History of science books

Petroleum from Coal: a Century of Synthesis provides a global and comparative history of the twentieth-century coal-to-petroleum...  Read More >>

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

"""This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers-men and women-who exposed themselves...  Read More >>

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This book examines two venerable cultures, art and technology, and uses the young ‘interdiscipline’ of cognitive...  Read More >>

This chronicle of natural history argues that the modern environmental crisis and rise in science skepticism codeveloped...  Read More >>

Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, this collection critically examines the features characterising...  Read More >>

The official companion book to BBC Radio 4's Last Word, a rich tapestry of women's lives in the 20th and 21st centuries...  Read More >>

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Goethe als Naturforscher findet bei deutschen und ausländischen Naturforschern und Medizinern des 19. Jahrhunderts...  Read More >>

John Herschel was one of the most prominent figures in Victorian science. This is the first-ever comprehensive account...  Read More >>

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America — from eugenics and...  Read More >>

Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single...  Read More >>

Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single...  Read More >>

The universe, with its vast expanse of galaxies, stars, and planets, has intrigued humanity for centuries. At the...  Read More >>

This comprehensive and insightful book brings scientific rigor to the problems of reconstructing the Pharos Lighthouse,...  Read More >>

By analyzing works from the life sciences and human sciences, this volume shows how genealogy - the leading method...  Read More >>

Anlässlich seines 100. Geburtstages wird an Paul K. Feyerabend erinnert; es werden seine Ideen diskutiert und es...  Read More >>