History of science

In the years before the Second World War agriculture in most European states was carried out on peasant or small family farms using technologies that relied mainly on organic inputs and local knowledge and skills, supplying products into a market that was partly local or national, partly international.

In the years before the Second World War agriculture in most European states was carried out on peasant or small family farms using technologies that relied mainly on organic inputs and local knowledge and skills, supplying products into a market that was partly local or national, partly international.

This book discusses key figures in history in the context of their time, takes students on a carefully-formulated, chronological journey through the build-up of psychology from ancient times to the present, and seeks to draw students into the way science is done, rather than merely presenting them with historical fact.

This book discusses key figures in history in the context of their time, takes students on a carefully-formulated, chronological journey through the build-up of psychology from ancient times to the present, and seeks to draw students into the way science is done, rather than merely presenting them with historical fact.

During and after the English civil wars, between 1640 and 1690, an unprecedented number of manuals teaching cryptography were published, almost all for the general public.

During and after the English civil wars, between 1640 and 1690, an unprecedented number of manuals teaching cryptography were published, almost all for the general public.

This set of 25 volumes, originally published between 1805 and 1992, amalgamates original nineteenth-century material and more recent research and analysis on the development of social welfare in Britain and Europe.

First published in 2005, this book represents the first full length biography of John Phillips, one of the most remarkable and important scientists of the Victorian period.

First published in 2005, this book represents the first full length biography of John Phillips, one of the most remarkable and important scientists of the Victorian period.

Imagining, forecasting and predicting the future is an inextricable and increasingly important part of the present.

Imagining, forecasting and predicting the future is an inextricable and increasingly important part of the present.

While so many books on technology look at new advances and digital technologies, The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence looks back at analog technologies that are disappearing, considering their demise and what it says about media history, pop culture, and the nature of nostalgia.

While so many books on technology look at new advances and digital technologies, The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence looks back at analog technologies that are disappearing, considering their demise and what it says about media history, pop culture, and the nature of nostalgia.

Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808) lived in 'decidedly interesting times' in which established orders in politics and science were challenged by revolutionary new ideas.

Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808) lived in 'decidedly interesting times' in which established orders in politics and science were challenged by revolutionary new ideas.

Interdisciplinarity is a hallmark of contemporary knowledge production.

Interdisciplinarity is a hallmark of contemporary knowledge production.

The contents of the letters published here, again show the great range of subjects that occupied Van Leeuwenhoek: from sugar candy, the shape and crystal structure of diamonds, the dissolution of silver crystals in aqua fortis to gold dust from Guinea dissolved in aqua regia and the dissolution and separation of gold, silver, and copper.

Taking a fresh and imaginative approach to the topic, Enlightenment Reformation investigates how and why Hutchinsonianism came into being, evolved and eventually ended.

Taking a fresh and imaginative approach to the topic, Enlightenment Reformation investigates how and why Hutchinsonianism came into being, evolved and eventually ended.

Evolution by natural selection explains the tree of life and the complex adaptations found throughout nature.

Evolution by natural selection explains the tree of life and the complex adaptations found throughout nature.

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern Americafrom eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of ';paleo posture'In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude ';posture' photos of college students.

Named one of Book Riot’s Six Great Nonfiction Books about Time  “[A] mind-stretching book.

This book presents eight papers about important historiographical issues as debated in the history of science in Islamicate societies, the history of science and philosophy of medieval Latin Europe and the history of mathematics as an academic discipline.

Empire of Knowledge: The Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1917-1970) explores the unparalleled scope and influence of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, an institution that served as both the pinnacle of Soviet scholarly achievement and a crucial mechanism for integrating science with state ideology.

This book examines Nietzsche''s philosophical naturalism both historically and philosophically, establishing a link between his discussions of nature and normativity.

This book explores how Victorian fiction helped create an environmental consciousness by articulating questions about sustainable energy use.

This textbook connects the big ideas and key thinkers of psychology and philosophy in a clear and cohesive theoretical narrative.

This book provides the first annotated English translation from the original Latin of Andreas Vesalius'' China Root Epistle.

This book provides the first annotated English translation from the original Latin of Andreas Vesalius'' China Root Epistle.

This book examines Nietzsche''s philosophical naturalism both historically and philosophically, establishing a link between his discussions of nature and normativity.

This book explores how Victorian fiction helped create an environmental consciousness by articulating questions about sustainable energy use.

This textbook connects the big ideas and key thinkers of psychology and philosophy in a clear and cohesive theoretical narrative.

D''Arcy Thompson''s classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take.

Offers an introduction and critical guide to the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief.

This book explores how physical anthropologists struggled to understand variation in bodies and cultures in the twentieth century.

Feeding France shows how chemists navigated the French Revolution to become the first public food experts in an industrialising world.

Novel conceptual analysis, fresh historical perspectives, and concrete physical examples illuminate one of the most thought-provoking topics in physics.

Offers an introduction and critical guide to the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief.

D''Arcy Thompson''s classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take.

These fourteen essays by leading historians and philosophers of science introduce the reader to the work of Albert Einstein.

Feeding France shows how chemists navigated the French Revolution to become the first public food experts in an industrialising world.

This book explores how physical anthropologists struggled to understand variation in bodies and cultures in the twentieth century.

These fourteen essays by leading historians and philosophers of science introduce the reader to the work of Albert Einstein.

A landmark history of early radio in Germany and the quest for broadcast fidelityWhen we turn on a radio or stream a playlist, we can usually recognize the instrument we hear, whether it's a cello, a guitar, or an operatic voice.

Rigorously and objectively examines the evolving context within which great ape and gibbon habitats are increasingly interfacing with extractive industries.