History of science

This collection of essays is the first book published in English to provide a thorough survey of the practices of science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires from 1500 to 1800.

In 1943, Albert Schatz, a young Rutgers College Ph.

All too often ancient herbal and other remedies have been dismissed as 'simply' folklore, of no relevance to medical science.

Addressing the relationship between law and the visual, this book examines the importance of photography in Central, East, and Southeast European show trials.

For as long as humanity has ventured on the seas, naval warfare has been an integral part of their activities and the focal point for many histories and ideas of heritage.

Unless you are a specialist or watch a lot of obscure YouTube videos you have probably never heard of He II or superfluid helium.

Using the "e;Parallel Lives"e; approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William Sheehan contrasts the lives and research careers of two famous astronomers, Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard.

Over the last forty years Professor Hall has been a major contributor to the 'new view' of Newton now generally accepted.

Wallace was a wonderful man.

A systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research, this book covers the two countries in which women of the period were most active in scientific work and examines all the fields in which they were engaged.

The international bestselling classic account of the first scientists to see and learn about the microscopic world.

This classic work of science writing chronicles the search for the origins of cancer-with a new introduction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

A guide to research on wild primates, providing advice on technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods.

This study, beginning with the Dutch-invented telescope of 1608 and then Galileo''s discoveries, casts the European advancements in modern science, technology, and economic development into a global framework.

A guide to research on wild primates, providing advice on technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods.

This study, beginning with the Dutch-invented telescope of 1608 and then Galileo''s discoveries, casts the European advancements in modern science, technology, and economic development into a global framework.

Review of brain evolution in primates including humans.

A fascinating analysis of the relationship between mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt.

This book contains both published and previously unpublished research on spider monkeys, for academic researchers and graduate students.

From quantum to biological and digital, here eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information.

From quantum to biological and digital, here eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information.

This book examines complex physical, philosophical and historiographical issues relating to quantum chromodynamics for graduate students and researchers.

Presents a summary of current research on the philosophical issues inherent in the reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics.

This study places Galen more firmly in the intellectual life of his period of the second century AD.

Ideal for students and practitioners in science, engineering and medicine, this book gives an insight into science''s place in society.

This book examines complex physical, philosophical and historiographical issues relating to quantum chromodynamics for graduate students and researchers.

This book is an important resource to all those interested in the history of modern astronomy and visual deep-sky observing.

Presents a summary of current research on the philosophical issues inherent in the reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics.

This study places Galen more firmly in the intellectual life of his period of the second century AD.

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

Michael Ruse offers a new analysis of the often troubled relationship between science and religion.

This book examines responses to Pliny the Elder''s encyclopedic Natural History over the last two millennia.

This book presents personality psychology, incorporating historical perspectives and how past developments have led to progressions within science and research.

Annotated with original illustrations, this valuable text brings together all known shorter publications, letters and journals written by Charles Darwin.

Raises questions about the future shape of Evolutionary Developmental biology as it matures as a field.

This book examines how nineteenth-century ghost and detective fiction writers engage with contemporary theories of vision.

A literary account of how the modern divide between the sciences and the humanities emerged in the eighteenth century.

This book argues against the assumption that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously.

Encapsulates the behaviour of wild chimps, discussing the differences observed in populations across the species, and levels of social behaviour.

This book offers a fundamental reworking of the history of the development of Greek music from the classical period to Roman times.

This book addresses the most important developments and debates in this exciting area of research for historians, philosophers of science and physicists.

Michael Ruse offers a new analysis of the often troubled relationship between science and religion.

This book examines responses to Pliny the Elder''s encyclopedic Natural History over the last two millennia.

This book presents personality psychology, incorporating historical perspectives and how past developments have led to progressions within science and research.

Ideal for students and practitioners in science, engineering and medicine, this book gives an insight into science''s place in society.

A literary account of how the modern divide between the sciences and the humanities emerged in the eighteenth century.

This book argues against the assumption that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously.

Encapsulates the behaviour of wild chimps, discussing the differences observed in populations across the species, and levels of social behaviour.

Uniquely, this book traces Descartes'' groundbreaking theory of scientific explanation back to the mathematical demonstrations of Aristotelian mechanics.

This book describes the relationship between science and poetry in the Hellenistic period, transforming our understanding of the origins of Western mathematics.