History of Science

Japan is a place where powerful earthquakes have occurred more frequently and have caused more harm in the modern era than they have in all but a h...

In the nineteenth century, American and British culture experienced an explosion of interest in writings about the brain. The years between 1800 an...

What is the nature of the 'laws' that Marx and Engels sought to formulate for the development of capitalism? How to understand and judge Engels's a...

This book marks the centenary of the remarkable invention of an opto-mechanical planetarium projector, the Zeiss Mk I. In May 1925, the first publi...

Written by its former Director, this book presents a historical account of the famous Arecibo Observatory and its 305-meter radio astronomical tele...

Why did early modern Europeans hunt for witches? Were these persecutions a shrewd tool to oppress women or the poor, or were they just a way of mak...

Dieses Buch bietet eine erfrischend neue Perspektive auf existentielle Fragen und setzt die Erkenntnisse moderner Wissenschaft widerspruchsfrei mit...

This textbook presents a fascinating review of cryptography and cryptanalysis, from the earliest known cryptographic systems of 2,500 years ago up ...

In 1950, Alan Turing, the British mathematician, cryptographer, and computer pioneer, looked to the future: now that the conceptual and technical p...

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday...

How the classic mirror test served as a portal for scientists to explore questions of self-awarenessSince the late eighteenth century, scientists h...

This edited collection explores Dante Alighieris contribution to medical, scientific, and spiritual thought in medieval and early modern times. The...

Dieses Buch beschreibt und erklärt die Welt der Teilchenbeschleuniger und die Physik, die sie erforschen. Die Darstellung ist nicht technisch (E=mc...

This volume focuses on the correspondence of Henri Poincar?, the renowned turn-of-the century French scientist and philosopher. Drawing on material...

In Vor dem Big Bang entfaltet sich eine tiefgründige und faszinierende Erzählung über die Ursprünge und die Entwicklung des Universums. Ausgangspun...

What role do science and technology play in society? What is the nature of expert knowledge? What is sciences relation to democracy? This introduc...

What role do science and technology play in society? What is the nature of expert knowledge? What is sciences relation to democracy? This introduc...

An essential introductory textbook that shows students how science came to be such an important aspect of modern culture. Lively and readable, it p...

Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. Known as the discoverer of electro-magnetic induction, the principle behin...

A logo on products ranging from chopsticks and toilet paper to cell phones and automobiles, the panda is one of the most ubiquitous images in China...

A Best Book of 2023 by Inc.Social psychologist and Stanford professor Brian Lowery presents a provocative, powerful theory of identity, arguing tha...

Science and technology have shaped not only economic empires and industrial landscapes, but also the identities, anxieties, and understandings of p...

Science, Medicine, and Aristocratic Lineage in Victorian Popular Fiction explores the dialogue between popular literature and medical and scientifi...