History of Science

Unraveling the surprising history of the concept of ecologyThe Ecological Plot traces the roots of this most mainstream branch of science back to a...

Unraveling the surprising history of the concept of ecologyThe Ecological Plot traces the roots of this most mainstream branch of science back to a...

Psychedelics, neuroscience, and historical biography come together when a journalist finds a lost photograph of Aldous Huxley and uncovers a hidden...

LIKE THE FEMALE SCIENTISTS PORTRAYED IN HIDDEN FIGURES, MARY SHERMAN MORGAN WAS ANOTHERUNSUNG HEROINE OF THE SPACE AGE-NOWHER STORY IS FINALLY TOLD...

Serving the Reich tells the story of physics under Hitler. While some scientists tried to create an Aryan physics that excluded any Jewish ideas, m...

This volume presents new research on Cartesian psychophysiology that combines historical and textual analysis with a consideration of recent advanc...

Science is a serious business, right? Wrong. Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust...

An in-depth look at the history of the environment.Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifesty...

From the 17th century onwards, in a context of increasingly intense trade and diplomatic contacts, the exchange of scientific ideas became a key el...

Debating Contemporary Approaches to the History of Science explores the main themes, problems and challenges currently at the top of the discipline...

A Washington Post Notable Work of NonfictionA Telegraph Book of the YearA sweeping history of American psychiatryfrom the mental hospital to the br...

The outstanding trilogy by the Polish historian Jacob L. Talmon (1916-1980) who taught many years until his death the history of totalitarian democ...

A new addition to the University of Pittsburgh Press's Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series.

Once upon a time The Scientific Revolution of the 17th century was an innovative concept that inspired a stimulating narrative of how modern scienc...

Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on th...

The botanical drawings of the American naturalist William Bartram.

Science and illustration have always walked hand in hand, and not only the scientific community but the general public as well have used images sin...

This book focuses on the development of the National Museum of Natural Historys David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins. As one of the most visited hum...

The 48th Congress of German Historians was held in Berlin from September 28 through October 1, 2010, and had as theme On Borders. This is the offic...

This textbook provides an accessible and pedagogical explanation of the way microscopes magnify images and covers all techniques to date in transmi...

From the eighteenth century until as recently as World War II, the natural scientist was depicted as a kind of moral superhero: objective, modest, ...

As a figurehead for the literary humanities, and a dramatist whose plays feature fairies, ghosts, and spirits, Shakespeare may not be the first aut...

As a figurehead for the literary humanities, and a dramatist whose plays feature fairies, ghosts, and spirits, Shakespeare may not be the first aut...

When the atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen and the limnologist Eugene F. Stoermer introduced the term Anthropocene in 2000, they kicked off a scient...

A landmark history of early radio in Germany and the quest for broadcast fidelityWhen we turn on a radio or stream a playlist, we can usually recog...

An invaluable reference book on the mathematics of Greek antiquityEuclid, Archimedes, and Apollonius are familiar names to many of us, and their co...

The essays in this volume present a nuanced analysis of the development of scientific fields and institutions in Eastern Europe during the long 19t...

Prestige and international visibility beyond the confines of the academic world are key reasons for universities to get involved in international r...

Wissenschaftlicher Austausch und Vernetzung in der Forschung waren schon zur Eröffnung der Universität Göttingen im Jahr 1737 kaum zu überschätzen....

Albert Einstein visited Oxford in 1931, to receive an honorary degree and to lecture on relativity and the Universe. While lecturing, he naturally ...

A collection of the most fascinating letters by the world's greatest scientists. Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scie...

A breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over themCharles Darwin was driven to distraction by plant sp...