History of Science

In Scientific Controversies, Dominque Raynaud shows how organized debates in the sciences help us establish or verify our knowledge of the world. I...

While pre-modern Europe is often seen as having an 'enchanted' or 'magical' worldview, the full implications of such labels remain inconsistently e...

The book examines the life and the writings of Gabriele Biondo, a secular priest who lived in the little town of Modigliana between the second half...

Drawing together the evidence of archaeology, palaeoecology, climate history and the historical record, this first environmental history of Scotlan...

Medical Humanities may be broadly conceptualized as a discipline wherein medicine and its specialties intersect with those of the humanities and so...

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the most important men of science in nineteenth century Britain. His discoveries of electro-magnetic rotatio...

This book is the first to explore memory, misremembering, forgetting, and anniversaries in the history of psychiatry and mental health. It challeng...

Historical walking guide along the trails of Leuven scientists and their laboratories.Throughout its history, Leuven University has been home to ma...

This book examines Napless patron saint, Gennaro, the history of his blood relic, and the mystery of its periodical liquefaction.Three times a year...

Some of humanitys mightiest engineering achievements are small in scaleand, without them, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs woul...

This book explores narratives of vaccine hesitancy using samples from the UK press, and looks at the ways these have changed between the 1950s and ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was one of the most significant revolutions in the history of science. Widely debated after the publication of...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was one of the most significant revolutions in the history of science. Widely debated after the publication of...

The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, ou...

The Industrial Revolution (1958) examines the various interpretations of early industrialization in Britain. It assesses and synthesises the many w...

This monograph presents a study of the most significant book in the history of anatomy, Fleming Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) De humani corporis fab...

The Geography of the Port of London (1957) deals with the mid-century functions of the port studied in relation to their physical setting and in th...

This book is of relevance to all archaeologists and all others concerned with how an interest in the past impacts on the present. This book explor...

Delving into previously undisclosed archival sources, this monograph offers a meticulously researched portrayal of Italian Jewish mathematicians am...

An engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von HumboldtIn this lucid biography, Andreas Daum offers a succinct an...