Philosophy of science books

Surveying a variety of different theories of uniformitarian and neo-catastrophist thought, and seeking a path towards...  Read More >>

For anyone interested in gaining a fresh understanding of complexity, postmodernism and connectionism.  Read More >>

For anyone interested in gaining a fresh understanding of complexity, postmodernism and connectionism.  Read More >>

An introduction to the study of ethics in science and scientific research, this book covers: science and ethics;...  Read More >>

Reading Science looks at the distinctive language of science and technology and the role it plays in building up...  Read More >>

Heinrich Hertz, as the con­ summate experimentalist of 19th century technique and as brilliant clarifying critic...  Read More >>

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Explores the relationships among corporations, universities, and national governments involved in biotechnological...  Read More >>

New in paperback, from the bestselling author of Hyperspace, this spellbinding book brings together the cutting-edge...  Read More >>

This text aims to demonstrate how scientific practice is a rhetorical and narrative activity. The author develops...  Read More >>

Caws offers a nondogmatic and highly detailed commentary on, and analysis of, structuralism as philosophical movement...  Read More >>

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The Death of Life dissects biology's claim to be the Cinderella science that rose above its station. Early attempts...  Read More >>

Written for the millions of science teachers, students and the public who want evidence of their views. Society...  Read More >>

These 31 articles, selected because of their clarity and coverage of the prevailing debates in the philosophy of...  Read More >>

Initially prepared as part of the Foundations of the Unity of Science volumes under the auspices of the International...  Read More >>

Looking at our Appendix listing his principal publications, we see that Polikarov's public research career, after...  Read More >>

World famous scientist Paul Ehrlich (author of The Population Bomb), and Anne Ehrlich, present a science-based response...  Read More >>

Focusing on the earliest forays into microscopical research, from 1620 to 1720, this book provides technological...  Read More >>

Tymieniecka's seminal idea of the `trans-actional' is explored in this collection of essays, which reveals a variety...  Read More >>

The book is in the form of a dialogue between an eminent astronomer (Wickramasinghe) and a leading Buddhist scholar...  Read More >>

Hailed by the Greeks as ""the mystery of mysteries"", the perplexing question of where babies come from, has puzzled...  Read More >>

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