History of Science

This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, trans...

For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons wi...

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, often known as the Principia, is one of the most important scientific works ever to have been writte...

In Jane Addams''s Evolutionary Theorizing, Marilyn Fischer advances the bold and original claim that Addams''s reasoning in her first book, Democra...

The changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the fat...

The historical relationship between science and capitalism has long stood as a central question in science studies, at least since its foundations ...

A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech...Expertly and patiently explained The TimesWhy are human beings the only animals that can s...

Hugely readable and entertaining JIM AL-KHALILI An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this disciplines breadth, largel...

Hugely readable and entertaining JIM AL-KHALILI An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this disciplines breadth, largel...

'The best single-volume study of the Enlightenment that we have' Literary ReviewThe Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western histor...

Towards the end of the 18th century the attention of mapmakers, explorers and travellers turned to the north of Scotland. The mountains that rise n...

While most know Thomas Edison for his invention of the light bulb, his counterpart, George Westinghouse, is too often overlooked. Westinghouse, ...

Perfume is part of the biblical text from Genesis through to Revelation, just as perfume pervades our modern life. Identifying the ingredients used...

Birthing the Computer: From Drums to Cores examines the evolution of computer systems architecture based on two evolutionary developments: memory t...

History and Systems of Psychology provides an engaging introduction to the rich story of psychology''''s past. Retaining the clarity and accessibil...

Today we hear renewed calls for a dialogue between science and religion: why has the old question of the relations between science and religion now...

Today we hear renewed calls for a dialogue between science and religion: why has the old question of the relations between science and religion now...