History of science

It was one of the great moments of humanity when Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845- 1923) discovered a new kind of radiation on 8 November 1895.

This book explores the Galilean method for geolocation, placing it in historical and astronomical context.

This book aims to make Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) accessible to the modern reader by refashioning the great scientist's masterpiece "e;Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences"e; in today's language.

The "e;Ashen Light"e; of Venus-a ghostly emission of light from the night side of our nearest planetary neighbor-is among the last unsolved mysteries of astronomical history.

Animals, Museum Culture and Children's Literature in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Curious Beasties explores the relationship between the zoological and palaeontological specimens brought back from around the world in the long nineteenth century-be they alive, stuffed or fossilised-and the development of children's literature at this time.

This book explores how the social sciences became entangled with the global Cold War.

French aeronautics shone brightly in the first decade of the twentieth Century, but declined after the Great War.

This book presents key works of Boris Hessen, outstanding Soviet philosopher of science, available here in English for the first time.

The volume analyzes the natural philosophical accounts and debates concerning the vegetative powers, namely nutrition, growth, and reproduction.

This book, Philosophy of Chemistry, is dedicated to some of the general principles of philosophy of chemistry, the special branch of philosophy of science.

This is the tale of the modern Space Age, detailing all the risks, rewards and rivalries that have fueled space exploration over the decades.

This book describes the historical development of the principle of stationary action from  the 17th to the 20th centuries.

Stratospheric balloons are powerful tools used to study the Earth and its atmosphere, as well as the greater cosmos beyond.

This book provides an overview of the origins and evolution of the periodic system from its prehistory to the latest synthetic elements and possible future additions.

Energy, Ecocriticism, and Nineteenth-Century Fiction: Novel Ecologies draws on energy concepts to revisit some of our favorite books-Mansfield Park, Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, and The War of the Worlds-and the ways these shape our sense of ourselves as ecological beings.

This monograph presents new material on Francisco Suarez's comprehensive theory of sense perception.

This book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B.

With foreword by astrophysicist and Queen guitarist Brian MayThis book describes the unlikely development of astrophysics in Spain, set against the final decade of Franco's rule and the country's transition to democracy.

This volume explores the challenges of sustaining long-term ecological research through a historical analysis of the Long Term Ecological Research Program created by the U.

This book contests the general view that natural selection constitutes the explanatory core of evolutionary biology.

This book brings together about 2,500 quotations on various topics of interest to scientists and engineers, including students of STEM disciplines.

This book explores Albert Einstein's move to Berlin and the establishment of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics under his directorship.

This book traces the history of Arnold Sommerfeld's famous "e;nursery of theoretical physics"e; at the University of Munich and demonstrates the centrality of developing personal and institutional networks for the emergence of quantum theory.

There has recently been considerable discussion of a "e;replication crisis"e; in some areas of science.

This book introduces the reader to the statues, busts, and memorial plaques of scientists, explorers, medicine men and women, and inventors found in the bustling capital of the United Kingdom, London.

This book provides a broad overview of what peace research is all about by an author who has been involved in the field for more than half a century.

Orreries-mechanical models of the Solar System and its motions-are found everywhere.

This book is a consequence of the international meeting organized in Marseilles in November 2018 devoted to the aftermath of the Great War for mathematical communities.

The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century.

This short but revealing biography tells the story of Kurt Mendelssohn FRS, one of the founding figures in the field of cryogenics, from his beginnings in Berlin through his move to Oxford in the 1930s, and his groundbreaking work in low temperature and solid state physics.

This book offers the first in-depth enquiry into the origins of 135 Indigenous Australian objects acquired by the Royal Navy between 1795 and 1855 and held now by the British Museum.

This book traces the global chemical history of cannabidiol (CBD), which is a compound that originates partially from hemp (the fiber), marijuana (the popularized term for medicinal/recreational use), and cannabis (the species sativa).

Angelo Secchi was a key figure in 19th century science.

This book examines the role that science and culture held as instruments of nationalization policies during the first phase of the Franco regime in Spain.

This book is a historical analysis of the quantum mechanical revolution and the emergence of a new discipline from the perspective, not of a professor, but of a recent or actual Ph.

This book looks at the different ways in which Russian historians and authors have thought about their country's first Antarctic expedition (1819-21) over the past 200 years.

In 1859, Charles Baudelaire is writing the poetry and criticism of the new urban cultural and social world which would make him described by a number of historians as the first modern.

This book examines the 1583 voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert to North America.

This book considers the history of modern astronomy and astrophysics in Japan by comparing with the development of astrophysics in western countries.

National Science Foundation (NSF) is a unique federal agency because it supports scientific research financially, but does not engage in scientific work itself.

This accessible and entertaining biography chronicles the life and triumphs of astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, who helped lay the foundations of modern astronomy in the 20th century.

This handbook features essays written by both literary scholars and mathematicians that examine multiple facets of the connections between literature and mathematics.

This non-technical biography of Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn (1851-1922) presents to the general reader the scientific life of the astronomer who pioneered the studies of the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Science, with its inherent tension between the known and the unknown, is an inexhaustible mine of great stories.

Since the 1960s, astrophysical discoveries have blossomed, due to the emergence of powerful and new observational tools.

The 1846 discovery of Neptune is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of science and astronomy.

This book provides a fascinating insight into the life and scientific work of Laura Bassi, the first female member of the influential Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna and also the first woman to be appointed a university professor in physics, or universal philosophy as it was then termed.

This book presents a concise yet comprehensive survey of methods used in the expanding studies of human evolution, paying particular attention to new work on social evolution.

This book examines the work of prominent South African geologist Alex Du Toit as a means of understanding the debate around continental drift both in segregation-era South Africa and internationally.

This book examines how the experiences of hearing voices and seeing visions were understood within the cultural, literary, and intellectual contexts of the medieval and early modern periods.