History of science books

In this surprising biography, author David K. Love reveals the boundless mind and endless curiosity of Edmond Halley,...  Read More >>

While these activists have differed in the identities they focus on, they have come to share a conviction that diversity...  Read More >>

The year 2022 is the 50th anniversary of Alfred Crosby’s celebrated book - The Columbian Exchange: Biological and...  Read More >>

This book investigates attention from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including philosophy, history, anthropology,...  Read More >>

This book investigates attention from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including philosophy, history, anthropology,...  Read More >>

Introduces students to key concepts of the science curriculum and the scientists responsible for the significant...  Read More >>

The third edition of this magisterial account of medicine in the Greek and Roman worlds has been updated to incorporate...  Read More >>

This book brings together a selection of papers by George Gerstein, representing his long-term endeavor of making...  Read More >>

This book is a biography of François Englert, the first Belgian Nobel Laureate in Physics. Jointly awarded to him...  Read More >>

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This book explores how the writers, poets, thinkers, historians, scientists, dilettantes and frauds of the long-nineteenth...  Read More >>

This book examines education as a means to explore knowledge and literacy in the Old Babylonian period. Contrary...  Read More >>

A hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit....  Read More >>

The Victorians invented the idea of the future - it was an undiscovered country, ripe for exploration and colonisation....  Read More >>

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The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse...  Read More >>

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The primary purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to a wide variety of interesting and useful connections,...  Read More >>

"A generation or two before Socrates, thinkers classified the world's organisms into three categories: plants, animals,...  Read More >>

A kaleidoscopic rethinking of how we come to know the earth.   This book brings the history of the geosciences...  Read More >>

In the nineteenth century, American and British culture experienced an explosion of interest in writings about the...  Read More >>

A kaleidoscopic rethinking of how we come to know the earth.   This book brings the history of the geosciences...  Read More >>

A new view for studying and understanding biological evolution emerges when the concepts of phylogenetic systematics...  Read More >>

Nuclear Power in the Developing World (1982) explores the issue of nuclear power policies in developing countries....  Read More >>

This book provides a unique contribution to philosophy of science from the perspective of the practice of science....  Read More >>