History of Science

A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Anaximander is a delight and so is this book' -- James McConnachie, Sunday TimesNow widely available in English for the fir...

The Bureaucracy of Empathy revolves around two central questions: What is pain? And how do we recognize, understand, and ameliorate the pain of non...

The Bureaucracy of Empathy revolves around two central questions: What is pain? And how do we recognize, understand, and ameliorate the pain of non...

The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017'Does Einstein proud . . . Eminently readable' Guardian'No one has covered the topic with such a ligh...

How Astronomy contributed to the educational enlightenment of Glasgow, to its society and to its commerce. The words 'Astronomy' and 'Glasgow' seem...

Après avoir donné prise à des considérations équivoques, lidée du progrès gagne son entière légitimité au XIXe siècle. Comment sest faite la transi...

This collection sheds new light on the nature, role and practice of philosophy and science in the renewed Berlin Academy from the mid-1740s to the ...

An analysis of a scandal involving a doctor accused of allowing a number of women to develop cervical cancer from carcinoma in situ as part of an e...

Electronics is an ever-changing field with an entrepreneurial spirit and a rich history, populated by some of the world's most famous companies and...

The history of the modern sciences has long overlooked the significance of domesticity as a physical, social, and symbolic force in the shaping of ...

The modern research university originated in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century, largely due to the creation and expansion of the ...

The 'De venenis' attributed to 'Malachias Hibernicus' is a portable discussion of vices and virtues. Probably composed about 1280, originally as an...

Discover the Surprising History of Ordinary ThingsEmily magically weaves a vibrant history of simple everyday objects we often take for granted. Th...

Biology: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity and helping you to understand t...

Isaac Newton was accorded a semi-divine status in the 18th and 19th centuries, whereby his image linked together religion and science. The real hum...

The first global history of voluntary consensus standard setting.Finalist, Hagley Prize in Business History, The Hagley Museum and Library / The Bu...

It is often assumed that natural philosophy was the forerunner of early modern natural sciences. But where did these sciences' systematic observati...

Modern science and ideas of race have long been entangled, sharing notions of order, classification, and hierarchy. Ordering the Human presents cut...

Modern science and ideas of race have long been entangled, sharing notions of order, classification, and hierarchy. Ordering the Human presents cut...

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern Americafrom eugenics and posture pageants to todays promoters...