The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science
This volume is everything that one expects of an Oxford reference work, with over 600 entries by more than 200 authors. At the beginning of…… Read More »
Category: History Of Science
Moving Heaven & Earth
A companion volume to the one reviewed in the Science review section. Here John Henry focuses on the scientific and philosophical impact of Copernicus. Apart…… Read More »
FABULOUS SCIENCE
The history of science, certainly as taught at school and undergraduate level, is usually seen as a clear upward curve of progress. Key points on…… Read More »
Eurekas and Euphorias
A well-written compilation of some 180 episodes in the history of science illustrating the foibles and experiences of scientists from Archimedes on. The format means…… Read More »
The Nobel Prize
An interesting historyof the first 100 years of the Nobel Prize. It begins with the relevant extract from the will of Alfred Nobel and vividly…… Read More »
The Undergrowth of Science
Subtitled 'delusion, self-deception and human frailty', this is, as one would expect, a tendentious read. Some of the cases are classic ones familiar in the…… Read More »