History of Science - Page 8

Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers

'An expansive journey through time and place' - The Observer'An adventure' - Edward Brooke-Hitching,...

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The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare

‘Enlightening and fascinating’ John Banville, Wall Street Journal Through the lives of major figure...

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Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age

‘Entertaining’ The Times ‘Utterly fascinating and illuminating’ Sinclair McKay ‘Fascinating… An as...

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The Battle of the Beams: The Secret Science of Radar that Turned the Tide of the Second World War

'Deeply researched and engagingly written' The Times'Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thrill...

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The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea

Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitu...

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Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut

The secret history of the body's most fascinating organ: the gut A Financial Times most anticipat...

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Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time

‘5/5 A true joy. A work of staggering complexity and bewildering economy.’ TELEGRAPH‘A rattling, won...

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Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science and Religion

Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last...

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The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - 1700

A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth centur...

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Quantum Drama: From the Bohr-Einstein Debate to the Riddle of Entanglement

The definitive account of the great Bohr-Einstein debate and its continuing legacyIn 1927, Niels Boh...

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Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States

The first full history of US nuclear secrecy, from its origins in the late 1930s to our post–Cold Wa...

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Game Changers: Stories of the Revolutionary Minds behind Game Theory

In this lively history of game theory, a gifted math educator and science writer explains for lay re...

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Splinters of Infinity: Cosmic Rays and the Clash of Two Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists over the Secrets of Creation

The riveting story of a modern age scientific feud between two Nobel Prize-winning scientists over t...

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Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control

The definitive account of the Chinese government's response to the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuha...

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Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023**AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF...

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