History of science books

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To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before: A Joyous Journey Through All of Science

To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before: A Joyous...

Author: Luke O'Neill
ISBN: 9780241994122
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A hugely accessible history of science that reveals the human stories behind the biggest discoveries Scientists...  Read More >>

The Science Museum Biology 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Key Concepts

The Science Museum Biology 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A...

Author: Eva Amsen
ISBN: 9780241659625
Format: Hardback
$35.00

Get to grips with the essential topics in biology today through 100 key ideas, each one explained clearly in 100...  Read More >>

Foundational Papers in Complexity Science: Volume I

Foundational Papers in Complexity Science: Volume I...

Author: David C Krakauer
ISBN: 9781947864528
Format: Hardback
$105.57

In four volumes, Foundational Papers in Complexity Science maps the development of complex-systems science through...  Read More >>

The Spacelab Story: Science Aboard the Shuttle

The Spacelab Story: Science Aboard the Shuttle

Author: Ben Evans
ISBN: 9783031534485
Format: Paperback
$100.29

Between 1983 and 1998, Spacelab provided NASA with a vital short-term laboratory in space. Across more than a dozen...  Read More >>

Energy Culture: Work, Power, and Waste in Russia and the Soviet Union

Energy Culture: Work, Power, and Waste in Russia and...

Author: Jillian Porter ,  Maya Vinokour
ISBN: 9783031143229
Format: Paperback
$369.57

This volume investigates energy as a shaping force in Russian and Soviet literature, visual culture, and social...  Read More >>

Quantum Drama: From the Bohr-Einstein Debate to the Riddle of Entanglement

Quantum Drama: From the Bohr-Einstein Debate to the...

Author: Dr Jim Baggott (Freelance science writer) ,  Prof John L. Heilbron (Professor Emeritus of History, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780192846105
Format: Hardback
$52.95

Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. It is also completely baffling. From the moment...  Read More >>

Juice: A History of Female Ejaculation

Juice: A History of Female Ejaculation

Author: Stephanie Haerdle ,  Elisabeth Lauffer
ISBN: 9780262048514
Format: Paperback
$40.00

"""Juice tells the story of sexual female fluids. Why were these a natural part of female pleasure for over 2000...  Read More >>

Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States

Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the...

Author: Alex Wellerstein
ISBN: 9780226833446
Format: Paperback
$41.95

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Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography

Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography...

Author: Siobhan Angus
ISBN: 9781478025931
Format: Hardback
$284.99

From rare-metal mining to environmental photography, Siobhan Angus tells the history of photography from a materialist...  Read More >>

How Energy Considerations Have Shaped Our Fundamental Modern Theories of Physics: Theory and Key Historical Moments

How Energy Considerations Have Shaped Our Fundamental...

Author: E. B. Manoukian
ISBN: 9783031511981
Format: Hardback
$422.37

At long last, with sufficient technical details, emphasizing key historical moments, a book that develops all of...  Read More >>

Messengers from the Cosmos: An Introduction to the Physics of Cosmic Rays in Its Historical Evolution

Messengers from the Cosmos: An Introduction to the Physics...

Author: Francesco Riggi
ISBN: 9783031247644
Format: Paperback
$171.57

This book provides a complete overview of the development of cosmic ray physics, with historical and educational...  Read More >>

Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age

Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular...

Author: Peter Harrison (University of Queensland)
ISBN: 9781009477222
Format: Hardback
$90.56

What was believable in one era is no longer acceptable in another. What one culture finds utterly incredible elsewhere...  Read More >>

The Interpretation of Dreams (Concise Edition)

The Interpretation of Dreams (Concise Edition)

Author: Sigmund Freud ,  Professor Richard Stevens
ISBN: 9781804177921
Format: Paperback
$26.99

New, compact, abridged edition of The Interpretation of Dreams, one of Freud's most important contributions to modern...  Read More >>

The Republic: The Essential Philosophical Dialogue (Concise Edition)

The Republic: The Essential Philosophical Dialogue (Concise...

Author: Plato ,  Harold Tarrant
ISBN: 9781804177938
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Much of traditional Western thought began in Antiquity, flowing from the Platonic dialogues, The Republic being...  Read More >>

Poincaré, Einstein and the Discovery of Special Relativity: An End to the Controversy

Poincaré, Einstein and the Discovery of Special Relativity:...

Author: Jean-Marc Ginoux
ISBN: 9783031513862
Format: Hardback
$422.37

1905 is probably the best-known year in physics, since it was the year of the discovery of the special theory of...  Read More >>

Planting Our World

Planting Our World

Author: Stefano Mancuso ,  Gregory Conti
ISBN: 9781635424416
Format: Paperback
$35.00

"""Originally published in Italian as La pianta del mondo in 2020 by Editori Laterza, Rome""-- t.p. verso."  Read More >>

Magic Bullets, Miracle Drugs, and Microbiologists: A History of the Microbiome and Metagenomics

Magic Bullets, Miracle Drugs, and Microbiologists: A...

Author: William C. Summers (Yale University)
ISBN: 9781683674771
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Magic Bullets, Miracle Drugs, and Microbiologists Magic Bullets, Miracle Drugs, and Microbiologists: A History...  Read More >>

American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World

American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the...

Author: David Baron
ISBN: 9781324094692
Format: Paperback
$31.95

Richly illustrated and meticulously researched, American Eclipse ultimately depicts a young nation that looked to...  Read More >>

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of...

Author: Jeff Maynard
ISBN: 9780008532765
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom...  Read More >>

The Soviet Space Programme

The Soviet Space Programme

Author: Ronald D. Humble
ISBN: 9781032675473
Format: Hardback
$179.00

The Soviet Space Programme (1988) presents a comprehensive over-view of the Soviet space programme from its beginnings...  Read More >>

Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life

Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know...

Author: Jason Roberts
ISBN: 9781529400472
Format: Paperback
$36.99

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Handbook of Soviet Space-Science Research

Handbook of Soviet Space-Science Research

Author: George E. Wukelic
ISBN: 9781032674056
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Handbook of Soviet Space-Science Research (1968) provides a comprehensive and authoritative English language summary...  Read More >>

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