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Of Maybugs and Men: A History and Philosophy of the Sciences of Homosexuality

A much-needed exploration of the history and philosophy of scientific research into male homosexuali...

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Henri Poincare: A Scientific Biography

Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathema...

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The Mirror and the Mind: A History of Self-Recognition in the Human Sciences

Since the late eighteenth century, scientists have placed subjects—humans, infants, animals, and rob...

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Alan Turing: The Enigma

The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumber...

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Axiomatics: Mathematical Thought and High Modernism

The first history of postwar mathematics, offering a new interpretation of the rise of abstraction a...

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The Story of Proof: Logic and the History of Mathematics

The Story of Proof investigates the evolution of the concept of proof—one of the most significant an...

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"You Are Not Expected to Understand This": How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World

Few of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word “code” makes it so...

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Quantum Computing from Colossus to Qubits: The History, Theory, and Application of a Revolutionary Science

The revolution is here. In breakthrough after breakthrough, pioneering physicists are unlocking a ne...

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Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft

On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen U.S. aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To th...

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A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel to the Car to What Comes Next

'Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely' Sunday Times...

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Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems

'The truth which we arrive at by means of mathematical proofs is the same truth that is known to div...

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Soviets in Space: Russia’s Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier

A superbly illustrated chronology of the Soviet Union’s extraordinary achievements in space explor...

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Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop

An eminent engineer and historian tackles one of the most elemental aspects of life: how we experien...

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Pentagons and Pentagrams: An Illustrated History

The pentagon and its close cousin, the pentagram, have inspired individuals for the last two and hal...

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The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla and Other Works

Who was Nikola Tesla? Find out in this comprehensive volume that includes Tesla’s autobiography and...

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