History of Science

The compelling story of leading physicists in Germany--including Peter Debye, Max Planck, and Werner Heisenberg--and how they accommodated themselv...

In 1966 the author, newly graduated from college, went to work for the MIT laboratory where the Apollo guidance system was designed. His assignment...

A vivid portrait of how Naval oversight shaped American oceanography, revealing what difference it makes who pays for science. What difference does...

A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling.Bill BrysonA revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific break...

From the cubit to the kilogram, the humble inch to the speed of light, measurement is a powerful tool that humans invented to make sense of the wor...

Space exploration has fascinated us since the launch of the first primitive rockets more than 3,000 years ago, and it continues to fascinate us tod...

Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads. We walk on it, drive on it, and many of us live and work within its walls. But ver...

Space exploration has fascinated us since the launch of the first primitive rockets more than 3,000 years ago, and it continues to fascinate us tod...

How did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that were all made fro...

This title is part of UC Press''s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the ...

This title is part of UC Press''s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the ...

The Latin term for the female genitalia, pudendum, means parts for which you should be ashamed . Until 1651, ovaries were called female testicles....

The enduring influence of naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt on American art, culture, and politicsAlexander von Humboldt (17691859) wa...

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK An original and revelatory journey through the three-billion-year history of slime - a substance upon which we and ...

On 21 December 1872, HMS Challenger set sail from Portsmouth, England, to begin a global voyage of deep-sea exploration, unique for the scale of it...

Inflammation is the bodys ancestral response to its greatest threats: injury and foreign microbes. But as the threats we face have evolved, new sci...

Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthyAre doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate ...

The search for life on Marsand the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans thereDoes life exist on Mars? The question has captivat...

The classic case for why government must support sciencewith a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from...

A captivating historical look at the cultural and artistic significance of shells in early modern EuropeAmong natures most artful creations, shells...

In Germany, Nazi ideology casts a long shadow over the history of archaeological interpretation. Propaganda, school curricula, and academic publica...

In this book, historian Mar a M. Portuondo takes us to sixteenth-century Spain, where she identifies a community of natural philosophers and biblic...