History of science books

This book examines the broad shift towards the establishment of geometry as a practical and analytical tool in early...  Read More >>

Greenvill Collins’s biography, on marine navigation, is aimed at cartographers. Through Arctic shipwreck, Dutch...  Read More >>

This book provides a reading of Newton’s argument for universal gravity that is focused on the “experimental” reasoning...  Read More >>

"""The ultimate visual guide to the discoveries that shaped the world""--Cover."  Read More >>

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A compelling history of how popular phrenology featured in the fates of people living in, and moving through, the...  Read More >>

Provides a much-needed update to the mammalogy of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.  Read More >>

Increasingly, critics accused practitioners of hiding hubris behind their purported humanity and questioned whether...  Read More >>

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This volume focuses on curiosity, given as the scientist’s chief motivating factor for the finding of new facts,...  Read More >>

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In 1608 Giambattista Della Porta (1545-1615) wrote his Book on Distillation. It was a comprehensive study of the...  Read More >>

In anticipation of this upcoming event, this book takes us back in history over 150 years, telling the story of...  Read More >>

This volume collects contributions on leading figures in mechanism and machine science (MMS) from Spain and Ibero-America...  Read More >>

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This book tells the comprehensive history of cosmography from the 15th Century Age of Discovery onward. During this...  Read More >>

A delightful A-to-Z menagerie of the sea—whimsically illustrated, authoritative, and thought-provoking.   For...  Read More >>

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important...  Read More >>

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important...  Read More >>

Science Between Myth and History explores scientific storytelling and its implications on the teaching, practice,...  Read More >>

Liba Taub gives an overview of the major developments in early science between the 8th century BC and 6th century...  Read More >>

"In this book, Daniel P. Todes provides concise introduction to the life and science of the great Russian physiologist...  Read More >>

¿Cuántas veces has imaginado regresar el tiempo atrás para hacer algo diferente?  Read More >>

A Nobel Laureate explains quantum entanglement and teleportation and why Einstein was wrong about the nature of...  Read More >>