History of science

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

This book shows that astronomical discovery is a complex and ongoing process comprising various stages of research, interpretation and understanding.

Written by a wide range of experts, this work presents cosmological, biological and philosophical perspectives on complexity in our universe.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

This book is about Elizabethan England''s most famous ''scientist'' or natural philosopher John Dee and his ''conversations with angels''.

This book is about Elizabethan England''s most famous ''scientist'' or natural philosopher John Dee and his ''conversations with angels''.

Letters from the year in which Darwin published Expression of the Emotions, on human and animal expression.

This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history.

This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history.

Letters from the year in which Darwin published Expression of the Emotions, on human and animal expression.

A new translation and edition of Bacon''s revolutionary work of scientific philosophy.

A conceptually and mathematically rigorous analysis of the common cause principle and its status in quantum theory.

A conceptually and mathematically rigorous analysis of the common cause principle and its status in quantum theory.

This edited volume records the critical historical developments in thermal physiology and makes them accessible to new and senior thermal biologists and scientists in related fields.

The first of its kind, this book traces the evolution of motion picture technology in its entirety.

An innovative global history of science, empire and geography explaining how the Himalaya became the highest mountains in the world.

An innovative global history of science, empire and geography explaining how the Himalaya became the highest mountains in the world.

History of the development of practical mathematics in early modern Europe through the practice of mining.

History of the development of practical mathematics in early modern Europe through the practice of mining.

Generation and Corruption II, a foundational text, develops Aristotle''s theory of the elements, essential for his natural philosophy.

Letters from 1881, when Darwin published The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms.

Letters from 1881, when Darwin published The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms.

Argues that Peirce wrote philosophy as a scientist, expanded empiricism, and conceived of science as responsible for its own philosophy.

A compelling contribution to ''science and religion'' debates, showing how early modern thinkers reconciled naturalism with a providential world view.

A compelling contribution to ''science and religion'' debates, showing how early modern thinkers reconciled naturalism with a providential world view.

Offers a distinctive history of money as an everyday social technology in the Dutch Republic from 1600 to 1850.

Offers a distinctive history of money as an everyday social technology in the Dutch Republic from 1600 to 1850.

The first comprehensive study of prosthetics and assistive technology in classical antiquity, integrating a wide range of types of evidence.

The first comprehensive study of prosthetics and assistive technology in classical antiquity, integrating a wide range of types of evidence.

Explains and defends Darwin''s mechanism of natural selection, and explores its connections to culture, morality and religion.

A cross-disciplinary theological engagement with proposals for the technological enhancement of humans.

A cross-disciplinary theological engagement with proposals for the technological enhancement of humans.

Science is intimately shaped by social and political values.

Science is intimately shaped by social and political values.

A ground-breaking volume of innovative conversations between science and religion which move beyond hackneyed positions of either conflict or dialogue.

A ground-breaking volume of innovative conversations between science and religion which move beyond hackneyed positions of either conflict or dialogue.

An introduction to the complex world of climate models that explains why we should trust their predictions despite the uncertainties.

Demonstrates the vibrancy of an Early Modern Muslim society through a study of the natural sciences in seventeenth-century Morocco.

Uses the study of ancient societies and anthropology to suggest a new cross-cultural perspective for the history of science.

Uses the study of ancient societies and anthropology to suggest a new cross-cultural perspective for the history of science.

This Element examines the relationship between the theory and experimental result and how the latter can support the former.

This Element examines the relationship between the theory and experimental result and how the latter can support the former.

The first systematic analysis of the ways scientists have used narrative in their research.

The first systematic analysis of the ways scientists have used narrative in their research.

Provides a conceptual framework in which to understand the relationship between models and the parts of the world they represent.

An accessible exploration of scientific explanation and how it leads to knowledge and understanding of the world.

An accessible exploration of scientific explanation and how it leads to knowledge and understanding of the world.

Provides a conceptual framework in which to understand the relationship between models and the parts of the world they represent.

This book presents a history of radioecology, from World War II through to the critical years of the Cold War, finishing with a discussion of recent developments and future implications for the field.

This book presents a history of radioecology, from World War II through to the critical years of the Cold War, finishing with a discussion of recent developments and future implications for the field.