History of science

Alexander Williamson was professor of chemistry at UCL (1849-87) and a leading scientist of his time.

Here is an idea that just might save the world.

Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women's involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world.

Histories of Technology, the Environment, and Modern Britain brings together historians with a wide range of interests to take a uniquely wide-lens view of how technology and the environment have been intimately and irreversibly entangled in Britain over the last 300 years.

The Measure of God is a lively historical narrative offering the reader a sense for what has taken place in the God and science debate over the past century.

In The Other Presidency, Patrick Spero resurrects an overlooked but essential part of Thomas Jefferson's life.

Honorable Mention, Premio al Mejor Libro en Humanidades, Latin American Studies AssociationMexico Section, 2025 Most scholars study postrevolutionary Mexico as a period in which cultural production significantly shaped national identity through murals, novels, essays, and other artifacts that registered the changing political and social realities in the wake of the Revolution.

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe What do you see when you gaze at the night sky?

From astronomy to psychology, this beautifully illustrated chronology presents the most important and groundbreaking milestones in science.

The captivating story of how a band of scientists has redrawn the genetic and behavioral lines that separate humans from our nearest cousins.

John Bachman (1790-1874) was an internationally renowned naturalist and a prominent Lutheran minister.

For the last four hundred years, women have played a part far in excess of their numerical representation in the history of astronomical research and discovery.

Honorable Mention, Premio al Mejor Libro en Humanidades, Latin American Studies AssociationMexico Section, 2025 Most scholars study postrevolutionary Mexico as a period in which cultural production significantly shaped national identity through murals, novels, essays, and other artifacts that registered the changing political and social realities in the wake of the Revolution.

An exploration of the scientist's inspiring life, his controversies, his legacy, and how his creativity can help us today.

Science and Faith Canand DoSupport Each Other Science and Christianity are often presented as opposites, when in fact the order of the universe and the complexity of life powerfully testify to intelligent design.

The New York Times-bestselling author of The Believing Brains explores how science makes us better people.

This compact guide lays out the basics of Intelligent Design, popularly known as ID.

People of all ages are fascinated by dinosaurs.

Kusasi is a three-hundred-pound male who could rip your arms and legs off like daisy petals if he wanted.

Longlisted for the 2015 PEN/E.

Missionary Scientists explores the scientific activities of Jesuit missionaries in colonial Spanish America, revealing a little-known aspect of religions role in the scholarship of the early Spanish Empire.

Over the past thirty years, the world's patent systems have experienced pressure from civil society like never before.

Australian Alps is a fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks.

Take a journey through scientific history via 125 outstanding articles from the New York Times archives.

"e;A riveting story of tomb robbers and antiquities smugglers, high-stakes auctioneers and the princely chiefs of the world's most prestigious museums.

In this thoughtful social history of New Mexico's nuclear industry, Lucie Genay traces the scientific colonization of the state in the twentieth century from the points of view of the local people.

A Laboratory of Her Own gathers diverse voices to address womens interaction with STEM fields in the context of Spanish cultural production.

Does science discredit the Bible, God, religious faith?

In The Other Presidency, Patrick Spero resurrects an overlooked but essential part of Thomas Jefferson's life.

PROSE Awards Subject Category FinalistBiological Anthropology, Ancient History, and Archaeology, 2021 Best Nineteenth-Century Book Award, Latin American Studies Association Nineteenth-Century Section, 2021 Analyzing a wide variety of late-nineteenth-century sources, Sex, Skulls, and Citizens argues that Argentine scientific projects of the era were not just racial encounters, but were also conditioned by sexual relationships in all their messy, physical reality.

Part of Sterling's extremely popular Milestones series, this illustrated exploration of computer science ranges from the ancient abacus to superintelligence and social media.

A century-spanning collection of science reporting by acclaimed and Pulitzer-winning New York Times writers: "e;A treat .

People of all ages are fascinated by dinosaurs.

A Laboratory of Her Own gathers diverse voices to address womens interaction with STEM fields in the context of Spanish cultural production.

What Historys Greatest Science and Technology Breakthroughs Teach Us About Future TechnologyDagogo has the uncanny ability to take fascinating topics and somehow make them even more interesting.

PROSE Awards Subject Category FinalistBiological Anthropology, Ancient History, and Archaeology, 2021 Best Nineteenth-Century Book Award, Latin American Studies Association Nineteenth-Century Section, 2021 Analyzing a wide variety of late-nineteenth-century sources, Sex, Skulls, and Citizens argues that Argentine scientific projects of the era were not just racial encounters, but were also conditioned by sexual relationships in all their messy, physical reality.