History of science

A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers'' understanding of galaxies through time.

A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers'' understanding of galaxies through time.

A history of how scientific ideas have transformed international politics since 1550.

Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.

The first textbook to cover the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution.

Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.

Provides a spirited defence of anti-realism in philosophy of science.

Reveals how babies shaped modern American life, including the rise of the medical authority, consumerism, social welfare, and popular psychology.

In this revised third edition, Toby E.

In this revised third edition, Toby E.

Combining physics and philosophy, this interdisciplinary examination of quantum information science provides an up-to-date examination of developments in this field.

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

In this volume, studies of bone growth and development illustrate new methods and insights that enhance the anthropological understanding of skeletal variation.

Combining physics and philosophy, this interdisciplinary examination of quantum information science provides an up-to-date examination of developments in this field.

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

In this volume, studies of bone growth and development illustrate new methods and insights that enhance the anthropological understanding of skeletal variation.

This accessible reference presents the evolution of concepts of time and methods of time keeping, for historians, scientists, engineers, and educators.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.

This book charts the convergence of science, culture, and politics across Portugal''s empire, showing how a global geographical concept was born.

This accessible reference presents the evolution of concepts of time and methods of time keeping, for historians, scientists, engineers, and educators.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.

The first fully-fledged English translation of perhaps Archimedes'' most attractive mathematical work, with comments on his scientific style.

A major new contribution to understanding the transition of Soviet society from Stalinism to a more humane model of socialism.

A major new contribution to understanding the transition of Soviet society from Stalinism to a more humane model of socialism.

This history of astronomy in Egypt reveals how modern science came to play an authoritative role in Islamic religious practice.

Covering much of the recent debate, this ambitious text provides new, decisive proof of the reality of the wave function.

Covering much of the recent debate, this ambitious text provides new, decisive proof of the reality of the wave function.

A selection of correspondence, much previously unpublished, between Darwin and women in his circle, both family members and colleagues.

A selection of correspondence, much previously unpublished, between Darwin and women in his circle, both family members and colleagues.

This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.

This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.

This book explains the changing philosophies and permutations in research and management of South Africa''s national parks during the twentieth century.

This book explains the changing philosophies and permutations in research and management of South Africa''s national parks during the twentieth century.

This book explores a technology that transformed airplanes into safe, practical tools of war and a means of transportation during the first half of the twentieth century.

This book explains the fundamental science and mathematics that has enabled cosmology to become the precise quantitative science it is today.

This book explores a technology that transformed airplanes into safe, practical tools of war and a means of transportation during the first half of the twentieth century.

This book explains the fundamental science and mathematics that has enabled cosmology to become the precise quantitative science it is today.

This book tackles the most difficult and profound open questions about life and its origins from an information-based perspective.

This book tackles the most difficult and profound open questions about life and its origins from an information-based perspective.

Recounts the modern transformation of model theory and its effects on the philosophy of mathematics and mathematical practice.

A reference for astronomers and historians on astronomical spectroscopy, from the discovery of spectral lines through to the year 2000.

This book is the third edition of the classic study, featuring a new essay and an updated bibliography.

A reference for astronomers and historians on astronomical spectroscopy, from the discovery of spectral lines through to the year 2000.

Letters from the year in which Darwin investigated insectivorous plants and received responses to his book on expression of emotions.

The first book to explore the deep influence of modern science on Locke''s moral and political philosophy.

Letters from the year in which Darwin investigated insectivorous plants and received responses to his book on expression of emotions.

The first book to explore the deep influence of modern science on Locke''s moral and political philosophy.

This volume, explores the nature of economics as a science, including classic texts and newer essays.