History of science books

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Jesuit Astrology: Prognostication and Science in Early Modern Culture

Jesuit Astrology: Prognostication and Science in Early...

Author: Luís Campos Ribeiro
ISBN: 9789004548954
Format: Hardback
$554.40

This book addresses the role of astrology in the Society of Jesus, offering a new perspective into early modern...  Read More >>

Timelines of Science

Timelines of Science

Author: DK
ISBN: 9780744080711
Format: Hardback
$105.60

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

A History of the Cultural Travels of Energy: From Aristotle to the OED

A History of the Cultural Travels of Energy: From Aristotle...

Author: Peter Hjertholm
ISBN: 9781032344454
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language, from its origins in Aristotle’s...  Read More >>

The Scientific Works of Grosseteste, Volume II: Mapping the Universe: Robert Grosseteste's De sphera 'On the Sphere'

The Scientific Works of Grosseteste, Volume II: Mapping...

Author: Gasper ,  McLeish
ISBN: 9780198805526
Format: Hardback
$377.00

Volume II in a series of five, Mapping the Universe presents a multi-disciplinary and multi-author exploration of...  Read More >>

Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics: The CSHPM 2021 Volume

Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics: The...

Author: Maria Zack ,  David Waszek
ISBN: 9783031214936
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This volume contains eighteen papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy...  Read More >>

Genesis Understood: (3rd Edition)

Genesis Understood: (3rd Edition)

Author: Lance Thomas Wynn
ISBN: 9781778830792
Format: Paperback
$55.41

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

The Closed World of East German Economists: Hopes and Defeats of a Generation

The Closed World of East German Economists: Hopes and...

Author: Till Düppe (Université du Québec, Montréal)
ISBN: 9781009233095
Format: Hardback
$245.81

This book is a collective biography of the only generation of economists who lived their entire professional life...  Read More >>

Star Noise: Discovering the Radio Universe

Star Noise: Discovering the Radio Universe

Author: Kenneth I. Kellermann (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia) ,  Ellen N. Bouton (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia)
ISBN: 9781316519356
Format: Hardback
$103.47

This book tells the story of how remarkable serendipitous discoveries by radio astronomers changed our understanding...  Read More >>

The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions

The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions

Author: Adrian Howkins (University of Bristol) ,  Peder Roberts (University of Stavanger)
ISBN: 9781108429931
Format: Hardback
$409.20

The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions is the first comprehensive reference work to draw together the history...  Read More >>

The Battle of the Beams: The secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War

The Battle of the Beams: The secret science of radar...

Author: Tom Whipple
ISBN: 9781787634138
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Winning the war of the air and airwaves turned the tide of World War II. This is the story of the maverick genius...  Read More >>

Catalog of Unconfirmed Comets - Volume 1: 1600-1899

Catalog of Unconfirmed Comets - Volume 1: 1600-1899...

Author: Gary W. Kronk ,  Maik Meyer
ISBN: 9783031231704
Format: Hardback
$413.97

This catalog is the first in-depth investigation of comets that were reported since the 17th century, but not confirmed...  Read More >>

Basic and Applied Research: The Language of Science Policy in the Twentieth Century

Basic and Applied Research: The Language of Science...

Author: David Kaldewey ,  Désirée Schauz
ISBN: 9781800739383
Format: Paperback
$41.27

The distinction between basic and applied research was central to twentieth-century science and policymaking, and...  Read More >>

Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds

Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds

Author: Mackenzie Cooley ,  Anna Toledano
ISBN: 9781032397207
Format: Paperback
$73.99

The essays and original visualizations collected in Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds explore the relationships...  Read More >>

Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future

Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean...

Author: James Morton Turner ,  Paul S. Sutter
ISBN: 9780295752181
Format: Paperback
$65.87

**Finalist for The Cundill History Prize 2023** To achieve fossil fuel independence, few technologies are more...  Read More >>

Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen

Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to...

Author: Gregory J Gbur ,  Derek Dysart
ISBN: 9798874655563
Format: Audio
$52.77

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

Making Machines of Animals: The International Livestock Exposition

Making Machines of Animals: The International Livestock...

Author: Neal A. Knapp
ISBN: 9781421446554
Format: Hardback
$130.00

""The author tells the story of how two different groups of actors, Chicago meatpackers and land grant university...  Read More >>

Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds

Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds

Author: Mackenzie Cooley ,  Anna Toledano
ISBN: 9781032397184
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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China's Space Programme: From the Era of Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping

China's Space Programme: From the Era of Mao Zedong...

Author: S. Chandrashekar
ISBN: 9789811915062
Format: Paperback
$85.36

This book comprehensively covers the history and current developments of space programme of China. It presents the...  Read More >>

Max von Laue: Intrepid and True: A Biography of the Physics Nobel Laureate

Max von Laue: Intrepid and True: A Biography of the...

Author: Jost Lemmerich ,  Ann M. Hentschel
ISBN: 9783030947019
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This biography gives an insider view of 20th century German science in the making. Laue may be counted among the...  Read More >>

The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest Diseases

The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the...

Author: Andrew Lam ,  Jason Vu
ISBN: 9798212719124
Format: Audio
$65.97

An in-depth look at the mavericks, moments, and mistakes that sparked the greatest medical discoveries in modern...  Read More >>

The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest Diseases

The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the...

Author: Andrew Lam ,  Jason Vu
ISBN: 9798212719131
Format: Audio
$65.97

An in-depth look at the mavericks, moments, and mistakes that sparked the greatest medical discoveries in modern...  Read More >>

Den inbillade kloke: Om konsten att förneka verkligheten

Den inbillade kloke: Om konsten att förneka verkligheten...

Author: Michael Delavante
ISBN: 9789179691936
Format: Paperback
$118.54

Hur gick det till när samhällsdebatten i Sverige förvandlades till en intellektuell återvändsgränd, dominerad av...  Read More >>

The Scientific Miracles in the Quran

The Scientific Miracles in the Quran

Author: M a
ISBN: 9798223571384
Format: Paperback
$38.28

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