History of science

The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Thomas S.

Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), the grandson of the second duke of Devonshire, wrote papers on electrical topics for the Royal Society, but the majority of his electrical experiments did not become known until they were collected and published by James Clerk Maxwell a century later, in 1879, long after other scientists had been credited with the same results.

Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), the grandson of the second duke of Devonshire, wrote papers on electrical topics for the Royal Society, but the majority of his electrical experiments did not become known until they were collected and published by James Clerk Maxwell a century later, in 1879, long after other scientists had been credited with the same results.

This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and the exact sciences in the mediaeval Arab world.

This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and the exact sciences in the mediaeval Arab world.

This comprehensive annotated bibliography, first published in 1990, guides the user helpfully through where to find information on various elements on alchemy when researching.

This comprehensive annotated bibliography, first published in 1990, guides the user helpfully through where to find information on various elements on alchemy when researching.

This comprehensive book outlines the life and works of an important revolutionary intellectual of the 16th Century.

This comprehensive book outlines the life and works of an important revolutionary intellectual of the 16th Century.

This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career.

This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career.

This volume brings together for the first time a collection of essays, based on original research, which focus on the history of nutrition science in Britain.

This volume brings together for the first time a collection of essays, based on original research, which focus on the history of nutrition science in Britain.

Of interest to interdisciplinary historians as well as those in various other fields, this book presents the first publication of 14 poems ranging from 12 to 3,000 lines.

Of interest to interdisciplinary historians as well as those in various other fields, this book presents the first publication of 14 poems ranging from 12 to 3,000 lines.

This was originally a two volume set which is now bound as one.

This was originally a two volume set which is now bound as one.

In examining the work of eminent fourteenth century Iranian Shiite scholar Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi, this book is the first rigorous attempt to explain the cross-fertilization of scientific and religious thought in Islamic civilization.

In examining the work of eminent fourteenth century Iranian Shiite scholar Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi, this book is the first rigorous attempt to explain the cross-fertilization of scientific and religious thought in Islamic civilization.

Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development demonstrates the importance of one of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics winners Elinor Ostrom's research program.

Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development demonstrates the importance of one of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics winners Elinor Ostrom's research program.

From grocery store to doctor's office, alternative medicine is everywhere.

From grocery store to doctor's office, alternative medicine is everywhere.

First published in 2004.

First published in 2004.

Scientists have developed a featherless chicken designed to make industrial chicken production more efficient, while specially trained Pacific bottlenose dolphins are being deployed in the Persian Gulf to disarm mines and protect our Navy.

Scientists have developed a featherless chicken designed to make industrial chicken production more efficient, while specially trained Pacific bottlenose dolphins are being deployed in the Persian Gulf to disarm mines and protect our Navy.

The last two centuries have been the scene of dramatic change throughout Europe.

The last two centuries have been the scene of dramatic change throughout Europe.

Global Science and National Sovereignty: Studies in Historical Sociology of Science provides detailed case studies on how sovereignty has been constructed, reaffirmed, and transformed in the twentieth century by the construction of scientific disciplines, knowledge practices, and research objects.

Global Science and National Sovereignty: Studies in Historical Sociology of Science provides detailed case studies on how sovereignty has been constructed, reaffirmed, and transformed in the twentieth century by the construction of scientific disciplines, knowledge practices, and research objects.

In this incessantly readable, groundbreaking work, Vincente makes vividly clear how we can bridge the widening gap between people and technology.

In this incessantly readable, groundbreaking work, Vincente makes vividly clear how we can bridge the widening gap between people and technology.

More than ninety percent of all scientific history has been made during the last half century.

More than ninety percent of all scientific history has been made during the last half century.

First director of the Academie royale d'architecture, Francois Blondel established a lasting model for architectural education that helped transform a still largely medieval profession into the one we recognize today.

First director of the Academie royale d'architecture, Francois Blondel established a lasting model for architectural education that helped transform a still largely medieval profession into the one we recognize today.

With unprecedented current coverage of the profound changes in the nature and practice of science in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, this comprehensive reference work addresses the individuals, ideas, and institutions that defined culture in the age when the modern perception of nature, of the universe, and of our place in it is said to have emerged.

With unprecedented current coverage of the profound changes in the nature and practice of science in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, this comprehensive reference work addresses the individuals, ideas, and institutions that defined culture in the age when the modern perception of nature, of the universe, and of our place in it is said to have emerged.

First Published in 1994.

First Published in 1994.

The beginning of global commerce in the early modern period had an enormous impact on European culture, changing the very way people perceived the world around them.

The beginning of global commerce in the early modern period had an enormous impact on European culture, changing the very way people perceived the world around them.

From Jamestown to 9/11, concerns about the landscape, husbanding of natural resources, and the health of our environment have been important to the American way of life.

From Jamestown to 9/11, concerns about the landscape, husbanding of natural resources, and the health of our environment have been important to the American way of life.

Doing Science + Culture is a groundbreaking book on the cultural study of science, technology and medicine.

Doing Science + Culture is a groundbreaking book on the cultural study of science, technology and medicine.

Ideas about the transmission of disease have long formed the core of modern biology and medicine.

Ideas about the transmission of disease have long formed the core of modern biology and medicine.

Radio's Digital Dilemma is the first comprehensive analysis of the United States' digital radio transition, chronicling the technological and policy development of the HD Radio broadcast standard.