History of science

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.

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.

A tour of clocks throughout the centuries-from the sandglass to the telomere-to reveal the physical, biological, and social nature of timeWhat is time?

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.

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.

Erwin Schrödinger was a brilliant and charming Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people and ideas.

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

Erwin Schrödinger was a brilliant and charming Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people and ideas.

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

From quantum to biological and digital, here eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information.

The authors demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume.

This book is the first on the history of both physical and mental disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa during Ottoman rule.

This book answers how openness became the defining principle of the information age, examining the history of information networks.

A comprehensive, authoritative, innovative and accessible account of Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West.

This Encyclopedia offers a comprehensive guide to the history of astronomy and astrophysics from ancient times to the present day.

This book is the first on the history of both physical and mental disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa during Ottoman rule.

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

From quantum to biological and digital, here eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information.

The authors demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume.

This book answers how openness became the defining principle of the information age, examining the history of information networks.

A comprehensive, authoritative, innovative and accessible account of Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West.

This Encyclopedia offers a comprehensive guide to the history of astronomy and astrophysics from ancient times to the present day.

The most influential doctor of later antiquity, Galen wrote extensively on logic and the philosophy of science.

A second, updated edition of this indispensable resource for teaching or researching Darwin''s theories and their historical and philosophical interpretations.

In this volume a team of distinguished contributors examines all the main aspects of Newton''s thought.

A second, updated edition of this indispensable resource for teaching or researching Darwin''s theories and their historical and philosophical interpretations.

A fascinating analysis of the relationship between mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt.