History of Science

For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infections, lobotomies, horrendou...

When Darwin announced his theory of evolution by natural selection, he did more than transform biology. Before his great work, humans were comforta...

What is time made of? We might balk at such a question, and reply that time is not made of anything--it is an abstract and universal phenomenon. In...

The origins and development of the modern American emergency stateFrom pandemic disease, to the disasters associated with global warming, to cybera...

The origins and development of the modern American emergency stateFrom pandemic disease, to the disasters associated with global warming, to cybera...

An accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the presentCan we live without the idea of purpose? Should ...

A fundamentally new approach to the history of science and technologyThis book presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and tech...

Many of the worlds most renowned and exciting ornamental plantsincluding magnolias, roses, rhododendrons, tree peonies, lilies, and blue poppieshav...

Did you know that Florence Nightingale pioneered the use of statistics in public health? That Marie Curie is still the only person to have won the ...

A definitive account of the natural history of the Hawkesbury River and the pivotal role it has played in history.The Hawkesbury River is the longe...

Winner of: National Science Teachers Foundation/Children's Book Council, Outstanding Science Trade Book Award Against all oddsthe paths forged by t...

Depression has colonized the world. Today, more than 300 million of us have been diagnosed as depressed. But 150 years ago, depression referred to ...

The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more than five million years ago to the agricultural eraOver the course of five mill...

Do we really need another Ned Kelly book? After all, his story is a part of Australian folklore and his legend has been captured in movies, books a...

Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported t...

How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science   Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly...