History of science books

How nineteenth-century environmental sciences laid the groundwork for global mineral extraction. Unearthed depicts...  Read More >>

The clearest, simplest guide to chemistry, from atoms to the chemistry of green fuels Combining bold graphics with...  Read More >>

How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity. Scientists, journalists, and politicians...  Read More >>

More than ever before, radiation is a part of our modern daily lives. We own radiation-emitting phones, regularly...  Read More >>

This book unpacks the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, the intriguing theory of endosymbiosis,...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of how Cape Canaveral's ""second space age"" reshaped the trajectory of the US space program...  Read More >>

This book is a comprehensive exploration of the atomic nucleus. It recounts the history of research into the atomic...  Read More >>

This first of a two-volume book discusses the process of conceptual recasting of mathematical contents under a new...  Read More >>

Surviving the demise of his humoral pathology and anatomy, Galen’s works on simple and compound remedies (the so-called...  Read More >>

This open access book explores how the elements of Blumenbach’s epistemology have been variously assembled in different...  Read More >>

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

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

The tumultuous life and radical science of a thinker ahead of his time, and the history of an idea that changed...  Read More >>

This book explores the history of foreign astral science in China from the unique viewpoint of the knowledge introduced...  Read More >>

An investigation into the predecessors of the magic cube. Magic cubes are generally considered to have been invented...  Read More >>

Explores changing representation of sunbed providers and consumers in Britain by analysing the role of the media,...  Read More >>

John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare...  Read More >>

How nutrition and the body became matters of national importance in modern Germany. What does it mean to eat well,...  Read More >>

History is littered with scientific errors. This contrasts sharply with the image of science as providing a systematic...  Read More >>

An energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary...  Read More >>

From the Marginalian creator and bestselling author Maria Popova, a bold exploration of what makes a meaningful...  Read More >>

The first book-length history of gems in early modern science offers a thought-provoking new take on the Scientific...  Read More >>

The volume appears as a contribution to the 70th anniversary of Fermi's death, and should appeal not only to students...  Read More >>

The disturbing true story of an all-powerful British doctor called William Sargant who in the 1960s and 1970s abused...  Read More >>

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