History of science

Collected essays from the New York Times-bestselling author's celebrated columns in Scientific American.

Francis Bacon is considered the father of modern science.

This book introduces ten equations that transcend the boundaries of time and space.

This book shows how scientific and psychotherapeutic practices change into worthless rituals called by the famous physicist, Richard Feynman, "e;cargo cult.

Whereas scholarly study of Creationism usually places it in the context of religion and the history or philosophy of science, The Creationist Debate, here revised and completely updated in its second edition, has been written in the conviction that creationism is ultimately about the status of the Bible in the modern world.

Whereas scholarly study of Creationism usually places it in the context of religion and the history or philosophy of science, The Creationist Debate, here revised and completely updated in its second edition, has been written in the conviction that creationism is ultimately about the status of the Bible in the modern world.

Landmarks in the History of Science is a concise history of science from a global and macro-historical standpoint.

In this thought-provoking book, born-again Christian Denis O.

The incredible "e;glowing"e; history of the "e;Devil's element "e;phosphorusDiscovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by ninth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century combatants, the chemical element phosphorus has fascinated us for more than three centuries.

The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe.

The remarkable story of a "e;talking"e; chimp, a leading scientist, and the profound insights they have uncovered about our speciesHe has been featured in cover stories in Time, Newsweek, and National Geographic, and has been the subject of a "e;NOVA"e; documentary.

The writers behind New Scientist explore the baffling concept of nothingness from the fringes of the universe to our minds’ inner workings.

The discovery of a cancer-causing genetic mutation leads to a lifesaving miracle drug in this "e;absorbing, complex medical detective story"e; (Kirkus Reviews).

This "e;fantastic story"e; of one of physics' great riddles takes us through centuries of scientific history (Simon Lamb, author of Devil in the Mountain).

The second volume in a prominent new series on Buddhism and science, directed by the Dalai Lama and previously covered by the BBC.

Explore the nature of our material world in a unique sourcebook, conceived by the Dalai Lama, collecting the scientific observations found in classical Buddhist treatises.

Black powder, the world's first chemical explosive, was originally developed during the Tang dynasty in China.

"e;In this revision of his already classic text, William May shows us once again the wisdom of the Catholic Church's moral tradition in its application to contemporary bioethics.

Despite being perhaps the foremost British meteorologist of the twentieth century, Reginald Sutcliffe has been understudied and underappreciated.

Despite being perhaps the foremost British meteorologist of the twentieth century, Reginald Sutcliffe has been understudied and underappreciated.

This book explores different accounts of powers and abilities in early modern philosophy.

Bill Bryson meets John Vaillant in this life list quest to see the rarest species in North America.

Ground Control: A Design History of Technical Lands and NASA's Space Complex explores the infrastructural history of the United States rocket launch complex.

The electric revolution, which eclipsed the Industrial Revolution by the end of the 19th century and continues to this day, changed our world forever.

Studies on the Transmission of Medieval Mathematical Astronomy opens with a new survey of the transmission of Hellenistic astronomy, followed by two studies on how the notion of precession was treated by Babylonian, Greek, Indian, Arabic and Latin hands.

The long nineteenth century (1789-1914) has been described as an axial age in the history of both bees and literature.

This work examines how beauty standards, specifically the ideology of "e;fairness"e;, contributed to the racialization of bodies in early modern England.

In his 2005 bestseller, The Republican War on Science, journalist Chris Mooney made the case that, again and again, even overwhelming scientific consensus has met immovable political obstacles.

Breaking Through Bytes: Women Shaping the Digital World celebrates the indomitable spirit of women who redefined technology.

A comprehensive examination of American women scientists across the sciences throughout the 20th century, providing a rich historical context for understanding their achievements and the way they changed the practice of science.

Diarmuid Jeffreys traces the story of aspirin from the drug's origins in ancient Egypt, through its industrial development at the end of the nineteenth century and its key role in the great flu pandemic of 1918, to its subsequent exploitation by the pharmaceutical conglomerates and the marvelous powers still being discovered today.

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In recent years, a catastrophic global bleaching event devastated many of the world's precious coral reefs.

The evolution of science through the ages has often been marred by people's misconceptions.

Split into two volumes, volume 1 is a cultural history of technology that provides new insights into the international history of nuclear energy by examining the perspectives of six nuclear power plants' host communities in Britain and Germany from the 1950s to the late 1980s.

The historian and author of Lillian Gilbreth examines the "e;Great Man"e; myth of science with profiles of women scientists from Marie Curie to Jane Goodall.

Science is a serious business, right?

Many girls want to become scientists when they grow up, just like many boys do.

Bill Bryson meets John Vaillant in this life list quest to see the rarest species in North America.

This book proposes a comparative reading between formal, or non-formal, structures of learning and individual agency abilities, highlighting influences and entanglements in different geographies from multiple spheres of knowledge and practices.

We live in an environment that is comprised of both natural and artificial objects.

The greater challenge of this book has been sorting through a conspiracy of biased data interpretation more than verification of the actual data.

In 1831 British naturalist Charles Darwin joined a five-year expedition on the ship HMS Beagle.

Despite many encouraging developments in the field of animal-free technologies, well-defined animal models are still needed to study fundamental properties of human diseases and to develop new prophylactic and therapeutic treatments against human diseases.

Due to the phylogenetic relationship and close genetic and biological similarities with humans, non-human primates (NHP) are regularly used in biomedical and behavioural research.