History of science

Authoritative, accessible and abundantly illustrated, this book presents a broad history of reproduction over the long term.

Provides a detailed introductory overview of science, medicine and mathematics in ancient cultures.

The first thorough English commentary on the geographical books of the Natural History of Pliny the Elder.

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

Presents a collection of essays from leading physicists, philosophers and historians of science providing perspectives on the epistemic status of fundamental physics.

A window into cultures of scientific practice drawing on the collection of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science.

The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.

The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.

A ground breaking study of primates that live in flooded habitats around the world.

Celebrates the creativity of humanity by examining the history of technology as a strategy to solve real-world problems.

An overview of the collapse theories of quantum mechanics written by distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics.

A wide-ranging survey of predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century.

A novel and up-to-date approach to quantum mechanics that extends the standard formalism to cover the observer and their apparatus.

A wide-ranging survey of predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century.

A novel and up-to-date approach to quantum mechanics that extends the standard formalism to cover the observer and their apparatus.

An innovative history of astronomy in China, 221 BCE–750 CE, stressing plurality, change and the unifying power of myth-making.

This book introduces readers to the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification, presenting contrasting perspectives on controversial issues.

A new social history of botany in Britain and France, 1760–1815, demonstrating the significance of commerce, horticulture and amateur scholarship.

This work explains the underfunding of early insurance and annuity schemes, and proposes a new view of how actuarial science developed as a discipline.

Time stands at the heart of human experience.

A narrative history of the nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the Marshall Islands from 1946 to 1958.

Letters from 1877, when Darwin published Forms of Flowers and, with his son Francis, experimented on plant movement.

Letters from 1877, when Darwin published Forms of Flowers and, with his son Francis, experimented on plant movement.

An innovative history of astronomy in China, 221 BCE–750 CE, stressing plurality, change and the unifying power of myth-making.

This book introduces readers to the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification, presenting contrasting perspectives on controversial issues.

A new social history of botany in Britain and France, 1760–1815, demonstrating the significance of commerce, horticulture and amateur scholarship.

A narrative history of the nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the Marshall Islands from 1946 to 1958.

Time stands at the heart of human experience.

This work explains the underfunding of early insurance and annuity schemes, and proposes a new view of how actuarial science developed as a discipline.

Covering colobine biology, behaviour, ecology and conservation, this book summarises current knowledge of this fascinating group of primates.

Covering colobine biology, behaviour, ecology and conservation, this book summarises current knowledge of this fascinating group of primates.

The essential guide to successfully designing, conducting and reporting primatological research.

The essential guide to successfully designing, conducting and reporting primatological research.

Demonstrates the role of local and global scientific knowledge about landscapes and environment in shaping Central America.

The first concise global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing, covering the past 400 years.

Chronicles the critical role the sciences have played in American foreign relations since World War II.

A collection of cutting-edge scholarship on the close interaction of philosophy with science at the birth of the modern age.

The first concise global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing, covering the past 400 years.

A collection of cutting-edge scholarship on the close interaction of philosophy with science at the birth of the modern age.

A fresh interpretation of this important and widely misunderstood concept as an acquired ability to make principles and essences intelligible.

A fresh interpretation of this important and widely misunderstood concept as an acquired ability to make principles and essences intelligible.

Explores the musical background to Darwinism and the development of the relationship between science and the arts in Victorian Britain.

Explores the musical background to Darwinism and the development of the relationship between science and the arts in Victorian Britain.

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Explores the resilience of the Dutch Republic in the face of preindustrial climate change during the Little Ice Age.

Traces the practice of induction - manipulating textual evidence by selective quotation - and its uses by Romantic-period writers.

Explores how scientifically-based weather forecasting spread and flourished in medieval Europe, from c.

This text brings history and the key fields of physics together to present a unique technical discussion of the principles of least action.

This text brings history and the key fields of physics together to present a unique technical discussion of the principles of least action.