History of science books

Chapters also cover the use of metaphor and representational analysis in health communication, comparing ways in...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the historical and sociological dimensions of scientists working in laboratories in India,...  Read More >>

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This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great’s (c.  Read More >>

In a compelling new study of popular evolutionism over two centuries, Peter Bowler uses the growing interest in...  Read More >>

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution continues to be controversial. Offering a ground-breaking introduction to the...  Read More >>

This volume presents the first critical edition of books V–VIII of the final redaction of John Buridan's Questions...  Read More >>

It studies 17th century texts which distinctions between the natural and the artificial interfold. It examines how...  Read More >>

Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book offers a rich context for the famously controversial 1935...  Read More >>

In a compelling new study of popular evolutionism over two centuries, Peter Bowler uses the growing interest in...  Read More >>

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution continues to be controversial. Offering a ground-breaking introduction to the...  Read More >>

The story of recorded sound - from the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl.  Read More >>

Scientific and technical expertise, now largely understood as the ultimate source of authoritative knowledge, are...  Read More >>

Scientific and technical expertise, now largely understood as the ultimate source of authoritative knowledge, are...  Read More >>

Science Policy in the Soviet Union (1990) examines the major institutional and behavioural aspects influencing scientific...  Read More >>

Soviet Science (1936) gives information about the sort and conditions of research in Soviet scientific institutes...  Read More >>

Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains...  Read More >>

Focussing on late medieval and early modern philosophy and medicine, this edited collection explores the replacement...  Read More >>

This volume provides a wide-ranging introduction to Kepler’s work, with essays on his religion, his cosmological...  Read More >>

A breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them. Charles Darwin...  Read More >>

In easy-to-understand language, former NASA special projects engineer Robert Alston tackles cosmology's profoundest...  Read More >>

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This volume presents new research on Cartesian psychophysiology that combines historical and textual analysis with...  Read More >>

For as long as humanity has ventured on the seas, naval warfare has been an integral part of their activities and...  Read More >>

This book explores the prize cultures of the most famous scientific award worldwide: the Nobel Prize.  Read More >>