History of science

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

This book examines the remarkable feats of mesmerists, mediums and mind-readers, and provides a new psychology of extraordinary beliefs.

Innovative account of the origins of quantum mechanics told from a historical perspective, for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers.

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.

This book examines the remarkable feats of mesmerists, mediums and mind-readers, and provides a new psychology of extraordinary beliefs.

Innovative account of the origins of quantum mechanics told from a historical perspective, for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers.

This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin.

The authors analyze Solvay''s 150-year history, showing the enormous impact geopolitical events had on the company and the recent consequences of global competition.

This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin.

The authors analyze Solvay''s 150-year history, showing the enormous impact geopolitical events had on the company and the recent consequences of global competition.

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

The Empire of Chance tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life over the last three centuries.

This book teaches students and scholars of Greco-Roman medical history how to use and critically assess archaeological materials.

This book teaches students and scholars of Greco-Roman medical history how to use and critically assess archaeological materials.

This book shows that astronomical discovery is a complex and ongoing process comprising various stages of research, interpretation and understanding.

Written by a wide range of experts, this work presents cosmological, biological and philosophical perspectives on complexity in our universe.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

This book shows that astronomical discovery is a complex and ongoing process comprising various stages of research, interpretation and understanding.

Written by a wide range of experts, this work presents cosmological, biological and philosophical perspectives on complexity in our universe.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

This book is about Elizabethan England''s most famous ''scientist'' or natural philosopher John Dee and his ''conversations with angels''.

This book is about Elizabethan England''s most famous ''scientist'' or natural philosopher John Dee and his ''conversations with angels''.

Letters from the year in which Darwin published Expression of the Emotions, on human and animal expression.

This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history.

This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history.

Letters from the year in which Darwin published Expression of the Emotions, on human and animal expression.

A new translation and edition of Bacon''s revolutionary work of scientific philosophy.

A conceptually and mathematically rigorous analysis of the common cause principle and its status in quantum theory.

A conceptually and mathematically rigorous analysis of the common cause principle and its status in quantum theory.

The periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties, and divided into periodic trends.

Ohio, 88 Counties of Giants walks you through every county in Ohio alphabetically, detailing forensic and sound anthropologic evidence.

This edited volume records the critical historical developments in thermal physiology and makes them accessible to new and senior thermal biologists and scientists in related fields.

The first of its kind, this book traces the evolution of motion picture technology in its entirety.

An innovative global history of science, empire and geography explaining how the Himalaya became the highest mountains in the world.

An innovative global history of science, empire and geography explaining how the Himalaya became the highest mountains in the world.

History of the development of practical mathematics in early modern Europe through the practice of mining.

History of the development of practical mathematics in early modern Europe through the practice of mining.

Generation and Corruption II, a foundational text, develops Aristotle''s theory of the elements, essential for his natural philosophy.

Letters from 1881, when Darwin published The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms.

Letters from 1881, when Darwin published The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms.

Argues that Peirce wrote philosophy as a scientist, expanded empiricism, and conceived of science as responsible for its own philosophy.

A compelling contribution to ''science and religion'' debates, showing how early modern thinkers reconciled naturalism with a providential world view.

A compelling contribution to ''science and religion'' debates, showing how early modern thinkers reconciled naturalism with a providential world view.

Offers a distinctive history of money as an everyday social technology in the Dutch Republic from 1600 to 1850.