History of science

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

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

Explores the place of science and technology in international relations through early attempts at international governance of aviation and atomic energy.

This book presents a new theoretical model, constraint theory, for how to study creativity using scientific methods and clarifying concepts.

Letters from 1880, when Darwin published On The Power of Movement in Plants.

This book presents a new theoretical model, constraint theory, for how to study creativity using scientific methods and clarifying concepts.

Letters from 1880, when Darwin published On The Power of Movement in Plants.

A brief and accessible account of the new interdisciplinary science of evo-devo for a general audience.

Using familiar examples and clear arguments, this volume offers fresh alternatives to widespread misconceptions about biological development.

Explores the place of science and technology in international relations through early attempts at international governance of aviation and atomic energy.

This volume explores modern science using different frames of reference: national, transnational, and global.

An accessible but rigorous introduction to genes for non-experts, explaining what genes are and what they can and cannot do.

The definitive story of the discovery of cosmic voids from a key protagonist in the development of the discipline.

Examines the extensive use of animal commodities in Victorian Britain and the humanitarian and ecological issues raised by their consumption.

Examines the extensive use of animal commodities in Victorian Britain and the humanitarian and ecological issues raised by their consumption.

Sets out an original perspective on Darwin''s argument for the theory of natural selection.

The first clearly-illustrated, comparative book on developmental primate skeletal anatomy, focused on the highly informative newborn stage.

Sets out an original perspective on Darwin''s argument for the theory of natural selection.

This volume explores modern science using different frames of reference: national, transnational, and global.

The first clearly-illustrated, comparative book on developmental primate skeletal anatomy, focused on the highly informative newborn stage.

A primatologist''s guide to using geographic information systems (GIS); from mapping and field accuracy, to tracking travel routes and the impact of logging.

Why is evolution so difficult to understand?

Rob Boddice explores the transnational defence of medical experimentation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Forget insight and genius!

Eight interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars and public figures discuss the timely theme of migration in a range of contexts.

This collection provides the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of the works of Margaret Cavendish currently available.

Eight interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars and public figures discuss the timely theme of migration in a range of contexts.

This book explores the birth of the scientific understanding of motion in early Greek thought up to Aristotle.

An updated edition of Jacques Pépin''s acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.

The first compendium of archaeoprimatological studies, covering past relationships between humans and nonhuman primates across the world.

This book explores the birth of the scientific understanding of motion in early Greek thought up to Aristotle.

This collection provides the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of the works of Margaret Cavendish currently available.

An updated edition of Jacques Pépin''s acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.

Forget insight and genius!

Rob Boddice explores the transnational defence of medical experimentation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The first ever companion to theatre and science brings together research on key topics, performances, and new areas of interest.

The first volume to examine theories of soul in Greek philosophy using an approach drawn from the history of science.

An overview of the conceptual and historical foundations of fundamental field theories, including their underlying issues, logic and dynamics.

Combining personal stories of motivation with new research this book offers a holistic picture of primate conservation in the Anthropocene.

The first volume to examine theories of soul in Greek philosophy using an approach drawn from the history of science.

The first ever companion to theatre and science brings together research on key topics, performances, and new areas of interest.

This book presents current understanding of quantum mechanics, providing a historical introduction and discussing many of its interpretations.

A short and accessible introduction to philosophy of science for students and researchers across the life sciences.

Martin Harwit''s influential book, Cosmic Discovery, is rereleased after more than 35 years, with a new Preface by the author.

A critical assessment of how evidence in biological anthropology is discovered, collected and interpreted.

A timely and accessible synthesis of the strengths, weaknesses and reality of science through the eyes of a practicing scientist.

An overview of the conceptual and historical foundations of fundamental field theories, including their underlying issues, logic and dynamics.

A timely and accessible synthesis of the strengths, weaknesses and reality of science through the eyes of a practicing scientist.

This book presents current understanding of quantum mechanics, providing a historical introduction and discussing many of its interpretations.

Martin Harwit''s influential book, Cosmic Discovery, is rereleased after more than 35 years, with a new Preface by the author.