History of science books

Photographs do not simply speak for themselves. Their meanings are built through interpretive frameworks that shift...  Read More >>

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This volume addresses the history and epistemology of early modern cosmology. The volume investigates how, in the...  Read More >>

This book traces the history of how evolutionary biology transformed its understanding of females from being coy,...  Read More >>

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"For much of recorded history, people considered the heart to be the most important organ in the body. In cultures...  Read More >>

"For much of recorded history, people considered the heart to be the most important organ in the body. In cultures...  Read More >>

This book explores continuity and ruptures in the historical use of visual representations in science and related...  Read More >>

An in-depth and unified exploration of genius in the arts and sciences through the life and works of five seminal...  Read More >>

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This book examines the Franciscan alchemist Roger Bacon’s (1220-1292) interest in the role of alchemy in medicine,...  Read More >>

Karl R. Popper is widely regarded as one of the most influential 20th century philosophers. In this new biography,...  Read More >>

This book provides a remarkable and complete survey of important questions at the interface between theoretical...  Read More >>

This book is the first transcription and extensive commentary on a fascinating but almost entirely overlooked manuscript...  Read More >>

This book brings together leading scholars in the history of science, history of universities, intellectual history,...  Read More >>

Acclaimed science writer George Johnson brings his formidable reporting skills to the first biography of Nobel Prize-winner...  Read More >>

Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft widmet sich in derzeit 86 selbststandigen Instituten der naturwissenschaftlichen, aber...  Read More >>

"""An eye-opening, comprehensive history of diabetes research and treatment, by the best-selling author of Why We...  Read More >>

Dieses Fachbuch verteidigt einen kritischen Realismus und diskutiert im Rahmen des de Broglie-Bohm-Ansatzes neuere...  Read More >>

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Presents an introduction to geometrical optics, discusses image formation theory based on optical diffraction, and...  Read More >>

Renowned as great centres of learning, the cities of Baghdad and Isfahan were at the heart of the Islamic civilization...  Read More >>

Learn fascinating history and trivia you never knew about things we use on a daily basis from the host of highly...  Read More >>

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