History of science

An introduction to a wide range of alchemical authors and works.

An introduction to a wide range of alchemical authors and works.

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

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

The Bible and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Italy explores how doctors studied the Bible and other sacred texts in sixteenth-century Italy.

The Bible and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Italy explores how doctors studied the Bible and other sacred texts in sixteenth-century Italy.

This intellectual biography surveys Leibniz''ss interests and offers a portrait of a unique thinker, identifying the master project that inspired his huge range of endeavors.

This intellectual biography surveys Leibniz''ss interests and offers a portrait of a unique thinker, identifying the master project that inspired his huge range of endeavors.

The text of two series of lectures given by one of the great philosopher-scientists of the twentieth century.

The first biography of Fred Sanger, shedding light on his remarkable life and career and exploring his continuing legacy.

A groundbreaking study of South Africa''s role as a site for global experiments in biometric identification throughout the twentieth century.

This exciting and accessible book takes us on a journey from the early days of computers to the cutting-edge research of the present day.

The text of two series of lectures given by one of the great philosopher-scientists of the twentieth century.

The first biography of Fred Sanger, shedding light on his remarkable life and career and exploring his continuing legacy.

A groundbreaking study of South Africa''s role as a site for global experiments in biometric identification throughout the twentieth century.

Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Lee Smolin argue for a revolution in our cosmological ideas.

This exciting and accessible book takes us on a journey from the early days of computers to the cutting-edge research of the present day.

Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Lee Smolin argue for a revolution in our cosmological ideas.

Simply, the most beautiful and complete reference on the Messier objects there has ever been!

A portrait of some of the most eminent scientists associated with the University of Cambridge.

This book examines and extrapolates from famous historical case studies to illustrate principles of cognitive deception and how to avoid being deceived.

This book examines and extrapolates from famous historical case studies to illustrate principles of cognitive deception and how to avoid being deceived.

A portrait of some of the most eminent scientists associated with the University of Cambridge.

This book redevelops an important movement in philosophy for the first time, exploring the ways in which three of the greatest thinkers are connected.

Using an integrated philosophical and historical approach, this book explores the fundamental shift in understandings of space in the scientific revolution.

Nobel Laureate Leon N.

This revised edition contains a wide range of Newton''s writings that have influenced the development of philosophy in modern Europe.

This book argues, partly through detailed case studies, for the importance of causal reasoning in physics.

This book argues, partly through detailed case studies, for the importance of causal reasoning in physics.

This book redevelops an important movement in philosophy for the first time, exploring the ways in which three of the greatest thinkers are connected.

Using an integrated philosophical and historical approach, this book explores the fundamental shift in understandings of space in the scientific revolution.

Nobel Laureate Leon N.

This revised edition contains a wide range of Newton''s writings that have influenced the development of philosophy in modern Europe.

An authoritative scientific history of a world-leading physics laboratory from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day.

A history of criminology as a history of science and practice.

Examines how the philosophy of biology has evolved to our current understanding.

An authoritative scientific history of a world-leading physics laboratory from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day.

Reveals the diversity of goals, contexts and accomplishments in scientific study during the Middle Ages.

Reveals the diversity of goals, contexts and accomplishments in scientific study during the Middle Ages.

The importance of oil for national military-industrial complexes appeared more clearly than ever in the Cold War.

The importance of oil for national military-industrial complexes appeared more clearly than ever in the Cold War.

Electroconvulsive Therapy is widely demonized or idealized.

Electroconvulsive Therapy is widely demonized or idealized.

When originally published in 1952, this book filled a gap in the history of philosophy and science and remains an important work today, because it puts the main mathematical and physical discoveries of Descartes in an accessible form, for the benefit of English readers.

Knowledge and Power shows how science has developed in different historical settings by focusing on four episodes in the history of world science from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century.

Knowledge and Power shows how science has developed in different historical settings by focusing on four episodes in the history of world science from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century.

A biography of an important but little-known American scientist that evokes the issues of religious and secular beliefs and the evolution of Chinese scientific and educational institutions during the early 1900s.

A biography of an important but little-known American scientist that evokes the issues of religious and secular beliefs and the evolution of Chinese scientific and educational institutions during the early 1900s.

This book delivers an in-depth analysis of Hercule Florence, who is virtually unknown despite being among the world's photographic pioneers.

This book delivers an in-depth analysis of Hercule Florence, who is virtually unknown despite being among the world's photographic pioneers.