History of science

The first extensive treatment of the mandrill''s reproductive and behavioural biology, focusing on mechanisms of sexual selection and evolution.

A highly readable biography of the great scientist, Erwin Schrödinger (author of What is Life?

A concise biography of Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists in history.

A highly readable biography of the great scientist, Erwin Schrödinger (author of What is Life?

A concise biography of Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists in history.

This book argues that evolution arises from the activities of organisms as agents, not from the replication of genes.

This book argues that evolution arises from the activities of organisms as agents, not from the replication of genes.

First comprehensive collection of Feyerabend''s philosophy of quantum physics, the hotbed of all key issues of his most debated ideas.

The first monograph on Islamic hospitals, this volume examines their origins, development, architecture, social roles, and connections to non-Islamic institutions.

The first monograph on Islamic hospitals, this volume examines their origins, development, architecture, social roles, and connections to non-Islamic institutions.

First comprehensive collection of Feyerabend''s philosophy of quantum physics, the hotbed of all key issues of his most debated ideas.

Authoritative and highly accessible account of how and why modern science arose in Europe through sustained comparison with other civilisations.

Authoritative and highly accessible account of how and why modern science arose in Europe through sustained comparison with other civilisations.

This study shows that modernity has its origins in the advancement of knowledge, and not in the Scientific Revolution.

This study shows that modernity has its origins in the advancement of knowledge, and not in the Scientific Revolution.

This book uses philosophy, science and probability to analyse why simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex.

A major contribution to great-ape research, covering every aspect of the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project to offer new, unique insights.

This book uses philosophy, science and probability to analyse why simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex.

A major contribution to great-ape research, covering every aspect of the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project to offer new, unique insights.

An account of European knowledge of the natural world, c.

This is a textbook on the history of astronomy focusing on the topics of prime importance.

This is a textbook on the history of astronomy focusing on the topics of prime importance.

Explores how Victorian fiction and science imagined the evolution of language, from primordial noise to modern English.

A unique reconstruction of the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates and their key role in inferring evolutionary processes on earth.

The first full-length historical study of the intellectual origins and institutional context of the nineteenth-century German thinker Hermann Lotze.

Explores how Victorian fiction and science imagined the evolution of language, from primordial noise to modern English.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

This collection of groundbreaking new essays shows how Aristotle''s natural science illuminates fundamental topics in his philosophy.

This collection of groundbreaking new essays shows how Aristotle''s natural science illuminates fundamental topics in his philosophy.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

The first full-length historical study of the intellectual origins and institutional context of the nineteenth-century German thinker Hermann Lotze.

This book is a general history of eighteenth-century developments in physical and life sciences.

This book is a general history of eighteenth-century developments in physical and life sciences.

A unique reconstruction of the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates and their key role in inferring evolutionary processes on earth.

This volume contains letters from the year in which Darwin worked on insectivorous plants and published the second edition of Descent of Man.

This volume contains letters from the year in which Darwin worked on insectivorous plants and published the second edition of Descent of Man.

Kabbalah and Ecology resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions.

Kabbalah and Ecology resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions.

Reviews the historical development of all the key areas of modern astrophysics.

A stunning visual reference on thirty of the greatest comets that have been witnessed and documented since the Middle Ages.

Reviews the historical development of all the key areas of modern astrophysics.

With contributions from two of the original discoverers of protective measurement, this book investigates its broad applications and deep implications.

A unique volume exploring Majorana''s work, for graduate students and researchers interested in the history of science.

This volume brings John Milton''s Paradise Lost into dialogue with the challenges of cosmology and the world of Galileo.

This book explores the central importance of soil ingestion and earth surface processes in driving the evolution of tooth shape in mammals.

This book discusses unconventional ways of measuring and addressing poverty in South Africa, which remains one of the country''s biggest challenges.

A stunning visual reference on thirty of the greatest comets that have been witnessed and documented since the Middle Ages.

This volume brings John Milton''s Paradise Lost into dialogue with the challenges of cosmology and the world of Galileo.

This book explores the central importance of soil ingestion and earth surface processes in driving the evolution of tooth shape in mammals.

This book discusses unconventional ways of measuring and addressing poverty in South Africa, which remains one of the country''s biggest challenges.