Home / Science / History of Science

History of Science - Page 18

Availability
Select availability
Author
Select author
510 products
Filters
Sort by:
Newest
Professor Maxwell’s Duplicitous Demon: The Life and Science of James Clerk Maxwell
Asked to name a great physicist, most people would mention Newton or Einstein, Feynman or Hawking. B...
€14.00 -10%
€12.60
Newton's Apple and Other Myths About Science
A falling apple inspired Isaac Newton’s insight into the law of gravity—or so the story goes. Is it...
€19.00 -11%
€17.00
A Scheme of Heaven: Astrology and the Birth of Science
'A delightful and utterly fascinating work of intellectual history.' Joshua Foer author of Moonwalki...
€35.00 -10%
€31.50
Heaven on Earth: How Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo Discovered the Modern World
A vivid narrative that connects the lives of four great astronomers as they discovered, refined, an...
€31.00 -10%
€27.90
The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance
The periodic table of elements is among the most recognizable image in science. It lies at the core...
€33.00 -10%
€29.70
The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
In this book Jeffrey A. Barrett provides an introduction to the history and conceptual foundations o...
€35.00 -10%
€31.50
Republic of Numbers: Unexpected Stories of Mathematical Americans through History
Once upon a time in America, few knew or cared about math. In Republic of Numbers, David Lindsay Rob...
€31.00 -10%
€27.90
The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4.000-Year History
By any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous statement in all of mathematics. In this...
€20.00 -10%
€18.00
Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others
"This is a beautiful, important book, a pleasure to read, in which the history recounted truly illum...
€16.00 -10%
€14.40
Pascal's Arithmetical Triangle: The Story of a Mathematical Idea
"An impressive culmination of meticulous research into original sources, this definitive study const...
€16.00 -10%
€14.40
Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire: And Other Papers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire," along with other papers in this volume, laid the foundatio...
€14.00 -10%
€12.60
Defense of the Scientific Hypothesis: From Reproducibility Crisis to Big Data
Defense of Scientific Hypothesis: From Reproducibility Crisis to Big Data sets out to explain and de...
€42.00 -10%
€37.80
Technology and Society: A World History
Technology and Society: A World History explores the creative power of humanity from the age of ston...
€41.00 -10%
€36.90
Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity
Tales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of...
€32.00
A Concise History of Mathematics for Philosophers
This Element aims to present an outline of mathematics and its history, with particular emphasis on...
€21.00 -10%
€18.90

Newsletter

Subscribe to the newsletter to be the first to receive our new releases and offers
Your account Your wishlist