History of science

Examining the issue of 'British decline' after the war, this fascinating text describes the evolution of cooperation in Britain and France, and argues that the relationship between these two countries helped to disseminate a culture of research, resulting in the transformation of the medical sciences and the pharmaceutical industry in both countries.

Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany.

Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany.

With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era.

With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era.

With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era.

With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era.

How do we objectively measure scientific activities?

How do we objectively measure scientific activities?

This innovative study charts the beginnings, history and fate of Interferon - one of modern medicine's most famous and infamous drugs.

This innovative study charts the beginnings, history and fate of Interferon - one of modern medicine's most famous and infamous drugs.

What is international science and how does it function?

What is international science and how does it function?

Does the development of new technology cause an increase in the level of surveillance used by central government?

Does the development of new technology cause an increase in the level of surveillance used by central government?

This collection explores the evolution of the commercial space industry from the beginning of the space age through the early twenty-first century.

Decadent Ecology illuminates the networks of nature, paganism, and queer desire embodied in 19th- and early 20th-century literature and art.

Reimagining Dinosaurs argues that transatlantic popular literature was critical for transforming the dinosaur into a cultural icon between 1880 and 1920

Decadent Ecology illuminates the networks of nature, paganism, and queer desire embodied in 19th- and early 20th-century literature and art.

Reimagining Dinosaurs argues that transatlantic popular literature was critical for transforming the dinosaur into a cultural icon between 1880 and 1920

Explore how Western-trained Asian-born scientists'' return migrations are fueling and fueled by Asia''s rise in the global scientific field.

Explore how Western-trained Asian-born scientists'' return migrations are fueling and fueled by Asia''s rise in the global scientific field.

400 years after The Anatomy of Melancholy, this book guides readers through Renaissance medicine''s disease of the mind.

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

A full and annotated collection of the correspondence between two extraordinary scientific individuals, James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis.

400 years after The Anatomy of Melancholy, this book guides readers through Renaissance medicine''s disease of the mind.

A survey of primate cognition from lemurs to great apes; studied in labs, zoos, sanctuaries, and in the field.

An innovative three hundred year exploration of the social and political contexts of science and the scientific imagination in South Africa.

Introduces the diverse roles metaphors play in the life sciences and highlights their significance for theory, communication, and education.

This accessible book explains the origins, evolution, and nature of intelligence, from single cells to human culture and cognition.

An innovative three hundred year exploration of the social and political contexts of science and the scientific imagination in South Africa.

Bowler traces ideas about progress using evolutionary biology to throw light on parallel changes in the understanding of social development.

Focusing on the ultimate limits of observational astronomy, Harwit explores how well we will ever understand the Universe.

Explores how Britain''s global cable network became both the ''nervous system'' of its Empire and the key to electrical physics.

Bowler traces ideas about progress using evolutionary biology to throw light on parallel changes in the understanding of social development.

Focusing on the ultimate limits of observational astronomy, Harwit explores how well we will ever understand the Universe.

Explores how Britain''s global cable network became both the ''nervous system'' of its Empire and the key to electrical physics.

Innovative exploration of how medical knowledge was shared between and across diverse societies tied to the Atlantic World around 1800.

Innovative exploration of how medical knowledge was shared between and across diverse societies tied to the Atlantic World around 1800.

The first global study of the distinctive Korean soju, tracing cross-cultural exchanges and Korea''s place in Eurasian history.

A history of the global spread of vaccination during the Napoleonic Wars, when millions of children were saved from smallpox.

This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens.

Examining the role of mystery in environmental history, this book is an intriguing new account of the enigmatic 1908 Tunguska disaster.

An accessible introduction to how DNA ancestry tests work, what they can be used for, and the associated ethical issues.

Examining the role of mystery in environmental history, this book is an intriguing new account of the enigmatic 1908 Tunguska disaster.

This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens.

An innovative account of how distinctive forms of colonial power and knowledge developed at the territorial fringes of colonial India.

The complete guide to our closest living relative, drawing on thirty years of primate observation.

Explores the transnational movements of people, plants, agricultural sciences, and techniques from Russia''s steppes to North America''s Great Plains.