History of Science

Disputed Inheritance: The Battle over Mendel and the Future of Biology

A root-and-branch rethinking of how history has shaped the science of genetics.In 1900, almost no on...

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€35.70

Dawn of Modern Cosmology: From Copernicus to Newton

New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words...

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€21.40

Classical Probability in the Enlightenment

What did it mean to be reasonable in the Age of Reason? Enlightenment mathematicians such as Blaise...

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€36.70

A History of Biology

This book presents a global history of the biological sciences from ancient times to today, providin...

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€24.00

Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way)

*AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE AND 99% INVISIBLE*‘Delightful’ TIM HAR...

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€20.70

Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK‘An exquisite book, beautifully put together… What a very wonderful bo...

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€20.70

The Matter of Everything: A History of Discovey

BLACKWELLS' BOTM | A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: NEW SCIENTIST * WATERSTONES * SUNDAY TIMES'A splendi...

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€13.80

Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement

THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARNEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES...

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€16.40

Seven Measures of the World

The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand...

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€23.00

The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe

The first history of pre-modern European anatomy and its visual culture. This book is the first...

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€21.40

The Anatomy of Melancholy

'The best book ever written' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianRobert Burton's labyrinthine, beguiling, playf...

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€27.70

Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass

The story of the Higgs boson - the so-called 'God particle' - and the man who thought of itIn the su...

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€16.40

Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family

'A masterpiece of biography ... a vivid account of a family at the heart of some of the great cultur...

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€18.90

Insulin: A Hundred–Year History

In 1922, an unlikely team of researchers in Toronto made one of the most important medical breakthro...

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€29.70

Money and Medicine: The Evolution of National Health Expenditures

A unique historical review that traces health spending from ancient times to the present and forecas...

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€32.70