History of science books

This book aims to make Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) accessible to the modern reader by refashioning the great scientist's...  Read More >>

Charles Babbage (1791–1871) was one of the most original thinkers of the nineteenth century. In this influential...  Read More >>

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This volume aims to challenge the prevalent top-down approach to the history of the introduction and the use of...  Read More >>

In 1829, surgeon and amateur naturalist Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward placed soil, dried leaves, and the pupa of a sphinx...  Read More >>

This volume addresses the history and epistemology of early modern cosmology. The volume investigates how, in the...  Read More >>

This book traces the history of how evolutionary biology transformed its understanding of females from being coy,...  Read More >>

This book analyzes metaphysical consequences of the quantum theory of many particles with respect to the fundamental...  Read More >>

This book presents an update on social psychology as a disciplinary space and research field. The eighth and ninth...  Read More >>

Das Leben von Tobias Mayer, 1723 bis 1762, ist die Geschichte eines Wunderkindes und Waisenknaben, der als Kartograph,...  Read More >>

A prismatic examination of the evolution of medicine, from a trade to a science, through the exemplary lives of...  Read More >>

A prismatic examination of the evolution of medicine, from a trade to a science, through the exemplary lives of...  Read More >>

The awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life traveled...  Read More >>

This open access book is intended for common readers who are interested in the life story of Qian Xuesen (also know...  Read More >>

The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX—and Elon Musk—from a shaky startup...  Read More >>

How the concept of ""deep time"" began as a metaphor used by philosophers, poets, and naturalists in the eighteenth...  Read More >>

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This open access book is intended for common readers who are interested in the life story of Qian Xuesen (also know...  Read More >>

How the concept of ""deep time"" began as a metaphor used by philosophers, poets, and naturalists in the eighteenth...  Read More >>

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A fascinating autobiographical account of Charles Darwin's life. It delicately intertwines the details of his personal...  Read More >>

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