History of science books

Ordering the Human presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship that examines the racialization of science...  Read More >>

In this lively and entertaining book, Donald R. Prothero explores the astonishing connections between climate and...  Read More >>

A new history of the concept of fetal life in the human sciences At a time when the becoming of a human being in...  Read More >>

A richly illustrated history of Wisconsin's astronomical innovations Explore the remarkable story of Wisconsin...  Read More >>

This book is reflecting upon core theories in evolutionary biology – in a historical as well as contemporary context....  Read More >>

An original and compelling history of the northern European medieval renaissance in art, science and philosophy,...  Read More >>

​This book deals with the rise of mathematics in physical sciences, beginning with Galileo and Newton and extending...  Read More >>

"""The World's Greatest Book (Science)"" explores into the peak of scientific ideas. From Darwin's ""The Origin...  Read More >>

"Schopenhauer is most recognizable as ""the philosopher of pessimism,"" the author of a system that teaches how...  Read More >>

"What did historical evolutionists such as Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer have to say about music? What role...  Read More >>

Get to grips with the essential topics in maths today through 100 key ideas, each one explained clearly in 100 words....  Read More >>

Get to grips with the essential topics in physics today through 100 key ideas, each one explained clearly in 100...  Read More >>

"An intimate exploratory tour of Stephen Hawking's office, providing a unique insight into the mind of a genius...  Read More >>

"""An opinionated history of neuroscience, which argues that--due to the brain's complexity--neuroscientific theories...  Read More >>

This book offers a critical update of current Wittgenstein research on the Tractatus logico-philosophicus (TLP)...  Read More >>

"""An argument for the inclusion of the human perspective within science and how it makes science possible""--"...  Read More >>

By framing the challenges ahead for global society, governance, industry, international power politics, and the...  Read More >>

In this riveting biography, explore the extraordinary life of Neil Armstrong, the legendary astronaut who defied...  Read More >>

The path to God is not going around science, but through it.Always a man of science, Jim Johnson accepted Christ...  Read More >>

Why did white pine help spark the American Revolution? How did balsam aid the development of germ theory? What does...  Read More >>

"A Next Big Idea Book Club Must-Read for April ""Aarathi Prasad spins a masterpiece of a story, as luminous, supple,...  Read More >>

"""A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries"" by George Grant is a captivating nonfiction...  Read More >>

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Across decades and disciplines, More than Nothing offers a scoping history of the vacuum as a lens into the development...  Read More >>

Drawing from recent theoretical trends in new materialisms, biopolitics, and posthumanism, this book traces the...  Read More >>