History of Science

The ideas at the root of quantum theory remain stubbornly, famously bizarre: a solid world reduced to puffs of probability; particles that tunnel t...

According to Robert John Russell, one of the foremost scholars on relating Christian theology and science, the topic of time and eternity is centra...

Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 21 and was expected to live for only another two years. He went on to write ...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING FELICITY JONES AND EDDIE REDMAYNE A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ...

This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World War II was a total a...

An in-depth look at the history of the environment.Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifesty...

Shortlisted for the BSHS Hughes Prize What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke a...

FINALIST! 2019 IEEE William and Joyce Middleton Electrical Engineering History Award This biography of Oliver Heaviside profiles the life of an un...

As an instrument of science and navigation the telescope was at the forefront of discovery. Even today it is vital to modern understanding of space...

A fresh look at electricity and its powerful role in life on EarthWhen we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our hom...

A historian of science examines key public debates about the fundamental nature of humans to ask why a polarized discourse about nature versus nurt...