History of science

Explores the insights that fossil hominin teeth provide about human evolution, linking findings with current debates in palaeoanthropology.

Analyses the ongoing scientific debates surrounding reduction and emergence, arguing that these debates are empirically resolvable.

This book explores the relationship between theory and practice in ancient Greek and Roman scientific and technical texts.

This book offers a new approach to understanding the history of ignorance across politics, religion, history and science during the early Enlightenment.

This book offers a new approach to understanding the history of ignorance across politics, religion, history and science during the early Enlightenment.

An engaging defence and critique of the various arguments from both science and religion on the fine-tuning of the Universe.

The life and work of Aaron Klug, Nobel prize winner and one of the pioneers of structural molecular biology.

The life and work of Aaron Klug, Nobel prize winner and one of the pioneers of structural molecular biology.

An innovative exploration of China''s modern transformation through the history of homicide investigation and forensic science in Republican Beijing.

An innovative exploration of China''s modern transformation through the history of homicide investigation and forensic science in Republican Beijing.

A collaboration between distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics, this important anthology surveys the deep implications of Bell''s nonlocality theorem.

A collaboration between distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics, this important anthology surveys the deep implications of Bell''s nonlocality theorem.

A comparative intercultural study of the techniques applied by scholars throughout the world to deal with problematic texts and artifacts.

A comparative intercultural study of the techniques applied by scholars throughout the world to deal with problematic texts and artifacts.

A scholarly edition of the most famous scientific text in the world, with detailed information about its publishing history.

A scholarly edition of the most famous scientific text in the world, with detailed information about its publishing history.

Original essays by world-leading researchers reveal Alan Turing''s lasting contributions to modern research.

Original essays by world-leading researchers reveal Alan Turing''s lasting contributions to modern research.

This influential book offers a probabilistic approach to scientific reasoning to resolve central issues in the philosophy of science.

This influential book offers a probabilistic approach to scientific reasoning to resolve central issues in the philosophy of science.

The first ever reference book on the behaviour, physiology, conservation and biogeography of the dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar.

The first ever reference book on the behaviour, physiology, conservation and biogeography of the dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar.

This new edition includes three updated chapters, a revised bibliography, new introduction and three entirely new chapters.

This is a path-breaking contribution to the study of medieval metalwork and to the broader re-evaluation of medieval art.

This is a path-breaking contribution to the study of medieval metalwork and to the broader re-evaluation of medieval art.

This new edition includes three updated chapters, a revised bibliography, new introduction and three entirely new chapters.

An analysis of the challenge that India''s poison culture posed for colonial rule and toxicology''s creation of a public role for science.

An analysis of the challenge that India''s poison culture posed for colonial rule and toxicology''s creation of a public role for science.

This is the first scholarly history of the industrial gases industry from its origins to the present.

Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.

This is the first scholarly history of the industrial gases industry from its origins to the present.

The first synoptic history of how the Royal Society faced up to the challenges of continued relevance from 1960 onwards.

Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.

The first synoptic history of how the Royal Society faced up to the challenges of continued relevance from 1960 onwards.

The first extensive treatment of the mandrill''s reproductive and behavioural biology, focusing on mechanisms of sexual selection and evolution.

The first extensive treatment of the mandrill''s reproductive and behavioural biology, focusing on mechanisms of sexual selection and evolution.

A highly readable biography of the great scientist, Erwin Schrödinger (author of What is Life?

A concise biography of Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists in history.

A highly readable biography of the great scientist, Erwin Schrödinger (author of What is Life?

A concise biography of Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists in history.

This book argues that evolution arises from the activities of organisms as agents, not from the replication of genes.

This book argues that evolution arises from the activities of organisms as agents, not from the replication of genes.

First comprehensive collection of Feyerabend''s philosophy of quantum physics, the hotbed of all key issues of his most debated ideas.

The first monograph on Islamic hospitals, this volume examines their origins, development, architecture, social roles, and connections to non-Islamic institutions.

The first monograph on Islamic hospitals, this volume examines their origins, development, architecture, social roles, and connections to non-Islamic institutions.

First comprehensive collection of Feyerabend''s philosophy of quantum physics, the hotbed of all key issues of his most debated ideas.

Authoritative and highly accessible account of how and why modern science arose in Europe through sustained comparison with other civilisations.

Authoritative and highly accessible account of how and why modern science arose in Europe through sustained comparison with other civilisations.

This study shows that modernity has its origins in the advancement of knowledge, and not in the Scientific Revolution.