Science: general issues books

Ancient astronomical knowledge, nationalist aspirations, artistic imagination, and community practices intersect...  Read More >>

Discover how flowers revolutionised our world. While dinosaurs and mammals steal the spotlight, it was the rise...  Read More >>

Technology is conventionally viewed as dehumanizing. Yet, as Eva Illouz shows in this concise book, technology has...  Read More >>

""Thought-provoking pieces of nonfiction exploring the crossroads of technology with art and science, as well as...  Read More >>

This book, in memory of Noel M. Swerdlow, brings together new work by prominent historians of the ancient Near Eastern,...  Read More >>

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. From parenting and pilgrimage to activism and mourning,...  Read More >>

This book highlights the historical roots and important philosophical debates that accompanied the introduction...  Read More >>

Was geschieht, wenn eine Gesellschaft ihre Alten nicht mehr trägt – sondern sie verliert? Dieses Buch führt tief...  Read More >>

This book deals with measurements and understanding, evaluating, and reporting uncertainties. Its goal is to present...  Read More >>

This book presents the applications of nanotechnology in environmental and public health management. The first part...  Read More >>

This book deals with the issue of integrating science into democratic decision-making, emphasizing the need to balance...  Read More >>

Sufferless explores how progress can be measured by how much suffering we reduce, from the self to society.  Read More >>

The theory of self-assembling games studies how evolutionary games emerge from basic interactions, and explores...  Read More >>

Walter Benjamin reimagined through the forgotten power of radio Philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin...  Read More >>

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America - from eugenics and...  Read More >>

Sufferless explores how progress can be measured by how much suffering we reduce, from the self to society.  Read More >>

A radical history of technology told through acts of resistance, not progress The history of technology is often...  Read More >>

Wetlands—particularly swamps—have evoked contradictory responses from different groups in the United States from...  Read More >>

Wigmore on Carbon Monoxide uncovers the fascinating history and ongoing dangers of carbon monoxide, the invisible...  Read More >>

This book presents a detailed theoretical and experimental overview of electron field emission phenomena from carbon-based...  Read More >>

The Extinction of Experience explores the way a broad range of technologies, from the microwave to the sophisticated...  Read More >>

Science in the Ancient World presents a worldwide history of science, from prehistoric times through the medieval...  Read More >>

What becomes of the sublime today, in a philosophy that discards the old oppositions between body and mind and embeds...  Read More >>

Focusing on the increasingly common problem of internet addiction, this book examines its implications to our psychological...  Read More >>

Explore historical and contemporary fringe remedies seen as strange, ridiculous, or even gruesome by modern Western...  Read More >>