History of science books

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Handbook of Soviet Space-Science Research

Handbook of Soviet Space-Science Research

Author: George E. Wukelic
ISBN: 9781032674254
Format: Paperback
$106.06

Handbook of Soviet Space-Science Research (1968) provides a comprehensive and authoritative English language summary...  Read More >>

Ecological Explosions: The History of Biological Invasions and Invasion Science

Ecological Explosions: The History of Biological Invasions...

Author: Daniel Simberloff
ISBN: 9780226842578
Format: Paperback
$99.95

A leading biologist offers a comprehensive and accessible history of invasive species science, from its earliest...  Read More >>

Wired Together: The Montreal Neurological Institute and the Origins of Neuroscience

Wired Together: The Montreal Neurological Institute...

Author: Yvan Prkachin
ISBN: 9780226845463
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Examines the role of an influential neurological institute in shaping a new, interdisciplinary science—neuroscience—and...  Read More >>

Beyond the Genius: Nobel Stories of Passion and Controversy in Science

Beyond the Genius: Nobel Stories of Passion and Controversy...

Author: Virginia Shepherd ,  Charles Brau
ISBN: 9783032027344
Format: Paperback
$56.93

Using the fascinating stories surrounding the lives and struggles of eight Nobel Laureate scientists, this book...  Read More >>

Branching Darwinisms: The Rise and Fall of the Eclipse Metaphor in the Historiography of Evolutionary Biology

Branching Darwinisms: The Rise and Fall of the Eclipse...

Author: David Ceccarelli
ISBN: 9783032130433
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book offers a meta-historical analysis of the “eclipse of Darwinism” narrative in evolutionary biology. It...  Read More >>

A Universe of Earths: Our Planet and Other Worlds, from Copernicus to NASA

A Universe of Earths: Our Planet and Other Worlds, from...

Author: Dennis Danielson (Professor Emeritus of English, Professor Emeritus of English, University of British Columbia) ,  Christopher M. Graney (, Vatican Observatory)
ISBN: 9780197803516
Format: Hardback
$64.95

A Universe of Earths retraces the exhilarating story of how we came to imagine the Earth as a ""wandering star"",...  Read More >>

The Oldest Rocks on Earth: A Search for the Origins of Our World

The Oldest Rocks on Earth: A Search for the Origins...

Author: Simon Lamb
ISBN: 9780231222235
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Geologist Simon Lamb shows that the key to answering crucial questions about Earth’s history lies in ancient rocks...  Read More >>

Doctors' Riot of 1788: Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America

Doctors' Riot of 1788: Body Snatching, Bloodletting,...

Author: Andy McPhee
ISBN: 9781493088058
Format: Hardback
$79.07

In this riveting and revelatory history, Andy McPhee delves into the post-revolutionary period of America to trace...  Read More >>

Ecological Explosions: The History of Biological Invasions and Invasion Science

Ecological Explosions: The History of Biological Invasions...

Author: Daniel Simberloff
ISBN: 9780226842561
Format: Hardback
$298.95

A leading biologist offers a comprehensive and accessible history of invasive species science, from its earliest...  Read More >>

Heart. Flop. Moon.: Drei Sternstunden der 60er-Jahre

Heart. Flop. Moon.: Drei Sternstunden der 60er-Jahre...

Author: Wolfgang Tschirk
ISBN: 9783662720493
Format: Paperback
$105.57

mso-themecolor: text1;"">Vielleicht weckt dieses Buch bei den Älteren Erinnerungen, die es wert sind, geweckt zu...  Read More >>

Himmlische Wörter: Astronomische Wurzeln der Modernen Sprache

Himmlische Wörter: Astronomische Wurzeln der Modernen...

Author: Daniel Kunth ,  Carola Koubek
ISBN: 9783031960901
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Dieses faszinierende und unterhaltsame Buch lädt sprachlich und astronomisch interessierte Leser dazu ein, die vergessenen...  Read More >>

The Barnard Album: A Colorful Look at Dark Nebulae

The Barnard Album: A Colorful Look at Dark Nebulae

Author: Tim B. Hunter ,  James. E. McGaha
ISBN: 9783032066138
Format: Paperback
$90.54

The Barnard Objects have fascinated professional and amateur astronomers for over 100 years. Barnard’s images were...  Read More >>

Celestial Sleuthing: More Mysteries in Art, History, and Literature

Celestial Sleuthing: More Mysteries in Art, History,...

Author: Donald W. Olson
ISBN: 9783032099884
Format: Paperback
$87.09

Many mysteries in art, history, and literature can be solved using “celestial sleuthing,” including calculating...  Read More >>

Generating Difference: Race and Reproduction in the British Empire, 1660–1840

Generating Difference: Race and Reproduction in the...

Author: Andrew Wells
ISBN: 9781421453606
Format: Paperback
$135.00

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Der angewandte Mathematiker Henry Görtler: Sein Leben vor und nach 1945

Der angewandte Mathematiker Henry Görtler: Sein Leben...

Author: Dietmar Kröner
ISBN: 9783662719299
Format: Hardback
$343.17

Henry Görtler hat nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg das Institut für Angewandte Mathematik an der Universität Freiburg...  Read More >>

Joseph Sauveur and His Time: Music and Mathematicians: Decline of the Greek Paradigm of Music

Joseph Sauveur and His Time: Music and Mathematicians:...

Author: Danilo Capecchi ,  Giulia Capecchi
ISBN: 9783032047069
Format: Hardback
$527.97

This book focuses on the shift in the perception of music by educated classes, from the Greek view as an essentially...  Read More >>

A Historical Dictionary of Mathematical Terms: Volume I: A-I

A Historical Dictionary of Mathematical Terms: Volume...

Author: Holger Becker
ISBN: 9783032028723
Format: Hardback
$580.77

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A Historical Dictionary of Mathematical Terms: Volume II: J-Z

A Historical Dictionary of Mathematical Terms: Volume...

Author: Holger Becker
ISBN: 9783032028761
Format: Hardback
$580.77

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A Brief History of Computing

A Brief History of Computing

Author: Gerard O'Regan
ISBN: 9783032042545
Format: Hardback
$103.47

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The Soviet Space Program and International Collaboration during Perestroika, 1985-1991

The Soviet Space Program and International Collaboration...

Author: Olga Dubrovina
ISBN: 9783032031563
Format: Hardback
$422.37

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Sonnenfeuer: Warum die kontrollierte Kernfusion unsere Energieprobleme endgültig lösen kann

Sonnenfeuer: Warum die kontrollierte Kernfusion unsere...

Author: Lars Jaeger
ISBN: 9783662721469
Format: Hardback
$92.37

Im Dezember 2022 gelang US-Forschern ein historischer Durchbruch: Bei einem Fusionsversuch wurde erstmals mehr Energie...  Read More >>

A Social History of Mental Health Care in Greece, c. 1900—1920: Hospitals, Patients, and Society

A Social History of Mental Health Care in Greece, c....

Author: Despo Kritsotaki
ISBN: 9783032057631
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book examines the social and cultural meanings of mental illness and psychiatric hospitalisation in early twentieth-century...  Read More >>

The Poznań School of Archaeology: The Origin, Growth and Significance

The Poznań School of Archaeology: The Origin, Growth...

Author: Arkadiusz Marciniak ,  Michał Pawleta
ISBN: 9783032078476
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Poznań School of Archaeology, an original mode of archaeological...  Read More >>

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