History of science books

27498 books were found.

When Albert became Einstein

When Albert became Einstein

Author: Christian Bracco
ISBN: 9782759834808
Format: Paperback
$116.16

This book delves into young Albert Einstein's time in Italy, exploring his scientific interests and connections,...  Read More >>

Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture

Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations...

Author: Andreas Wagner
ISBN: 9780861548064
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Why do some of nature’s marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun?  Read More >>

Indigenous Science and Technology: Nahuas and the World Around Them

Indigenous Science and Technology: Nahuas and the World...

Author: Kelly S. McDonough
ISBN: 9780816550388
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Examines how Nahuas - native speakers of Nahuatl, the common language of the Aztec Empire and of more than 2.5 million...  Read More >>

Conifers of the New England–Acadian Forest: A Cultural History

Conifers of the New England–Acadian Forest: A Cultural...

Author: Steve Keating
ISBN: 9781625347879
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Indigenous Science and Technology: Nahuas and the World Around Them

Indigenous Science and Technology: Nahuas and the World...

Author: Kelly S. McDonough
ISBN: 9780816550395
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Explores how Nahuas - native speakers of Nahuatl, the common language of the Aztec Empire and of more than 2.5 million...  Read More >>

An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence: Thinking with Machines from Descartes to the Digital Age

An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence: Thinking...

Author: David W. Bates
ISBN: 9780226832104
Format: Hardback
$74.95

A new history of human intelligence that argues that humans know themselves by knowing their machines. We imagine...  Read More >>

Tropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution: Forms of Proof

Tropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution: Forms...

Author: Michael Slater
ISBN: 9781032422718
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book uncovers the relation between figuration and science in the early modern world. It shows that changes...  Read More >>

Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science

Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and...

Author: Renée Bergland
ISBN: 9780691235288
Format: Hardback
$57.99

A captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature Emily Dickinson and...  Read More >>

Metamorphosis: How insects are changing our world

Metamorphosis: How insects are changing our world

Author: Erica McAlister ,  Adrian Washbourne
ISBN: 9781486318902
Format: Hardback
$34.99

Delve into the weird and wondrous world of insects, and what we can learn from them.  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Physics

A Cultural History of Physics

Author: Károly Simonyi ,  Charles Simonyi
ISBN: 9781032690988
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Written by Hungarian scientist and engineer Károly Simonyi, translated and updated, this classic and comprehensive...  Read More >>

Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation

Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical...

Author: Robyn Arianrhod
ISBN: 9780226821108
Format: Hardback
$73.92

A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions—sparking both...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology...

Author: Prof Helge Kragh
ISBN: 9780198896548
Format: Paperback
$84.95

This handbook provides detailed coverage of historical discoveries in cosmology, such as the expansion of the universe,...  Read More >>

Biology 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-stop Tour of Science’s Key Concepts

Biology 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-stop Tour...

Author: Eva Amsen
ISBN: 9780744093780
Format: Hardback
$44.85

Biology: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity...  Read More >>

Addiction and Devotion in Early Modern England

Addiction and Devotion in Early Modern England

Author: Rebecca Lemon
ISBN: 9781512826180
Format: Paperback
$79.07

"Rebecca Lemon illuminates a previously-buried conception of addiction, as a form of devotion at once laudable,...  Read More >>

The Empire of Climate Lib/E: A History of an Idea

The Empire of Climate Lib/E: A History of an Idea

Author: David N Livingstone ,  David Livingstone Smith
ISBN: 9798874778613
Format: Audio
$269.25

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

Der vibrierende Dildo: Vibratoren als Sex Toy, Gesundheits- und Empowerment-Tool - eine kulturwissenschaftliche Spurenlese

Author: Nadine Beck
ISBN: 9783942818407
Format: Paperback
$181.90

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Applied Science: Knowledge, Modernity, and Britain's Public Realm

Applied Science: Knowledge, Modernity, and Britain's...

Author: Robert Bud (Science Museum, London)
ISBN: 9781009365239
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Robert Bud explores the rise and fall of 'applied science' as a class of scientific thought and practice. UK focussed,...  Read More >>

The World of the Abbaco: Abbacus Mathematics Analyzed and Situated Historically Between Fibonacci and Stifel

The World of the Abbaco: Abbacus Mathematics Analyzed...

Author: Jens Høyrup
ISBN: 9783031251634
Format: Paperback
$89.99

The abbacus was a thorough and complete system of arithmetical calculations, which saw its dawn in the Indian and...  Read More >>

Physics 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-stop Tour of Science's Key Concepts

Physics 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-stop Tour...

Author: DK
ISBN: 9780744081626
Format: Hardback
$44.85

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Math 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-stop Tour of Science’s Key Concepts

Math 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-stop Tour of...

Author: DK
ISBN: 9780744081619
Format: Hardback
$44.85

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

The Big Bang Revolutionaries: The Untold Story of Three Scientists Who Reenchanted Cosmology

The Big Bang Revolutionaries: The Untold Story of Three...

Author: Jean-Pierre Luminet
ISBN: 9781637120408
Format: Paperback
$50.03

"Many widely read scientific writers of our day mistakenly attribute the concepts of the expanding universe and...  Read More >>

Perplexing Paradoxes: Unraveling Enigmas in the World Around Us

Perplexing Paradoxes: Unraveling Enigmas in the World...

Author: George G. Szpiro
ISBN: 9780231213769
Format: Hardback
$57.95

George G. Szpiro guides readers through the puzzling world of paradoxes, from Socratic dialogues to the Monty Hall...  Read More >>

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