History of science

An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.

The first fully-fledged English translation of perhaps Archimedes'' most attractive mathematical work, with comments on his scientific style.

A major new contribution to understanding the transition of Soviet society from Stalinism to a more humane model of socialism.

A major new contribution to understanding the transition of Soviet society from Stalinism to a more humane model of socialism.

This history of astronomy in Egypt reveals how modern science came to play an authoritative role in Islamic religious practice.

Covering much of the recent debate, this ambitious text provides new, decisive proof of the reality of the wave function.

Covering much of the recent debate, this ambitious text provides new, decisive proof of the reality of the wave function.

A selection of correspondence, much previously unpublished, between Darwin and women in his circle, both family members and colleagues.

A selection of correspondence, much previously unpublished, between Darwin and women in his circle, both family members and colleagues.

This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.

This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.

This book explains the changing philosophies and permutations in research and management of South Africa''s national parks during the twentieth century.

This book explains the changing philosophies and permutations in research and management of South Africa''s national parks during the twentieth century.

This book explores a technology that transformed airplanes into safe, practical tools of war and a means of transportation during the first half of the twentieth century.

This book explains the fundamental science and mathematics that has enabled cosmology to become the precise quantitative science it is today.

This book explores a technology that transformed airplanes into safe, practical tools of war and a means of transportation during the first half of the twentieth century.

This book explains the fundamental science and mathematics that has enabled cosmology to become the precise quantitative science it is today.

This book tackles the most difficult and profound open questions about life and its origins from an information-based perspective.

This book tackles the most difficult and profound open questions about life and its origins from an information-based perspective.

Recounts the modern transformation of model theory and its effects on the philosophy of mathematics and mathematical practice.

A reference for astronomers and historians on astronomical spectroscopy, from the discovery of spectral lines through to the year 2000.

This book is the third edition of the classic study, featuring a new essay and an updated bibliography.

A reference for astronomers and historians on astronomical spectroscopy, from the discovery of spectral lines through to the year 2000.

Letters from the year in which Darwin investigated insectivorous plants and received responses to his book on expression of emotions.

The first book to explore the deep influence of modern science on Locke''s moral and political philosophy.

Letters from the year in which Darwin investigated insectivorous plants and received responses to his book on expression of emotions.

The first book to explore the deep influence of modern science on Locke''s moral and political philosophy.

This volume, explores the nature of economics as a science, including classic texts and newer essays.

Machine Dreams recounts how the computer has transformed the content of American economics.

Machine Dreams recounts how the computer has transformed the content of American economics.

This book argues the importance of Galileo''s reading and engagement with a range of writers to the shaping of early modern philosophy.

This book decodes the Meteorologica and shows how it provides the key to understanding Aristotle''s natural philosophy.

A detailed account of the contemporary controversy surrounding the publication of Albert Einstein''s theory of relativity.

This book argues the importance of Galileo''s reading and engagement with a range of writers to the shaping of early modern philosophy.

A detailed account of the contemporary controversy surrounding the publication of Albert Einstein''s theory of relativity.

Multimodal approach to primate communication with focus on its cognitive foundations and how this relates to theories of language evolution.

Multimodal approach to primate communication with focus on its cognitive foundations and how this relates to theories of language evolution.

A comprehensive guide to Foucault, from his early work on madness to his history of sexuality.

A comprehensive guide to Foucault, from his early work on madness to his history of sexuality.

Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts.

Gets to the heart of science by asking a fundamental question: what is the true nature of space and time?

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger''s What is Life?

Second edition of a very well received title which demystifies science and is highly readable on complex subjects.

A collection of essays by Nobel laureate Robert W.

Containing never-before-published material, this fascinating account sheds new light on one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.

A practical guide for scientists, politicians and citizens to the relationship between science and politics.

Tracing the influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 that claimed over 25 million lives worldwide.

This 1997 book views the substantive achievements of the Middle Ages as they relate to early modern science.

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.