History of science books

An esteemed historian of science explores the diversity of scientific experimentation.   The experiment has long...  Read More >>

This book builds on recent scholarship highlighted in the edited collections, Philosophie, histoire, biologie: mélanges...  Read More >>

This book offers a history of the instrumentation used to materialize the early thought experiments devised in the...  Read More >>

This book provides the Greek text and an English translation of Aristarchus of Samos’ On the Sizes and Distances...  Read More >>

A history of the gas mask in Germany from first use in combat in 1915 to the eve of the Second World War. Peter...  Read More >>

Renommierte Experten aus Physik und Philosophie erläutern Grundbegriffe, Erkenntnisfortschritte und Deutungsfragen...  Read More >>

This book is the second edition of Women Spacefarers and tells the fascinating stories of the valiant women who...  Read More >>

In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parrots in the Antarctic....  Read More >>

""Explores the visual idioms that made, sustained, revised, and resisted Cartesian philosophy. Locates Descartes's...  Read More >>

A lively exploration of how invisibility has gone from science fiction to fact  Read More >>

Un sincero y revelador análisis de las posibilidades energéticas de nuestro futuro. «Si te preocupa el futuro y...  Read More >>

A definitive history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure by one of our most prominent medical historians  Read More >>

John Forrester’s passionate yet probing engagement with Freud and psychoanalysis is legendary. Here, in six introductory...  Read More >>

This open access book offers new insights into the Venetian physician Sanctorius Sanctorius (1561–1636) and into...  Read More >>

A lively exploration of how invisibility has gone from science fiction to fact Is it possible for something or someone...  Read More >>

A lively exploration of how invisibility has gone from science fiction to fact Is it possible for something or someone...  Read More >>

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The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin's Doubt presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence...  Read More >>

This open access book offers new insights into the Venetian physician Sanctorius Sanctorius (1561–1636) and into...  Read More >>

This book explores the philosophy and the foundations of quantum chemistry. Coverage includes such topics as quantum...  Read More >>

Genesis means beginning, and the book starts from the creation of GOD to Adam and Eve, Noah's flood, Cain's offspring,...  Read More >>

A tour of Mars in the human imagination, from ancient astrologers to modern explorers. Mars and its secrets have...  Read More >>

Draws on historical, anecdotal and scientific sources to reveal what makes this species so special.  Read More >>

"""A history of shells in early modern Europe, and their rich cultural and artistic significance""--"  Read More >>

Rather than trying to bend your mind around all the vast and confounding details of things such as gravitational...  Read More >>