
ISBN: 9783031461576
Format: Hardback
$310.47

For example, we show how Huygens used symmetry arguments to derive conservation laws for momentum and for energy,...  Read More >>

Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists...

Author: Rachel Lance
ISBN: 9780593184936
Format: Hardback
$84.48

"""This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers-men and women-who exposed themselves...  Read More >>

Basalmo, the Magician, or, The Memoirs of a Physician

Basalmo, the Magician, or, The Memoirs of a Physician...

Author: Alexandre Dumas
ISBN: 9791041985869
Format: Paperback
$68.64

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Curious Creatures In Zoology

Curious Creatures In Zoology

Author: John Ashton
ISBN: 9791041985784
Format: Paperback
$50.16

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Darwin, And After Darwin: Volume I

Darwin, And After Darwin: Volume I

Author: George John Romanes
ISBN: 9791041985777
Format: Paperback
$60.72

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A Biography of Our Sun: From Ancient Myths and Artifacts to Modern Art and Astrophysics

A Biography of Our Sun: From Ancient Myths and Artifacts...

Author: Laura Pesce
ISBN: 9783031547287
Format: Paperback
$73.89

This book is for everyone curious about the Sun and how it has been perceived throughout human history, including...  Read More >>

Psychiatric Institutions and Society: The Practice of Psychiatric Committal in the “Third Reich,” the Democratic Republic of Germany, and the Federal Republic of Germany, 1941–1963

Psychiatric Institutions and Society: The Practice of...

Author: Stefanie Coché (University of Giessen, Germany)
ISBN: 9781032716176
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The book probes how the serious and sometimes fatal decision was made to admit individuals to asylums during Germany’s...  Read More >>

Die Arbeit mit dem Radium: Radioaktivitätsforschung 1896 -1914

Die Arbeit mit dem Radium: Radioaktivitätsforschung...

Author: Beate Ceranski
ISBN: 9783662676929
Format: Hardback
$211.17

Dieses Buch macht die überraschende Vielfalt der Personen und Tätigkeiten in der Radioaktivitätsforschung sichtbar....  Read More >>

Insights on Science Journalism

Insights on Science Journalism

Author: Felicity Mellor
ISBN: 9781032341286
Format: Paperback
$75.99

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Insights on Science Journalism

Insights on Science Journalism

Author: Felicity Mellor
ISBN: 9781032350622
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Last Word's Uncommon Women

Last Word's Uncommon Women

Author: Celia Hayley
ISBN: 9781474607643
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The official companion book to BBC Radio 4's Last Word, a rich tapestry of women's lives in the 20th and 21st centuries...  Read More >>

Canulars, fraudes et supercheries scientifiques

Canulars, fraudes et supercheries scientifiques

Author: Alma
ISBN: 9798224367139
Format: Paperback
$23.73

Plongez dans un voyage captivant à travers les méandres de l'histoire scientifique, où les tromperies, les fraudes...  Read More >>

Are Statistics Only Made of Data?: Know-how and Presupposition from the 17th and 19th Centuries

Are Statistics Only Made of Data?: Know-how and Presupposition...

Author: Éric Brian
ISBN: 9783031512537
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book examines several epistemological regimes in studies of numerical data over the last four centuries. It...  Read More >>

Splinters of Infinity: Cosmic Rays and the Clash of Two Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists over the Secrets of Creation

Splinters of Infinity: Cosmic Rays and the Clash of...

Author: Mark Wolverton
ISBN: 9780262048828
Format: Hardback
$69.99

The riveting story of a modern age scientific feud between two Nobel Prize-winning scientists over the nature of...  Read More >>

Of Human Born: Fetal Lives, 1800–1950

Of Human Born: Fetal Lives, 1800–1950

Author: Caroline Arni ,  Kate Sturge
ISBN: 9781942130895
Format: Hardback
$89.76

A new history of the concept of fetal life in the human sciences At a time when the becoming of a human being in...  Read More >>

The Story of Earth's Climate in 25 Discoveries: How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life

The Story of Earth's Climate in 25 Discoveries: How...

Author: Donald R. Prothero
ISBN: 9780231203586
Format: Hardback
$62.95

In this lively and entertaining book, Donald R. Prothero explores the astonishing connections between climate and...  Read More >>

Stephen Hawking Genius at Work

Stephen Hawking Genius at Work

Author: Roger Highfield
ISBN: 9780744084559
Format: Hardback
$66.00

"""This sumptuously illustrated celebration of Hawking’s life...  Read More >>

Goethe als Naturforscher im Urteil der Naturwissenschaft und Medizin des 19. Jahrhunderts: Themen, Texte, Titel

Goethe als Naturforscher im Urteil der Naturwissenschaft...

Author: Dietrich von Engelhardt ,  Ulrike von Engelhardt
ISBN: 9783662681251
Format: Hardback
$316.77

Goethe als Naturforscher findet bei deutschen und ausländischen Naturforschern und Medizinern des 19. Jahrhunderts...  Read More >>

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