History of science books

27278 books were found.

The Quest for the True Figure of the Earth: Ideas and Expeditions in Four Centuries of Geodesy

The Quest for the True Figure of the Earth: Ideas and...

Author: Michael Rand Hoare
ISBN: 9781138277700
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms: 8th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM2024)

Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines...

Author: Marco Ceccarelli ,  Irem Aslan Seyhan
ISBN: 9783031548758
Format: Hardback
$465.72

This book gathers the latest advances in the field of history of science and technology, as presented by leading...  Read More >>

Botanical Icons: Critical Practices of Illustration in the Premodern Mediterranean

Botanical Icons: Critical Practices of Illustration...

Author: Andrew Griebeler
ISBN: 9780226826790
Format: Hardback
$90.95

A richly illustrated account of how premodern botanical illustrations document evolving knowledge about plants and...  Read More >>

Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind

Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind...

Author: Mike Jay
ISBN: 9780300276091
Format: Paperback
$22.95

A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore...  Read More >>

The Origin of Species

The Origin of Species

Author: Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9780008699444
Format: Paperback
$25.85

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

Herwig Schopper: Scientist and Diplomat in a Changing World

Herwig Schopper: Scientist and Diplomat in a Changing...

Author: Herwig Schopper ,  James Gillies
ISBN: 9783031510441
Format: Paperback
$131.97

Herwig came to consider them all as friends. Through his long career, Herwig has played a leading role in institutions...  Read More >>

The Poems, Sacred, Passionate and Humorous

The Poems, Sacred, Passionate and Humorous

Author: Nathaniel Parker Willis
ISBN: 9791041986576
Format: Paperback
$68.64

"""The Poems, Sacred, Passionate, and Humorous"" by Nathaniel Parker Willis is a captivating anthology that showcases...  Read More >>

Predicting Disasters: Earthquakes, Scientists, and Uncertainty in Modern Japan

Predicting Disasters: Earthquakes, Scientists, and Uncertainty...

Author: Kerry Smith
ISBN: 9781512825374
Format: Hardback
$171.47

Japan is a place where powerful earthquakes have occurred more frequently and have caused more harm in the modern...  Read More >>

Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives on Experimental Control

Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives...

Author: Jutta Schickore ,  William R. Newman
ISBN: 9783031529535
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This open access book provides a historical treatment of scientific control in experimentation in the longue durée....  Read More >>

On Rheostasis: The Hierarchical Organization of Physiological Stability

On Rheostasis: The Hierarchical Organization of Physiological...

Author: Tyler John Stevenson (Professor, Professor, University of Glasgow)
ISBN: 9780197665572
Format: Hardback
$209.00

All our inner organs and tissues require a constant environment to work effectively. Warm-blooded animals keep a...  Read More >>

Herwig Schopper: Scientist and Diplomat in a Changing World

Herwig Schopper: Scientist and Diplomat in a Changing...

Author: Herwig Schopper ,  James Gillies
ISBN: 9783031510410
Format: Hardback
$158.37

Herwig came to consider them all as friends. Through his long career, Herwig has played a leading role in institutions...  Read More >>

Ladyslipper and I

Ladyslipper and I

Author: G Ledyard Stebbins
ISBN: 9781930723658
Format: Hardback
$21.12

G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906-2000) is widely regarded as one of the most influential evolutionary biologists of the...  Read More >>

Health Humanities in Application

Health Humanities in Application

Author: Christian Riegel ,  Katherine M. Robinson
ISBN: 9783031083624
Format: Paperback
$448.77

This book focuses on health humanities in application. The field reflects many intellectual interests and practical...  Read More >>

The Two Dreams

The Two Dreams

Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
ISBN: 9791041986200
Format: Paperback
$42.24

I WILL that if I say a heavy thing Your tongues forgive me; seeing ye know that spring Has flecks and fits of pain...  Read More >>

Pl�tzlich klar: Drei Erz�hlungen aus der Wissenschaft

Pl�tzlich klar: Drei Erz�hlungen aus der Wissenschaft...

Author: Ernst Peter Fischer
ISBN: 9783956120480
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Es geht in diesen Texten um drei gro�e Pers�nlichkeiten aus der Sph�re der Wissenschaft - eine Frau und zwei M�nner...  Read More >>

Primes and Particles: Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, Physics

Primes and Particles: Mathematics, Mathematical Physics,...

Author: Martin H. Krieger
ISBN: 9783031497759
Format: Hardback
$169.00

Many philosophers, physicists, and mathematicians have wondered about the remarkable relationship between mathematics...  Read More >>

Interpreting Our World: 100 Discoveries That Revolutionized Geography

Interpreting Our World: 100 Discoveries That Revolutionized...

Author: Joseph J. Kerski
ISBN: 9798765120828
Format: Paperback
$59.99

"This important book demonstrates why geography matters in the modern-day world through its examination of 100 moments...  Read More >>

Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography

Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography...

Author: Siobhan Angus
ISBN: 9781478030188
Format: Paperback
$76.43

From rare-metal mining to environmental photography, Siobhan Angus tells the history of photography from a materialist...  Read More >>

Empire, Nation-building, and the Age of Tropical Medicine, 1885–1960

Empire, Nation-building, and the Age of Tropical Medicine,...

Author: Mauro Capocci ,  Daniele Cozzoli
ISBN: 9783031388040
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book investigates the complex relationship between the development of modern empires, nation, and the history...  Read More >>

La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré et les mathématiciens

La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré et les mathématiciens...

Author: Philippe Nabonnand ,  Olivier Bruneau
ISBN: 9783764371685
Format: Hardback
$365.95

"Indispensable for understanding Henri Poincaré's vast activity in the mathematical sciences. Provides new sources...  Read More >>

Generative Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Generative Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs...

Author: Jerry Kaplan (Adjunct Lecturer, Adjunct Lecturer, Stanford University)
ISBN: 9780197773543
Format: Paperback
$32.95

Generative Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know ® equips readers with the knowledge to answer pressing...  Read More >>

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication: Volume II

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication:...

Author: Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9791041985937
Format: Paperback
$76.56

"""The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication: Volume II"" by Charles Darwin is a seminal work that...  Read More >>

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication: Volume I

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication:...

Author: Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9791041985944
Format: Paperback
$68.64

"""The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication: Volume I"" by Charles Darwin is a seminal work that...  Read More >>

The Poetical Works

The Poetical Works

Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
ISBN: 9791041986569
Format: Paperback
$87.12

"""The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes"" invites readers into the delightful world of one of America's most...  Read More >>

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