History of Science & Knowledge
How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity
The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”
A captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature
A new biography of Carl Linnaeus, offering a vivid portrait of Linnaeus’s life and work
A major new biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection
A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empire
An award-winning history of the Enlightenment quest to devise a mathematical model of rationality
How the Einsteinian revolution can be understood as the result of a long-term evolution of science
How Romans coped with the anxieties and risks of childbirth
Albert Einstein’s travel diary to the Far East and Middle East
A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels—and the surprising truths behind them
An English-language edition of selected correspondence and papers of Albert Einstein
A definitive scholarly edition of the correspondence and papers of Albert Einstein
A panoramic history of rules in the Western world
A fundamentally new approach to the history of science and technology
How scientists through the ages have conducted thought experiments using imaginary entities—demons—to test the laws of nature and push the frontiers of what is possible
A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war
How technological advances and colonial fears inspired utopian geoengineering projects during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it—and explains why they have died today
The first book to address the historical failures of philosophy—and what we can learn from them
Leading scholars take stock of Darwin's ideas about human evolution in the light of modern science
A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics
Humanity's ongoing quest to unlock the secrets of dark matter and dark energy
An inspiring anthology of writings by trailblazing women astronomers from around the globe
A captivating historical look at the cultural and artistic significance of shells in early modern Europe
A sweeping cultural history of one of the most influential mathematical books ever written
A comprehensive look at the mathematics, physics, and philosophy of Henri Poincaré
Plato's Ghost is the first book to examine the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. Jeremy Gray traces the growth of mathematical modernism from its...
A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in mathematics, philosophy, and recreation
How the classic mirror test served as a portal for scientists to explore questions of self-awareness
A compelling alternative account of the history of knowledge from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
A panoramic history of the antiquarians whose discoveries transformed Renaissance culture and gave rise to new forms of art and knowledge
A major new history of the race between two geniuses to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Europe
How Cold War America came to attribute human evolutionary success to our species' unique capacity for murder
The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredity
A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in Prague
From Nobel Prize–winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today
“The gold standard for Tesla biography.”—Science
“Superb.”—Nature
Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy
A meticulously researched history on the development of American mathematics in the three decades following World War I