History of science books

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

It is impossible to understand our societies without apprehending their technical roots, which constitute the foundations...  Read More >>

We revisit and extend the Page and Wootters theory that was originally introduced in order to describe the emergence...  Read More >>

A uniquely prismatic representation of total solar eclipses, this volume invites us to imagine a liberated mode...  Read More >>

Debating Contemporary Approaches to the History of Science explores the main themes, problems and challenges currently...  Read More >>

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It focuses primarily on Ian Hacking’s idea of 'style of reasoning' in order to assess and develop it into a more...  Read More >>

In 1841, the Royal Institution of South Wales founded the first museum in Wales. Specialist authors describe its...  Read More >>

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Thomas Garnett was a man of science and physician whose career took him from rural obscurity in 18th-century Westmorland...  Read More >>

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"""Astronomy for Young Folks"" by Isabel Martin Lewi is an engaging celestial journey tailored for young minds eager...  Read More >>

"""The Student's Elements of Geology"" by Charles Lyell is a seminal work that serves as a foundational guide to...  Read More >>

In the summer of 1928, Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) embarked on his logical journey that would bring him world fame in...  Read More >>

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Now known as the Cincinnati Observatory Center, it is a functional observatory and a dedicated center of astronomy...  Read More >>

Aimed at an international readership, this book offers a representative collection of essays by the German philosopher,...  Read More >>

A whimsical examination of math in the Middle Ages. This book brings together many unusual and entertaining examples...  Read More >>

These topics are drawn from physics, mathematics, and philosophy of nature, and concern interpretations of quantum...  Read More >>

"""Man's Place in the Universe"" is a book written by Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, biologist, and...  Read More >>

For some years, much of my leisure time has been devoted to the study of the anatomy, development, and habits of...  Read More >>

Includes a preface by Rutherford Waddell.  Read More >>

Takes a multicultural, interdisciplinary approach to the rhetoric of science to expand our toolkit for the collective...  Read More >>

Set in a revolutionary era of physics and science when a series of rapid-fire discoveries was upending our understanding...  Read More >>