History of Science

This book explores two disparate sets of debates in the history and philosophy of the life sciences: the history of subjectivity in shaping objecti...

From the rise of chemical technology in antiquity to the present day, Igniting the Chemical Ring of Fire tracks the development of professional che...

In this short book, Evans interrogates the implications of VR’s re-emergence into the media mainstream, critiquing the notion of a VR revolution by...

Contemporary interest in Darwin rises from a general ideal of what Darwin’s books ought to contain: a theory of transformation of species by natura...

This book tells the story of how the "servile arts" turned into the "mechanical arts," which in turn developed into a kind of philosophical apparat...

Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the r...

First Published in 1994. This research guide was written as a comprehensive, though by no means exhaustive, survey of the literature pertinent to s...

This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language, from its origins in Aristotle’s ontology, where it referred t...

This survey of the rise and decline of English watchmaking fills a gap in the historiography of British industry. Clerkenwell in London was supplie...

We are living in an emerging technoculture. Machines and gadgets not only weave the fabric of daily life, but more importantly embody philosophical...

Sound and Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the r...

This book provides a reading of Newton’s argument for universal gravity that is focused on the evidence-based, "experimental" reasoning that Newton...

This is the first detailed study of the role of the Church in the commercialization of milling in medieval England. Focusing on the period from the...

Analytic metaphysics has recently discovered biology as a means of grounding metaphysical theories. This has resulted in long-standing metaphysical...

'The statuary and monuments catalogued in this impressive body of work are accompanied by descriptions of the subjects their work and achievements....

The 20th Century has been called the Century of Physics. It could be even more appropriate to call it the Century of Solid State Physics. All the t...

The opposition of science and religion is a recent phenomenon; in the middle ages, and indeed until the middle of the nineteenth century, there was...

The Hindu-Arabic numeral system (1, 2, 3,…) is one of mankind's greatest achievements and one of its most commonly used inventions. How did it orig...

The gender gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) varies greatly from country to country, and the number of Japanese women ...

For scientific, technological and organizational reasons, the end of World War II (in 1945) saw a rapid acceleration in the tempo of discovery and ...

The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and dis...

This volume explores the relationship between physics and metaphysics in Descartes’ philosophy. According to the standard account, Descartes modifi...

This book departs from existing accounts of Alan Turing's imitation game and test by placing Turing's proposal in its historical, social, and cultu...

This book explores different accounts of powers and abilities in early modern philosophy. It analyzes powers and abilities as a package, hopefully ...

This book explores two disparate sets of debates in the history and philosophy of the life sciences: the history of subjectivity in shaping objecti...

In March 1807, Nathaniel Wallich, a young Danish surgeon left his home in Copenhagen towards India. During the troubles of the Napoleonic Wars, it ...

After 30 years of research, the author of The History of Correlation organized his notes into a manuscript draft during the lockdown months of the ...

This volume considers the exchange between the Neo-Kantian tradition in German philosophy and the sciences from the last third of the nineteenth ce...

From a beginning in an Egyptian delta town and the port of Alexandria to the scenic vistas of sunny southern California, Ahmed Zewail takes us on a...

This edited volume maps dialogues between science and technology studies research on the arts and the emerging field of artistic research. The main...

Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, this collection critically examines science journalism, paying special attention to the poin...

In the 25 years since the last edition of Thornton and Tully’s Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors was published, scientific publishing has ...

The clearest, most accessible explanation yet of the amazing world of quantum mechanics. How can matter behave both like a particle and a wave? Do...

This book uses 'politics of urban knowledge' as a lens to understand how professionals, administrations, scholars, and social movements have survey...

The relationship between aesthetics and science has begun to generate substantial interest. However, for the most part, the focus has been on the b...